Laverne and Shirley Opening

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At the start of each episode, Laverne and Shirley are seen skipping down the street, arm in arm, reciting a Yiddish-American hopscotch chant: "1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Schlemiel! Schlimazel! Hasenpfeffer Incorporated!" This then leads into the series' theme song which is entitled "Making Our Dreams Come True", sung by Cyndi Grecco. In the sixth and seventh seasons (which were the Hollywood seasons), the intro featured Laverne and Shirley coming out of an apartment, but still singing their original chant, and then a re-orchestrated version of the original theme song. During the final season after Cindy Williams left the show, the show opened with Laverne watching a group of school children perform the chant before the theme song began.

The opening sequence has been parodied in many pop culture outlets, including the movie Wayne's World, where Garth and Wayne perform the theme song while visiting Milwaukee. In an episode of The Nanny entitled "Val's Apartment," Fran and Val say the chant before entering their apartment for the first time, but they stumble over the word "Hasenpfeffer." The sequence has also been parodied in other languages, on Friends in a Spanish-language track under the title Laverne y Shirley, and on Saturday Night Live, in faux Japanese, under the name Rabun to Shuri.

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[carmesundae2]

which season is this ?

[imachias]

I don't remember this opening with them left standing in the rain when they showed their credits. Which season is this from? The first season always said "Laverne Defazio & Shirley Feeney" and the syndicated ones (for a while) said "Laverne and Shirley and Company" so that's why I'm confused.

[BonnieStoner]

Hey this brings back memorys of good TV!