Laverne & Shirley: Season 2 (DVD)
APPROX. 567 MINS. - PROD. YEAR: 1976 - MPA RATING: NR
" For the number two show in America, this season of "Laverne & Shirley" was surprisingly uneven.
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5) "Bridal Shower"--Laverne faces her nemesis, Rosie, when the girls attend a shower for a dear friend that's held at Rosie's house.
6) "Look Before You Leap"--Laverne thinks she may have more than a hangover when she can't remember what she did the night before at a brewery party. Some touching moments.
7) "Dear Future Model"--This funny episode has the girls enrolling in modeling school to class up their acts and attract a better class of men.
8) "Good Time Girls"--Another show in the mode of the old "I Love Lucy" slapstick shows.
9) "Two of Our Weirdos Are Missing"--Laverne and Shirley try to find their slightly daft friends, Lenny and Squiggy, after the two of them run away to join the circus. And not even the circus wants these freaks.
10) "Oh Hear the Angels Voices"--L&S entertain the troops, sort of, at a hospital Christmas party.
11) "Guilty Until Proven Not Innocent"--Laverne faces shoplifting charges after a handkerchief at a ritzy store falls into her purse.
12) "Birthday Show"--A flashback clip show has Laverne and Shirley's friends reminiscing as they wait for the two to arrive at a surprise party.
13) "Playing Hooky"--L&S play hooky from the Shotz Brewery and have the flipside of "Ferris Bueller's Day Off."
14) "Guinea Pigs"-Classic Lucy-style episode has the girls volunteering to be guinea pigs for a science experiment.
15) "Call Me a Taxi"--More Lucy as Laverne and Shirley work as "dime-a-dance" girls to help pay the bills.
16) "Steppin' Out"--As Laverne and Shirley get ready for their dream dates, what else could go wrong?
17) "Buddy, Can You Spare a Father?"--Come on, writers, who's going to disappear next? This time it's Laverne's father.
18) "Honeymoon Hotel"--Shirley wins a contest, but when the two girls try to cash in, predictable problems arise.
19) "Hi, Neighbor, Book II"--It's Laverne and Shirley to the rescue when Lenny and Squiggy get stood up."
20) "Frank's Fling"--Laverne's dad has a new love, and she's decided he needs a new life.
21) "Haunted House"--Laverne and Shirley need a new sofa, and one thing leads to another in this domino comedy.
22) "Lonely at the Middle"--When Shirley gets promoted, her co-workers give her the cold shoulder . . . and more.
23) "Citizen Krane"--More singing (yikes) as a rich guy wants to be Laverne & Shirley's sugar daddy.
Video:
Say what you will about the HD wars, but I think that one side benefit is that it's made studios realize how much consumers care about picture quality. Will we pay a little more for a higher quality transfer? Heck yes, especially for our favorite shows. Though it's in the 7 range, this transfer offers a better picture overall than the first season. Colors are bright, the edges are fairly sharp, and there's more detail than in the first-year release. "Laverne & Shirley" is presented in 1.33:1 aspect ratio.
Audio:
The sound is a Dolby Digital Restored English Mono, and it's free of hiss, crackle, or pop. While providing a clarity and spread across the front speakers that you usually get with two-channel stereo. Not bad, in other words.
Extras:
Sorry, slapstick fans, there are no extras.
Bottom Line:
For the number two show in America, this season of "Laverne & Shirley" was surprisingly uneven. Some of the shows are laugh-out-loud funny, while others are amusing, and still others borderline tedious. Producers were bringing "Happy Days" cast members to the set so often that it's as if no one trusted this spin-off to succeed on its own. The should would hit its own stride, but not until Season Three.
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