Andrew "Squiggy" Squiggman is a main character who appears on Laverne & Shirley. The part of Squiggy is played on the series by actor / comedian David L. Lander.
About Squiggy[]
Squiggy works and lives with childhood friend Lenny Kosnowski. Squiggy is the feistier of the pair.
Born Andrew Squiggman, Squiggy, like his friends Lenny and Laverne, was born in Brooklyn and grew up in Milwaukee. He grew up with his sister, Squendolyn, and his bossy mother. His father, Helmut Squigmann, left the family when he was 9. He grew up with his mother, sister, and a succession of step-fathers (although in "Road to Burbank", Squiggy mentions he had a foster mother once).
In the Season 7 episode "Helmut Weekend", Squiggy's father Helmut (played by Wynn Irwin), reenters Squiggy's life twenty years after abandoning him, with the motive of trying to take advantage of him by borrowing money. Taking $200 which was entrusted to the Squignowski Talent Agency by a client, he attempted to skip town with no intention of paying Squiggy and Lenny back. Lenny, who recognized Helmut's scam, helps Squiggy in handling him, as he tells his dad to "hit the road" after staying with the two for a brief time.
Squiggy took great pride in hit moth collection and his pal Jeffrey, a stuffed iguana. He makes nearly every entrance with his trademark "Hello" along with Lenny, both said in comically dopey voices.
Along with Lenny, Squiggy secured a job at the Shotz Brewery as a truck driver. During his 20's, Squiggy moved away from his mother into an apartment with Lenny, located above Laverne & Shirley.
When Laverne & Shirley needed transportation for their move to Southern California, Lenny & Squiggy provided a ride cross-country. They both liked California so much, they decided to stay. They started a business that thet named "Squignowski Talent Agency", and used it mostly for an opportunity to pick attractive women. Squiggy never seemed to care what anyone thought about him. He dated interesting women, some good and some bad, but he always seemed to have an affection for friend Shirley, who seemed generally repulsed by him.
In the final season, Squiggy's lookalike sister Squendoline Squiggman is introduced.
Lander made a guest appearance in the 2000 film "Scary Movie" as Principal Squiggman. It is implied that the character of Squiggy eventually became the principal of B. A. Corpse High School.
It was not made clear if Lander reprised his role as Squiggy in a 1995 episode of "The Nanny " titled "Val's Apartment," where he played a landlord who had a gay lover named "Leonard," If the unnamed landlord was in fact Squiggy, it is implied that he and Leonard-presumably Lenny addressed by his actual first name- became gay lovers 17 years prior and settled in New York City. Though Squiggy dated women during Laverne & Shirley's time setting, the series was set several years before the time when the landlord-possibly Squiggy- claimed the romantic relationship with "Leonard" began.