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Season Six of Laverne & Shirley begins--belatedly, due to a Hollywood writers' strike--as the titular heroines (played by Penny Marshall and Cindy Williams), along with fellow employees Lenny (Michael McKean) and Squiggy (David L. Lander), are fired en masse when Shotz Brewery replaces them with machines. Figuring that it's time for a radical change in their lives, the girls and the guys bid farewell to Milwaukee and head to California, where Laverne's dad Frank (Phil Foster) and stepmom Edna (Betty Garrett) have already relocated. This pivotal episode is highlighted by an extended dream sequence in which Laverne imagines herself married to a lifeguard, played by former pro football player and future Hunter star Fred Dryer.