NationStates Jolt Archive

What the hell are Laverne and Shirley saying at the beginning of their show?!?

One Two Three Four Five Six Seven Eight Sha-what? Sha-huh? Hossa-what Corporated? :confused:

Well, I just found out. And I owe it all to none other than MacGyver! :D

See, I bought Season 1 of MacGyver on DVD and there was an advertisement for Laverne and Shirley on DVD. They showed in text exactly what they say!

"One two three four five six seven eight, schlameel, schlamazel, Hossenpfeffer Incorporated!"

Now... that the mystery is finally settled, we can now begin on the REAL mystery!

What the hell does that mean?!? :confused: Schlameel. Isn't that the jewish word for doofus? What the hell is a schlamazel? Hossenpfeffer? The rabbit-based food? Is there a company called Hossenpfeffer Incorporated? If so, what the hell does that have to do with them? They worked at Schots Brewery!

I'm more confused than ever! :(

:eek: Egad! Lenny and Squiggy released an album!

Lenny and The Squigtones! Now I know what I want for christmas!
http://www.houseplantpicturestudio.com/HPS/lensquigitems/003.jpg

...not as confused as me..

All I understood was "MacGyver" and "DVD"

...not as confused as me..

All I understood was "MacGyver" and "DVD"

That's better than I had expected. :D

What the hell does that mean?!? :confused: Schlameel. Isn't that the jewish word for doofus? What the hell is a schlamazel? Hossenpfeffer? The rabbit-based food? Is there a company called Hossenpfeffer Incorporated? If so, what the hell does that have to do with them? They worked at Schots Brewery!

I'm more confused than ever! :(Schlamozzle is yiddish for the sad sack character. If the schlamiel always drops the hammer, the hammer always hits the schlamozzle in the head.

The whole thing is a school-girl rope-skip chant if my neurons are firing correctly.

Which doesn't excuse the excresence that was "The Laverne and Shirley Show."

Schlamozzle is yiddish for the sad sack character. If the schlamiel always drops the hammer, the hammer always hits the schlamozzle in the head.

The whole thing is a school-girl rope-skip chant if my neurons are firing correctly.

Which doesn't excuse the excresence that was "The Laverne and Shirley Show."

Thanks for the info. But...

Excresence? :eek: Are you suggesting that the masterpiece that is "Laverne and Shirley" is mere drivel? Surely not!

Thanks for the info. But...

Excresence? :eek: Are you suggesting that the masterpiece that is "Laverne and Shirley" is mere drivel? Surely not!Not "mere" drivel... fingernail-across-the-blackboard, sewage dripping, I'd-rather-have-hot-needles-stuck-in-my-eyes drivel. If that's not overstating the obvious. :D

What can possibly beat Shirley trying to cheer Laverne up with a rendition of 'High Hopes'?

Shirley:"Just what makes that little old ant think he’ll move that rubber tree plant? Anyone knows an ant, can’t move a rubber tree plant. But he's got- WHat's he got, Laverne?"

Laverne:"A Hernia!"

:D
Or the episode where they had a 300 watt lightbulb in their fridge and Laverne trying to fumble around behind her back to avoid being blinded. Shirley used sunglasses. Classic physical comedy.

"One two three four five six seven eight, schlameel, schlamazel, Hossenpfeffer Incorporated!"


It's a Jewish thing. My grandmother always used to tell me: "There are three kinds of people in the world, the schmuck, the schlameel, and the schlamazel. The schlameel goes through life spilling his soup and it's the schlameel he spills it on. The schmuck sells the soup to the schlameel. Since you have to be one of them, be the schlameel. You'll get more soup that way."

Sounds better in Yiddish, but you get the idea.

What can possibly beat Shirley ...?.A stick? :D

I have to confess, when I first saw L&S it was painful to watch, but as I enter my dotage, I've actually found some of the episodes funny. By the time they put me in the coffin, it'll be hilarious. :)

A stick? :D

I have to confess, when I first saw L&S it was painful to watch, but as I enter my dotage, I've actually found some of the episodes funny. By the time they put me in the coffin, it'll be hilarious. :)

Penny Marshall had a gift for physical comedy. She inherited her comedic timing from her father. SHe decided to go a different direction with her career and I respect that. But female physical comedians are a rare breed. Lucille Ball and Penny Marshall were the best. :(