LAVERNE & SHIRLEY: GUILTY UNTIL PROVEN NOT INNOCENT (TV)
Summary
One in this comedy series about two young working women, following their humorous adventures from the 1950s through the 1960s.
In this episode, Frank and Carmine go to a football game in Green Bay as Shirley helps Laverne find a dress for the policeman’s ball, taking her to a pricey store, Carlyle’s. There, snooty salesman Mr. Clark treats Laverne and Shirley with disdain and says he has to deal with “real customers.” When they go to leave, a store detective finds a scarf which Laverne accidentally put in her purse, surprising her. Laverne is taking to a downtown holding cell where she is forced to deal with some hardened prisoners. Later, Shirley arrives to drop off some supplies from home for her friend. However, Laverne is trying to put on a tough façade to deal with her bunkmates. Then, Laverne’s cop friend Norman arrives trying to help, explaining that bail is set at $500.
Next, Laverne has to participate in a line-up of suspects, and is almost mistakenly identified as a gas station robber. Meanwhile, a tipsy Shirley hangs with Edna, sad about Laverne’s status, praying to God for the bail money. Then, Lenny and Squiggy arrive, pitching in some dollars they have earned by trick-or-treating for UNICEF. Later, Shirley agrees to have dinner with Mr. Clark so he’ll drop the charges against Laverne. However, when Laverne won’t admit her guilt to Mr. Clark, he gets incensed, causing an argument with Shirley. When Shirley threatens to go to the press, he finally drops the charges, on the condition that Laverne never returns to Carlyle’s. Includes commercials.
Details
- NETWORK: ABC
- DATE: January 4, 1977 8:30 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:30:00
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: B:63519
- GENRE: Comedy
- SUBJECT HEADING: Comedy
- SERIES RUN: ABC - TV series, 1976-1983
- COMMERCIALS:
- TV - Commercials - Earth Born shampoos
- TV - Commercials - Gillette Cricket lighters
- TV - Commercials - Right Guard deodorant
- TV - Commercials - Tropical Blend tanning oil
- TV - Promos - "ABC Wide World of Sports"
- TV - Promos - "Barney Miller"
- TV - Promos - "Happy Days"
- TV - Promos - "Welcome Back, Kotter"
CREDITS
- Thomas L. Miller … Executive Producer
- Edward K. Milkis … Executive Producer
- Garry K. Marshall … Executive Producer, Created by
- Tony Marshall … Producer
- Lowell Ganz … Producer, Created by
- Mark Rothman … Producer , Created by
- Nick Abdo … Associate Producer
- Jeff Ganz … Associate Producer
- James Burrows … Director
- Bob Sand … Writer
- Bo Kaprall … Writer
- Charles Fox … Music by, Theme Music by
- Norman Gimbel … Theme Music by
- Penny Marshall … Cast, Laverne DeFazio
- Cindy Williams … Cast, Shirley Feeney
- Betty Garrett … Cast, Edna Babish
- David L. Lander … Cast, Squiggy Squiggman
- Michael McKean … Cast, Lenny Kosnowski
- Phil Foster … Cast, Frank DeFazio
- Eddie Mekka … Cast, Carmen Ragusa
- Jeannie Linero … Cast, Estelle
- John Moskoff … Cast, Store Detective
- Louis Nye … Cast, Mr. Clark
- Bo Kaprall … Cast, Officer Norman Hughes
- Barbara O. Jones … Cast, Toni
- Marilyn Redfield … Cast, Sherry