25 Things You Didn't Know About 'Laverne & Shirley'-- Part 2

4.  Cindy Willaims and Penny Marshall were working on a movie, "My Country Tis of Thee" for Francis Ford Coppola when they were cast as Laverne & Shirley.

5.  The show debuted January 27, 1976 and was the #1 TV show for that week.  The #1 TV show that year  was "All in the Family" starring Penny Marshall's then husband, Rob Reiner.

6.  The show was an immediate hit and the duo were asked to record an album "Laverne & Shirley Sing" in 1976.  One person tried to turn them into a girl group called "The Rosebuds."

7.  Michael McKean and David Lander, aka Lenny and Squiggy, also released an album called "Lenny & Squiggy Present Lenny and the Squigtones" singing in character.  They even performed the song "King of the Cars" on American Bandstand.

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