Laverne & Shirley
Love Out the Window
TV Flash files “Love Out the Window” as hour 122 of 178 in the TV Flash guide — Laverne & Shirley (1976–1983) on ABC, season 6, episode 10, aired 1981-02-03, 30 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S06E10: listed hour 122 of 178 in the Laverne & Shirley guide, hour 10 of 22 in season 6. It aired 1981-02-03 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Born Too Late” (S06E09). Next is “Malibu Mansion” (S06E11).
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Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Laverne loves stuntman Sonny, but fears losing him if a stunt fails. Shirley tells Sonny. He quits to sell insurance, giving Laverne less to worry about. Seeing later that he's now unhappy, Laverne plots to get him back where he belongs.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Love Out the Window sit in the Laverne & Shirley guide?
S06E10 is listed hour 122 of 178 — hour 10 of 22 in season 6, season 6 episode 10.
When did Laverne & Shirley S06E10 air?
Love Out the Window aired 1981-02-03 and is listed at 30 minutes.
Do I need Happy Days first?
No. The characters debuted there, but the spin-off is a self-contained buddy sitcom. Parent-show cameos are garnish.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Penny Marshall and Cindy Williams turn Milwaukee bottle-cappers into a slapstick instrument, then take the friendship west. Happy Days spin-off that often beat the parent show: Lenny, Squiggy, schlemiel-schlimazel liturgy. Female buddy comedy in work boots at Nielsen scale.
ABC spun two bottle-cappers out of Happy Days and watched the offspring often beat the parent on the night. Laverne & Shirley (1976–1983) ran eight seasons, 178 episodes — female buddy comedy in work boots at Nielsen scale. Penny Marshall and Cindy Williams turned Milwaukee, then California, into slapstick oxygen. Garry Marshall, Lowell Ganz, and Mark Rothman built the hour. Michael McKean and David L. Lander's Lenny and Squiggy crashed doors; Eddie Mekka's Carmine hovered. The theme's schlemiel-schlimazel chant…
Filed against
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- Cindy Williams as Shirley Feeney
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- David L. Lander as Andrew 'Squiggy' Squiggman
David L. Lander’s Andrew “Squiggy” Squiggman made Laverne & Shirley a hallway interruption — Milwaukee bottle-cappers as a slapstick instrument, Lenny-and-Squiggy as schlemiel weather, a Happy Days spin-off that often beat the parent…
- Eddie Mekka as Carmine Ragusa
Eddie Mekka bounced through Laverne & Shirley as Carmine Ragusa — Milwaukee bottle-cappers, schlemiel-schlimazel liturgy, and the Happy Days spin-off that often beat the parent. Female buddy comedy in work boots needed a dancer next door.…