Laverne & Shirley season 3
| Laverne & Shirley | |
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| Season 3 | |
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| No. of episodes | 24 |
| Release | |
| Original network | ABC |
| Original release | September 20, 1977 – May 30, 1978 |
| Season chronology | |
The third season of Laverne & Shirley, an American television sitcom series, began airing on September 20, 1977 on ABC. The season concluded on May 30, 1978 after 24 episodes.
The season aired Tuesdays at 8:30-9:00 pm (EST).[1][2] It ranked 1st among television programs and garnered a 31.6 rating.[3] The entire season was released on DVD in North America on November 27, 2007.
Overview
The season revolves around the titular characters Laverne DeFazio and Shirley Feeney, bottle-cappers at Shotz Brewery between 1959 and 1960 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Episode plots include their adventures with neighbors and friends, Lenny and Squiggy.
Cast
Starring
- 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
Episodes
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | |
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| 39 | 1 | "Airport '59" | Alan Rafkin | Chris Thompson | September 20, 1977 | |
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Laverne's first plane trip nearly turns disastrous after she and Shirley accidentally cause the pilot to knock himself unconscious, until Laverne takes the controls. | ||||||
| 40 | 2 | "Tag Team Wrestling" | Alan Rafkin | Marc Sotkin | September 27, 1977 | |
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Laverne and Shirley wrestle with Amazonians in tag-team wrestling bout for charity. | ||||||
| 41 | 3 | "The Pact" | Alan Rafkin | Yvette Weinberger & Mike Weinberger | October 4, 1977 | |
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A spoiled playboy woos the girls, leading to a pact in which they swear to never let a guy come between them again. | ||||||
| 42 | 4 | "Robot Lawsuit" | Alan Rafkin | Judy Pioli | October 25, 1977 | |
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A shyster persuades Laverne to sue a toy store where she was attacked by a robot. | ||||||
| 43 | 5 | "Laverne's Arranged Marriage" | Alan Rafkin | Emily Marshall | November 1, 1977 | |
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Frank arranges for Laverne to marry a mozzarella tycoon's nephew and Shirley has to intervene. | ||||||
| 44 45 | 6 7 | "The Cruise" | Alan Rafkin | Chris Thompson & Babaloo Mandel & Barry Lange | November 8, 1977 | |
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The girls sell children's shoes to earn money for a cruise. Later on an ensign woos Shirley on the cruise to the Great Lakes. | ||||||
| 46 | 8 | "Laverne and Shirley Meet Fabian" | Alan Rafkin | Paula A. Roth | November 22, 1977 | |
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Unable to obtain tickets to a Fabian concert, the girls pose as housekeepers in his hotel in hopes that they can meet the teen idol. | ||||||
| 47 | 9 | "The Stakeout" | Alan Rafkin | Barry Rubinowitz | November 29, 1977 | |
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The FBI uses the girls' apartment to stake out counterfeiters, one of whom may be Carmine. | ||||||
| 48 | 10 | "Shirley's Operation" | Alan Rafkin | David W. Duclon | December 6, 1977 | |
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Shirley is in the hospital for a minor operation and runs out in a panic, leading her friends - dressed up for a production of Alice in Wonderland - to track her down. | ||||||
| 49 | 11 | "Take My Plants, Please" | Alan Rafkin | Marc Sotkin | December 13, 1977 | |
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When the girls are laid off again, they start a plant business that doesn't exactly blossom. | ||||||
| 50 | 12 | "New Year's Eve 1960" | Alan Rafkin | Marc Sotkin | December 27, 1977 | |
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On New Year's Eve, Laverne's dream date asks her out and Shirley comes down with a New Year's Eve cold. | ||||||
| 51 | 13 | "The Mortician" | Alan Rafkin | Laura Levine | January 10, 1978 | |
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To get the attention of a handsome mortician, Laverne claims that Shirley is knocking on death's door. | ||||||
| 52 | 14 | "The Horse Show" | Alan Rafkin | Judy Pioli | January 17, 1978 | |
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Shirley rescues a horse from the glue factory and brings it home. | ||||||
| 53 | 15 | "The Slow Child" | Alan Rafkin | Dan E. Weisburd | January 24, 1978 | |
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Edna leaves her disabled daughter in the girls' care, but she disappears with Lenny. | ||||||
| 54 | 16 | "The Second Almost Annual Shotz Talent Show" | Alan Rafkin | Paula A. Roth | January 31, 1978 | |
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The girls are put in charge of the talent show and face the task of finding a place for Mr. Shotz's talentless son. | ||||||
| 55 | 17 | "The Dentist" | Alan Rafkin | Babaloo Mandel | February 7, 1978 | |
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Shirley's dim-witted dentist cousin tries to fix Laverne's broken tooth. | ||||||
| 56 | 18 | "Bus Stop" | Alan Rafkin | Barry Rubinowitz | February 14, 1978 | |
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The girls take a bus to a city where they plan to rendezvous with medical students, but are left stranded when the boys run out on them. | ||||||
| 57 | 19 | "The Driving Test" | Alan Rafkin | Chris Thompson | February 21, 1978 | |
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Squiggy must pass a driving test in order to keep his job, so the girls decide to help him. | ||||||
| 58 | 20 | "The Obstacle Course" | Alan Rafkin | Arthur Silver | February 28, 1978 | |
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Laverne and Shirley go through a police obstacle course in order to join the Ladies Auxiliary police force. | ||||||
| 59 | 21 | "The Debutante Ball" | Alan Rafkin | Paula A. Roth & Judy Pioli | May 9, 1978 | |
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Lenny invites Laverne to a royal ball when he learns he's 89th in line to take the Polish throne. | ||||||
| 60 | 22 | "2001: A Comedy Odyssey" | Ray DeVally, Jr. | Chris Thompson & Marc Sotkin | May 16, 1978 | |
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Laverne dreams that she and Shirley are in their 80s and still without significant others. | ||||||
| 61 | 23 | "The Dance Studio" | Ray DeVally, Jr. | Nicholas DeMarco | May 23, 1978 | |
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The girls try to help Carmine get a loan for a dance studio. | ||||||
| 62 | 24 | "Breaking Up and Making Up" | Alan Rafkin | Phil Foster & Marion Zola | May 30, 1978 | |
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Edna is visited by her one of her ex-husbands and it makes Frank jealous, so they break-up. Laverne & Shirley then get involved to bring them back together. | ||||||
References
- ^ TV Listings for September 20, 1977
- ^ TV Listings for May 30, 1978
- ^ 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.