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

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