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AryaNunya t1_j6klg1p wrote

RIP. Hossenpfeffer Incorporated.

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MSeanF t1_j6km6uv wrote

She was also in American Graffiti

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Backbeatking t1_j6kmvv4 wrote

The article didn't mention her role in The Conversation (1974 Coppola film nominated for best picture). She could do dramatic roles as well as comedy. Edit- It did. Missed it on first read, probably while scrolling past the giant ad.

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jermleeds t1_j6kn9jp wrote

I want Michael McKean bubble wrapped, stat.

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Introvert_Life t1_j6kp141 wrote

Dayum. 2023 ain’t playing. At this rate no stars are going to be left.

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Your_acceptable t1_j6kq4j6 wrote

Awe, man. She's a good one. Definitely a core memory for me watching Laverne and Shirley. RIP

2023 ain't playin

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xultar t1_j6krvsl wrote

WTF enough… I can’t take any more.

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PickleweaselNaeNae t1_j6ksf49 wrote

This sucks. I grew up watching them and still drink milk and Pepsi sometimes.

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kstinfo t1_j6ktvvp wrote

She wanted to be Princess Leia.

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Dead_Is_Better t1_j6ku78o wrote

Bit by bit my childhood is being stripped away. RIP Ms. Williams and thanx for the laughs.

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Sputnik9999 t1_j6ku96k wrote

Apparently, she died 5 days ago (25 JAN).

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DonJuanWritingDong t1_j6kuiv2 wrote

The number of celebrities who have passed recently where only “a brief illness” has been given as cause, is very high. I’m wondering what the true cause of death is. No conspiracy theory here, just concerned as there have been an uptick in those 55-75 years of age with no direct cause listed.

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Dzotshen t1_j6kx8on wrote

over restaurant loudspeaker

Pick up, Betty! Pick up please!

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officerfett t1_j6ky832 wrote

I don’t know if Im remembering correctly, but I seem to remember Laverne and Shirley showed up in Scooby Doo episodes, or Scooby and Shaggy showing up on their cartoon series.

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Sweatytubesock t1_j6kzkib wrote

I’m not claiming that either show was a masterpiece, but Laverne and Shirley was funnier much longer than Happy Days. RIP.

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mrseddievedder t1_j6l05fk wrote

I was just thinking about boo boo kitty the other day.

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Galactus2025 t1_j6l497o wrote

R.I.P(Cindy Williams) 😇 AKA: Shirley of Laverne and Shirley (Godspeed) 🙏

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RationalBassist t1_j6l5aoo wrote

Aww. Literally cursed 2023 when I read the news.

Like to think she's skipping down the golden lane with Penny right now.

Rest in peace, Cindy.

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IndyMLVC t1_j6l5phb wrote

Penny also died at 75. Strange

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fajitabowl t1_j6lazki wrote

Just introduced my spouse to the iconic American Graffiti and had been wondering how she's doing. RIP Cindy 🐈‍⬛ (boo boo kitty forever)

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autopsis t1_j6lihnf wrote

Replying to Dzotshen (#1,638,024)

Oh man, I’m so glad someone else knows this! It’s been decades but I still say “Betty pick up” in my head and it makes me laugh. I didn’t think anyone else found it funny.

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davidreiss666 t1_j6llsij wrote

Replying to MSeanF (#1,635,005)

I was coming into the thread to mention American Graffiti. Ron Howard and Cindy Williams were both excellent in that movie. They both ended up in Happy Days and Laverne & Shirley respectively because they were in the more serious movie before hand.

Most people today remember it as the thing George made before Star Wars. When... well, it was a very serious movie in it's own right. It's more than the movie about high school kids that the rich guy made before Star Wars. In a lot of ways, his career would have been very different if he made more films like it instead of Star Wars.

But if you need a connection to Star Wars to watch it, Harrison Ford was also in America Graffiti, kids. It really is worth a watch.

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davidreiss666 t1_j6lmf11 wrote

Replying to _ShigeruTarantino_ (#1,635,583)

> The Conversation

That's a movie people should see too. If only so they get to know who John Cazale was. Every movie he made in the 1970s going forward was always nominated for Best Picture. He really was that good.

Cancer really sucks. Think of he career he could have had.

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mangoes_n_rainbows t1_j6luuec wrote

TIL that Michael John McKean, who played Lenny Kosnowski in Laverne & Shirley also played Chuck McGill in Better Call Saul.

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why621 t1_j6lvbkx wrote

As a child we had two cats named Laverne and Shirley :(

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zuuzuu t1_j6lvz5j wrote

Replying to DBDude (#1,640,006)

I've loved him in everything I've ever seen him in, and I have no difficulty seeing him as the character he's playing. But my initial reaction to seeing him in anything is always "Lenny!"

I watched a lot of Laverne & Shirley as a child.

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zuuzuu t1_j6lxm7d wrote

Replying to why621 (#1,648,500)

For years I've said that once my current cats pass on, I'm committed to being a one cat household. But now you've got me thinking of being a two cats called Lenny and Squiggy household.

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Imaginary_Question_4 t1_j6m9vj8 wrote

I just watched her on celebrity ghost on Saturday now she dies today crazy rip

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HavohejPantocrator t1_j6ms4my wrote

I loved this show as a kid and now I work in a brewery - just a coincidence but a little part of me just died with her. I'll put a glove on the bottling line in her memory.

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no_body_cares_4me t1_j6mzste wrote

Being from the Milwaukee area we have always had a warm heart for these girls. She will be missed. Saw her last year at the Iola car show. RIP!

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fighterpilotace1 t1_j6n3fse wrote

Replying to Morphitrix (#1,644,697)

One day, when you get older you'll understand. The shows you watch now with your parents or shows they watch, in 20 or 30 years when those actor(esses) pass on you'll remember them through those rose tinted lenses we do and feel the same.

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memagil t1_j6n98ql wrote

Fishsticks and Scooterpies

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Morphitrix t1_j6nd0t5 wrote

Replying to fighterpilotace1 (#1,661,271)

I used to watch Laverne and Shirley late at night growing up in the 90s. The show was literally part of my childhood. Does that mean an actor that starred in the show passing away means my childhood is "ripped from me?" No, I think that sentiment is a bit dramatic.

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fighterpilotace1 t1_j6ndfli wrote

Replying to Morphitrix (#1,664,322)

And that's your opinion. You're entitled to it, just as others are entitled to theirs as well. You're getting upset by someone else's opinion. And while you are allowed to do that, and be upset by it, you're not entitled to tell people their own personal opinion is wrong on subjects like this. This isn't something scientific and measurable that you absolutely can argue about, it's about feelings. And feelings aren't invalid nor can you tell someone theirs are wrong.

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DBDude t1_j6ng5gp wrote

Replying to zuuzuu (#1,648,683)

Yes, he's great in everything. I loved Shadwell in Good Omens too. It's kind of sad that he rarely picks up a series he's on for very long, usually just an episode or two on various shows. I'm glad he got Better Call Saul for a longer run so he could develop a character, and he nailed it.

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Morphitrix t1_j6nggi9 wrote

Replying to fighterpilotace1 (#1,664,748)

Like you said. It's an opinion. Neither of us is right or wrong. Just like you seemed to assume I was a lot younger for some reason, you're also putting words in my mouth. If you want to keep arguing with the straw man you've set up, feel free. I'll be continuing on with my day.

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fighterpilotace1 t1_j6ngqs4 wrote

Replying to Morphitrix (#1,665,470)

It's not what you say, it's how you say it. You're old enough to know that one. Idk about putting it to use. I'm sorry you feel being told you're being rude is hurting your feelings that much. I hope you have a day.

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JustMyAura t1_j6nimjn wrote

RIP, Cindy. Use to enjoy the Laverne & Shirley Show and would always look forward to those arguments Laverne would have with Big Rosie Greenbaum (Carole Ita White) the girls' childhood classmate/bully whom after graduation - married a rich doctor and would rub this in the girls' faces because they had to work while she got to go out shopping and spend money. Shirley always had to hold Laverne back from fighting her! Ha haaaaa

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President_Calhoun t1_j6o11fc wrote

My favorite L&S moment was when Squiggy had to stay at the girls' apartment, and the next morning after he left for work, Laverne came out of the bathroom and said, "I don't know how he did it, but he left a ring around the mirror."

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jermleeds t1_j6o27mi wrote

Replying to zuuzuu (#1,648,683)

He's just one of my favorite actors. He also happens to be the actor who uttered my favorite line of dialog in all of cinema:

>I do not, for one, think that the problem was that the band was down. I think that the problem may have been, that there was a Stonehenge monument on the stage that was in danger of being crushed by a dwarf. Alright? That tended to understate the hugeness of the object.

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