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.

The opening

The opening sequence is very popular and has been parodied in many pop culture outlets, including the movie Wayne's World. In the beginning, the girls are skipping down the street, arm in arm, reciting a hopscotch chant which has little meaning: "One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight! Schlemiel! Schlimazel! Hasenpfeffer Incorporated!"

Related Topics:
Wayne's World - Hopscotch - Hasenpfeffer

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The sequence has also been parodied in other languages, on Friends in a Spanish-language track under the title Laverne y Shirley and on Saturday Night Live, in Japanese, under the name Rabun to Shuri.

Related Topics:
Friends - Spanish - Saturday Night Live - Japanese

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