Why did Laverne and Shirley have NY accents?

[JVS]

Who was responsible for this major fuckup?

[Gothic Sponge]

1. If i remember right, only Laverne did.

[WinterStorm]

2. Laverne's Brother was responsible

He wrote the show with her in mind.

[CanuckAmok]

3. More to the point, why did they move to LA?

SHARK!!

[WinterStorm]

4. They also got a promotion to a gift wrapping job

The went from working in a factory to working in a retail store.

[Blue-Jay]

5. Heeey. So did the "Big Ragu", now that you mention it.

[WinterStorm]

6. Lenny & Squiggy had NY accents

I think that most of the cast had NY accents come to think of it.

[JohnnyRingo]

7. I thought that was a mid-western accent.....

Kinda like the SNL skit "Da Bulls"
They were in Illinois

[JVS]

8. They were in Wisconsin

In my experience the Wisconsin accent is kind of like a Minnesota accent with a little bit of a twang tossed in

[JohnnyRingo]

9. Oh yeah.....I was gonna say Millwauki....

But I obviously couldn't spell it.

[Ivan Zero]

10. Shirley had a heavy accent in the early episodes

But it gradually vanished.