I remember watching the fireman episode when I was a teenager. I cried so hard that night. It left enough of a mark on my heart that I never forgot it, even 35 years later.
Watching this growing up, despite their miserable jobs and rough backgrounds, I envied them. I wanted to grow up and live with my best friend, double date, take vacations together, live our lives together, even as boyfriends/husbands got added in over time. I thought they were very lucky to have each other. That's due to the great job these two did with the comedy, but also the drama. Impressive chemistry and wonderful comedic timing.
I know! I laugh and cry 😭 EVERY TIME! Lenny was such a sweet guy! I almost wished she said yes! I mean hey, the last name is perfect! "Help there's a hog in my kitchen!" 🐷🤣
She has said that she didn't think she was that good of an actress, and that she wasn't pretty so she compensated by making people laugh. She would never be Elizabeth Taylor or Sally Field but she could make people laugh and that's what made her famous not her acting. But we know by watching that episode, it's just not true.
The boys' entrance in "Why did the fireman". So damn sad. Even the audience was quiet. When Laverne joked about Squiggy's lack of the usual "Hello" the audience was silent. Probably one of the most dramatic scenes in sitcom history. 😭
I just lost my mom at the end of February. During a L&S marathon two days ago "A Visit To The Cemetery" came on. My husband didn't want me to watch it, because he was afraid it would upset me. Of course, it did; at one point I was crying so hard I couldn't even see the TV. Sure enough, by the end of the episode, my tears had dried, and I was able to smile again. I was very little when the show was first on, but my mom used to let me stay up to watch "Happy Days" and L&S, since they were on back to back. She'd watch with me, and it was always fun, just something for us girls to enjoy together. This show will always be linked to my childhood, and my memories of my mom. Fortunately, the laughs it still provides keep the tears at bay, xoxo.
That is so BEAUTIFUL ❤😢 I’m so sorry she’s not here on the earth but she’s somewhere better and watching over her beautiful daughter and maybe chuckling as she sees you laughing with Laverne and Shirley ❤ ps my twin and I were probably your age when we started watching it as well! I remember happy days too back to back and felt so lucky I could stay up till 830 I believe LOL ❤
I know, that was the only time Lenny & Squiggy didn't say "Hello" when they entered. You knew it was tragic then, and the impact of that is like a kick in the guts.
You can’t hate your mom because she’s always going to be your mom and no matter what happens your mom is always going to be your mom R I P Penny Marshall loving you forever
I watched these when I was a little girl. Been a long time ago now. it's funny how different things can look when you get older. I always thought that Laverne was rather homely, but she was actually quite pretty. Wonder why they always made her out to be unattractive when she was so pretty. Guess just for comedy. RIP Penny Marshal. Thanks for the laughs!
There character's taught you to care about those you loved and too do the right thing even if it was hard there still needs to be shows like this. And what a shame there isn't.
Toughest episode to watch was Laverne's fireman boyfriend . My other fav heart wrenching episode was Laverne having a hard time reconciling her mother's death
found it interesting that several shows made mention of Shirley's mother living in California. yet when they moved to California Shirley never saw her.
@@kiaguy47 I always believed that it was because Shirley’s mom was a really self centered person who didn’t want to be a mom anymore once her kids weren’t little anymore.
These were all good. For some reason, I missed that fireman episode (which I think the fireman was Ted Danson). Didn't care much for the alcoholic brother episode. Oddly enough, I was thinking of that modeling episode with her passing.
No matter how much I watch of this show, the proposal will always be my favorite scene. Poor Lenny's clearly scared, but pushing all of that aside and happily offering to take responsibility for a baby that isn't even his. It almost makes me wish his crush on Laverne wasn't unrequited.
That scene in Squiggy in Love gets me all the time. Shows just how vulnerable he was. That whole episode was WOW. I wasn't a fan of the Carmine/Shirley story tho.
At least there was a happy ending in the debutante ball, when she was chosen by the Duke for the Duke's dance because of she was "a woman of class" to come back out again after her embarrassing incident. At least there was a cute moment of comic relief when Squiggy says, "She took Lenny?" The one with Randy the fireman is still one of the saddest moments in sitcom history.
