Pencil sketch, colored in Photoshop. I thought it would be great to do a series of illustrations about one of my favorite sitcoms, "Laverne and Shirley". You can see the opening sequence on YouTube by going here.
I pretty much jumbled the words to this rhyme whenever I said it along with them, "one two three four five six seven eight, shameel, shamambles, habahabacorporated". I did a bit of googling and found out the actual words are:
"One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight! Schlemiel! Schlimazel! Hasenpfeffer Incorporated!" Schlemiel is Yiddish for an inept clumsy person. A Schlimazel is a chronically unlucky person. The difference between them can be described through the aphorism, "The schlemiel spills his soup on the schlimazel." Hasenpfeffer is rabbit stew from Germany. I guess Penny Marshall (Laverne) used to make up nonsense hopskotch rhymes as a kid, and this was one of them. The theme song is called "Making Our Dreams Come True", performed by Cyndi Grecco.
More about the show Laverne and Shirley: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laverne_&_Shirley
I remember thi sitcom. I love it. I think Penny Marshall is a great comediene. Those two guys irritated me but I think that was their role. This photoshop looks like a lot of fun. I like your Rejection and Acceptance images.
ReplyDeleteThanks Ces! I thought both Penny Marshall and Cindy Williams were hilarious in their roles. I liked Lenny and Squiggy, too... hehehe. Thanks so much for your comments. I've been to your site, and think your work is just awesome!
ReplyDeleteI love Laverne and Shirley (and the initialed shirt). I think you captured them really well :)
ReplyDeleteThis is what I think: Penny Marshall
ReplyDeleteAlways wondered the meaning of this sitcom opening!
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