The first time most American heard ‘Schlemiel and Schlimazel’

January 27, 1976
Laverne and Shirley, a spinoff from Happy Days, starring Penny Marshall as Laverne De Fazio and Cindy Williams as Shirley Feeney, premiered on ABC-TV on this date.

Various Happy Days cast members have talked about the vicious fights next door on set of Laverne and Shirley, so loud that they would listen with glasses to the wall.

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