Jungle Jumpers

Jungle Jumpers
Laverne & Shirley get carried away in the giant Chungo's tight fist.
Premiere date	October 17, 1981
Run time	23:28
Starring	Penny Marshall Cindy Williams Ron Palillo Ken Mars Frank Welker
Music composed by	Hoyt Curtin
Writer(s)	Ray Parker Barry Blitzer
Director(s)	George Gordon Carl Urbano Ray Patterson Gordon Hunt (voices)
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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, 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

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:
  • November 5, 2019: CBS Home Entertainment releases Laverne & Shirley in the Army on DVD.