can we top luverne ashirley? my jesus and my beatles was laverne and shirley. everyone identified with laverne and shirley because we were best friends. and just the opening song schlemiel, schlimazel. hasenpfeffer incorporated who didn t love that? give us any chance we ll take it laverne and shirley is about two working-class girls who struggle to make ends meet working at a brewery, going out at night. and you know, really so nice to see two women at the center of a sitcom. laverne & shirley through the lens of the 50s were able to say a lot about what women were striving to accomplish in the 70s. women were more apt to want to go out and work and not get married right after high school. well, have fun down at unemployment. we ll meet guys. unemployed guys. shirley is the quintessential