# Do you know who "Squiggy" is? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 24, 2013, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-who-squiggy-is/659187 "2013-05-24T01:56:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2013, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-who-squiggy-is/659187/21 "2013-05-24T03:08:17Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > 58 for another couple weeks. My first exposure to Michael Lander was through The Credibility Gap. Check out Squiggy meets Mr Burns in [Who’s On First.](http://harryshearer.com/projects/credebility-gap/)Yes is on third. **David** Lander. ---
**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2013, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-who-squiggy-is/659187/22 "2013-05-24T03:08:54Z")
Yes. Went to same college as he (and Lenny) did. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2013, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-who-squiggy-is/659187/23 "2013-05-24T03:11:31Z")
Yup. 45. ---
**Author:** ![dnooman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2013, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-who-squiggy-is/659187/24 "2013-05-24T03:29:35Z")
Who would have thought that Lenny would have gone on to be the much more well known star? Then again, I doubt Peter Scolari would have thought his co-star in Bosom Buddies would go on to be an A list actor. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2013, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-who-squiggy-is/659187/25 "2013-05-24T03:33:54Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > **David** Lander. David **L.** Lander, if we’re going to be picky. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2013, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-who-squiggy-is/659187/26 "2013-05-24T03:41:21Z")
Without looking, I’m going to say he has something to do with that show Laverne and Shirley (Lenny and Squiggy maybe?) but I haven’t ever seen an episode. Age 44 ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2013, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-who-squiggy-is/659187/27 "2013-05-24T03:53:13Z")
> [@Nzinga\_Seated](#): > > I can narrow it down to one of two people. I’m 39. I’m 36, and yeah, this. He’s the short one, right? ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2013, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-who-squiggy-is/659187/28 "2013-05-24T04:02:52Z")
My thought process: ‘Yes, I do. … Wait, he WAS the one not played by Mike McKean, right? … … Yes, he was. I think. Yes. … Yes.’ ---
**Author:** ![GameHat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ed655f/32.png) [@GameHat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GameHat)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2013, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-who-squiggy-is/659187/29 "2013-05-24T05:01:39Z")
32 years old, lived entire life in US, honestly had never heard of this character ever before. Googled it and Oh, he was a character on Laverne & Shirley? Guess I know that show, though I’ve never seen a full episode I’m more surprised there aren’t more that haven’t heard of him, especially in my age box. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2013, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-who-squiggy-is/659187/30 "2013-05-24T05:01:47Z")
\>50. In fact, \>60. Yup. ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2013, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-who-squiggy-is/659187/31 "2013-05-24T05:23:02Z")
1. Yes. Loved the show. Tried a Pepsi float, even, thanks to Laverne. Never again. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2013, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-who-squiggy-is/659187/32 "2013-05-24T05:53:49Z")
1. _ **Laverne and Shirley** _ came on about a month before I left the US to live in England in 1976. I really, _really_ liked the first few episodes, but when I came back 14 months later, it had degenerated into what looked like a parody of _ **The Lucy Show** _. Cold milk and Pepsi, mmmmmmmmmmmm! Just like drinking an ice-cream float! Yum-O! 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2013, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-who-squiggy-is/659187/33 "2013-05-24T06:13:43Z")
Some how, I had gotten it into my little head that if I pour the milk into the pepsi, it would swirl? I tried it and that didn’t happen at all, of course. It just clouded up into a muddy mix. But why did I \*think \*it would swirl? Did Laverne have a favorite glass that \*looked \*like swirls? ---
**Author:** ![3trew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/13edae/32.png) [@3trew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3trew)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2013, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-who-squiggy-is/659187/34 "2013-05-24T06:22:42Z")
Childs’ play. Carmine Ragussa would have been a more worthy question. You need to get the right order when pouring for the milk and Pepsi thing to work, like acid and water. One of them curdles. Unfortunately, as I only ever did that in the context of a drink called a Paralyzer, where the first thing to go into the glass is the tequila, I can’t for the life of me remember which one gets poured into which. ---
**Author:** ![Rala](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@Rala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rala)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2013, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-who-squiggy-is/659187/35 "2013-05-24T07:49:15Z")
1. No. I remember he was on The Simpsons once, but that’s all I can say. ---
**Author:** ![Ken001](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/43a26b/32.png) [@Ken001](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ken001)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2013, 8:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-who-squiggy-is/659187/36 "2013-05-24T08:32:53Z")
So…we’re not talking about Princess Diana? ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2013, 8:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-who-squiggy-is/659187/37 "2013-05-24T08:37:01Z")
40-50, and yes I knew it. Funny thing is while I _know_ I watched the show I don’t remember a thing about it except the 4 characters of Laverne, Shirley, Lenny, and Squiggy. ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2013, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-who-squiggy-is/659187/38 "2013-05-24T11:22:46Z")
> [@MissTake](#): > > 1. Yes. > Loved the show. Tried a Pepsi float, even, thanks to Laverne. Never again. The trick is that you need to use whole milk, which does not exist in my home. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2013, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-who-squiggy-is/659187/39 "2013-05-24T11:40:48Z")
I knew immediately. I tend to remember useless crap like that. I didn’t even like the show. I also remember him in _Used Cars_. And somehow I remember an interview he did about having MS when he mentioned being in the hospital at the same time as Andy Kaufman and seeing him shortly before he died. Then I remembered that Phil Foster who played Laverne’s father was supposed to be mobbed up and a big coke dealer. I wish I could remember important stuff. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2013, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-who-squiggy-is/659187/40 "2013-05-24T12:41:26Z")
> [@Ken001](#): > > So…we’re not talking about Princess Diana? That is what first came to me, too: > [@ThelmaLou](#): > > I thought you meant [this (slight spelling difference)](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squidgygate). But I also know the one you really were referring to. But that was _Squidgy_, not _Squiggy_. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-who-squiggy-is/659187.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-who-squiggy-is/659187.md?page=3)