Laverne & Shirley

Laverne & Shirley was a popular American television situation comedy which ran on ABC from 1976 to 1983. It starred Penny Marshall as Laverne De Fazio and Cindy Williams as Shirley Feeney, roommates working in a Milwaukee brewery in the late 1950s. It was a spinoff of Happy Days, as the two lead characters were originally introduced on that show as acquaintances of Fonzie.

Location

In 1980, all of the remaining characters in Laverne & Shirley, and therefore the setting of the show, moved from Milwaukee to Southern California. Laverne and Shirley took jobs at a department store in the gift wrapping department, Frank and Edna opened a country and western restaurant called Cowboy Bill's, and Carmine started doing singing telegrams and working as an actor. From this point until the end of the show's run, Laverne & Shirley was set in the mid-1960s.

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1980 - Southern California

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When the show moved to California, Ed Marinaro was cast as Sonny, a stunt man and love interest for Laverne. He had previously been cast years earlier as Laverne's cousin during an episode where the cast visited Frank's mother. Leslie Easterbrook was cast in the role of Rhonda, a bubble-headed bleach blonde who usually started sentences with the words "Rhonda says...".

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Ed Marinaro - Leslie Easterbrook

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In the last season, Cindy Williams left the show. In an episode near the end of the series Laverne talks about how Shirley had finally met her dream doctor and married him and left a letter for her explaining things. Although Penny Marshall was featured solely, the show was still called Laverne & Shirley.

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