EPISODE
SEASON
Laverne and Shirley - Season 8
The misadventures of two single women in the 1950s and '60s.
17 April 1947, Olympia, Washington, USA
27 March 1923, Covington, Tennessee, USA
14 October 1949, Miami, Florida, USA
12 October 1952, Alameda, California, USA
July 29, 1959 in Evanston, Illinois, USA
9 November 1929, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
8 August 1930, USA
29 November 1924, Los Angeles County, California, USA
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
Stands as an forerunning example of the single-gal-in-the-city sitcom.
September 14, 2018
It was funny and female-positive.
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
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
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.
