cult film freak: PENNY MARSHALL W/ SPINAL TAP ON 'LAVERNE & SHIRLEY'

Written by James M. Tate / 12/18/2018 / No comments / christopher guest , david l. lander , michael mckean , penny marshall , seventies , TV

PENNY MARSHALL W/ SPINAL TAP ON 'LAVERNE & SHIRLEY'

12/18/2018 | No comment

Penny Marshall with a Richard Nixon voting Christopher Guest on Laverne & Shirley

We all know MICHAEL MCKEAN from SPINAL TAP started as Lenny on LAVERNE AND SHIRLEY. But on the third season the other Tappers turned up: HARRY SHEARER as a newscaster and CHRISTOPHER GUEST as a med student supporting Nixon: unlike Laverne (and the show's writers, producers, directors, and Hollywood).

Later, Laverne and Shirley meet the boys at a bus stop and find out they're womanizers (like JFK!). And at the end of the episode, the main cast sings a tune with McKean on acoustic guitar. And not "Big Bottom."

Harry Shearer and Christopher Guest (and friend) on Laverne & Shirley with Tom Leopold

Michael McKean with David L. Lander before Spinal Tap as Lenny & The Squigtones

Christopher Guest and Tom Leopold Laverne and Shirley Christopher Guest

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