I hope Laverne & Shirley is not forgotten. Penny Marshall and Cindy Williams were perfect as two single girls working at Milwaukee's Shotz Brewery as bottle cappers in the late 1950s. The casting of Michael McKean and David L. Landers as their somewhat off-kilter neighbors Lenny and Squiggy was brilliant, using characters that McKean and Landers created while attending Carnegie Mellon University (reportedly while under the influence of marijuana).
Happy Days creator Garry Marshall introduced Laverne DeFazio and Shirley Feeney in a November 1975 episode of that show. The characters moved to their own show the following year. while also making occasional guest shots on Happy Days. Penny Marshall as Laverne also appeared in the premier episode of Mork & Mindy, another Happy Days spinoff. Laverne and Shirley also became animated cartoons in Laverne & Shirley in the Army (14 episodes) and in the Mork & Mindy/Laverne & Shirley/Fonz Hour (8 episodes).
This episode has the girls wanting to buy a new couch. A furniture sale is being held in a house that Laverne thinks is haunted. Nonetheless, they and Lenny and Squiggy head off to buy the couch. Strange things happen. Could the house be really haunted? I think you know the answer but, hey, it's Halloween week.
Enjoy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=si9TUub3h70
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