Season 4 (Laverne & Shirley)

Laverne & Shirley: Season Four
"Laverne & Shirley" Season 4 DVD cover
Season Information
Episodes	24 aired
Network/Air Dates	ABC-TV, September 5, 1978 - May 15, 1979
Season Guide
Previous	Season 3 (Laverne & Shirley)
Next	Season 5 (Laverne & Shirley)

This page contains a list of the episodes in the fourth season of Laverne & Shirley.  

Also see: Happy Days Mork and Mindy

Broadcast history

The season aired Tuesdays at 8:30-9:00 pm (EST).

Starring

• Penny Marshall as Laverne DeFazio
• Cindy Williams as Shirley Feeney
• Phil Foster as Frank DeFazio
• Eddie Mekka as Carmine Ragusa
• David L. Lander as Andrew "Squiggy" Squigmond
• Michael McKean as Leonard "Lenny" Koznowski
• Betty Garrett as Edna Babish-DeFazio

Episodes

Season 4 (1978-79)

Season 4 episodes
Image	Episode	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	No. in series
	1	"The Festival: Part 1"	Alan Myerson	Paula A. Roth & Marc Sotkin	September 5, 1978	63
The girls go to New York with Frank and Edna.
	2	"The Festival: Part 2"	Alan Myerson	Paula A. Roth & Marc Sotkin	September 12, 1978	64
The girls visit Laverne's grandmother while in New York with Frank and Edna.
	3	"Playing The Roxy"	Joel Zwick	Paul B. Price & Stephen Nathan	September 19, 1978	65
After taking a nasty fall, Shirley thinks she's a stripper named Roxy.
	4	"The Robbery"	Howard Storm	Marc Sotkin	September 26, 1978	66
Laverne hooks up with a tough guy who turns out to be a robber.
	5	"The Quiz Show"	Howard Storm	Monica Johnson	October 10, 1978	67
The girls choose between an oven and a "luxury" prize when they win on a quiz show.
	6	"Laverne and Shirley Go to Night School"	Lowell Ganz	Marc Sotkin	October 17, 1978	68
Shirley talks Laverne into going to night school with her.
	7	"A Date with Eraserhead"	Ray DeVally, Jr.	Judy Pioli	October 24, 1978	69
Shirley dates a creep known as "Eraserhead" (Paul Willson) to get back at Carmine for cheating on her.
	8	"The Bully Show"	Dennis Klein	Chris Thompson	October 31, 1978	70
A foreman (Larry Hankin) tries to ask Laverne out.
	9	"A Visit to The Cemetery" <	Dennis Klein	Deborah Leschin & David W. Dulcon	November 14, 1978	71
Laverne struggles to cope with her mother's death.
	10	"Chorus Line"	Joel Zwick	Marc Sotkin	November 21, 1978	72
Laverne auditions for West Side Story.
	11	"Laverne and Shirley Move In"	Joel Zwick	Paula A. Roth	November 28, 1978	73
Shirley remembers when she and Laverne became roommates.
	12	"Dinner for Four"	Ray DeVally, Jr.	Al Aidekman	December 5, 1978	74
The girls fix dinner for two guys who find dates with two other girls
	13	"It's a Dog's Life"	Joel Zwick	Judy Pioli	December 12, 1978	75
Shirley handcuffs herself to a dog in protest of the animal's scheduled death at the pound.
	14	"O, Come All Ye Bums"	Joel Zwick	Paul B. Price & Stephen Nathan	December 19, 1978	76
The girls raise funds to get Christmas dinner for the homeless.
	15	"Who's Papa?"	Maurice Bar-David	Teleplay by: Al Aidekman Story by: Zoey Wilson & Al Aidekman	January 16, 1979	77
Shirley hatches a plan to find out if she's really adopted.
	16	"The Third Annual Shotz Talent Show"	Joel Zwick	Paul B. Price & Stephen Nathan	January 30, 1979	78
Lenny and Squiggy direct the talent show, in which the girls become puppeteers.
	17	"Supermarket Sweep"	Joel Zwick	Ron Leavitt	February 6, 1979	79
Laverne is given everyone's shopping list when she wins a supermarket spree.
	18	"Lenny's Crush"	Carl Gottlieb	Judy Pioli	February 13, 1979	80
Lenny develops a crush on Laverne.
	19	"Fire Show"	Joel Zwick	Jeff Franklin	February 20, 1979	81
When the apartment catches fire, one of the firemen woos Laverne.
	20	"Squiggy in Love"	Penny Marshall	Barry Rubinowitz	February 27, 1979	82
Squiggy is unaware that his dream girl is using him.
	21	"The Feminine Mistake"	Joel Zwick	Chris Thompson	March 6, 1979	83
Shirley gives Laverne advice on femininity to impress a man (Jay Leno) who thinks of her as "one of the boys".
	22	"The Tenants are Revolting"	Joel Zwick	Rob Harris	March 13, 1979	84
A building inspector pressures Edna into making repairs.
	23	"There's a Spy in My Beer"	Joel Zwick	Julie Mishkin	May 8, 1979	85
Laverne tries to convince everyone that a spy is in the brewery.
	24	"Shirley and the Older Man"	Joel Zwick	Barry Rubinowitz	May 15, 1979	86
Carmine believes that Shirley is dating a sugar daddy (Robert Alda, in special guest appearance), as does the man's daughter.