MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) — Rarely has Milwaukee ever been more prominently featured on prime-time TV than at the beginning of the 70s and 80s sitcom “Laverne and Shirley.”
The show, about the adventures of two girls working at a Milwaukee brewery, was a huge ratings hit, and every week it put our hometown’s name up on millions of screens across America.
“The song, I mean, everyone seems to know the words to it,” said Steve Schaffer, lead archivist at the Milwaukee County Historical Society…