<Li> Out of the Blue </Li> <Li> Joanie Loves Chachi </Li> <P> Laverne & Shirley (originally Laverne DeFazio & Shirley Feeney) is an American television sitcom that ran for eight seasons on ABC from January 27, 1976, to May 10, 1983 . A spin - off of Happy Days, Laverne & Shirley followed the lives of Laverne DeFazio (Penny Marshall) and Shirley Feeney (Cindy Williams), two friends and roommates who work as bottle - cappers in the fictitious Shotz Brewery in late 1950s Milwaukee, Wisconsin . From the sixth season onwards, the series' setting changed to mid-1960s Burbank, California . Michael McKean and David Lander co-starred as their friends and neighbors Lenny and Squiggy, along with Eddie Mekka as Carmine Ragusa, Phil Foster as Laverne's father Frank DeFazio, and Betty Garrett as the girls' landlady Edna Babish . </P> <P> Noted for its use of physical comedy, Laverne & Shirley became the most - watched American television program by its third season, and was nominated for two Golden Globe Awards and a Primetime Emmy Award in 1979 . </P>

Who played laverne's dad on laverne and shirley