Night After Night
176 episodes - English - Latest episode: 13 days ago -A Laverne and Shirley Podcast!
Chris has never seen Laverne and Shirley before. Lisa has had a crush on Lenny Kosnowski since she was three. Together, they're going to watch eight season of one of America's most popular sitcoms - with some bonus content thrown in.
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How's Your Sister (S8E19)
April 12, 2024 07:37 - 1 hour - 80.1 MBWhen Squiggy's sister (Squendolyn, also played by David Lander) comes to visit her brother after a messy divorce, she takes a real shine to Carmine. Seeing a chance to keep her out of his hair, Squig offers to pay a frustrated Carmine a couple hundred bucks to show the sister a good time... even though Carmine doesn't like Squendolyn and thinks quite lowly of her based on her appearance. But when it all comes to a head at a Hollywood party full of other crappy folks, what will Carmine learn ...
Please Don't Feed The Buzzards (S8E18)
April 05, 2024 07:00 - 26 minutes - 30.5 MB** SOME EXPLICIT LANGUAGE WARNING ** (just a bit) The boys think they've discovered a treasure map when they find some junk at a swap meet, sending Lenny and Squiggy on a quest to find it somewhere out in the Mojave Desert. Stopping off at Cowboy Bills on the way, they accidentally blurt their plans out to Frank and Carmine, causing the two to argue that if Pop's going to give supplies at a discount and Carmine gave them the money to go to the swap meet, that they should be in on the take. ...
Ghost Story (S8E17)
March 29, 2024 07:15 - 29 minutes - 33.4 MB**EXPLICIT LANGUAGE WARNING** Ghost episodes of sitcoms should be funny and weird, right? When Laverne leaves for a ski trip for singles, she has Carmine watch the place, but tells him that there's something weird with the lights and sink. Turns out her apartment is haunted by the ghost of an athlete who's upset at the outcome of the Summer Olympics. When Rhonda puts together a séance to quell the angry spirit, it causes him to possess Laverne's body instead. He asks that they reenact the ...
Short on Time (S8E16)
March 22, 2024 07:10 - 31 minutes - 36.1 MB**EXPLICIT LANGUAGE WARNING** Time for Chris to lose his mind again! In the episode reviewed, Laverne is busy as heck. She's so busy, she ends up dealing with a schedule logjam when her promise to babysit Chuck's young chimpanzee, Chucky Jr., overlaps with her plans to perform with The Spinners in concert. When she calls on her grumpy Pop, she brushes off his exceptional anger at women in general, even as he nails closed the ladies' room door at Cowboy Bills. A desperate Laverne dumps Chuck...
The Fashion Show (S8E15)
March 15, 2024 19:03 - 29 minutes - 34.2 MBIt's time for the last Mike Bailey episode to get reviewed! For once, Laverne's latest relationship is going well. Her beau, Mike Bailey (Larry Breeding), is a fashion photographer who likes her and connects with her. The two of them share their romance in a comfortable, healthy, mature way. But, there's one problem - Laverne's jealousy flares up as she sees how close Mike is to the models he photographs. She decides to go to a big internationally- themed fashion show Mike has been commiss...
Rock & Roll Show (S8E14)
March 08, 2024 08:40 - 41 minutes - 47.3 MBLaverne's nursing an ulcer with an awful diet and doctor's orders to rest. At work, her colleague Chuck (Charles Fleischer) tries to cheer her up with playing his harmonica and introducing her to his own love of music. Realizing he's actually pretty good, Laverne encourages him, bringing up how much Bob Dylan makes. But, Chuck dreams big, getting his science buddies together to form a band, quit their jobs, and become a success. But Laverne and Carmine realize immediately that these nerds do...
The Baby Show (S8E13)
March 01, 2024 08:10 - 48 minutes - 55 MBLaverne is surprised to find out that Alvinia Plout (Vicki Lawrence), her former Sergeant in the Women's Army Corps, is back in town with two big surprises. Those surprises: she's been married and divorced since Laverne last saw her, and now has a baby on the way. Hesitant to send Alvinia on her way, Laverne lets her former superior stay with her. She helps Alvinia get a job at Cowboy Bills and supports her efforts to win a Mother To Be contest for a lifetime supply of baby food. But when Fr...
Defective Ballet (S8E12)
February 23, 2024 09:26 - 32 minutes - 37.6 MBWhen a pair of Russian ballet dancers with plans to defect to the American side and use the bathroom at Cowboy Bills as a weigh station toward freedom, hijinks ensue. While Boris Squiggmanoff succeeds in getting away, his KGB handlers capture his wife, and then mistake Squiggy for the defecting dancer. Mr. Squiggman finds himself living in captivity, forced to fulfill Boris' ballet commitment on pain of death. Soon figuring out that this Squig-shaped guy in the apartment isn't the real deal,...
The Monastery Story (S8E11)
February 09, 2024 08:00 - 42 minutes - 48.1 MB*** EXPLICIT LANGUAGE & WARNING *** This podcast video includes discussions of topics such as rape, religious guilt, victim-blaming, and alcohol-induced blackouts. LISTENER DISCRETION IS ADVISED. Laverne wakes up from a black-out drunk evening on top of an aircraft carrier with her clothing torn and disheveled. On her way off the boat, she gets saluted by the sailors on board for reasons she cannot recall. By the time they "toot the big horn" at her, she suspects the worst. Running to the n...
The Gymnast Show (S8E10)
February 02, 2024 08:46 - 30 minutes - 28.3 MBThe one where we talk about Adam West! When Rhonda shows up with a spare date for Laverne, it turns out to be Edgar Garibaldi, a once great gymnast. Immediately smitten with her, Edgar takes Laverne out, but he keeps calling her by the name Louise. Laverne sticks with the relationship nevertheless and he eventually invites Laverne to his manor abode for a lovely weekend getaway. While there, Laverne learns Eddie's got a history with this Louise gal: his prior partner. Several more clues and ...
Of Mice and Men (S8E09)
January 26, 2024 09:00 - 47 minutes - 44.1 MBLaverne's new fella "Weezer" takes her on a double date with Carmine and his new gal Suzy to a French restaurant, only for a couple of hoods to try and hit on the girls. After Carmine and Laverne take the tough guys outside and give them a thrashing, Weezer feels incompetent about his masculinity and ability to protect Laverne. The two argue, he has a wild dance-number laden dream about it, and eventually Laverne gets her pop to set up a "bully" for Weezer to win against. But will he see thr...
Jinxed (S8E8)
January 19, 2024 08:16 - 21 minutes - 20.2 MB**EXPLICIT LANGUAGE WARNING** The doldrums of Season 8 of Laverne and Shirley continue with this filler-esque episode. Laverne disregards a chain letter she gets in the mail and immediately a string of bad luck seems to follow her. She steps on Rhonda's dress and rips it before a big performance for a talent agent, she sprains Carmine's wrist while helping him off the floor, and while playing fetch with Chuck's dog she ends up tossing the ball over the balcony of the apartment building, lea...
Death Row (S8E06 + 07)
January 12, 2024 09:32 - 53 minutes - 49.9 MB*** EXPLICIT LANGUAGE WARNING *** We cover one of the most infamous episodes of Laverne & Shirley this week. Laverne tries to scam a free set out of her local bank by creating a fresh account. But during her latest attempt at chicanery, with an equally-disguised Rhonda at her side, she's spotted by a couple of revolutionaries casing the joint for a heist. The revolutionaries, led by Aaron (Ben Powers) and Sheba (Laraine Newman) worm their way into Laverne's life by using a mix of moral gu...
The Playboy Show (S8E05)
January 05, 2024 20:06 - 43 minutes - 40.5 MBIt's time to add a little T&A to your L&S! Laverne does a quick favor for a very busy Rhonda and runs down to the soon-to-be-opened local Playboy™ Club to pick up an application. Rhonda hopes to become a bunny tail wearing hostess, but a still money-hungry Laverne finds herself signing up for a try-out. Laverne soon starts training along with her new pal/possible co-worker Cathy (the effulgent Carrie Fisher). After they both pass the "Squiggy" test where they have to tolerate their "forward"...
Lost in Spacesuits (S8E04)
December 29, 2023 20:12 - 47 minutes - 43.7 MBLaverne finally lands a new job thanks to her Pop calling in a favor with a war buddy. Mr. Ajax turns out to be a big wheel with a place in a future-facing industry, with his company making aeronautics supplies for NASA. There, her stern boss, G. Bullets Klein, puts her to the boring task of testing various products which are slated to go up into space on the latest shuttle, then boxing them up. Her new co-worker, Chuck (Charles Fleischer), asks Laverne for help clandestinely testing a new a...
The Note (S8E03)
December 22, 2023 07:48 - 48 minutes - 45.1 MBWhen Laverne and Carmine return to the apartment after attending the Burbank Business Association's Dancing Contest, they find that all of Shirley's things are gone ... along with the lady herself. All that's left is a single note waiting for Laverne -- a goodbye letter from Shirl that seems to brush off the many years of friendship and sisterhood. Seeing Laverne devastated by the news, Pop and Carmine and all the others try their best to lift Laverne's spirits, from helping her search for a...
Window on Main Street (S8E02)
December 15, 2023 08:20 - 36 minutes - 33.9 MB**EXPLICIT LANGUAGE WARNING** Laverne and Shirley get a big opportunity at their department store job, only it's the kind where they have to live in an "apartment of the future" for a week. Realizing she's come down with a case of claustrophobia, Laverne isn't sure she can pull it off. With some coaxing and encouragement from their neighbor Rhonda, they seek the help of a hypnotist... but when a mistake during the session leads the girls to acting like chickens (and not knowing it afterward...
The Mummy's Bride (S8E01)
December 08, 2023 08:30 - 1 hour - 71.7 MB**EXPLICIT LANGUAGE WARNING** The beginning of the end! With another time-jump, Shirley reveals that the guy she's been dating, Walter Meeney, has proposed! Laverne is ecstatic for her best friend. But as the two begin putting the wedding together, the timeline for it speeds up, as Walter, an Army medic, gets his orders to ship out soon. So Laverne and Shirley go into overdrive for the Feeney/Meeney wedding, only to be once more be thwarted - Walter's got a full body rash! In the end, they ...
Perfidy in Blue (S7E22) with guest Tracy Ramone
November 03, 2023 19:03 - 1 hour - 78.7 MBCUE THE ORGAN MUSIC! It's time for a soap opera parody in which Shirley's guilt over borrowing Laverne's purse without permission -- and then losing it -- fuels her dreams while she falls asleep watching TV. The Baublenik family is a dynasty built on flapjack restaurants, but Shirley's dream keeps taking sinister, raunchy turns. Will "Charlene Baublenik" be poisoned to death? CAN you find a good chauffeur these days? And what is the next leading brand of Dose-a-coma?! On pod, we are joined ...
Crime Isn't Pretty
October 27, 2023 18:56 - 30 minutes - 28.6 MBThe girls suspect they're being robbed (repeatedly!) after Shirley loses her (labeled!) keys at Disneyland. Food and a record player go missing from the apartment, causing them to call the police. Then the girls head off for a vacation to Palm Springs, leaving Frank and Carmine to figure out who's robbing the place. After some some snooping, trap-setting, and stories about Anzio, they capture first Squiggy and then Rhonda in the process of breaking into the apartment. But are either of them ...
Lightning Man (S7E20)
October 20, 2023 07:10 - 40 minutes - 37.4 MBWhen Carmine is struck by lightning and, while still addled, thwarts a robbery at Cowboy Bills, a nearby news reporter takes it upon himself to dub him "Lightning Man." Carmine discovers that the public thinks he's a superher and Squiggy seizes this opportunity and signs Lightning Man to a brand new Squignowski Talent Agency contract. Within days, Squiggy starts booking deals for Carmine and scheduling him for personal motivation sessions with troubled kids. But Squiggy's next big gig for hi...
That's Entertainment (S7E19)
October 13, 2023 07:55 - 30 minutes - 28.1 MBGet your tap shoes on, we've reached the anthology episode! After Carmine performs a Tom Jones song for Frank, the two get into a debate about music and entertainment through the years. They fight over what's better - the rock 'n' roll stylings of the 1960s or the classics of yesteryear. As they banter, the audience is treated to renditions of Blue Moon, Call the Police, an old-fashioned vaudevillian comedy sketch, a tap dance duet, and a full-on original operetta. Each number features the L...
Helmut Weekend (S7E18)
October 06, 2023 07:35 - 1 hour - 75.7 MB***EXPLICIT LANGUAGE WARNING*** Time for some Lenny & Squiggy feelings! When Squiggy's deadbeat, absentee dad Helmut shows up in Burbank, Andrew jumps at the chance to bond with his pop. Though everyone around him responds to Helmet's return to his life with concern and skepticism, Squiggy shows his pop how much he's grown up in twenty years. But, it doesn't take long for Helmut to show off some bum-like tendencies. While Lenny determinedly sits this one out, declaring himself a 'silent par...
Ski Show (S7E17)
September 22, 2023 07:10 - 27 minutes - 25.5 MBTime to hit the slopes, kids! In another episode where Laverne and Shirley comb the west in pursuit of dateable bachelors, they head to the snowy slopes of Northern California after receiving a hot tip from their neighbor Rhonda. But instead of romance, the twosome find a fight. After arguing over whether they should be hanging out in the lodge or shushing down the slopes, they find themselves stranded in mid-air when a ski lift breaks down. Physical comedy ensues! On pod, we do our best to ...
Whatever Happened to the Class of `56?
September 15, 2023 07:05 - 47 minutes - 44.4 MB***EXPLICIT LANGUAGE WARNING*** As foreshadowed back in the second episode of the season, it's high school reunion time. The girls and Carmine head back to Milwaukee sans Lenny and Squiggy to attend their tenth, resulting in a cavalcade of familiar faces. Yay, there's Terri Buttafouco! There's Rosie Greenbaum! There's... Eraserhead! They're all suddenly acting like the girls are the best thing since sliced bread -- even Big Rosie! -- and everyone wants to make out with Carmine. Why? It tur...
An Affair To Forget (S7E15)
September 08, 2023 06:38 - 53 minutes - 49.4 MBIt's time for another episode where Laverne dates a married man. Sigh. While Shirley's away for a few days, Laverne has a chance encounter with a fella named Hank. In spite of some very red flags, she goes out on a date with him to a seafood restaurant. But a miscommunication with his so-called answering service leads to the revelation that Hank's married - and to his wife showing up at the same restaurant thinking he has asked *her* out for the night. Panicking, the philandering jerk tosses...
Star Peepers (S7E14)
September 01, 2023 07:39 - 53 minutes - 49.3 MB** EXPLICIT LANGUAGE WARNING ** We cover the episode where Laverne and Shirley fight back against the tabloids. When the girls have a bad experience with crooner Johnny Velvet, they hatch a plot to get payback. After pouring over some gossip rags, they decide to smear his name in The Peeper, helmed by the oily anything-for-a-sale head editor Tidmore. The two successfully get into Johnny Velvet's green room, score some decent dirt on him (including catching him physically abusing his assistan...
Rocky Ragu (S7E13)
August 25, 2023 09:22 - 48 minutes - 44.8 MBPut'em up, Ragu! It's time to cover the episode where Carmine tries out for the lead role in the Rocky Manicotti story, a low budget boxing flick. With the support of Rhonda, Shirley, and the Squignowski Talent Agency of Burbank (STAB), he makes it through the first round of cuts. But during the second call-back an interloper arrives. The two men find themselves roped into a sparring match, with the winner taking the part. Will Carmine finally get his chance in the spotlight? Meanwhile, Lenn...
Watch The Fur Fly (S7E12)
August 18, 2023 07:10 - 33 minutes - 31.3 MBThis week, Laverne's relationship with handsome language interpreter Jeffrey (Jeff Goldblum in an early role) is going well...partly because Laverne has stretched the truth about how many languages she knows. Shirley decries her roommate's lie, but when she's set up with one of Jeffrey's friends, the man turns out to be a furrier. In spite of her love of animals -- and the lecture she gave Rhonda for accepting a fur coat from a handsome gentleman of her own -- Shirley instantly puts aside he...
Love is the Tar Pits (S7E11)
August 12, 2023 19:17 - 57 minutes - 53.6 MBIt's another boys-related episode! When Lenny and Squiggy head for the La Brea Tar Pits, Lenny ends up meeting a girl named Karen Caldwell. She's a college student studying paleontology and Lenny is instantly smitten with her - and to his shock she returns his feelings. A few weeks later, the two of them have become a cute and happy couple, to the surprise of Laverne, Shirley, and Carmine - and the chagrin of Squiggy, who worries that Karen is trying to steal Lenny away from him. But when Ka...
I Do, I Don't (S7E10)
August 04, 2023 22:54 - 58 minutes - 54 MBWhen Laverne and Shirley attend an event for would-be brides to sample the works of wedding coordinators, they find out that a couple's planned and paid-for wedding has been called off, leaving the guests and arrangements in place. Seizing the moment and snagging opportunity, Shirley knows who her groom should be: Carmine. Now all she has to do is talk him into marrying her, in spite of the fact that he hasn't proposed. Will Shirley be able to talk Carmine into chopping off a slab of wedded ...
Friendly Persuasion (S7E09)
July 21, 2023 07:01 - 37 minutes - 35.1 MB*** EXPLICIT LANGUAGE WARNING *** It's a very Charles Grodin episode to cover on the podcast! When Grodin visits Bardwells, Laverne and Shirley get very different messages from their encounter with the actor. Laverne thinks he's into her and invites him to come over for a date. Shirley, on the other hand, thinks he's going to try to steal their jobs. When Mr. Grodin arrives, he finds everyone at Laurel Vista in a bad mood and in the middle of a terrible series of fights. Shirley and Carm...
Moving In (S7E08)
July 14, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour - 59.6 MBLaverne jolts Shirley awake with the news that her nebbish boyfriend David (Paul Sands) has proposed... that she move in with him! While Shirley's horrified by Laverne's choice to share furniture with David before marriage, she supports her best friend's decision and promises to run interference for a little while. Laverne and David proceed to settle in at David's place. Together, they find out there's a pretty big difference that could change their relationship forever. Once Laverne's remi...
Some Enchanted Earring (S7E07)
July 07, 2023 12:51 - 45 minutes - 42.6 MBFrank pops into Laverne & Shirley's apartment with a pair of earrings that once belonged to Josephine, Laverne's mother. Claiming he wants to give them to Edna, he asks Laverne to hold onto them and take them to a jewelers to get them polished up. Frank tells Laverne to "pick something you like." Shirley recommends Laverne wear the earrings on an upcoming date with Willie Marsh, "Hollywood producer." But the date turns out to be an absolute dud. In a scuffle with Mr. Dick Swamp, she drops ...
A Night At The Awards (S7E06)
June 30, 2023 11:42 - 1 hour - 70.4 MBIn the episode covered: After the boys puts the finishing touches on their latest movie script, Blood Orgy of the Amazons: A Different Kind of Love Story, Lenny and Squiggy try to figure out how to get it seen by big-shot actors. Their epiphany: if they get themselves onstage at The Golden Circle Awards, perhaps one Joey Heatherton, presenting for the evening, might take an interest. However, the boys are strapped for cash, necessary to get them tickets for the ceremony, save for the sock mo...
The Defiant One (S7E05)
June 23, 2023 07:49 - 31 minutes - 29.2 MBShirley, trying to dodge a bum who keeps bugging her during her lunch break at Bardwell's, notices a man nearby reading Black Beauty. She can't help but strike up conversation with the tall, dark, and handsome lug; unfortunately, she doesn't realize he's part of a gang robbing the bank next door. When the cops catch the crooks, Shirley is accused of being their accomplice and handcuffed to "Louis Armstrong" (no relation). The hoodlum makes a break for it and escapes - with Shirley still atta...
Teenage Lust - aka Young at Heart (S7E04)
June 16, 2023 07:06 - 45 minutes - 42.4 MBThings get awkward for Shirley when she realizes Mike, the peppy and handsome guy she's been seeing, is seven years younger than her. The girls joke around about the difference between their nearly-thirty selves and Mike, who's not even twenty-one yet. When Mike calls up, asking to take the girls to his frat's big mixer, the giddy gals agree to go. Laverne even offers to head out on a blind date with Mike's awkward but gentlemanly friend Lyle. Laverne and Shirley quickly learn that Mike and ...
I Wonder What Became Of Sal? (S7E03)
June 09, 2023 18:27 - 31 minutes - 28.8 MBLaverne gets a surprise visit from her former fiancé Sal Malina, a sailor she nearly married in Milwaukee back in 1957 before realizing he didn't thrill her enough to give her goosebumps. Ten years later Sal's successful, rich, still handsome, and just as crazy about Laverne as he used to be. With Shirley's encouragement, Laverne re-starts their romance to see if she can make it work this time now that they're ten years smarter. Is he finally able to give her goosebumps? On pod, we talk the...
It Only Hurts When I Breathe (S7E02)
June 02, 2023 07:30 - 36 minutes - 33.5 MBLaverne, Carmine and Shirley get invitations to their 10 year high school reunion back in Milwaukee in the mail. They brings up a flood of nostalgia, but also to leads to the girls bickering. Name calling and and fisticuffs ensue. When Laverne dares Shirley to take a swing at her, Shirley knocks her best friend out and accidentally breaks her jaw. Laverne's left with a mouth that's been wired shut and Shirley's left with a mountain of guilt. Will the girls be able to talk through their issue...
The Most Important Day Ever (S7E01)
May 26, 2023 07:10 - 55 minutes - 51.4 MBSeason 7 begins! The Squignowski Talent Agency of Burbank (STAB) books a group of acrobats from Latvia for a rather important gig, but need Laverne and Shirley to host their clients in their apartment. Not knowing what's up, Laverne plies her feminine wiles and ends up smooching a married man and angering his wife, an important linchpin of the acrobats' act. Without a pair of "Ta-Da!" Girls, Laverne and Shirley are enlisted to help. Will their big television debut work out or will it all go ...
Child's Play (S6E22)
May 05, 2023 07:20 - 43 minutes - 39.9 MBWe made it to the end of the first year in California! In this Season 6 book ender, Shirley's creativity takes new shape as she writes and directs a stage play, "Murder in Mother Goose Land." It results in Shirley enlisting Laverne and the entire gang as actors in the production. Shirley's hoping to present the play before big time theatre producer, but when the performance is moved up, the group scrambles to get ready. Shirley asks Squiggy to organize their cast at Cowboy Bill's before head...
Sing Sing Sing (S6E21)
April 28, 2023 20:17 - 47 minutes - 43.9 MB**EXPLICIT LANGUAGE WARNING** It's time to put on a big show! Cowboy Bills is having a regular hoot night and the whole gang wants to get in on the act. Carmine and Shirley perform a touching duet, Rhonda and Edna plot a trumpet-laden rocker, but Laverne...well, her plans to become a balladeer go by the wayside after she clears out the place with her less-than-lovely voice. Determined anyway, Laverne turns to Lenny and Carmine for help, but her caterwauling doesn't improve. Will she become a...
Laverne's Broken Leg (S6E20)
April 21, 2023 07:38 - 46 minutes - 42.9 MB***EXPLICIT LANGUAGE WARNING*** It's not a wonderful life for Laverne when she slips on some lard at Cowboy Bills and breaks her leg. But when Rhonda throws one of her infamous parties next door on the very same day, she insists everyone attend without her, leaving Laverne home alone in a cast. After everyone pops back in to rub all the fun they're having in her face, Laverne wishes she had never been born and falls asleep while watching It's a Wonderful Life. All at once, she's confronted ...
Out, Out Damned Plout! (S6E19)
April 14, 2023 08:02 - 40 minutes - 37.1 MBSgt. Alvinia T. Plout's (Vicki Lawrence) back! She's hiding out in Los Angeles, having run away from the Army after a love affair with a handsome fellow soldier went sour. She's hoping to cage romantic advice from Laverne & Shirley, and to use their new apartment as a hiding place while she works her grief out by moonlighting as a singer in a local club. The girls are already terrified of her, but when they find out Sgt. Plout is actually AWOL, they find themselves terrified FOR her. They tr...
Fifth Anniversary (S6E18)
April 07, 2023 07:24 - 46 minutes - 43.4 MBLaverne and Shirley are in the middle of breakfast when Edna interrupts them. She's worried Frank has forgotten that their fifth wedding anniversary is approaching, putting the girls smack dab in the middle of a brewing parental conflict. Hoping to ease the tension and prod Frank into remembering, Laverne and Shirley decide to get the gang together to throw a big anniversary party at Edna and Frank's very tilty trailer, where the axel's broken and the house is rocking. Pratfalls, ruined cake...
High Priced Dates (S6E17)
March 31, 2023 18:37 - 31 minutes - 29.5 MBWhen Rhonda sets up Laverne & Shirley with a couple of high rollers, she notes that the men may expect "something" off the girls for treating them to a pricy dinner. While the date goes well, the girls start to worry that they 'have' to go further with their new fellas than they feel comfortable to. So they go to Laverne's stepmom Edna for some sage advice. What will they decide? Are the guys secretly Star Trek nerds?! On pod, we talk the way the show's trying to evolve past its old habits, ...
The Bardwell Caper (S6E15 + S6E16)
March 28, 2023 07:37 - 50 minutes - 46.6 MBWhen Laverne and Shirley assume they've been passed over for a customary raise, Laverne writes and sends a strongly worded letter to their boss, Mr. Hildebrand, against Shirley's frantic advice. Soon after, the girls learn that they haven't been passed over for the raise at all; they've actually given a *larger* raise than is customary. They also learn that Hildebrand hasn't read the letter. To save their raises and their jobs, the girls decide it's time to pull an over-night heist, breaking...
But Seriously, Folks! (S6E14)
March 17, 2023 07:35 - 48 minutes - 45.3 MB**EXPLICIT LANGUAGE WARNING** The girls throw a party to show off some of their most recent photos. During the gathering, Carmine makes the gang laugh with some funny hi-jinks and they encourage him to take an open mic gig at a new comedy club. But when the big night arrives, Carmine turns to brutal insult humor to get a chuckle out of the crowd. It works - at the expense of all his supportive friends, including the girls, Lenny, Squiggy, Edna, and Frank. On pod, Chris gets *very very* angry...
I Do, I Do (S6E13)
March 10, 2023 08:35 - 55 minutes - 51.5 MBOn pod, we talk the '60s scene of the time, some backstory trivia thanks to one of the episode's writers (thanks Cindy Begel!), and pontificate what '70s director these rock n rolla's would be involved with. In the episode covered, Laverne & Shirley are delighted by the arrival of rockers Derek DeWoods (Eric Idle) and London (Peter Noone) from chart toppers London's Bridges at Cowboy Bills one afternoon. Starstruck fans that they are, they introduce themselves to the fellas, and charmed as t...
To Tell The Truth (S6E12)
March 03, 2023 08:33 - 52 minutes - 48.5 MBWhen a rainstorm hits Burbank and everyone's stuck indoors at Laurel Vista, Rhonda convinces the gang to spend a night in the girl's apartment playing "To Tell The Truth" - a version of "truth or dare" on steroids. When feelings are hurt and romances are threatened, the group splits up into duos to try and reconcile their differences. Will they be able to mend their broken bridges? On pod, Lisa talks about the original scripted ending for the episode while Chris does some director-talk.