Jungle Jumpers

"Jungle Jumpers" is the second episode of Laverne & Shirley season one. It aired on October 17, 1981 on ABC. It was written by Ray Parker and Barry Blitzer.

Laverne and Shirley get stuck on a remote jungle island where they are sacrificed by the local tribe to a King Kong-type ape.

Characters

 * style="background-color:#clear"| Shirley Feeney
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Cindy Williams
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Laverne DeFazio
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Penny Marshall
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Sergeant Squealy
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Ron Palillo
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Sergeant Turnbuckle
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Ken Mars
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Jungle man
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Chungo
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Frank Welker
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Jungle man
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Chungo
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Frank Welker
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Chungo
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Frank Welker

Organizations

 * United States Army
 * Zambulus
 * Dallas Cowboys (mentioned)

Locations

 * Earth
 * United States
 * Camp Fillmore
 * Texas (indirectly mentioned)
 * Dallas (mentioned)

Objects

 * Boo Boo Kitty

Vehicles

 * Army plane

Music
The music was composed by Hoyt Curtin, who is credited as musical director, with musical supervision by Paul DeKorte.

Release
Dates are in order of release:


 * United States: October 17, 1981 on ABC

Behind the scenes

 * Laverne compares Chungo to King Kong.
 * Laverne and Shirley's surnames are used for the first time at the end of the episode when Squealy does a roll call.

Home availability

 * In the United States:
 * November 5, 2019: CBS Video releases Laverne & Shirley in the Army on DVD.