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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Chris2" data-source="post: 438868" data-attributes="member: 495">I liked the early days of “Laverne & Shirley” because of the wonderful chemistry between the two leads, and because of Cindy Williams’ way of being able to wring laughs out of the must mundane lines.The weakness of the show, to me, was that outside of Lenny and Squiggy, the supporting cast was blah at best. I liked the first year or two where they had a different, funnier landlady; Laverne’s dad was only seen occasionally, and the joke that he was barely comprehensible; and they had foils for the girls: Big Rosie and Lucille, Carmine’s girlfriend.Later, they settled on a more boring landlady, the Big Ragoo, and Laverne’s dad in a bigger role. I didn’t find any of them particularly funny. I saw an interview with cocreator Mark Rothman and he basically said the same thing.And even before the ill-fated move to California, you could see the decline setting in during season 5. This is when Bob Boyett joined the show as a consultant and you could see them moving towards the more simplistic, kid-oriented formula that he and Tom Miller perfected with their shows in the late 80s and 90s.As for TC: they didn’t give Priscilla much to work with. I thought she was strong in her first few episodes. Terri was accomplished in her career, payed the violin, and flirted with Jack. They could have leaned into that more, the way they leaned into Chrissy’s airheadedness. Instead, they didn’t do much to distinguish her from Janet.</blockquote>

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