Birth of Lenny & Squiggy: Michael McKean // SiriusXM // Unmasked
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Birth of Lenny & Squiggy: Michael McKean // SiriusXM // Unmasked • Birth of Lenny & Squig...
Michael McKean explains how an impromptu improv performance led to Lenny and Squiggy becoming regular characters on "Lavern and Shirley." On the original series "Unmasked," McKean describes to host Ron Bennington how he and David Lander developed the characters while performing in the famed Chicago improv scene. "Unmasked" is where comics from Jimmy Fallon to George Carlin have sat down for informal conversations about life in comedy and the art of the laugh.
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Lenny and Squiggy did the "neighbor busting in without knocking" long before Kramer on Seinfeld
Fred and Ethel did it before all of them.
I always loved their entrances. Burst through the door, "HELLO!"
lol, yes!!
Always right after Laverne or Shirley said something really disgusting too, which was their cue to enter the room. Used to make me laugh every time. But then, every once in a while, they could be sincerely humble and heartfelt, like in this: One of my favorite scenes in the history of Laverne & Shirley. (For setup, Laverne thinks she might be pregnant and is wondering what to do): ruclips.net/video/o0K13cTMNLE/видео.htmlsi=fJH1EXoJivpyFyJb&t=250
The name Koslovsky means, "Help! There's a hog in my kitchen."
According to Lenny.
And they were always cued by a line from one of the girls referencing some negative trait, like "What kind of idiots could we get to do that?" ... HELLO!
To this day, one of my greatest treasures is Lenny & The Squigtones, live at The Roxy in Hollywood, on vinyl! Great music, great comedy!
Now that Cindy has passed, he's the last surviving cast member of the original Laverne and Shirley. 🩷
Carole Ita White is still around too. She played Rosie the first three seasons.
Angora Debs!
Lenny & Squiggy the funniest make my sides burst with laughter.. as well asLenny and the Squigtones. Laverne & Shirley is my fav comedy of all!
I’ve always liked Michael McKean,good comedic actor. He’s had a long career.
I always thought it was soooooo FUNNY, Shirley or Laverne would be talking about something really DISGUSTING, and sure enough, Lenny and Squiggy would walk in! "HELLO!"
"What kind of moron would do that?" "Hello!"
Hahahaha
@@AcmeRacing That's what they did. Have you ever watched the show?
@@libertygiveme1987 I watched it quite a bit, and yes, that was Lenny and Sqiggy's running gag. What I wrote was exactly the kind of line that would precede their entrance.
Here's a collection of 45 of them. ruclips.net/video/ldB7SmzBXUk/видео.html
I would only watch that show for Lenny and Squiggy.
I don't know if I've ever seen McKean do a bad job. Even in the innumerable one-off characters he shows up as in sitcoms and such, he's always good, and not uncommonly the best thing about the show. He kicks ass in Celebrity Jeopardy! too.....
He actually played "fear" (itself!) on an episode of Star Trek Voyager, which some people thought was a dumb episode buy I heartily disagree! Here's a clip from the finale of that episode: ruclips.net/video/LYwEaBu6lfQ/видео.html The episode is called "The Thaw". Basically some of the crew gets stuck inside a simulation of sorts where the original program has become pure fear and prevents the consciences of the original people from leaving.
He's a musician too. Spinal Tap and A Mighty Wind were awesome.
@@JustWasted3HoursHere That was A GREAT episode! I immediately recognized McKean in that character!...AWESOME!
Short Circuit 2!!
I loved those two characters! Especially when they would sing.
I Love when Lenny sings The Look with Laverne...😂👍😂
Michael McKean is one of the nicest people I have ever met...back in 1979 when Lenny and Squiggy played the Riverside in Milwaukee. I worked backstage and what a gentleman. I can't say as much about Dave Lander but his lot later in life became more difficult. I have their album...I hear it is a collector item.
MeMe DaVinci ...lol, i used to have that album
I'm curious... what was your experience with Dave Lander which made you state he wasn't a gentleman like Michael?
@@JustNess78 I am MeMe...David Lander seemed effected by stardom. He was a bit of a diva. His dissatisfaction was uncomfortable to witness. Oddly, I met Michael Mckean a couple years ago. It was after a movie screening in L.A. and I mentioned the L & the S show I worked at in Milwaukee. He was not very jovial or kind and twisted everything I said. Very disappointing. Big difference between then and now.
Just for the sake of posterity...I'm looking at old clips of the music since Michael McKean did with other cast members on Laverne Shirley. I came across season 6 episode 21, sing sing sing. I know I probably saw it way back, but I knew someone who submitted a script for Happy Days and used my name because they liked how it sounded for a new girlfriend for Richie, but they had already decided on a different script for that purpose and the name Lori Beth. But closer to my experience with working for the promoters of the Lenny & the Squiggy music show in Milwaukee in 1979, I would like to think that they used my name, Sabrina, because I worked backstage, setting up the green room and party they had for the band and record company folks, etc. Scripts are submitted far in advance, but the name for the waitress in Sing Sing Sing would have been at Michael McKean's suggestion or completely random, so who knows? I had severely twisted my ankle carrying ice and it was Michael McKean that was kind to me because he just was. I wish he was nicer when I met him again, not because he was before, but just because he could have been and should have been.
he's played lenny on Laverne &Shirley, David st. hubbins on spinal tap, and Chuck McGill on better call Saul. quite a versatile guy!
did a pretty good X files as a modern day shape shifter too!
@@src4526 And let us not forget Mr. Green in Clue and Fred in Short Circuit 2
The cop on planes, trains, and automobiles. " Do you think this vehicle is safe for highway use?"
And 2 seasons as an SNL cast member. When they had to save the show.
Plus, Oscar nominated for writing the song "Kiss at the End of the Rainbow" from A Mighty Wind.
I love these fricken random stories of how something became famous.
"HELLO!" thank u 4 giving us ALL the laughs of a whole lotta lifetimes!!!🤗🙋🏾♀️🤩
“Hello!”
I ALWAYS....loved it when the door swung open....and those two knuckle heads came walking in!!! Hilarious 😂😂😂
My wife and I met Cindy Williams at the Dallas Autorama in 2005. She was there with Henry Winkler. We got to visit with her one on one as there wasn’t a large crowd yet.
She was such a nice lady and we enjoyed visiting with her.
I loved Lenny and Squiggy as a kid.
We Need to say Thank You to those who are Alive Still and Did Great entertainment for us....SO Thank You Michael....you have made me laugh, cry and SING 🙏💜🙏💜🙏👍👍👍👍
This show was great fun and Lenny and the sqiddman were the cherry on the sundae. I will always remember them and they still can make me laugh. Thanks guys
all they had to do was walk into the scene and laughter ensued.
Squigman
Laverne: What could be more disgusting than this?
L&S: Hello!
I'm happy and sad listening to his story of how it all started ...9/8/23. It's been a couple of months since we lost Cindy . Thank you to RUclips for the Laverne and Shirley clips . And thank you Michael McKean for your stories .
Lenny and Squiggy( different characters) were also in Used Cars. One of my favorite movies
Ronnie B. is the best. No notes, he just listens and he has such an interest in comedy and entertainment. That is what makes him a great interviewer. Unmasked is the perfect show for him to host since he was a former stand up and a comedy club owner.
R.I.P. David Lander. Passed from complications of M.S. on 4 Dec.
Very sad to hear. He was a wonderful comic actor.
God bless him 🙏
As a kid, I thought that Lenny & Squiggy should have had their own show, but as an adult, I'm kinda glad they didn't, because they were the characters that gave the show it's overall charm. The whole cast was great, but Lenny and Squiggy were the best part!
Them as the stars would never have worked. They needed to be the thorn in the side of whoever the star was/were.
i love those guys ! thanks for the tv !!!!!
Sweet. Michael is so very talented. A compelling entertainer. ❤
Love them.....wow gr8 story xxxx
I love stories like this.
❤Lenny and Squiggy. Hello......RIP , Peace to family and friends and colleagues, to the world, cause EVERYBODY loves these 2.🙏🕊❤
I used to LOVE Lenny and Squiggy when I was a kid. I watched all of Better Call Saul to date, and had no idea Chuck was Lenny. My grandma spotted it by the second episode LOL 😂
I knew Mc. Kean looked familiar. Didn't match it to Spinal Tap until today. Lol
Reading Penny's book I have rediscovered these guys (although McKean has done many many things!) and really see the genius and opportunity there. Very cool!
These guys were the show, Best Ever !!!!
I never followed this mans career. I just keep running into him everywhere. Spinal tap, L&S, Better Call Saul. I think that's great. I grew up with this guy and had no idea it was happening.
Dumb and dumber meet Lenny and Squiggy. A summer blockbuster.
My 2 favorite characters
Michael Mckean seems a very genuine good guy'' just like David Landers'and these two characters were the cream,that topped the comedy cake of Laverne and Shirley'with all the rest of the ingredients, that made this a world wide hit series' it was brilliant'' thanks to all of those Comedy's' that make us laugh, smile, and we can forget our worries and problems
David Lander Sadly Passed Away On Friday At Age 73 😢🌎
@@matthewmartenson481 Mathew" Lenny and Squiggy were the icing on the cake,very talented ,and absolutely wonderful, nowadays its a wonder they are not giving TVs away for free,because its absolutely abysmal,it as been sexually, polluted,and PC infiltrated, Matthew " a merry Christmas and a happy new year,to you and all your family, and all you tubers and everyone
Great show
LOVE LOVE LOVE LENNY!!! LOVE SQIGG-MAN TOO!! XOXO
He is great in better call Saul
I first remember David and Michael from the "Credibility Gap" group in the late 60s.
The first thing that i ever saw on TV that was funny.
Cant believe it took me this long to realize Chuck was Lenny! Lol
Wow! Interesting interview regarding L&S.
Lenny must get this question " night after night".
Got the opportunity to see them film a couple of episodes, remember Lenny & Squiggy goofing around a little between shots, off camera, being silly and funny.
thanks ill look into that movie
Awesome
Those guys were incredibly funny.
You're watching 1/3 of Spinal Tap.
Is that Ron from Ron and Ron??? Nice!!
Rip squiggy
They where a riot.
I believe the Roger Bowen that Michael McKean refers to is the same fellow who originally portrayed Lt Colonel Henry Blake, in the film M*A*S*H.
You're absolutely right!
For me, Lenny & Squiggy made the show. And while I don't think the rest has aged well, their parts are still hilarious. Thank goodness for technology that allows me to fast-forward to their scenes.
I wonder if the writers ever listened to Duffy's Tavern. It had a character (Finnegan) who entered much like Lenny and Squiggy.
I wish the interviewer would've said something about low lives then squiggy walks in hello
Seinfeld before Seinfeld.
He's dead
Mr. Lander came in the KFC( Kentucky Fried Chicken back then) I used to work in on Sunset back in the mid-80s. Always got two buckets and he would do a "bit". Very funny, always, and he told me a great story about being in "1941" with John Belushi. RIP
Cool
Appendix go boom.
I always thought Lenny and Squiggy should have a spin-off. I would have watched it.
Still luv ya Len! Always had a crush on you! : )
RIP David Lander
They were the prototype for Kramer!!
Such strange times.
Love LaVern and Sheerly,but they made that show,plus great singers.
Spinal Tap! Spinal Tap! D.A.R.Y.L.! D.A.R.Y.L! Clue! Clue! Clue!
He was good on SNL as well.
didn't you guys do it at your dorm at Carnegie Tech?
I never knew Chuck from Better call Saul was Lenny. Wow!
That's the only thing I can think about and This is Spinal Tap when I watch BCS its hard to take him seriously but he's good so its interesting to hear that not everyone knows who he is ;
Reminds me of ted nugent
always had a crush on this man's wife.
OMG.. WHEN I WAS 5 AND 6 YRS OLDIWAS IN LOOVEWITH HIM! WOW HE AGED! THE CHARACTER IS STILL HYSTERICLE
RIP Squiggy.
I love Michael McKean and especially his alter ego Michael St. Hubbins
I would have never have that the man who played Chuck in Better Call Saul is the same guy who played Lenny.
He was also in an 80s Heavy Metal band
Is this the one where Ronnie B's appendix is about to explode?
If you're good, and you stick to it with keen creativity,…. success will likely happen.
Great interviewer. He let the guest do 90% of the talking.
@ejbriel This is the one where Ronnie B's appendix already exploded. Like a day earlier.
I think he's referring to "The Big Ragu" character in the series....
Yes, Carmine.
When Laverne and Shirley aired in Japan, a disclaimer was put at the beginning of the show stating that Laverne and Shirley had escaped from an insane asylum. This was done so the Japanese people wouldn't think that all Americans behaved like that.
I did not know Laverne and Shirley aired in Japan I am sure they spoke japanese but in the happy days sitcom online website they showed happy days in Australia and Belgium and India and new Zealand england Norway Finland sweden Slovenia italy Israel and the Netherlands and France and Canada
and Ireland they do not show it in Mexico and other countries because they are gang people
We don't?
I don't know what America *you* live in...
R.I.P. David Lander
RIP Swig
"The Big Raccoon". That line still gets me today.
alpha18412 ragu
+alpha19412 No, at one time Squiggy referred to Carmine as "The Big Racoon." lol
I wonder why Cindy had negative feelings about the show(Michael's comment towards the end).....maybe she was being sarcastic. I've been meaning to get her book as I've already read Penny's which was terrific. I'm curious to know her view of how and why her time on Laverne & Shirley ended.
That sounds like just a funny comment to lighten thins up. Almost like "Break a leg"
Probably a fatalistic thing because all pilots are long-shots especially for a bunch of newcomers like they were. But it sounded like she had a good attitude to deal with the that outcome if it happened. The network must have loved them though because they got the timeslot after the biggest hit on TV those days - Happy Days.
I would love to hear Mr. Michael, do a straight song. I always thought he had a great singing voice. I thought they were great in what they did.
Frances Rude
Have you seen A Mighty Wind?
@@makinoahcelloduo9008 No I haven't. but thanks.
Frances Rude
The guys from Spinal Tap play a folk trio. McKean also composed some songs for the movie, including one nominated for an Oscar.
...Hello.
Lenny and squiggy made that show. Carmine was funny too
They were funnier and more interesting than laverne and shirley.
My mom would watch when I was a kid I couldn't wait to see them 2.
Absolutely. They were the best part of the show, hands down.
@@nickcolameo1141 👍
What kind of troll downvotes this great historical info?
Someone looking for stories about Chuck and Jimmy
In 2017 after a church shooting in Sutherland Springs Texas, McKean said, "They were in church. They had the prayers shot right out of them. Maybe try something else."
See twitter.com/mjmckean/status/927278222412320768?lang=en
I used to enjoy watching "First In Show" and "A Mighty Wind", but after that, McKean is no longer welcome in this house.
That looks more like Chuck than Lenny!
Chuck is dead and wouldn’t be caught dead near a live 🎤
Lavern and Shirley is complete garbage, but as a kid, I loved it....
How did they not get their own show. They were personality monsters.
Antoni Fisigliano is a great name, but Squiggy was the right choice.
They were well beyond being SNL cast members.
They should've had their own TV show. Would've been funnier than Laverne and Shirley.
Without Lenny and squiggly. Show would not have been as good
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The last living actor from L&S.