The Real Reason CINDY WILLIAMS Left Laverne & Shirley

[@michaelpayne8000]

I loved Laverne and Shirley watched every episode while it aired..I actually had the opportunity to meet Cindy Williams at a Comic-Con years back in Novi, Michigan and she was one of the nicest and sweetest people that I have ever met..It was my first Comic-Con attending my friend and I were in another part of the building watching an anime film..When it had ended we were walking down this isle headed back and I felt someone close behind me..I stopped then turned around to see who it was and it was Cindy Williams..I was able to chat with her for a minute, she was eating a sandwich and was able to get a couple of pictures in before she went back to signing autographs..Like I said, she was very kind and considerate and it was an honor and a privilege to have actually met her..🌹❤️😁👍

[@mollyh6943]

I just met her two days ago at a Christmas event with the stars. She was so sweet and wonderful to me. Just love her!!!

[@debby631]

My brother and I watched it Happy days also. My brother passed away not long after in a car accident. 😢 He was barely 20. Those sitcoms bring back good memories from our youth.

[@whataboutrob442]

I'm sorry to hear that.

[@dicksimmons8057]

My sincere sympathies on the loss of your brother. No amount of time can lessen the pain, but I hope you can cherish the memory of the time the two of you were able to enjoy this show together.

[@yankeegirl3380]

I'm sorry about your loss. Prayers and love. God bless you. 🙏❤️🙏

[@debby631]

@@yankeegirl3380 😊🫂🙏thank you

[@debby631]

@dicksimmons8057 thank you 😊

[@appleforever6664]

RIP Cindy Williams. You will be dearly missed!

[@ElizabethHammond-eb6fs]

All around role model. God show mercy on her Soul 🙏

[@tonyfriend7413]

unless she was a saved and born-again Christian she isn't resting in peace, but torrment and begging for a cool drop of water on her tongue.

[@EddieReischl]

The show was supposed to be about two young women working at a brewery. Things went south in a hurry after they left Milwaukee.

[@ghost307]

The producers could have saved the show if they had moved the cast to Indianapolis, Kalamazoo, Green Bay, ANYWHERE but Hollywood (where sitcoms go to die).

[@Mashka14]

Fascinating interesting video on the reason why Cindy Williams left the Show in season eight Laverne and Shirley is still a classic comedy Sitcom to watch

[@wendiebogoian7048]

It indeed was the very best show of the 1970s there will never be another like it!! Laverne and Shirley was the best!!💜

[@JohnLee-pt5jz]

I agree with you it was one of the best shows of the seventies, another favourite of mine was policewoman with Angie Dickinson, still watch episodes on KZbin.😊

[@leonardlaufer8296]

I like the show where the vac to Mexico, 😅 they were sexy in it.😮

[@jadeblues357]

I’m not sure I understand why they couldn’t film around Cindy’s pregnancy that doesn’t seem really fair to me. I pretty much lost interest after they split them up! In my mind it was like splitting up Starsky & Hutch. Both of the actresses were irreplaceable for the series. I hope Cindy got a new agent because it seems to me he was instigating their arguments.

[@archieletsyouknow5508]

💯 different time🤔 nowadays the man can get maternity🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 America's broken✌🏼

[@harperstacey9604]

Cindy's husband at the time, Bill Hudson wanted her to ask for more money and less hours to work. From Ms. Harper Stacey.

[@thegreenbird795]

@@harperstacey9604 Funny how some women need a man to think for them...

[@charlespennie3621]

I agree, the networks worked around Phyliscia Rashad's pregnancy as well as Katey Sagals

[@ninademci1500]

jade blues, I agree with you that when the producers split them up, the show lost some of its charm. Although this isn’t an excuse, I have a feeling it boiled down to production costs: rewriting the scripts, redoing the camera blocking, rebuilding parts of the set(s), and bringing in new props.

[@lanerussell7958]

I remember seeing Laverne without Shirley, with a bunch of kids singing the intro in front of a solitary Laverne. It was one of the saddest things I'd ever seen.

[@radrobd123]

Yeah not only that but Betty Garrett and Michael McKean left the show so it was only Laverne, Squiggy, Laverne's father, Carmine and Rhonda, but some episodes only featured Laverne and whatever guest star was on that week. It was a very much diluted show in the final season

[@NottyGurlStyle]

I remember watching this show as a child.. it was so good: it’s crazy to hear these stories now with all the infighting.

[@OlSgtLove]

Just heard that Cindy Williams has past away today ...Thank-you Cindy for the great memories of my youth watching such great and clean shows . God Bless you and keep you in his Love, Grace, and Compassion... You will be missed ...Love ya ...

[@marchelleharris4842]

This was a great show. They were hilarious. My favorite episode was when Lenny had a crush Laverne. It was very touching. I love the way she let him down easy and they remained friends.

[@SuperMarioBrosIII]

@Marchelle Harris and my least favorite episode was when we meet Squiggys sister Squendolyn whom had a crush on Carmine LOL!🤔🙄🤗🙆‍♀

[@cocoaorange1]

Wow I missed that episode.

[@overcomerbtboj]

I loved that episode too i thought laverne and lenny had great chemistry and i loved the episode when laverne thought she was pregnant and lenny was willing to marry her to save her reputation i thought that was a sweet episode too

[@zoeyzed5127]

I watched this show every week in the 70s loved it.

[@su-rv2uq]

I had always heard that the reason Cindy left the show was that she and Penny didn't get along. I did see Cindy say after Penny's death that they would get together at Penny's home, and watch movies or just hang out. It is nice that they were able to mend fences, if that were needed. I always watched L&S, as back in those days, only 3 channels, but I've never been a fan of physical comedy.

[@WDW100Yrs]

Why MUST PEOPLE ALWAYS TRY AND STIR TROUBLE??? Do your research before you comment!!! Cindy left because she was PREGNANT and during negotiations, they were trying to pin her down to an exact date that should would give birth SMH 🤦🤦 they were friends until the sad passing of Penny Marshall... TROUBLEMAKERS!!!

[@WDW100Yrs]

Cindy's last episode was season 8, episode 3... show ended at the end of season 8!! GET A CLUE!!! lolol and I wasn't even born, yet I actually watch their interviews, reunions, etc and that's how you find out THE TRUTH! NOT BECAUSE YOU "HEARD" 😂😂😂

[@tomb8430]

Never really got into this show, but I got to say the theme song is something that has stayed with me all these years, and is one of the best theme songs ever.

[@patrickrichardson1036]

I agree with you Tom, my piano player Ed and I had a tiff or two over a couple of points, I argued that the Lennon sisters at one time sang a cut of the opening song that was used for a few shows maybe more but I cant confirm that anywhere and I have looked. The other thing is Ed says the song was written in the key of Eflat and I argued that it was written, sung, and recorded in the key of F. None of this is earth shattering its just some thoughts, anyone with real skinny chime in here OK?

[@tomb8430]

@@patrickrichardson1036 Seems more like key of F to me, but hey, I'm no professional.

[@tomb8430]

Here's something... kzbin.info/www/bejne/poSsYoakaL6mpZo

[@SuperMarioBrosIII]

@@tomb8430 Did you know that singer Cyndi Grecco recorded a full length version of the theme song and it was issued as a single and was on the charts!😉🙏👍👊

[@lorimiller4301]

@@patrickrichardson1036 I swear there was a theme song for Scooby-Doo that never gets mentioned. It was the first one but there's always a different song that comes up as the first but it's not the one I remember.

[@johnbellamy6449]

Loved them all x both ladies wow could we not have them shows back PLEASE .good family fun .WHERE DID THE FUN DISAPPEAR TO ,BRING IT BACK .THE WORLD NEEDS LAUGHTER. 😂😂😂😂😂

[@s.morris4099]

I think they did physical comedy the best... I can remember a few episodes that made me really laugh out loud. One was the candy stripers when the girl's were to change the bed sheets for 300lb patient that is asleep. They end up sliding under the hospital bed trying to move the man. The other episode was the girls go on vacation to a tropical resort that is less than what the brochure said then to top it off a hurricane hits and the room their in starts to collapse around them, their writers were the best. One of the best tv shows ever made.

[@goosewhisperer6275]

Oh, I remember that "tropical resort" episode! Laverne: "We got no WALL, Shirl! We got no WALL!" 😂😂😂

[@barbaradownie3265]

I LOVED THE EPISODE WHERE LAVERNE WAS COOK IN A DINER AND SHIRLEY WAS A WAITRESS. 🤣🤣🤣

[@debracartier2947]

Pick up Betty 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@barbaradownie3265]

@@debracartier2947 🤣🤣🤣

[@jennifermassengill1635]

"Betty..pick up your..hash...blacks."

[@jspaingreene6350]

LOLLLLLL!!! I was just about to write about this episode!!! My sister and I say "Please don't harass Betty" in the voice that Laverne said it on that mike....we crack each other up every time!!!🤣😂🤣😂🤣

[@jspaingreene6350]

@@debracartier2947 Oh my lord! Yes!!!

[@terr777]

Best description for the Yiddish terms: Schlemeil: a guy who always spills his soup. Schlimazel: the guy who always gets the soup spilled in his lap.

[@stephaniet5448]

Thanks for the info! I never knew that! 👍🏼

[@acsmooth110]

Penny Marshall in addition to be a good actress was also a good director. One of the movies she directed was "The Preacher's Wife" which starred Denzel Washington, Whitney Houston, Courtney Vance and Gregory Hines.

[@rozchristopherson648]

SHe also directed "A League of Their Own" with Geena Davis, Madonna, and Rosie O'Donnell.

[@ltyler01]

Didn’t she also direct the Tom Hanks film “Big”?

[@WDW100Yrs]

Penny directed and produced many movies... her most successful movies were Big and A league of their own... both with none other than Tom Hanks ❤❤

[@Frauen60]

That's your opinion, not everyone else's

[@Frauen60]

@@WDW100Yrs Tom Hanks has been involved in some legal issues recently, and I've lost faith in Hollywood actors!

[@AnointedFlow]

Cindy was ALWAYS my favorite of the two. Loved seeing her, especially in the movie "Bingo".

[@6stringgunner511]

The episode when Lavern's portrait got shot, leaving a hole in a suspect location. Sqiggy stuck his finger through the hole, from the back of the portrait. Wiggling his finger, with THAT look on his face? Absolutely, hilarious!!! 😂😅🤣😆!

[@Jdwify]

I just adored Cindy Williams. She was soooooo freaking cute to me. There was two episodes that I liked. One is the Christmas episode with the late Howard Hessman and Carol Ann Williams staring. The other episode is the one that ends with "Milwaukee Moon".

[@dagwoodsystems]

Stand in line, buddy (and no cuts)! My crush on her began with American Graffiti. Thumbs up!

[@BrisLS1]

Yes, Shirley was the best! I think Penny actually looks great in the earlier photos of her. But Cindy aged really well, and was always a looker.

[@jamesconnolly1201]

It was on my list of a TOP 10 70's Comedy

[@kentfaver1367]

RIP Cindy Williams - you will be missed.

[@nunzioc8931]

I wish that they kept them in Milwaukee..

[@kimberlyhenderson7604]

I love the episode where their rival Big Rosie Greenbaum had to clean Laverne and Shirley's apartment floors with a toothbrush

[@JanBee1122]

But the big question still remains, can an ant move a rubber tree plant?

[@katerinakiaha6925]

Ooops there goes another rubber tree plant!

[@radrobd123]

Yes, cause it's got HIGH HOPES...

[@linapagliari8003]

I love Laverne and Shirley I have the dvd set never tire of watching this great great show😁🇨🇦🇨🇦

[@cricket555]

Thank you for these! I loved this show, when I was growing up.

[@drnstvns]

The episode where they were candy stripers at a hospital and had to change the bedding from under a HUGE unconscious patient is some of the most hilarious physical comedy ever put on film. And i don’t know why but to this day i still find myself saying “It’s loouuunsh time. LOOOuunsh time!” I adored this show.

[@trish7754]

Shirley was my favorite character, by far! Loved the show. Squiggy was funny too.

[@noelhernandez363]

I was in elementary when we watched this show so alot of the jokes just flew over my head!! 🤣🤣

[@frankiecrocker]

Loved Laverne & Shirley. To me, the entire cast were more or less equal because they all added a special something to the show. If one was removed, it would be noticeable to the point of it not being the same show. Example to this is Milwaukee, once the setting from there was changed to California, it became noticeable to the extent of ruining the personality of the show. I have to admit, though, that the removal of one of my favorite characters, Big Rosie Greenbaum, was heartbreaking for me. 😢

[@nybsbfan18]

R.i.p., Penny Marshall, Eddie Mekka and Phil Foster. I remember Lenny and Squiggly biting the palm of their hands.

[@ltkreg]

I used to handle insurance claims and had a very large one with one of the producers of the Laverne and Shirly Show. This guy was a World Class @ss Hole, and I mean World Class. So when they here talk about the fighting on the set and how immature the cast were I can't help but wonder if at least some of that came from the producers of the show and not the cast.

[@MoonlightDawnMoolightDawn]

I watched every week for years - love it! Man we had some great TV shows in the 70s!! --- Have you guys seen Cindy Williams in a film named The Conversation? Gene Hackman, Cindy Williams, Harrison Ford, Teri Garr, Robert Duvall and others. If you haven't seen it - do it!! Tip: watch the film with the CC turned on because sometimes it's hard to heard all the recordings in the film of The Conversation.

[@BrisLS1]

Great film. Hackman was really good in that.

[@toddfinney377]

The Rosie Episodes were among my favorites.

[@Juliajett19]

I grew up watching this show and I loved it!

[@rozchristopherson648]

I loved the episode with Fabian and "Turn Me Loose." That one has me laughing on the floor every time. Brilliant. RIP Penny and Cindy. Much love. 🧡🧡🙏🙏 PS Another one of my favorites was when the girls tried to get extra money by participating in a sleep study and a food study. Then they went to a swanky event, Laverne sleep deprived and Shirley starving. Hilarious.

[@allybean8885]

Penny Marshall is a perfect example of what happens will your brother is running the show.

[@aaronhill443]

I can't remember my favorite episode, but the most memorable and saddest episode is when Lavern's boyfriend(Ted Danson) got killed in the line of duty as a firefighter. I was a young kid at the time and it made me sad the rest of the day. Still think about it from time to time especially when the movie Backdraft came out.

[@jimwolfe4286]

Thank you for this very informative video.... I really enjoyed it !...

[@ZenFox0]

I would have also mentioned that Cindy Williams appeared in “American Graffiti” (1973), alongside Ron Howard, who went on to play Richie Cunningham in “Happy Days” (1974-1984).

[@davidjoe3368]

R.I.P. Cindy Williams.🌹You made us laugh!

[@godstomper]

The most hilarious episode was the Happy Days Episode when Fonzie died and Laverne and Shirley made a cameo at the funeral.

[@dixonnegron1083]

When Cindy left the show wasn’t great anymore. Just like if Penny would’ve left it wouldn’t of worked. You need both characters. Plus the show is called Laverne & Shirley

[@ricardolozano5356]

happy days without fonzi

[@appleimacdude]

A great show - the earthquake episode was great - and the one where Laverne yelled out to "Mr. Charles Phister Crane - " -

[@gracepolzin5758]

Miss Them...💟💕❤️💙💖

[@frankstall1347]

American Graffiti ! Why would cindy settle for less /

[@theresarezac7502]

I loved this show so much! Really great casting for Laverne and Shirley and Lenny and Swiggy. I love the episode where Lenny and Swiggy try out for a singing contest and Laverne and Shirley were the judges… it was very well written!

[@moriganna67ify]

Lennie real life he sang in the group Shanana! He has a baratone voice and, completed the group. He was a man in many places. LOL

[@mich4345]

Squiggy

[@joemccarthy4532]

I LOVED Laverne and Shirley . Their was one actor that should have been on more episodes that is ROSEY GREENBAUM .SHE WAS GREAT .only wish they had used her more

[@nomiddlenamenmn427]

Great video. Much love & joy. Penny’s autobiography is a great summer read. Cindy & Penny are deeply missed. ❤

[@tishabristol9419]

Really Good video as always Scott thanks for taking Us to see !!!! Happy holidays to you and your family 🙏

[@harperstacey9604]

Cindy Williams was controlled by her now ex-husband Bill Hudson, who was married to Goldie Hawn. From Ms. Harper Stacey.

[@maryallison0509]

I knew Goldie was married to one of the Hudson Brothers I couldn't remember which. So thank you. Bill Hudson was a jerk. Both Kate and Oliver refuse to acknowledge him, he was horrible to Goldie and the kids. I wonder how Cindy's daughter feels about him. It would be interesting to find out if he was just a creep to Goldie or if he was horrible to Cindy too.

[@harperstacey9604]

@@maryallison0509 Bill Hudson was also a creep to Cindy Williams, too. He hardly worked and he also cheated on Cindy. From Ms. Harper Stacey.

[@maryallison0509]

@@harperstacey9604 Ugh!!! I listen to Kate and Olive’s podcast. And they spoke only once about their relationship with their Dad. He was verbally abusive to them and physically abusive to Goldie. But I guess Bill is married for I think a fourth time and has 3 kids with her. But I guess he is totally different now and he seems like a better Dad this time around. I can’t imagine starting a third family in your seventies. And I don’t think he had any kids after Other then with Goldie, then Cindy, not the third wife and now 3 more with fourth wife. It’s to bad anyone who doesn’t deserve kids can have them. But some who want them can’t.

[@kerplunkety]

@@maryallison0509 I don't know what God was thinking when he enabled men to father children their entire lives. It hasn't helped society at all.

[@maryallison0509]

@@kerplunkety RIGHT!!! He’ll be around 90 when his kids graduate high school. I picture him walking his kid into Kindergarten and the teacher saying something about their grandpa walking them to class. Kate’s youngest is a toddler. So his youngest granddaughter is around the age of his youngest kid. My Dad was 31 and Mom was 28 when I was born and they had 2 more after me and 6 before me and they were one of the oldest parents in my class. So I can’t imagine how shitty Bill Hudson’s young kids feel.

[@bluebonnet1014]

My favorite episode is where the girls (Shirley’s idea) take a modeling course throughs the mail and of course it doesn’t quite work out the way Shirley imagined it would. It was a hilarious episode as well as a sweet one. Love this show!

[@frankreynolds9418]

My favorite episode was when the Big Ragu got drunk and crashed his motorcycle into a news stand. I also liked the one where Squiggy and Ponyboy went on the run and then won the big rumble. Also the one where Arnold got kidnapped.

[@radrobd123]

@@frankreynolds9418 LOL

[@lordcron]

Even as a kid, I noticed (when I first seen Laverne and Shirley on Happy Days) they were completely different people when they got their show. Laverne kinda stayed the same but Shirley was very different almost Nun like. My favorite episode was when they kept going back and forth asking if each other went all the way on their dates. They called it "Do-di-O Do!" "How dare you think I Do-di-O-Do'd! LOL!

[@SuperMarioBrosIII]

@Lordcron True that's because it was hard for Cindy Williams to talk with that accent which she hated and wanted it changed! Garry Marshall agreed and he softned Shirley and she spoke without that Brooklyn accent soon after! 😉🤔😜👍

[@jspaingreene6350]

That's so funny! Hadn't thought of that in ages...

[@radrobd123]

To be honest, they were only two episodes of Happy days before they were spun off. Their first appearance which introduced them and their second appearance which aired the same night as L&S premiered.

[@elineff2791]

I didn't really paid much to Laverne and Shirley myself, but I do remember when Cindy left in my opinion it was still funny, but it tanked after that

[@SuperMarioBrosIII]

@ELI NEFF True and they even expanded the roles of secondary characters like Carmine and Rhoda. Even Lenny got more screen time after Williams left the show.🤗📺🙌👍

[@barbarachippel3142]

I loved Carmine ♥️

[@keciamartens6785]

I like the episode with the live bear in the apartment and Lavurne saying," Look at that tongue!"

[@shellyblanchard5788]

It doesn't matter about her pregnancy, she was still played her part well. They could have worked something out and her up and leave. She could have made out that she went on a trip for awhile to get away from everything, and she would be back in few months. It has been 35 years now so it doesn't matter. Some of the cast has passed , and they will be remembered.🤗

[@stillaboveground2470]

I preferred Laverne over Shirley. Laverne would be a lot more fun on a date.

[@kylep120]

My favorite episode is when they had backstage passes to an Alice Cooper's concert, but still took time to play around at the bottle company with the theme song playing.

[@gspotcyplick]

Underrated comment . We're not worthy.

[@lisafrizzell1839]

I love this show I love both of the ladies they'll never be another show like it my favorite episode which was very heartwarming and very devastating is when Laverne was going to get married to the fireman and the incident happened where he was killed that episode just tore my heart they'll never ever be another great show like this ever again

[@ghost307]

My favorite is the one where Shirley finds a note behind the stove and thinks that Laverne is trying to steal Carmine away from her.

[@nataliewilliams9741]

Penny Marshall was also Oscar Madison's secretary on The Odd Couple. She'd worked on that set before!

[@richardmattingly7000]

The series really went of the rails when the characters leap nearly a decade into the future having Laverne&Shirley swept up in Beatle Mania moving to the California of the 1960s. When this occurred at the start of the 6th Season both it and Happy Days were already over staying its welcome and what kept them on the air was watching more out of habit mostly. Happy Days ran for 11years and when its ragged end came even the actors were just hitting their marks for years just for a paycheck not much else. There might have been a 9th Season with Penny Marshall but part of her character go to New York so she would return and fortunately that debacle never helped because the well had gone dry as they say years before....

[@susand.3540]

I think the show should’ve ended when Laverne&Shirley moved to California.

[@kerplunkety]

@@susand.3540 agree, but they hate to kill the cash cow. Seinfeld said, "Always leave them wanting more." Nobody, from politicians to showrunners, takes that advice.

[@julienielsen3746]

I stropped watch after they had them move to California. It just wasn't good anymore. I liked Happy Days before they made Fonzie a main character. I watched it for awhile after that because I was a teen yet.

[@radrobd123]

It is funny because Laverne and Shirley and Happy Days were originally on the same time line but when they moved to California they moved up like 2 years ahead of HD's timeline and there were no more crossovers. In their final season it was 1967 on L&S but 1965 on HD

[@Frauen60]

That's your opinion, no one else's!

[@kristinewithak3616]

One episode that comes to mind is the one they are on the train and someone dies. Somehow they get mixed up in it. One very sad episode is when Laverne's boyfriend, Ted Danson, the firefighter dies. Laverne sits up all night waiting for him. He was going to propose.

[@LoveClassicMusic0205]

I remember the episode, but didn't remember Ted Danson played that character.

[@mariecausey7742]

I used to Cindy Williams! It’s a good show!

[@ericmartin9296]

I liked Laverne and Shirley more than Happy Days

[@JohnLee-pt5jz]

I've always said that.

[@Will-qs3ql]

I liked L&S better than happy days too . L&S could be hilarious but Happy Days seemed sappy

[@vxy357]

Once the duo moved the show to California, it was game over from then on.

[@donaldewert2332]

Hello from Milwaukee! My neighbors were Laverne & Shirley.

[@odyshopody9387]

You know it never really occurred to me until watching this video that Laverne and Shirley was a lot like the Lucy Ball show! Loved them both growing up in the 70's.

[@denacrescini1990]

I watched it as a kid. I remember when 2 and 1/2 men came out and they showed Charlies house, I was like HEY that was the place they used to film Lavern and Shirley once they moved to California!

[@richardswinbusk7787]

The series at this point was running out of steam Their major mistake was moving them to California Cindy's major mistake was listening to her husband

[@jimmynoneya2584]

It's funny I come on here watching your channel then I go looking for the sitcom. I'm so glad I found Laverne & Shirley on prime!! So funny their chemistry is great. Sad to hear that it was so tumultuous onset though. You can't disagree with the results.

[@archieletsyouknow5508]

💯 when Laverne and Shirley went to visit Italy and climb the grease pool

[@larryshaver3568]

Penny once lived in the childhood home of Neil Simon when se was growing up

[@richtygart6855]

Hasenpfeffer is a traditional Dutch and German stew made from marinated rabbit or hare, cut into stewing-meat sized pieces and braised with onions and a marinade made from wine and vinegar.

[@Supremmo]

I remember when the National Enquirer was making it look like Cindy Williams was a diva and wanted more money. They also made it appear that Cindy was feuding with Penny and her family. I just remember as a kid that it was awkward watching Laverne and Shirley without Shirley. I lost interest after that and plus the later episodes focused around Squiggy and Carmine. They didn’t work as a comedy team.

[@tamikiajones2815]

Now I understand why she loves the show I always wonder why Shirley Lift and Laverne went on

[@beatrizmaribona4381]

It was a wonderful to watch . Mom loved the ❤️👍🏻🥰the show Lavene& Shirley. , the Fonz show. All the show from 70 ‘s thru 80’s. My mom n I really 🥰 that show. The mom lol. When the girl went to California an earthquake started oh! My gosh. It was halariously funny 😄. I really do miss those shows n those 2 decades between show & Music. It Awesome 😎.

[@brittaniharold1880]

She left because of her husband and years later,they divorced. Ladies(and gentlemen),never ever let your spouse or mate get between you and your cash flow

[@DEAN_23]

I've never seen this show but they are so adorable together.....

[@pauladeegan6926]

Thank You for all the research and work that you put into making this video! I love Laverne and Shirley growing up! But I was so young when the show was on television that I was not aware of things going wrong behind the scenes as maybe older children or adults would have been able to pick up on. Although being young the one thing that I will never ever forget and it will take me back to Laverne and Shirley until the day I die... 5,6,7,8....❤️

[@donnahong5998]

As a kid from the 70's and 80's I can remember being confused as Laverne and Shirley went from being set in the 50's up north to an 80's apartment in California and I do remember thinking it was a copy cat of Lucille Ball especially the episode where one is in the shower and they lose water and the other fishes it out of the toilet so she can rinse the soap out of her eyes.

[@yamil.343]

Sadly Michael’s the only one left. My 2 favorites are “the right to light “ & “ bachelor mothers.” Thank you for this. Cindy was my favorite & I’ll miss her always 😢

[@candacecherry2846]

Yes I remember this show loved it

[@mccallosone4903]

i liked the show as a kid, but dont remember many specifics, one episode that had me howling was when they were doing some sort of robbery with a truck. another episode was the first time i heard the word flirt, and my dad told me what it meant. for years after i thought flirting meant sticking your thumbs in your armpits and waggling your fingers

[@MikesOrganicVideos]

Some things I didn't know, Thanks.

[@takata98]

I think my love for the show is more nostalgic than my enjoyment at the time. Why people get upset at the choice of a cast member to leave is divisive. When a show is cast no character really has any indication of how it's longevity will commit them or obligate them. Every occupation has turn over and it's unrealistic to expect any actor to limit their opportunity for growth experiences or broaden their experiences. Attributing blame for a show ending or a character leaving is quite selfish when in the same position they would grow weary or resentful of the expection they place on hold their freedom of choice.

[@viviannichols3582]

I don’t have a problem with an actor leaving a show necessarily, but I’m not sure I agree with the decision to continue filming when one of the title characters won’t be in it.

[@MichaelaH2059]

I don't blame Cindy Williams for suing Paramount, good for her. It's not that I preferred one over the other but Penny Marshall went on to direct and I followed her career due to that.

[@rachaelklahage2374]

Awww ,I literally loved this show ,& used to always watch every episode & idk why but something maybe w their character's & that easier simpler time in life just always put a smile on my face & still watch a rerun any day of the week where was so Authentic & truly Classic

[@99RiverSt]

Was not a big fan of 70s TV, but there were a few exceptions. This show was one. It wasn't 'the best', or 'my fave' but it did feature Andrew & Leonard. I had seen them with Credibilty Gap, and, more often, as the duo, doing shows on college campuses. When cast on this Happy Days semi-spinoff,, I was anxious to see how they would parlay their bit into livingrooms across the nation. Although roped in by the producers, they, now Lenny & Sqiggy, were still undeniable personal faves. Because of their being cast as regulars, I then fell for the talents of Penny & Gary Marshall. Cindy Williams had a difficult job as 2nd banana to Penny, but that's what it boiled down to, and although, hard to take at times, Cindy did an admirable job as the terminally virgin role, to Penny's 'loosey goosey' stance. Edna, Pop, Carmine could have been minimized even more, in my opinion, or sidelined to occasional cameos at the best. Overused. The true link to the era was Penny's reach into her own childhood, that Gary masterfully pulled from her, or helped her to pull from her own experience. Milk & Pepsi. I fell over when that was first aired, as it was a childhood (the 50s) of mine, to the extreme, with the addition of Bosco. But without doubt, for me, understandably not everyone's choice, Lenny & Squiggy's 'burst in' appearences,brilliantly, helped carry the show, and Penny & Gary's nostalgic romp, to it's apex. Laverne was the girl in my classes, K-12, who for one reason reason or another, was always liked, or at least, appreciated. Thanks to producers for not ruining Lenny & Squiggy with a spinoff, it would have ruinied their hit & run effect. Leave that for Carmine. See where that got ya?

[@redtesta]

Not for all ages? Seriously? Never were any of those shows even a hair close to the crap that is allowed and acceptable now. So now, a child can get hormone treatment but watching Laverne and Shirley would need an age restriction? Sexual jokes? where? Oh, a picture of them cross dressing for a party but not actually trans .. immediate cancel. This was a hilarious show. I grew up watching all of them. Happy Days, Mork and Mindy, Laverne and Shirley. Go after Archie Bunker which had way more words and show subjects than any of the previous three combined. And we LOVED Archie Bunker. Just like Sanford and Son's was the same way. Jefferson's. Best time of music and shows were clean and fun with actually lessons to be learned and NOT agendas and narratives being shoved down the viewers throats like we have now. Heck, i dont even watch tv anymore..

[@lynnelovett8999]

The show wasn't the same after the split regardless of the reason.

[@seanbeasinger7232]

Loved the show along w Lenny n squiggy really enjoyed I miss it that's why i.had tp watch your nostalgic nic channel yahoo!!!

[@radrobd123]

Now I feel like drinking some milk and Pepsi

[@niklass1641]

Anyone notice current day Cindy still has 1976 Cindy haircut?

[@kevinmc4500]

Toni Tennille is still milking that cow too

[@gogoyubari366]

Cindy Williams was so pretty!

[@capricemadrid5353]

Their chemistry was effortless

[@julieramsey7915]

Didn't know Cindy Williams was related to Penny and Gary Marshall