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, directed by George Gordon, Carl Urbano, and Ray Patterson, and voice directed by Gordon Hunt.

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 Home Entertainment releases Laverne & Shirley in the Army on DVD.