Episode
Laverne & Shirley: Not Quite New York
Overview
After being fired from the brewery, the girls decide to pack up and move out to California. The only way they can afford to get out there is to have Lenny and Squiggy drive them there in an old ice cream truck.
Details
- Series
- Laverne & Shirley
- Season
- Season 6
- Episode
- Episode 1
- Air date
- 1980-11-18
Episode context
Not Quite New York is Episode 1 in Season 6 of Laverne & Shirley. It aired on 1980-11-18.
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Episode 3: Studio City
The girls are hired to play stunt women in a Troy Donohue movie.
Episode 4: Grand Opening
In order to pay Shirley back some of the money she owes her, Laverne agrees to be the target in Sonny's knife throwing act at Cowboy Bill's grand opening. When Sonny breaks his arm and is unable to do the act, Shirley takes over throwing the knives at Laverne, which makes Laverne extremely nervous since she knows that Shirley is already upset with her.
Episode 5: Candy is Dandy
The girls finally get a job in California in the gift wrapping department at Bardwell's Department Store. On their first day on the job, Laverne gets tipsy after eating candy laced with alcohol.
Episode 6: The Dating Game
Lenny and Squiggy appear in on the television show, The Dating Game.
Episode 7: The Other Woman
Shirley finally gets to date a Doctor. The trouble is she looks exactly like his old wife.
Episode 8: The Road to Burbank
There is a dispute over who should pay the bill when Lenny and Squiggy trash a hotel room on their way to California and try to blame it on Laverne and Shirley. This leads to the telling of two different versions of what happened that night: one where Lenny and Squiggy are chasing the girls all night, and the other where the girls are feeling feisty and chase the boys around the room.
Episode 9: Born Too Late
Lenny and Squiggy imagine that they are the stars in a whole series of flashback black and white silent movies.
Episode 10: Love Out the Window
After learning that Laverne fears for his safety, Sonny quits his job as a stuntman and takes a job selling insurance.
Episode 11: Malibu Mansion
The girls are hired to house sit at the Malibu beachfront mansion of the owner of the Cowboy Bill's chain of restaurants. While he is away for the weekend, the girls throw a beach party which gets gate crashed by a gang of bikers. The girls manage to clean the place up just in time, but the owner's talking pet parrot threatens to spill the beans.
Episode 12: To Tell the Truth
Stuck at home on a rainy night with nothing to do, the gang decides to play a game of truth or dare. Within minutes, everybody ends up arguing with each other.