25 Things About "Laverne and Shirley"-- Part 5: The Big Ragu and Guest Stars

16.  Eddie Mekka played Carmine Raguso, aspiring actor and singer, Shirley's sometime boyfriend, was slated for a spinoff series, but it didn't happen after "Laverne and Shirley" was cancelled.  Remember him singing "Rags to Riches" or "I Left My Heart In San Francisco."

17.  Ted Danson, pre-"Cheers," was in one of the series' more serious episodes "Why Did the Fireman..."  Danson's fireman character, Randy Carpenter, was ready to propose but killed while on the job.

Other "Laverne and Shirley" guest stars:  Jay Leno, Mark Harmon, Carrie Fisher, Art Garfunkel (who dated Penny Marshall), Adam West, Eric Idle and Fred Dryer.

More guest stars:  Vickie Lawrence, Richard Moll, Jim Belushi, Jeff Goldblum, Hugh Heffner, Laraine Newman,Harold Dean Stanton, Howard Hesseman,  and Louis Lasser.

"And Though My Pocket May Be Empty, I'd Be a Millionaire."  --CootRagu