Arriving in California in a dilapidated ice cream truck, Laverne (Penny Marshall) and Shirley (Cindy Williams) move into their new Burbank apartment, right next door to their perennial neighbors Lenny (Michael McKean) and Squiggy (David L. Lander). In short order, the girls meet two new series regulars: stuntman-cum-landlord Sonny St. Jacques (Ed Marinaro) and sarcastic model-dancer Rhonda Lee (Leslie Easterbrook). They also realize with startling suddenness that they aren't in Milwaukee anymore when their new living quarters are rocked by a typical California earthquake! ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide