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starring: Penny Marshall, Cindy Williams, David Lander, Michael McKean, Henry Winkler directed by: Garry Marshall List Price: $29.98 Amazon.com's Price: $21.49 You Save: $8.49 (28%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Binding: DVD Brand: Paramount EAN: 9781415700785 Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC ISBN: 1415700788 Label: Paramount Manufacturer: Paramount Number Of Items: 3 Publisher: Paramount Region Code: 1 Release Date: August 17, 2004 Running Time: 373 minutes Sales Rank: 2844 Studio: Paramount Theatrical Release Date: January 27, 1976 Related Items:
Editorial Review: Description: Getting its start as a spin-off from 'Happy Days,' LAVERNE & SHIRLEY takes place in Milwaukee in the 1950’s and features Laverne, an outspoken, hot-headed woman who would love more than anything to be rescued from her job by a nice man, and Shirley, a naïve young woman who worries about her reputation and often finds herself assuming the role of Laverne’s conscience in an effort to keep her best friend out of trouble. The two quirky friends have many fun times with Lenny and Squiggy, two greasers who share an apartment above Laverne and Shirley and always seem to have some kind of scheme up their sleeves. Amazon.com: As a spin-off from Happy Days, Laverne & Shirley was an instant hit and one of the most popular sitcoms of the '70s. It's a bit quaint by contemporary standards, and its light-hearted sentiment is strictly old-school, due to the crowd-pleasing influence of producer and cocreator Garry Marshall, a veteran of The Dick Van Dyke Show whose subsequent film career peaked early with Pretty Woman. As working-class roommates in mid-1950s Milwaukee, Laverne De Fazio (Penny Marshall, future director and Garry's sister) and Shirley Feeney (Cindy Williams) were a classic case of opposites: Laverne was relatively saucy and cynical, while Shirley was cheerfully naive and eternally optimistic. As bottle-cappers at the Shotz brewery, they regularly associated with colleagues (and eventual neighbors) Lenny (Michael McKean) and Squiggy (David L. Lander), and as an inaugural ratings-booster, Happy Days superstar Henry Winkler (as 'Fonzie') appears in the first three episodes including 'Bowling for Razzberries,' later named by TV Guide as a classic episode. As Shirley's crooning would-be beau, Carmine 'The Big Ragoo' Rugusa (Eddie Mekka) provided a touch of romance to Shirley's otherwise lackluster love life. Despite personal rancor that later erupted between its energetic costars, Laverne & Shirley was always a showcase for polished, professional comedy and effortless chemistry between characters, giving it the same widespread appeal later enjoyed by Friends. A mid-season replacement with a prime time-slot (following Happy Days at 8:30 Tuesdays on ABC) the show placed its good-natured characters in a variety of standard sitcom predicaments, typically set in L&S's apartment, the 'Pizza Bowl' diner run by Laverne's father Frank (Phil Foster), or the Shotz brewery, where some of the show's funniest slapstick humor emerged. These 15 episodes are guaranteed to please longtime fans on a stroll down memory lane, but bonus features are nonexistent, and newcomers may not relate to the clean-cut humor of a bygone era. Still, Laverne & Shirley started strong and continued to improve, at least for another season or two, with a variety of popular guest stars. This three-disc set represents the best of times for everyone involved. --Jeff Shannon Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Start of a great comedy duo This was a great start to the series that lasted for 8 years which was amazing if you belive the stories that the two stars were fighting between each other behind the scenes. If you like physical humour then this is the series to get and the further seasons of it as well casuse it got better and better. Penny Marshall and Cindy Williams were both excellent in their roles. Rating:  - Great with grandchildrenWe watched the series over the summer with our[...] granddaughters. They now ask to spend the night with us so they can watch TV with Nina & Papa. WKRP in Cincinnati & Happy Days are also great. When school started this fall, our 10 year old told the class that WKRP was her favorite TV program. None of her classmates had ever heard of it! Rating: - brings back memoriesThe dvd's are very funny. These shows are so old, its fun to watch in this current day & age. Very entertaining & well worth the price. Rating: - Great Simple Clean ComedyThis show is great especially when you've seen all you can of Friends or Everybody Loves Raymond. Nice to have a little different comedy from a different time. Rating: - Great MemoriesIn the early 90's I remember having an hour before going to work on the night shift. My two daughters would be put down for a nap prior to this show being broadcasted. There are a lot of intimate memories for me and my wife during these times if you know what I mean!Now both my girls are off to college. It's like starting over where we left off 20 years ago ! Some times it is good to go back and visualize the past. |
