Episode
Laverne & Shirley: The Beatnik Show
Overview
Shirley is turned on to Beatnik culture, while visiting a local coffee house one evening. She soon begins wearing black, and moping around the apartment, complaining that nothing in her life is ""cool"" anymore. Laverne then tries to snap her friend out of this Beatnik mindset, so she can go back to being her old self again.
Details
- Series
- Laverne & Shirley
- Season
- Season 5
- Episode
- Episode 16
- Air date
- 1980-01-21
Episode context
The Beatnik Show is Episode 16 in Season 5 of Laverne & Shirley. It aired on 1980-01-21.
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