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Laverne & Shirley

Laverne & Shirley is an American television sitcom that ran on ABC from January 27, 1976 to May 10, 1983. It starred Penny Marshall as Laverne De Fazio and Cindy Williams as Shirley Feeney, single roommates who worked as bottlecappers in a fictitious Milw

(42 total)

Seasons

Season 1 (11)Season 2 (12)Season 3 (10)Season 4 (2)Season 5 (1)Season 6 (6)Season 7 Season 8

Characters

Penny Marshall (17)Laverne De Fazio (17)David L. Lander (10)Cindy Williams (10)Shirley Feeney (10)Andrew 'Squiggy' Squiggman (9)Michael McKean (7)Lenny (6)Garry Marshall (5)Winifred Hervey (4)

“Carmine: Love is blind. Shirley: Yes, but deaf, dumb, and unable to smell?”

— Barry Rubinowitz, Shirley Feeney, Cindy Williams, imdb.com

Tagged: Love Is Blind, Deaf, dumb, Smelly

“Monique: Bachelor #2, what kind of vegetable would you be? Lenny: I would be a sauerkraut. It was my only toy as a child.”

— Anthony DiMarco, David Ketchum, Lenny, Michael McKean, imdb.com

Tagged: The Dating Game, Sauerkraut

“I treat my body like a temple, Laverne. You choose to treat yours like an amusement park.”

— Stephen Nathan, Shirley Feeney, Cindy Williams, imdb.com

Tagged: Body, Temple, Amusement Park

“My family may have left Poland in disgrace, but some day we'll return the same way!”

— Judy Pioli, Paula A. Roth, Lenny, Michael McKean, imdb.com

Tagged: Family, Poland, Disgrace

“Laverne: Squiggy, true or false... Squiggy: True! Laverne: I didn't ask the question yet! Squiggy: Yes, you did. You said, 'Squiggy, true or false?' I'm Squiggy, that would be true.”

— Chris Thompson, Andrew 'Squiggy' Squiggman, David L. Lander, imdb.com

Tagged: true or false, Literal

“Boy, you just stepped straight off the bus right into Filth Town, didn't you?”

— Nicholas DeMarco, Shirley Feeney, Cindy Williams, imdb.com

Tagged: bus, Filth Town

“I hate to go down to unemployment. It's embarrassing down there. Everybody down there knows you don't have a job.”

— Marc Sotkin, Shirley Feeney, Cindy Williams, imdb.com

Tagged: Unemployment

“What I don't have in strength, I make up for in what I lack up here! [Points to head]”

— Arthur Silver, Andrew 'Squiggy' Squiggman, David L. Lander, imdb.com

Tagged: dumb, Vacant

“Go ahead and laugh. Just like they laughed at Columbus right before he discovered Ohio.”

— Marc Sotkin, Andrew 'Squiggy' Squiggman, David L. Lander, imdb.com

Tagged: Columbus, Ohio

“Laverne, you can't marry a man you don't love!...Something bad will happen...you'll grow restless....You'll start calling the milkman Joe!”

— Emily Marshall, Shirley Feeney, Cindy Williams, imdb.com

Tagged: Love, Marriage, Arranged Marriages

“I know that voice, and I hate the person it's attached to!”

— Deborah Leschin, Laverne De Fazio, Penny Marshall, imdb.com

Tagged: Hate, voice

“Shirley: Laverne, I'm telling you, flying is safer than driving! Nobody has ever crashed into a cloud! Laverne: Yeah, well nobody ever fell 40,000 feet from a DeSoto, either.”

— Chris Thompson, Shirley Feeney, Cindy Williams, imdb.com

Tagged: Driving, Flying, DeSoto, Fear of Flying

“Shirley: We won't go out with just any old creep! Laverne: Yeah, only those who ask us!”

— David L. Lander, Michael McKean, Laverne De Fazio, Penny Marshall, imdb.com

Tagged: Dating, selective, Creep

“Shirley: I'm shaving my legs. This ugly stubble is showing through my nylons. Laverne: Ugly stubble, huh? That's what holds my nylons up!”

— Deborah Leschin, Laverne De Fazio, Penny Marshall, imdb.com

Tagged: shaving legs, Nylons

“Richie: Well, maybe we should do something again sometime. Shirley: Anything but murder, mister.”

— Fred Fox Jr., Laverne De Fazio, Penny Marshall, imdb.com

Tagged: Dating, Murder

“Lenny and I have two very respectful women upstairs, and we'd like to settle down to a nice, quiet orgy.”

— Jack Winter, Andrew 'Squiggy' Squiggman, David L. Lander, imdb.com

Tagged: Nice quiet orgy

“Laverne: It just doesn't seem fair. A guy with a reputation is a hero. A girl with a reputation is a bimbo It just doesn't seem fair. Shirley: Well, who knows, maybe a hundred years from now all that will have changed. Laverne: Yeah, wouldn't it be great if no one cared about your reputation? Think…”

— Garry Marshall, Laverne De Fazio, Penny Marshall, imdb.com

Tagged: Bad Reputation, Slut Shaming, gender double standards, Fun

“Mrs. Feeney: Now tell me, what do you girls like to do on a Saturday night? Laverne: At home or in a car?”

— Garry Marshall, Laverne De Fazio, Penny Marshall, imdb.com

Tagged: saturday night, car sex

“I'll be as loose as I ever am on a first date. A little of this, a little of that, but no petting.”

— Garry Marshall, Shirley Feeney, Cindy Williams, imdb.com

Tagged: Loose, slutty, heavy petting

“Shirley: She went to Chicago and became a nun. I stayed in Milwaukee and became a bimbo. Laverne: You're no bimbo, Shirl. Shirley: Yes, I am. Compared to her, I'm a bimbo. Laverne: She's a nun. Compared to her, Eleanor Roosevelt's a bimbo.”

— Garry Marshall, Laverne De Fazio, Penny Marshall, imdb.com

Tagged: Nun, Bimbo, Eleanor Roosevelt, Chastity, Chicago