Invasion of the Booby Hatchers

"Invasion of the Booby Hatchers" is the first episode of Laverne & Shirley season one. It aired on October 10, 1981 on ABC. It was written by Tom Swale and Duane Poole.

While guarding a rocket, Laverne and Shirley accidentally get inside and launch it off into space to discover aliens from Venus preparing to invade Earth, and worse the aliens want their help.

Characters

 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Laverne DeFazio
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Penny Marshall
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Shirley Feeney
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Cindy Williams
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Sergeant Squealy
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Ron Palillo
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Sergeant Turnbuckle
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Ken Mars
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Zarkon
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Finnick
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Frank Welker
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Jules Verne
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Gamma-6
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Frank Welker
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Finnick
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Frank Welker
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Jules Verne
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Gamma-6
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Frank Welker
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Gamma-6
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Frank Welker
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Frank Welker

Organizations

 * United States Army

Locations

 * Earth
 * United States
 * Camp Fillmore
 * Connecticut (indirectly mentioned)
 * New Haven (indirectly mentioned)
 * Yale University (mentioned)
 * Detroit (mentioned)
 * South Dakota (indirectly mentioned)
 * Mount Rushmore (mentioned)
 * California (indirectly mentioned)
 * Malibu (mentioned)
 * The Moon
 * Venus
 * Galdaswain (mentioned)

Objects

 * Boo Boo Kitty

Vehicles

 * Army rocket
 * Zarkon's spaceship

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 10, 1981 on ABC

Behind the scenes

 * The episode title is an allusion to the 1958 film Invasion of the Body Snatchers (as well as the 1978 remake).
 * Boo Boo Kitty is also from the live-action Laverne & Shirley show.

Home availability

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