"The Mortician"

"The Mortician"
January 10, 1978
C+

In Laura Levine's second L & S story, we learn that not only celebrities like Fabian, but ordinary men, like a handsome undertaker, like women to stalk them.  In fact, Laverne even tells the title character that Shirley is dying!  He forgives her pretty quick when he finds out that Laverne just wants to go out with him.

The only shipping notes I have here are that Carmine says, "Va va va voom!" at Shirley's legs, but there's actually more of him dancing with Mrs. Babish, whom he calls "Edna"; and when "the boys" think Shirley is dead, Squiggy refers to Laverne as "the widow DeFazio."

The arrow is from the webpage I stole this from.

John Fink wouldn't do any other L & S roles besides Stan the mortician, but he would be Barry Gates on the Three's Company episode where Janet and Chrissy are rivals for his interest, an episode that aired later that night!  (I doubt nine-year-old me noticed.)