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    I did like seeing "Laverne And Shirley In The Army." Seeing them bossed about by commanding pit Sgt. Squealy was most amusing. The girls and their porcine drill sergeant encountered basically the same villains you'd find in any other Hanna-Barbera cartoon, and it was a lot of fun.

    A year later, of course, these unlikely adventurers were joined by Fonzie and Mr. Cool-proof that at least two of the time-travelers had finally returned to their own era. But this time, I just didn't get into it for some reason. Maybe by that time, I just didn't care about some of the new shows. Who knows?

    Trivia Question 29: Who was the Japanese secret agent the girls and Squealy met while on assignment in Tokyo?

    Answer: Rakasaka, or "Rock," as the girls called him.
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    Ron Palillo (Arnold Horschack on "Welcome Back, Kotter") played Sgt. Squealy...a play on the name "Squiggy", played by David L. Lander in the live action "Laverne and Shirley" series. Lander and Michael McKean (Lenny) did not participate in the cartoon series.

    The Goldie Hawn hit movie "Private Benjamin" (in which a pampered woman joins the Army after getting dumped by her boyfriend) inspired Hanna-Barbera to create both "Laverne and Shirley in the Army" and the "Private Olive Oyl" segment in "The Popeye-Olive Comedy Show".

    Penny Marshall (tough-talking Laverne) and Cindy Williams (sweet if naive Shirley) played the characters in cartoon form. Lynne Marie Stewart replaced Cindy Williams as Shirley's voice in the second season when Fonzie and Mr. Cool joined the cast. Laverne and Shirley was introduced in an episode of "Happy Days" as brewery workers and dates for Fonzie and Richie...with Shirley inadvertantly punching Richie in the face. The characters were popular enough to earn their own spin-off show.

    Cindy Williams also left the live-action "Laverne and Shirley" series (Shirley Feeney got married to a fellow named Meaney so she was named Shirley Feeney-Meaney and moved out of the apartment she shared with Laverne), leaving Penny Marshall to carry the series for the final two seasons...even though the title was never changed.

    If there was a couple of things I remember about "Laverne & Shirley", Laverne loved Pepsi and Milk together, Shirley's middle name is Willhemina, and the girls worked in a greasy spoon diner called "Laszlo's Place"...Laszlo passed away and the restaurant was re-named "Dead Laszlo's Place"...when the restaurant closed down, Lenny and Squiggy took the sign for "Dead Laszlo's Place" and re-used it as Laszlo's cemetery headstone.

    For the fun of it, here is a clip from the 1976 CBS tv game show "Double Dare" hosted by an afro and mustached Alex Trebek...where a trio of Ph.D's attempt to guess the mystery topic of "Laverne and Shirley" from a series of clues. The contestant clue-giver would win a big bonus if at least one Ph.D fails to guess the topic after four clues.





    I don't know if "Laverne and Shirley" was a direct influence but the 1980s-era anime series "Dirty Pair" also featured a mis-matched pair of ladies who worked as armed trouble consultants in a future period. Red-headed, tough-talking Kei and sweet, blue-haired Yuri could be Japan's answer to what if DeFazio and Feeney became shapely futuristic crime fighters with a penchant for slapstick violence on a grand scale.
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