# Misremembered theme song lyric (Laverne&Shirley) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** tv-shows-scripted, music\ **Created:** [February 16, 2023, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misremembered-theme-song-lyric-laverne-shirley/979897 "2023-02-16T16:16:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2023, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misremembered-theme-song-lyric-laverne-shirley/979897/1 "2023-02-16T16:16:20Z")
Y’all are going to think I’m crazy for asking but for some reason I remember (would have been 12 at the time) them changing the last line of the Laverne&Shirley theme song for the final season for when they were in California. Instead of the line “make our dreams come true, for me and you” they changed it to “make our dreams come true, in 1982.” For whatever reason I would sing it this way for many years after if I heard the song. Did they do this or is it something I made up on my own as a dumb kid? ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2023, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misremembered-theme-song-lyric-laverne-shirley/979897/2 "2023-02-16T16:34:31Z")
Here’s the theme song from the final season, without Cindy Williams. No change in lyrics that I could detect. And since the setting was 1967, it wouldn’t make sense anyways. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/7hkGxU8slBg/hqdefault.jpg "Laverne & Shirley Theme - Final Season") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hkGxU8slBg) ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2023, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misremembered-theme-song-lyric-laverne-shirley/979897/3 "2023-02-16T17:54:32Z")
I was an adult before I realized they were saying “schlemiel, schlamatzl,” referring to the Yiddish concept. I always thought it was “Schlemeegle, Schlemoggle” or some similar nonsense words. ---
**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:** [February 16, 2023, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misremembered-theme-song-lyric-laverne-shirley/979897/4 "2023-02-16T18:26:56Z")
> **[Schlemiel! Schlimazel! Hasenpfeffer Incorporated!](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/schlemiel-schlimazel-hase_b_8512356)** > > However, many people are not aware of the origins of this silly, little ditty that Laverne and Shirley sang before every episode. Schlemiel and Schlimazel are two Yiddish terms often used in a comical, but sometimes biting sense of humor. The way I heard it, “beer” was substituted for “soup.” _Hasenpfeffer_ is actually rabbit stew. It’s yummy! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![pirviii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pirviii/32/3233_2.png) [@pirviii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pirviii)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2023, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misremembered-theme-song-lyric-laverne-shirley/979897/5 "2023-02-17T05:34:18Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > _Hasenpfeffer_ is actually rabbit stew. I learned that from Bugs Bunny. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2023, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misremembered-theme-song-lyric-laverne-shirley/979897/6 "2023-02-17T06:33:06Z")
That opening is sad. Everybody but Laverne and Squiggy jumped ship? ---
**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:** [February 17, 2023, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misremembered-theme-song-lyric-laverne-shirley/979897/7 "2023-02-17T14:30:54Z")
I learned it from a _ **Hogan’s Heroes** _ comic book. (Yes, a lot of TV series had their own comic books back in the day.) ---
**Author:** ![MrAtoz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MrAtoz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrAtoz)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2023, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misremembered-theme-song-lyric-laverne-shirley/979897/8 "2023-02-17T14:42:00Z")
> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > Everybody but Laverne and Squiggy jumped ship? That’s weird, isn’t it? Michael McKean and Eddie Mekka (Lenny and Carmine) are clearly visible in the opening montage. I wonder why they weren’t credited. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2023, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misremembered-theme-song-lyric-laverne-shirley/979897/9 "2023-02-17T16:15:21Z")
> [@MrAtoz](#): > > That’s weird, isn’t it? Michael McKean and Eddie Mekka (Lenny and Carmine) are clearly visible in the opening montage. I wonder why they weren’t credited. I don’t believe they were in every episode of the final season. Also, Cindy Williams was in the first two episodes of Season 8. The last season was a bit of a mishmash.