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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9781415700785
Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC
ISBN: 1415700788
Label: Paramount
Manufacturer: Paramount
Number Of Items: 3
Publisher: Paramount
Region Code: 1
Release Date: August 17, 2004
Running Time: 373 minutes
Sales Rank: 351
Studio: Paramount
Theatrical Release Date: January 27, 1976
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As a spin-off from Happy Days, Laverne & Shirley was an instant hit and one of the most popular sitcoms of the '70s. It's a bit quaint by contemporary standards, and its light-hearted sentiment is strictly old-school, due to the crowd-pleasing influence of producer and cocreator Garry Marshall, a veteran of The Dick Van Dyke Show whose subsequent film career peaked early with Pretty Woman. As working-class roommates in mid-1950s Milwaukee, Laverne De Fazio (Penny Marshall, future director and Garry's sister) and Shirley Feeney (Cindy Williams) were a classic case of opposites: Laverne was relatively saucy and cynical, while Shirley was cheerfully naive and eternally optimistic. As bottle-cappers at the Shotz brewery, they regularly associated with colleagues (and eventual neighbors) Lenny (Michael McKean) and Squiggy (David L. Lander), and as an inaugural ratings-booster, Happy Days superstar Henry Winkler (as 'Fonzie') appears in the first three episodes including 'Bowling for Razzberries,' later named by TV Guide as a classic episode. As Shirley's crooning would-be beau, Carmine 'The Big Ragoo' Rugusa (Eddie Mekka) provided a touch of romance to Shirley's otherwise lackluster love life.
Despite personal rancor that later erupted between its energetic costars, Laverne & Shirley was always a showcase for polished, professional comedy and effortless chemistry between characters, giving it the same widespread appeal later enjoyed by Friends. A mid-season replacement with a prime time-slot (following Happy Days at 8:30 Tuesdays on ABC) the show placed its good-natured characters in a variety of standard sitcom predicaments, typically set in L&S's apartment, the 'Pizza Bowl' diner run by Laverne's father Frank (Phil Foster), or the Shotz brewery, where some of the show's funniest slapstick humor emerged. These 15 episodes are guaranteed to please longtime fans on a stroll down memory lane, but bonus features are nonexistent, and newcomers may not relate to the clean-cut humor of a bygone era. Still, Laverne & Shirley started strong and continued to improve, at least for another season or two, with a variety of popular guest stars. This three-disc set represents the best of times for everyone involved. --Jeff Shannon
Description:
Getting its start as a spin-off from 'Happy Days,' LAVERNE & SHIRLEY takes place in Milwaukee in the 1950's and features Laverne, an outspoken, hot-headed woman who would love more than anything to be rescued from her job by a nice man, and Shirley, a naïve young woman who worries about her reputation and often finds herself assuming the role of Laverne's conscience in an effort to keep her best friend out of trouble. The two quirky friends have many fun times with Lenny and Squiggy, two greasers who share an apartment above Laverne and Shirley and always seem to have some kind of scheme up their sleeves.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - There's no Stopping Laverne & Shirley!
Laverne & Shirley is halfway finished on DVD. CBS/Paramount should not stop now! Laverne & Shirley Season 5 should be released for the Holidays of 2008. I bet Green would go nicely for the Laverne & Shirley Season 5 DVD box art. Please have Laverne & Shirley The 5th Season released on DVD for the Holidays!
Rating:  - Classics for a new generation
This produce is a quality copy of the classic Laverne & Shirley show from the 70's. It was one of my mom's favorite shows as a kid, so this was her mother's day present. She loved it and, much to the surprise of my kid brother and teenage sister, everybody now watches it often. This DVD set is hysterical to anybody no matter your age.
Rating: - Excellent series
Great product. Great buying process. Very simple to order and quick delivery. The DVD series brings back a lot of memories from their first run. The Lone Wolf, kudos to Mike McKean and the goof he was. Makes me want to watch Spinal Tap once more! The guy is a crack up as Lenny.
Rating: - Good, clean laughs. Brings you back ...
Watching these old shows is fun. In comparison to viewing these episodes on television, they contain more than what we were shown when they aired.
Rating: - lavern and shirley season 1
lavern and shirley are another one of my favorites i enjoy sitting down and watching these episodes again i think it was a bad fault on the tvs behaf to kick them off they were great
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