Garry Marshall may have created one of the biggest shows of the ’70s with Laverne & Shirley, but his reasons for producing the first and most successful Happy Days spinoff were far personal than ...

Fifty years ago, Laverne & Shirley made its debut on ABC. The sitcom spinoff, starring Penny Marshall and Cindy Williams as Milwaukee beer factory workers Laverne DeFazio and Shirley Feeny, premiered ...

Happy Days spawned several spinoff series during its 11-season run—who can forget Joanie Loves Chachi, even if they’d like to?— but the very first spinoff was Laverne & Shirley. The sitcom, about ...