Laverne & Shirley season 5

The fifth season of Laverne & Shirley, an American television sitcom series, began airing on September 13, 1979, on ABC. The season concluded on May 13, 1980, after 26 episodes.

Laverne & Shirley
Season 5
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Starring	Penny Marshall Cindy Williams Michael McKean David Lander Phil Foster Eddie Mekka Betty Garrett
No. of episodes	26
Release
Original network	ABC
Original release	September 13, 1979 (1979-09-13) – May 13, 1980 (1980-05-13)
Season chronology

The season aired Thursdays at 8:00-8:30 pm (EST), Mondays at 8:00-8:30 pm (EST) and Tuesdays at 8:30-9:00 pm (EST). The entire season was released on DVD in North America on April 10, 2012.

Overview

The series revolves around the titular characters Laverne DeFazio and Shirley Feeney, bottle-cappers at Shotz Brewery in early 1960s 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

Guest Starring

• Ron Howard as Richie Cunningham
• Henry Winkler as Arthur "Fonzie" Fonzarelli
• Susan Kellermann as Bambi
• Ed Begley Jr. as Robert "Bobby" Feeney, Shirley's brother
• Michelle Greene as Vicki
• Elizabeth Daily as Rita
• Art Garfunkel as "The Mighty Oak"
• Ted Danson as Randy Carpenter
• Roger C. Carmel as The Waiter
• Scatman Crothers as Porter
• Wilfrid Hyde-White as Colonel Kalaback
• Conrad Janis as The Conductor
• Vicki Lawrence as Sergeant Alvinia T. Plout
• Ed Marinaro as Antonio DeFazio, Laverne's cousin

Episodes

See also: List of Laverne & Shirley episodes

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
87	1	"Shotgun Wedding: Part 2"	Joel Zwick	Judy Pioli	September 13, 1979 (1979-09-13)
In the second part of a two-part crossover with Happy Days, the girls become engaged to Richie and Fonzie to rescue them from a shotgun wedding.
88	2	"One Heckuva Note"	Joel Zwick	Jeff Franklin	September 20, 1979 (1979-09-20)
Shirley discovers a love letter written by Carmine and addressed to Laverne.
89	3	"Fat City Holiday"	Joel Zwick	Roger Garrett	September 27, 1979 (1979-09-27)
The girls get jobs at a fat farm where they're trained by a woman with a most unique technique for losing weight.
90	4	"Upstairs, Downstairs"	Joel Zwick	Al Aidekman	October 4, 1979 (1979-10-04)
The girls dream of their eternal reward because of their arguments over a wrongly issued check from the phone company.
91	5	"What Do You Do with a Drunken Sailor?"	Joel Zwick	Chris Thompson & Gary H. Miller	October 18, 1979 (1979-10-18)
Shirley is visited by her brother, who has trouble dealing with his alcoholism.
92	6	"You've Pushed Me Too Far"	Joel Zwick	Jeff Franklin	October 25, 1979 (1979-10-25)
Squiggy accidentally pushes Lenny out a window and into a trash can.
93	7	"The Wedding"	Joel Zwick	Paula A. Roth	November 1, 1979 (1979-11-01)
Edna accepts Frank's marriage proposal.
94	8	"Bad Girls"	Joel Zwick	Barry Rubinowitz	November 8, 1979 (1979-11-08)
The girls' old club goes from revelry to robbery.
95	9	"We're in the Army, Now"	Joel Zwick	Judy Pioli & Jeff Franklin	November 15, 1979 (1979-11-15)
96	10
The girls enlist in the Army.
97	11	"Take Two, They're Small"	Ray DeVally, Jr.	Paula A. Roth & Judy Pioli	November 22, 1979 (1979-11-22)
Lenny and Squiggy start a dating service that pairs Laverne and Shirley with a pair of midgets.
98	12	"The Fourth Annual Shotz Talent Show"	Joel Zwick	Chris Thompson	December 6, 1979 (1979-12-06)
Mr. Shotz persists on a patriotic theme for the talent show.
99	13	"Testing, Testing"	Joel Zwick	Story by : Kenny Rich Teleplay by : Chris Thompson	December 13, 1979 (1979-12-13)
Shotz hires a psychologist to analyze work aptitudes.
100	14	"Not Quite South of the Border"	Joel Zwick	Deborah Leschin & Susan Seeger	January 7, 1980 (1980-01-07)
The girls take a vacation at Raoul's house by the Bay "near Mexico".
101	15	"You Oughta Be in Pictures"	Joel Zwick	Jeff Franklin	January 14, 1980 (1980-01-14)
The girls are recruited to appear in a film for the Army, the topic of which is prostitution.
102	16	"The Beatnik Show"	Joel Zwick	Barry Rubinowitz & Al Aidekman	January 21, 1980 (1980-01-21)
The girls impress beatniks at a coffeehouse with their exotic dance.
103	17	"The Right to Light"	Joel Zwick	Kenny Rich	January 28, 1980 (1980-01-28)
The girls chain themselves inside the gas company to protest a gas bill - before realizing there's a bomb about to go off.
104	18	"Why Did the Fireman...?"	Joel Zwick	Roger Garrett	February 4, 1980 (1980-02-04)
Laverne dates a fireman, but before he's about to propose to her, he's killed in the line of duty.
105	19	"The Collector"	Joel Zwick	Story by : Linda Segall & John Byers Teleplay by : Jeff Young & Frank Alesia	February 11, 1980 (1980-02-11)
Carmine gets a job working for a loan shark.
106	20	"Murder on the Moosejaw Express: Part 1"	Joel Zwick	Richard Rosenstock & Jack Lukes	February 26, 1980 (1980-02-26)
The girls are on a train when a murder victim stumbles into their compartment, his last words being: "Beware the bald man."
107	21	"Murder on the Moosejaw Express: Part 2"	Joel Zwick	Charlotte M. Dobbs & Jeff Franklin	March 4, 1980 (1980-03-04)
Poisoning and kidnapping lead to a final confrontation with the bald man who committed a murder on the Moosejaw Express.
108	22	"Survival Test"	Joel Zwick	Story by : Richard Gurman Teleplay by : Roger Garrett & Al Aidekman	March 11, 1980 (1980-03-11)
Sergeant Plout orders the girls to partake in a survival test pitting men against women in the "frozen wilderness".
109	23	"Antonio, the Amazing"	Maurice Bar-David	Cindy Begel & Lesa Kite	March 18, 1980 (1980-03-18)
Laverne's Italian cousin Antonio comes to America to make his fortune, but he can't seem to find a job.
110	24	"The Duke of Squiggman"	Penny Marshall	Jeff Franklin	March 25, 1980 (1980-03-25)
Squiggy becomes an English duke when he sleepwalks.
111	25	"The Diner"	Linda McMurray	Bob Perlow	May 6, 1980 (1980-05-06)
Lenny's uncle leaves him a diner called "Dead Lazlo's".
112	26	"Separate Tables"	Frank Alesia	Deborah Raznick & Ria Nepus	May 13, 1980 (1980-05-13)
To help Laverne conquer her fear of being alone, Shirley makes her eat on her own at a Chinese restaurant.