EPISODE
SEASON
Laverne and Shirley - Season 8
The misadventures of two single women in the 1950s and '60s.
8 July 1938, El Centro, California, USA
20 June 1947, Kingston, New York, USA
6 February 1943, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
31 May 1922, Cohoes, New York, USA
February 15, 1960 in Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii, USA
11 April 1929, Clear Lake, Iowa, USA
4 November 1933, Malone, New York, USA
23 October 1950, Esslingen am Neckar, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
13 November 1971, Los Angeles, California, USA
27 May 1949, Los Angeles, California, USA
8 April 1946, Coronado, California, USA
24 August 1949, New York City, New York, USA
2 March 1950, Queens, New York, USA
13 February 1962, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
1952 in USA
22 April 1925, Englewood, New Jersey, USA
14 September 1955, Cameron County, Texas, USA
2 May 1940, Chicago, Illinois, USA
29 July 1954, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
22 December 1946, USA
September 14, 2018
The writing was weak, at best. The situations were ludicrous. The characters were caricatures... It was silly, harmless fun. But it was not great television.
September 14, 2018
Stands as an forerunning example of the single-gal-in-the-city sitcom.
September 14, 2018
Laverne & Shirley hardly reinvented the wheel, but its strong female characters, their infectious friendship, and its Milwaukee setting all made the show a catch.
September 14, 2018
At some of its best moments, the sitcom dealt humorously with social class tensions, which are seldom discussed in a medium that religiously celebrates the myth of America as a classless society.
September 14, 2018
It was funny and female-positive.
September 14, 2018
Laverne and Shirley was, in its amiable, bubble-headed innocence, "like all the other shows of the day," but there was one big difference: broader physical comedy.
