Jungle Jumpers

Jungle Jumpers
Laverne & Shirley get carried away in the giant Chungo's tight fist.
Premiere date	October 17, 1981
Run time	23:30
Music composed by	Hoyt Curtin
Writer(s)	Ray Parker and Barry Blitzer
Director(s)	Gordon Hunt
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"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

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Shirley Feeney	Cindy Williams
Laverne DeFazio	Penny Marshall
Sergeant Squealy	Ron Palillo
Sergeant Turnbuckle	Ken Mars
Jungle man	Unavailable
Chungo	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.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• In the United States: