"Candy Is Dandy"

"Candy Is Dandy"
December 16, 1980
C+

Joanne Pagliaro's first of two L & S stories has the girls landing jobs at Bardwell's Department Store, jobs they'd keep for awhile, although not as long as their Shotz jobs of course.   The girls are gift-wrappers, and they wrap some candy that turns out to be full of rum, although Laverne doesn't realize this when she starts eating it.  The audience is clued in because the high school boy that Shirley is attracted to (Laverne points out he's "jailbait") knows French and can read the label.  He and his buddy plan to roofy their dates with a few pieces of the candy!  (Not that it's called that, but this is what passed for wholesome entertainment in the late Carter era.)  The girls are almost fired by their new boss, Mr. Hildebrand (Norman Bartold in his first of four appearances), but then he's grateful to them for pointing out the dangers of this product.  And Lenny and Squiggy bring four or five of their clients into their apartment through the "doggy door" under the girls' staircase.