hasenpfeffer incorporated. >> reporter: for seven years, laverne defazio and shirley feeney did it their can't stand to leave you brokenhearted. >> no need for this tape. >> reporter: from dating to working at shotz brewery, "laverne & shirley" with a little help from neighbors lenny and squiggy took on 1950s milwaukee. >> laverne, the only kind of parties we've been to are bring your own. >> i like bringing my own. then i know what i'm getting. >> reporter: we reunited with the cast. penny marshall, cindy williams, david lander and michael mckean to talk about receiving the tv land fan favorite award. >> thank you all for this wonderful honor. i want to thank our fans. >> it's been a few years and still so impactful. >> you're so sweet. a few years. >> it's been a couple of years. people still know the lines. i mean, you are still the fan favorite. >> it's funny because i never knew the lines. >> that's true. >> come on, squig, get him. get him! >> you were a spinoff of a very successful show, "happy days." >> and there's one thing they might not remember, you actually appeared on "happ

decades-long ♪schleml,chmazel elrod has a >> reporter: she burst onto the scene in the mid 197 0z as laverne defaziohirley feeney. she was the milk and pepsi drinking one. at schots brewery. but even though fonzie's date would spin off her own number one rated show with "laverne and shirley" it was behind the camera where penny marshall would make her mark. directing tom hanks in big in 1988. the first female director to gross $100 million on a movie. two years larts she tried drama directing robert de niro and robin williams in "awakenings" nominated for best picture oscar. working with hanks again -- >> there's no crying in baseball! >>. >> reporter: in "a league of their own." maureen, this way. carole penny marshall named after carole lombard was born 75 years ago in the bronx. while her older brother gary, who created happy days and "laverne and shirley" -- >> yes, mr. unger, i'm praying right now. >> reporter: -- gave her her cry in odd cole. marshall earne hollywood star all on her own. today her ex-husband rob reiner tweeted "i loved penny. i was veryky with her and her funny bone." >> i don

. >> my name is laverne defazio-caraciolla-o'brien- weinstock-roosevelt. >> the special had nearly 11ers and we got to see firsthand how much penny and her castmates were real family. >> it was great to be laverne and shirley again. >> penny really was involved with the production of that special. as a matter of fact she was in the edit bay as they put it together. >> always the director too. >> penny was 32 years old when she got her big break, but she had a number of acting gigs before that. in fact, before there was a laverne and shirley, there was a penny and farrah. >> lucy, let me borrow your shampoo. >> what a roommate. can't you ever buy your own stuff? >> i did my first commercial with farrah when she first came out. we did a head and shoulders commercial. guess who had the dandruff? >> i know it really works against your dandruff, but what about my gorgeous hair? >> your gorgeous hair will love it. it hates your dandruff, but it also loves your hair. >> it was 1972. penny was cast opposite a then unknown 25-year-old farrah. and the experience wasn't exactly a positive one. o

. >> she burst onto the scene in the 1970s as laverne defazio. roommate shirley feeney. she was the milk and pepsi drinking half of the bottle cappers at the shop's brewery. but even as fonzi's date would spin off her own show with laverne and shirley, it was behind the camera where penny marshall would make her mark. directing tom hanks "big" in '88, the first female director to gross $100 million on a movie. two years later she tried drama directing awakening nominated for a best picture oscar before teaming up with hanks once again. >> there's no crying in baseball. >> in a league of their own. in 1992. carol penny marshall, was born in the bronx. while her older brother gary who created happy days and laverne and shirley. >> yes, i'm spraying right now. >> gave her her first break as merna the secretary, she earned her hollywood star all own. her ex-husband rob reiner tweeted i loved penny. i was very luckily to live with her and her funny bone. >> glad to see, i don't know. i was successful. i had a successful tv show. i had a couple success

>> reporter: she burst on to the scene in the mid-1970s as laverne defazio, along with her roommate,ey feeney. she was the milk-and-pepsi- drinking half of the zaniest team of bottlecappers at the shotz brewery. >> hey, fonzie! >> reporter: but even as fonzie's date would spin off her own number-one-rated show with "laverne and shirley," it was behind the camera where penny marshall would make her mark. directing tom hanks in "big" in 1988, the first female director to gross $100 million on a movie. two years later, she tried a, dirting robert de niro and robin williams in "awakenings," nominated for a best picture oscar. before teaming up with hanks once again... >> there's no crying in baseball! >> reporter: ...in "a league of their own," in 1992. >> this way, this way, this way. >> reporter: carole penny marshall, named after carole lombard, was born 75 years ago in the bronx. while her older brother garry, who created "happy days" and "laverne and shirley"-- >> yes, mr. unger, i'm spraying right now. >> reporter: --gave her her first break as myrna the secretary in "the odd coupl

. >> defazio, they're here. all right. laverne. this is laverne defazio. she's mine.e. >> nice to meet you, richey. >> when they said they needed a series, they said, look at these two, that a series. >> tuesday night, between 8:00 and 9:00 is called the death shot, death to any program that dares to go on against ""laverne & shirley."" >> ""laverne & shirley"" were the first one to debut as number one. >> a seemingly harmless but brainless exercise in adolescent silliness. >> you have to go back to "i love lucy" to get the same slapstick physical comedy. >> we never thought of the importance except it was two girls trying and the value of friendship. it must have something going for it. >> i don't video do do. >> you do vodeo do do. >> they couldn't say sex so they said vodeo do do. >> you video. >> everyone knew what they were talking about. >> my son didn't watch "laverne & shirley" or "happy days." i said, you don't like it? >> i like it but i like space men. >> that's when i created space man. the writers wanted an alien. i had to make up a story. fonzie is runni

. >> tomorrow laverne defazio starts living. >> reporter: she was one half of a funny girl duo laverne. >> we should have -- >> what, done the deed? >> if we die now, nothing. >> reporter: she garnered three nominations for her role as tough talking laverne. >> she would not put up with crap. she was a realist. >> reporter: she went on to direct her own tv episodes and features films. her 1988 comedy "big" became the first female film to gross more than $100 million at the box office. two years later she directed the drama "awakenings" that received three oscar nods, including best film. her next project, "a league of their own" was a box office home run. >> league, no girl wanted to write it. they don't like baseball! >> reporter: her depiction of an all female baseball league was listed on the film registry in 2012. she credited her success to her brother, legendary director and producer gary marshall. >> i wouldn't have a career if it wasn't for my brother. he pointed me in this direction and got me parts. >> reporter: she is a cameo in the 1993 fantasy "hocus-pocus." in her memoir

. >> that's right, tomorrow laverne defazio starts living. >> reporter: as an actress she was one half our life we should have -- >> you mean done the deed? >> we die now, we saved it for nothing. >> reporter: the "happy days" spin-off became a hit. >> she would not put up with crap. she was a realist. >> reporter: that spirit proved more useful behind the cameras, as she went on to direct her own tv episodes and feature films. marshall's 1988 comedy "big" starring tom hanks became the first female-directed film to gross more than 1 million, and then she directed "awakenings." it received three oscar nods, including best film. her next project "a league of their own" was a box office home run. >> no girl waned to write it. they don't like baseball. >> marshall's depiction of an all-female baseball league was listed on the national registry. she credited her success to her brotherhood, garry marshall. >> he's the one that pointed me in this direction. he got me parts. >> reporter: the playful relationship on display during a cameo for the halloween fantasy "hocus-pocus." >> they call me

defazio. they're here. >> reporter: and then getting her own show in 1976. one of the most successful spinoffs of all time. >> here it is, i got it right here. >> reporter: by its third season, "laverne & shirley" was the most watched show in america. later, penny marshall would move behind the lens, becoming a director, directing tom hanks in "big." the first movie directed by a woman to make more than $100 million. she would also direct "a league of their own." >> there's no crying in baseball! >> reporter: talking with barbara walters along the way about her success. >> do you know that you're a huge success? >> i guess so, i mean, yeah, we're a hit show and people recognize you in the street. that makes me a little paranoid, but i mean, i guess i know it, but success was something strange. i mean, i didn't know what success was going to mean, but it wasn't quite this. >> reporter: it was complications from diabetes that took her life. and asked in 2013 about her legacy, what she hoped people would remember about her, she said, "i hope i made people laugh, that i moved them, touched them." >> i lived. i didn't hurt anyone, i don't believe. my legacy is i hope i gave you some enjoy