Shirley, I Jest!: A Storied Life (8 page)

We could make suggestions to the writers of things we’d like to do and they would try to work it into the show. Penny suggested we somehow get hung on hooks. This is a picture of us trying to get off said hooks. Courtesy of CBS Television Studios

We bought into Lenny and Squiggy’s dead uncle Lazlo’s diner and now we’re trying to make a go of it. Courtesy of CBS Television Studios

Laverne and Shirley go to a fat farm, get swaddled, and try to stand up by any means possible, ergo Penny pulling me up by the hair. Courtesy of CBS Television Studios

This is me, Ron, Henry, and Penny from a crossover show, meaning they appeared on our show. It was called “Shotgun Wedding.” I like it because it’s the four of us. Courtesy of CBS Television Studios

This is a picture of my mother and me on stage in a
Laverne & Shirley
Shotz talent show. My mother sang “Pennies from Heaven.” Note the baskets on her hips they were filled with pennies, which she threw up in the air when she sang (see the pennies on the floor). She didn’t get hurt. Courtesy of CBS Television Studios

I love this picture. It’s taken from the “Fabian” show. We’ve snuck into Fabian’s hotel suite under the guise of being hotel maids. When we hear security coming, we try to hide in a drawer. Courtesy of CBS Television Studios

The “Fabian” show. After not being able to attend his concert. Fabian sings “Turn Me Loose” to us privately in his hotel suite. I am pounding my head on the floor in ecstasy. (I stole the actions from my friend Ed Begley’s stand-up routine about a stoned-out rocker.) Courtesy of CBS Television Studios

Troy Donahue was my dream guy when I was in my early teens. When I saw him in
Gidget
all I could think about was making out with him. This is a picture of a dream coming true. Courtesy of CBS Television Studios

In our living room in Milwaukee. Penny making me hit myself with my own hand. Courtesy of CBS Television Studios

Just stare at our faces. Courtesy of CBS Television Studios

Taken at the Sherry-Netherland in New York. John Belushi pretended to be using Penny’s huge speakers as headphones while listening to E.L.O.

My friend Edna.