Laverne & Shirley is a TV series that aired on ABC from January 27, 1976 to May 10, 1983 for eight seasons. It is a spinoff of Happy Days.
Cast & Character Origins
Characters | From | Date | Episode |
|---|---|---|---|
Laverne DeFazio, Shirley Feeney | November 11, 1975 | S03E10: “A Date with Fonzie” |
(Note: David Lander and Michael McKean developed the characters of Lenny and Squiggy as live stage comedy characters before they appeared on Laverne & Shirley.)
Guest Characters
Characters | From | Date | Episode | Crossover Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Arthur "Fonzie" Fonzarelli | January 27, 1976 | S01E01: “The Society Party” | A | |
Arthur "Fonzie" Fonzarelli | February 3, 1976 | S01E02: “The Bachelor Party” | A | |
Arthur "Fonzie" Fonzarelli | October 19, 1976 | S02E03: "Bachelor Mothers" | A | |
Richie Cunningham, Warren "Potsie" Weber | October 26, 1976 | S02E04: "Excuse Me, May I Cut In?" | A | |
Arthur "Fonzie" Fonzarelli, Richie Cunningham | September 13, 1979 | S05E01: "Shotgun Wedding (Part 2)" | A |
(Note: The Laverne & Shirley episode "Shotgun Wedding (Part 2)" was a continuation of a story that started on the Happy Days episode “Shotgun Wedding (Part 1)”.)
Outgoing Crossovers
Characters | Guest On | Date | Episode | Crossover Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Carmine Ragusa | March 1, 1977 | S04E21: “Joanie’s Weird Boyfriend” | A | |
Laverne DeFazio, Frank DeFazio | April 9, 1977 | S01E08: "Nancy Remembers Laverne" | A | |
Laverne DeFazio | September 14, 1978 | S01E01-S01E02: “Pilot” | A | |
Laverne DeFazio, Shirley Feeney, Lenny Kosnowski, Andrew “Squiggy” Squiggmann, Carmine Ragusa | February 20, 1979 | S06E23: "Fonzie's Funeral (Part 2)" | A |
Specials & TV Movies
Name | Date |
|---|---|
Lily for President? | May 20, 1982 |
(Note: Laverne DeFazio appears in the Lily Tomlin comedy special “Lily for President?”.)
Cartoon Crossovers & Follow Ups
Laverne & Shirley spun off into a cartoon alternately known as Laverne & Shirley or Laverne & Shirley in the Army. Loosely based on the two-part episode of the live action Laverne & Shirley called "We're in the Army, Now", the cartoon featured Laverne Defazio and Shirley Feeney enlisting in the army under the command of a talking pig called Sgt. Squealy and his superior Sgt. Turnbuckle.
Mork & Mindy/Laverne & Shirley/Fonz Hour featured segments from Laverne & Shirley in the Army, The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang, and a new Mork & Mindy segment. Additionally, new episodes of Laverne & Shirley in the Army called Laverne & Shirley with The Fonz were produced. These added the Fonz as an army motor pool mechanic.
Feature Film Crossovers:
Andrew “Squiggy” Squiggmann appears as a school principal in the 2000 film Scary Movie.