Season 5 (Laverne & Shirley)

Laverne & Shirley: Season Five
"Laverne & Shirley" Season 5 DVD cover
Season Information
Episodes	26 aired
Network/Air Dates	ABC-TV, September 13, 1979 - May 13, 1980
Season Guide
Previous	Season 4 (Laverne & Shirley)
Next	Season 6 (Laverne & Shirley)

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

Also see: Happy Days Mork and Mindy

Broadcast history

The season aired Thursdays at 8:00-8:30 pm (EST), Mondays at 8:00-8:30 pm (EST) and 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

Guest stars

• Vicki Lawrence as Sergeant Plout
• Ed Marinaro as Antonio DeFazio (1 episode)

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Episodes

Broadcast history

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

Season 6 (1979-80)

Season 5 episodes
Image	Episode	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	No. in series
	1	"Shotgun Wedding: Part 2"	Joel Zwick	Judy Pioli	September 13, 1979	87
In the second part of a two-part crossover with Happy Days, the girls become engaged to Richie and Fonzie to rescue them from a shotgun wedding.
	2	"One Heckuva Note"	John Tracy	Jeff Franklin	September 20, 1979	88
Shirley discovers a love letter written by Carmine and addressed to Laverne.
	3	"Fat City Holiday"	Joel Zwick	Roger Garrett	September 27, 1979	89
The girls get jobs at a fat farm where they're trained by a woman with a most unique technique for losing weight (Susan Kellermann).
	4	"Upstairs, Downstairs"	Joel Zwick	Al Aidekman	October 4, 1979	90
The girls have nightmares manufactured from their arguments over a wrongly issued check.
	5	"What Do You Do with a Drunken Sailor?"	Joel Zwick	Chris Thompson & Gary H. Miller	October 18, 1979	91
Shirley is visited by her sailor brother (Ed Begley, Jr.) who has trouble dealing with his alcoholism.
	6	"You've Pushed Me Too Far"	Joel Zwick	Jeff Franklin	October 25, 1979	92
Squiggy accidentally pushes Lenny out a window and into a trash can.
	7	"The Wedding"	Joel Zwick	Paula A. Roth	November 4, 1979	93
Edna accepts Frank's marriage proposal.
	8	"Bad Girls"	Joel Zwick	Barry Rubinowitz	November 8, 1979	94
The girls' old club goes from revelry to robbery. Guest starring Michelle Greene and Elizabeth Daily as two of the club members.
	9 10	"We're in the Army, Now: Part 1" "We're in the Army, Now: Part 2"	Joel Zwick	Judy Pioli & Jeff Franklin	November 15, 1979	95 96
The girls enlist in the Army. Special Guest Star: Vicki Lawrence as Sergeant Plout
	11	"Take Two, They're Small"	Ray DeVally, Jr.	Paula A. Roth & Judy Pioli	November 22, 1979	97
Lenny and Squiggy start a dating service.
	12	"The Fourth Annual Shotz Talent Show"	Joel Zwick	Chris Thompson	December 6, 1979	98
Mr. Shotz persists on a patriotic theme for the talent show..
	13	"Testing, Testing"	Joel Zwick	Teleplay by: Chris Thompson Story by: Kenny Rich	December 13, 1979	99
Shotz hires a psychologist to analyze work aptitudes.
	14	"Not Quite South of the Border"	Joel Zwick	Deborah Leschin & Susan Seeger	January 7, 1980	100
The girls take a vacation at Raoul's house by the Bay "near Mexico".
	15	"You Oughta Be in Pictures"	Joel Zwick	Jeff Franklin	January 14, 1980	101
The girls are recruited to appear in a film for the Army, the topic of which is prostitution..
	16	"The Beatnik Show"	Joel Zwick	Barry Rubinowitz & Al Aidekman	January 21, 1980	102
The girls impress beatniks at a coffeehouse with their exotic dance. Guest starring Art Garfunkel as "The Mighty Oak".
	17	"The Right to Light"	Joel Zwick	Kenny Rich	January 28, 1980	103
The girls chain themselves inside the gas company to protest a gas bill - before realizing there's a bomb about to go off.
	18	"Why Did the Fireman...?"	Joel Zwick	Roger Garrett	February 4, 1980	104
Laverne dates a fireman (Ted Danson).
	19	"The Collector"	Joel Zwick	Teleplay by: Jeff Young & Frank Alesia Story by: Linda Segall & John Byers	February 11, 1980	105
Carmine gets a job working for a loan shark.
	20	"Murder on the Moosejaw Express: Part 1"	Joel Zwick	Richard Rosenstock & Jack Lukes	February 26, 1980	106
The girls are on a train when a murder victim stumbles into their compartment, his last words being: "Beware the bald man." Guest stars: Roger C. Carmel, Scatman Crothers, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Conrad Janis and Charlene Tilton.
	21	"Murder on the Moosejaw Express: Part 2"	Joel Zwick	Charlotte M. Dobbs & Jeff Franklin	March 4, 1980	107
Poisoning and kidnapping lead to a final confrontation with the bald man who committed a murder on the Moosejaw Express.
	22	"Survival Test"	Joel Zwick	Teleplay by: Roger Garrett & Al Aidekman Story by: Richard Gurman	March 11, 1980	108
Sergeant Plout (Vicki Lawrence) orders the girls to partake in a survival test pitting men against women in the "frozen wilderness".
	23	"The Duke of Squiggman"	Penny Marshall	Jeff Franklin	March 25, 1980	109
Squiggy becomes an English duke when he sleepwalks.
	24	"Antonio, the Amazing"	Maurice Bar-David	Cindy Begel & Lesa Kite	April 1, 1980	110
Laverne's Italian cousin Antonio (Ed Marinaro) comes to America to make his fortune, but he can't seem to find a job.
	25	"The Diner"	Linda McMurray	Bob Perlow	May 6, 1980	111
Lenny's uncle leaves him a diner called "Dead Lazlo's".
	26	"Separate Tables"	Frank Alesia	Deborah Raznick & Ria Nepus	May 13, 1980	112
To help Laverne conquer her fear of being alone, Shirley makes her eat on her own at a Chinese restaurant.