Ogden Talbot Movies
- 1978
Season Four of Laverne and Shirley gets under way with the first episode of a two-part story (originally telecast as a single hour-long special). Laverne (Penny Marshall) and Shirley (Cindy Williams) bid a temporary farewell to Milwaukee so they can accompany Frank (Phil Foster) and Edna (Betty Garrett) on a bus trip to New York. The purpose of the trip is twofold: to attend a lavish Italian festival, and to spend time with Frank's old-world mother (Penny Santon). While Grandma DeFazio is happy to see Frank, she is even happier to see tag-along Squiggy (David L. Lander), who adores Grandma's home-cooked spaghetti. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1977
The gifted comic actor Severn Darden serves up his best Orson Welles imitation in this, the final episode of Laverne & Shirley's second season. Darden is cast as Charles Pfister Krane, Milwaukee's most famous and wealthiest show-biz impresario. Insisting that anyone could be made a star under his tutelage, Krane transforms Laverne (Penny Marshall) and Shirley (Cindy Williams) into a musical duo called--what else?--The Rosebuds. Stars Penny Marshall and Cindy Williams perform The Crystals' "Da Do Ron-Ron" (and never mind that this episode allegedly takes place in 1959, several years before the song was written). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1976
Having lost the grand prize at four previous Shotz Brewery talent shows, Laverne (Penny Marshall) are determined to make the fifth time the charm. Unfortunately, the girls' spirited "Cabana" calypso number may never make it through the tryout process thanks to their main rival, former Rockette Gloria Lubitz (Leland Palmer). Eddie Mekka (Carmine) did the choreography for this episode, and also sings a medly of Tony Bennett tunes. Other highlights include Laverne and Shirley's rendition of "I Believe", and Lenny and Squiggy's performance of the original tune "Star Crossed", written by Michael McKean (Lenny). And yes, that's series producer Garry Marshall as one-third of the girls' backup trio. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1972
According to this cookie-cutter TV movie, every man needs a woman to put down his rampant chauvinism. Ken Berry is a swinging architect (yes, he has long sideburns) who doesn't believe that women should work. Enter Connie Stevens, a highly intelligent young lady whom Berry reluctantly hires as an assistant. There's lots of talk about women's liberation, but note how most of the liberated ladies wear miniskirts and go-go boots. Every Man Needs One is inexorably a product of the early 1970s. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1966
Left alone in the house when Rob (Dick Van Dyke), Ritchie (Larry Mathews), and Jerry Helper (Jerry Paris) go off on a fishing trip, the normally sensible Laura (Mary Tyler Moore) gets an unexpected case of the jitters. It helps matters not at all when a nervous Millie (Ann Morgan Guilbert) shows up, making references to the Hitchcock film Psycho and mistaking tomato juice for blood. Before the night is over, the two terrified ladies become convinced that the house is about to be invaded by (at the very least) an axe murderer -- and wait till you see who the "villain" is! This episode was originally slated to air on March 16, 1966. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Jerry Paris, Ann Morgan Guilbert, (more)
