The TV show Laverne & Shirley starred Penny Marshall as Laverne DeFazio and Cindy Williams as Shirley Feeney, single roommates who work as bottle cappers in a fictitious Milwaukee brewery called Shotz Brewery.

From 1976 to 1980, the show was set in Milwaukee, Wisconsin taking place from roughly 1958–1959 through the early 1960s. Shotz Brewery bottle cappers and best friends, Laverne DeFazio and Shirley Feeney, live in a basement apartment in the city of Milwaukee. During the fifth season of the show, the girls went into the Army. They contended with a tough as nails drill sergeant named Alvinia T. Plout (Vicki Lawrence who is known for her work on The Carol Burnett Show).

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