Tuesday, October 15, 2019

"Playing Hooky"

"Playing Hooky"
Image result for playing hooky laverne and shirleyJanuary 11, 1977
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The title turns out to be a pun in this Barry Rubinowitz story, as the girls call in sick to work but end up being mistaken for hookers by two vice cops.  Maybe Shirley would've been better off accepting Squiggy's offer to spend the day with him, watching TV and frying fish.  And it turns out that Laverne's father is using their apartment during the daytime as his love nest.  (I think it's safe to say that he and Edna are not an item yet.)

Archie Hahn, who was on what feels like half of the '70s sitcoms and would be one of the worst players on Whose Line Is It Anyway?, plays Bob here and would later be a nameless Worker.

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