Laverne & Shirley - The Hanna & Barbera animated series from 1981

November 18, 2020

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Laverne & Shirley, also known as Laverne & Shirley in the Army, is an American animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions and Paramount Television, which originally aired 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 they are drafted into the army

Laverne & Shirley and Sergeant Squealy - The Hanna & Barbera animated series from 1981

History

The series is set in Camp Fillmore and follows the comic antics of roommates Laverne DeFazio and Shirley Feeney, as soldiers in the United States Army. They end up being involved in clandestine escapades, which sends their direct superior on a rampage, a little pig Sgt. Squealy, who always threatens to report them to his superior, the sergeant. Turnbuckle. The series aired for a 13-episode season from October 10, 1981 to January 2, 1982.

The following season, the series was renamed Laverne & Shirley with The Fonz and combined with a half-hour adaptation of the 1978-1982 sitcom Mork & Mindy to form Mork & Mindy / Laverne & Shirley / Fonz Hour, which lasted for one season. . 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 1980-1981 animated series The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang) working as a mechanic in the motorpool of the military camp. In August 1982, Cindy Williams left the role of Shirley in the live-action sitcom Laverne & Shirley and, conversely, the role of Williams in the animated series was taken over by Lynne Marie Stewart. Only eight episodes were produced from September 25 to November 13, 1982

Episodes

Season 1: Laverne and Shirley in the Army (1981–82)

Laverne & Shirley and Sergeant Squealy in the episode - **Invasion of the Booby Hatchers**

1 "Invasion of the Booby Hatchers"
The girls accidentally hijack a secret army rocket and are captured by aliens, who want to invade Earth.

2 "Jungle Jumpers"
The girls parachute into the middle of an island in the jungle and find themselves trapped between the Zambulu tribe and a giant monkey.

3 "Naval Fluff"
Assigned to the Navy, the girls are captured in the middle of a target test, while enemy spies are about to attack the laser cannon ship.

4 "April Fool's Day in Paris"
Laverne and Shirley are on a special mission to Paris on April XNUMXst.

5 "I only have ice for you"
Fed up with kitchen homework and Squealy, the women move into an entertainment unit, only to have Squealy trick them and falsely send the soldiers to Antarctica, where the plan fails upon arrival. Unfortunately, they are about to receive a cold reception: the army base has been abandoned since 1946 and the current occupants are a sinister scientist, his assistant and a domestic polar bear, who are planning to take over the world by melting the continent and flooding the planet.

6 "When the moon comes upon the werewolf"
Laverne and Shirley are convinced that they are in danger from a werewolf due to some confusion with a new recruit. Whenever they turn away from her and look back, a wolf-like animal appears in her place and they think she has transformed into him. The two don't know whether to help her or run away to the other side.

7 "Bigfoot"
Sergeant Turnbuckle refuses to believe the soldiers saw a Bigfoot creature until he sees it with his own eyes.

8 "Two mini cooks"
Laverne and Shirley are sent to the kitchen for their punishment in another nonsense.

9 "Super Wacs"
An Army vs Navy basketball game has been scheduled. Laverne and Shirley sign up so they can get out of their normal duties. They have no idea what is in store for them, as Navy players are near-professional players and the practices they face are more difficult than the duties they were trying to shirk from.

10 "Meanie Genie"
Laverne and Shirley discover a bottle during the maneuvers. When they clean it, a genius appears, but he is not happy that he has been disturbed by his deep sleep.

11 "Tokyo-Ho, Ho"
Laverne and Shirley leave for Tokyo on a special mission.

12 "The Dark Knight"
Shirley slips and hits her head, sending her and Laverne into a dreamlike state of the Middle Ages, where they are forced to fight an evil knight.

13 "Super Duper Trooper"
Evil mind Tony Glut kidnaps army football teams to steal their strength for his robot Crusher. His plan fails when Shirley, Laverne and Squealy infiltrate the laboratory.

Season 2:

Laverne and Shirley with The Fonz (1982)

14 "The Speed Demon Get-Away Caper"
When Fonz is wrongfully accused and imprisoned for stealing a car he was working on, Laverne and Shirley (along with Squealy) go in search of the real criminal.

15 "The monsters of the swamp speak with forked faces"
Laverne and Shirley (along with Squealy, The Fonz and Mr. Cool) board a boat to get photographic evidence of a two-headed swamp monster.

16 "Movie Madness"
Laverne and Shirley dress up as stuntmen in hopes of meeting star Lance Velor when a film is shot at the military base.

17 "A million laughs BC"
Laverne and Shirley are sent through a time warp in prehistoric times in a jeep that Fonzie worked on.

18 "The robot recruit"
A robot named MABEL is sent to the camp to sabotage the military games, for which Laverne and Shirley receive the blame. But when MABEL breaks down, the Fonz gives it a repair and a tune-up.

19 "All the President's Girls"
20 "Laverne and Shirley and the Beanstalk"
21 "Raiders of the Lost Pork" 1

Technical data and credits

Laverne & Shirley and Sergeant Squealy with aliens - Hanna & Barbera animated series from 1981

Written by Duane Poole, Tom Swale
Directed by George Gordon, Carl Urbano, Rudy Zamora
Voices of Penny Marshall, Cindy Williams (1981–82), Lynne Marie Stewart (1982), Ron Palillo, Kenneth Marte, Henry Winkler (1982), Frank Welker (1982)
Music Hoyt Curtin
country of origin United States
Original language English
Number of seasons 2
Number of episodes 21
Executive producers William Hanna, Giuseppe Barbera
Manufacturer Duane Poole, Scott Art, Tom Swale
Duration 30 minutes
Production company Hanna Barbera Productions
Original network ABC
Original release 10 October 1981 - 13 November 1982