Laverne & Shirley (1981 TV series)

Laverne & Shirley (onscreen title: Laverne & Shirley in the Army) is an American animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions and Paramount Television that was originally broadcast on ABC from October 10, 1981 to November 13, 1982. It is a spin-off of the live-action sitcom Laverne & Shirley with the title characters voiced by Penny Marshall and Cindy Williams and was loosely based on the 1979 two-part episode "We're in the Army, Now" in which Laverne and Shirley enlisted in the Army.[1]

Laverne & Shirley
GenreCartoon series
Written byDuane Poole
Tom Swale
Directed byGeorge Gordon
Carl Urbano
Rudy Zamora
Voices ofPenny Marshall
Cindy Williams (1981–82)
Lynne Marie Stewart (1982)
Ron Palillo
Kenneth Mars
Henry Winkler (1982)
Frank Welker (1982)
Composer(s)Hoyt Curtin
Country of originUnited States
Original language(s)English
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes21
Production
Executive producer(s)William Hanna
Joseph Barbera
Producer(s)Duane Poole
Art Scott
Tom Swale
Running time30 minutes
Production company(s)Hanna-Barbera Productions
Paramount Television
DistributorCBS Television Distribution
Release
Original networkABC
First shown inUnited States
Original releaseOctober 10, 1981 (1981-10-10) –
November 13, 1982 (1982-11-13)
Chronology
Related showsLaverne & Shirley
Happy Days

Premise

The series is set at Camp Fillmore and follows the comedic antics of roommates Laverne DeFazio and Shirley Feeney as privates with the U.S. Army. They wind up getting involved in clandestine escapades with their immediate superior, a pig named Sgt. Squealy, who is always threatening to report them to his superior, Sgt. Turnbuckle. The series aired for one season of 13 episodes from October 10, 1981 to January 2, 1982.

The following season, the series was re-titled Laverne & Shirley with The Fonz and combined with a half-hour adaptation of the 1978–1982 sitcom Mork & Mindy to form the Mork & Mindy/Laverne & Shirley/Fonz Hour, which lasted for one season.[2] During the second season, Laverne and Shirley were joined by the characters of The Fonz (voiced by Henry Winkler) and his anthropomorphic dog Mr. Cool (voiced by Frank Welker; from the 1980–81 animated series The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang) working as mechanics in the army camp's motorpool. In August 1982, Cindy Williams quit her role as Shirley on the live-action sitcom Laverne & Shirley and, conversely, Williams' role in the animated series was taken over by Lynne Marie Stewart. Only eight episodes were produced from September 25 to November 13, 1982.[3]

Episode list

Season 1 – Laverne & Shirley in the Army (1981–82)
Nº Title Original air date
1"Invasion of the Booby Hatchers"October 10, 1981 (1981-10-10)
The girls accidentally hijack a secret army rocket and get captured by aliens, who want to invade Earth.
2"Jungle Jumpers"October 17, 1981 (1981-10-17)
The girls parachute in the middle of a jungle island and find themselves caught between the Zambulu tribe and a giant ape.
3"Naval Fluff"October 24, 1981 (1981-10-24)
Assigned to the Navy, the girls are caught in the middle of a target test, while enemy spies are about to attack the laser cannon ship.
4"April Fools in Paris"October 31, 1981 (1981-10-31)
Laverne & Shirley are on special assignment in Paris on April Fool's Day.
5"I Only Have Ice for You"November 7, 1981 (1981-11-07)
Fed up with kitchen duties and Squealy, the ladies make a transfer to a entertainment unit, only to have Squealy trick them and falsely sends the privates to Antarctica, where the plan backfires upon arrival. Unfortunately, they’re about to be in for a chilly reception: the Army base has been abandoned since 1946, and the current occupants are a sinister scientist, his assistant, and pet polar bear, who are planning to take over the world by melting the continent and flood the planet.
6"When the Moon Comes Over the Werewolf"November 14, 1981 (1981-11-14)
Laverne and Shirley are convinced that they are in danger from a werewolf due to some confusion with a new recruit. Every time they turn their heads from her and look back, a wolf-like animal appears in her place, and they think that she has turned into it. The two do not know whether to help her or run the other way.
7"Bigfoot"November 21, 1981 (1981-11-21)
Sgt. Turnbuckle refuses to believe that the privates have seen a Bigfoot creature until he sees it for himself.
8"Two Mini Cooks"November 28, 1981 (1981-11-28)
Laverne & Shirley are sent to the kitchen for their punishment in another goof-up.
9"Super Wacs"December 5, 1981 (1981-12-05)
An Army vs. Navy basketball games has been scheduled. Laverne and Shirley sign up so they can get out of their regular duties. They have no idea what is in store for them, as the Navy players are nearly professional players and the practices that they go through are harder than the duties that they were trying to get away from.
10"Meanie Genie"December 12, 1981 (1981-12-12)
Laverne and Shirley discover a bottle while on maneuvers. When they clean it up, a genie appears, but he is not happy at having been disturbed from his deep sleep.
11"Tokyo-Ho, Ho"December 19, 1981 (1981-12-19)
Laverne & Shirley are off to Tokyo for a special mission.
12"The Dark Knight"December 26, 1981 (1981-12-26)
Shirley slips and hits her head, sending her and Laverne off to a dream state of the Middle Ages, where they are forced to fight an evil knight.
13"Super Duper Trooper"January 2, 1982 (1982-01-02)
Evil mastermind Tony Glut kidnaps the army football teams to steal their strength for his Crusher robot. His plan backfires when Shirley, Laverne and Squealy infiltrate the laboratory.

Season 2 – Laverne & Shirley with The Fonz (1982)
Nº Title Original air date
14"The Speed Demon Get-Away Caper"September 25, 1982 (1982-09-25)
When the Fonz is wrongly accused and imprisoned for stealing a car he was working on, Laverne and Shirley (along with Squealy) go on a quest to capture the real criminal.
15"Swamp Monsters Speak with Forked Face"October 2, 1982 (1982-10-02)
16"Movie Madness"October 9, 1982 (1982-10-09)
17"One Million Laughs B.C."October 16, 1982 (1982-10-16)
18"The Robot Recruit"October 23, 1982 (1982-10-23)
A robot called M.A.B.E.L. is sent to the camp to sabotage the military games, for which Laverne and Shirley receive the blame. But when M.A.B.E.L. gets broken, the Fonz gives her a repair and tune-up.
19"All the President's Girls"October 30, 1982 (1982-10-30)
20"Laverne and Shirley and the Beanstalk"November 6, 1982 (1982-11-06)
21"Raiders of the Lost Pork"November 13, 1982 (1982-11-13)

Voice cast

Additional voices

Home media

On November 5, 2019, the 13-episode first season was released as a made-on-demand DVD-R by CBS Home Entertainment and Paramount Home Entertainment.

References
  1. Hyatt, Wesley (1997). The Encyclopedia of Daytime Television. Watson-Guptill Publications. p. 257. ISBN 978-0823083152. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
  2. Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. pp. 489–490. ISBN 978-1476665993.
  3. Perlmutter, David (2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 352. ISBN 978-1538103739.


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