Laverne & Shirley season 6
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| Laverne & Shirley | |
|---|---|
| Season 6 | |
 DVD cover | |
| Starring | |
| No. of episodes | 22 |
| Release | |
| Original network | ABC |
| Original release | November 18, 1980 – May 26, 1981 |
| Season chronology | |
The sixth season of Laverne & Shirley, an American television sitcom series, began airing on November 18, 1980, on ABC. The season concluded on May 26, 1981, after 22 episodes.
The season aired Tuesdays at 8:30-9:00 pm (EST).[1][2] It ranked 20th among television programs and garnered a 20.6 rating.[3] The entire season was released on DVD in North America on May 21, 2013.
Overview[edit]
Laverne and Shirley and their friends all move from Milwaukee to Burbank, California. The ladies take jobs as gift wrappers at a department store; Frank and Edna manage a Texas BBQ restaurant called Cowboy Bill's, Carmine delivers singing telegrams and seeks work as an actor, and Lenny and Squiggy start a talent agency called Squignowski Talent Agency. From this point until the end of the series' run, Laverne & Shirley was set in the mid-1960s, starting in 1965.
Cast[edit]
Starring[edit]
- Penny Marshall as Laverne DeFazio
- Cindy Williams as Shirley Feeney
- Michael McKean as Leonard "Lenny" Kosnowski
- David Lander as Andrew "Squiggy" Squiggman
- Phil Foster as Frank DeFazio
- Eddie Mekka as Carmine Ragusa
- Betty Garrett as Edna Babish
- Leslie Easterbrook as Rhonda Lee
- Ed Marinaro as Sonny St. Jacques
Guest Starring[edit]
- Troy Donahue as Himself
- Jim Lange as Himself
- Vicki Lawrence as Sergeant Alvinia T. Plout
Episodes[edit]
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 113 | 1 | "Not Quite New York" | John Tracy | Jeff Franklin | November 18, 1980 | |
| When the girls lose their jobs to automation, they move to Hollywood. | ||||||
| 114 | 2 | "Welcome to Burbank" | John Tracy | Jeff Franklin | November 25, 1980 | |
| As soon as the girls settle into their new apartment in Burbank, an earthquake hits. | ||||||
| 115 | 3 | "Studio City" | John Tracy | Richard Rosenstock | December 2, 1980 | |
| The girls audition to be stuntwomen in a movie set in prehistoric times starring Troy Donahue. | ||||||
| 116 | 4 | "Grand Opening" | John Tracy | Ruth Bennett | December 9, 1980 | |
| At the grand opening of Frank's eatery, the knife-thrower doesn't show, so Shirley must assume the position of tossing knives at Laverne. | ||||||
| 117 | 5 | "Candy Is Dandy" | John Tracy | Joanne Pagliaro | December 16, 1980 | |
| The girls get jobs wrapping rum-filled chocolates. | ||||||
| 118 | 6 | "The Dating Game" | Penny Marshall | Al Aidekman | December 30, 1980 | |
| Lenny and Squiggy are chosen as contestants on The Dating Game simply because Jim Lange pities them. | ||||||
| 119 | 7 | "The Other Woman" | Arthur Silver | Joanne Pagliaro | January 6, 1981 | |
| Shirley notices something familiar about her boyfriend's estranged wife. | ||||||
| 120 | 8 | "The Road to Burbank" | Frank Alesia | Jeff Franklin | January 13, 1981 | |
| The girls are fined for room damage at a hotel where they allegedly checked in with Lenny and Squiggy as married couples. | ||||||
| 121 | 9 | "Born Too Late" | Alan Myerson | Roger Garrett | January 27, 1981 | |
| Lenny and Squiggy imagine living a silent life after watching a silent movie. | ||||||
| 122 | 10 | "Love Out the Window" | Linda McMurray | Ruth Bennett | February 3, 1981 | |
| Sonny reluctantly quits his job as a stuntman and goes into insurance to ease Laverne's fears of him dying while performing a stunt. | ||||||
| 123 | 11 | "Malibu Mansion" | Frank Alesia | Anthony DiMarco & David Ketchum | February 10, 1981 | |
| The girls house-sit a mansion in Malibu where an outrageous party takes place. | ||||||
| 124 | 12 | "To Tell the Truth" | Jack Winter | Al Aidekman | February 17, 1981 | |
| The gang spends a night playing a "truth game". | ||||||
| 125 | 13 | "I Do, I Do" | Phil Perez | Cindy Begel & Lesa Kite | February 24, 1981 | |
| A pair of British rock stars proposes to the girls in order to gain American citizenship. | ||||||
| 126 | 14 | "But Seriously, Folks..." | Penny Marshall | Jeff Franklin | March 3, 1981 | |
| Carmine starts a new career as a comedian and uses his friends as the basis for his jokes. | ||||||
| 127 | 15 | "The Bardwell Caper: Part 1" | Tom Trbovich | Anthony DiMarco & David Ketchum | March 10, 1981 | |
| The girls send a nasty note to their boss before realizing he's given them a raise. | ||||||
| 128 | 16 | "The Bardwell Caper: Part 2" | Tom Trbovich | Anthony DiMarco & David Ketchum | March 17, 1981 | |
| The girls try to retrieve the nasty note to their boss in order to save their jobs. | ||||||
| 129 | 17 | "High Priced Dates" | Jack Winter | Charlotte M. Dobbs | April 7, 1981 | |
| The girls go to a lavish dinner with their blind dates. | ||||||
| 130 | 18 | "Fifth Anniversary" | Tom Trbovich | Winifred Hervey & Cheryl Alu | April 14, 1981 | |
| Frank and Edna argue on their fifth anniversary. | ||||||
| 131 | 19 | "Out, Out Damned Plout" | Marlene Laird | Paula A. Roth | May 5, 1981 | |
| Sergeant Plout goes AWOL. | ||||||
| 132 | 20 | "Laverne's Broken Leg" | Ray DeVally, Jr. | Anthony DiMarco & David Ketchum | May 12, 1981 | |
| After Laverne breaks her leg, an angel shows her how important she is to family and friends. | ||||||
| 133 | 21 | "Sing, Sing, Sing" | Cindy Williams | Deborah Raznick & Ria Nepus | May 19, 1981 | |
| Lenny serenades a waitress with his rendition of "Telstar" on amateur night. | ||||||
| 134 | 22 | "Child's Play" | Gary Menteer | Jeff Franklin & Dana Olsen | May 26, 1981 | |
| Shirley puts on a glass production in which she and Laverne play all the parts. Note: This is Betty Garrett's final episode. | ||||||
References[edit]
- ^ TV Listings for November 18, 1980
- ^ TV Listings for May 26, 1981
- ^ Brooks, Tim; Marsh, Earle (2007). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows 1946-Present (Ninth Edition). Ballantine Books. p. 1687-1690. ISBN 978-0-345-49773-4.