{"id":260102,"date":"2025-07-12T22:57:21","date_gmt":"2025-07-12T22:57:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/260102\/"},"modified":"2025-07-12T22:57:21","modified_gmt":"2025-07-12T22:57:21","slug":"the-killers-violent-femmes-honor-laverne-mckean-responds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/260102\/","title":{"rendered":"The Killers, Violent Femmes Honor Laverne &#038; Shirley; McKean Responds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"taxonomy\">Posted in: <a href=\"https:\/\/bleedingcool.com\/tv\/abc\/\" rel=\"category noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ABC<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/bleedingcool.com\/tv\/\" rel=\"category noopener\" target=\"_blank\">TV<\/a> | Tagged: <a href=\"https:\/\/bleedingcool.com\/tag\/laverne-shirley\/\" rel=\"tag noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Laverne &amp; Shirley<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt\" style=\"font-weight:lighter;margin:6px 0;font-size:1.1em;clear:both;\">Michael McKean (Better Call Saul) seemed impressed by The Killers and Violent Femmes&#8217; recent cover of the Laverne &amp; Shirley theme song.<\/p>\n<p>Published Sat, 12 Jul 2025 13:37:02 -0500 by <a rel=\"author noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/bleedingcool.com\/author\/tchang\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tom Chang<\/a><\/p>\n<p> | <\/p>\n<p>Article Summary<\/p>\n<ul>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>The Killers and Violent Femmes rocked Milwaukee with a live cover of the Laverne &amp; Shirley theme song.<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>Michael McKean, Laverne &amp; Shirley star, reacted to the tribute performance online.<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>McKean played Lenny, part of the iconic Lenny &amp; Squiggy duo, appearing in 149 of the show&#8217;s episodes.<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>Making Our Dreams Come True, sung by Cyndi Grecco, remains a memorable TV theme from the spin-off series.<\/li>\n<p>&#13;\n<\/ul>\n<p>As an actor and a musician,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bleedingcool.com\/search\/?s=%22Michael+McKean%22\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Michael McKean<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0jumps at the chance when the opportunity presents itself, with a few of his biggest signature films, including the mockumentary\u00a0This Is Spinal Tap\u00a0(1984) and\u00a0A Mighty Wind (2003).\u00a0As he is set to reprise his role as David St. Hubbins in the upcoming sequel Spinal Tap II, rock bands <strong>The Killers<\/strong> and <strong>Violent Femmes<\/strong> performed &#8220;Making Our Dreams Come True,&#8221; the theme of his earliest sitcom hit Laverne &amp; Shirley. McKean is one of the last surviving cast members alongside <strong>Leslie Easterbrook<\/strong> of the <strong>Lowell Ganz, Garry Marshall,<\/strong> and <strong>Mark Rothman<\/strong>-created ABC sitcom that ran for eight seasons from 1976-1983.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mlpnk72yciwc.i.optimole.com\/cqhiHLc.IIZS~2ef73\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:75\/https:\/\/bleedingcool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Laverne-and-Shirley-Michael-McKean-Cindy-Williams-Penny-Marshall-and-David-Lander.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-opt-src=\"https:\/\/mlpnk72yciwc.i.optimole.com\/cqhiHLc.IIZS~2ef73\/w:600\/h:479\/q:75\/https:\/\/bleedingcool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Laverne-and-Shirley-Michael-McKean-Cindy-Williams-Penny-Marshall-and-David-Lander.jpg\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2250424\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20600%20479%22%20width%3D%22600%22%20height%3D%22479%22%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt=\"Laverne &amp; Shirley: Michael McKean Reacts to Concert Theme Performance\" width=\"600\" height=\"479\"\/><\/a>Michael McKean, Cindy Williams, Penny Marshall, and David Lander in &#8220;Laverne &amp; Shirley&#8221;. Image courtesy of Paramount<br \/>\nLaverne &amp; Shirley Star Michael McKean Reacts to The Killers &amp; Violent Femmes&#8217; Theme Song Cover<\/p>\n<p>The social media account of Who Done It: The Clue Documentary, which chronicled the making of the 1985 classic murder-mystery film based on the board game that also starred McKean, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.twitter.com\/WhoDoneItdoc\/status\/1942578194214989909\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">posted<\/a>, &#8220;[The Killers] and [Violent Femmes] perform the theme song from #LaverneAndShirley. In Milwaukee. \ud83e\udd18[Michael McKean].&#8221; The actor simply <a href=\"https:\/\/www.twitter.com\/MJMcKean\/status\/1942607001172992054\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">responded<\/a>, &#8220;Holy shit.&#8221; McKean played Lenny Kosnowski, who is best friends with Andrew &#8220;Squiggy&#8221; Squiggman (<strong>David Lander<\/strong>).\u00a0The two befriend the title characters, Laverne DeFazio (<strong>Penny Marshall<\/strong>) and Shirley Feeney (<strong>Cindy Williams<\/strong>), as the four go through misadventures in blue-collar life.\u00a0McKean appeared in 149 of the 178 episodes.<\/p>\n<p>\u25b6&#8221; style=&#8221;border: 0px;&#8221; allow=&#8221;accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; fullscreen;&#8221; loading=&#8221;lazy&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8pUKvkCeBB0&#8243; title=&#8221;Youtube Video&#8221;&gt;<\/p>\n<p>The Laverne &amp; Shirley theme, back when themes were an intricate part of selling a series, &#8220;Making Our Dreams Come True&#8221; was originally performed by <strong>Cyndi Grecco<\/strong> with lyrics written by <strong>Norman Gimbel<\/strong> and composed by <strong>Charles Fox<\/strong>. The series was one of several spin-offs from Happy Days. While Marshall and Williams were the stars, McKean and Lander&#8217;s Lenny &amp; Squiggy were popular in their own right, <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/RFwuzOsfWGk?si=FVM_ZSm9rQXhFf0B\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">developing<\/a> their characters while they were theater students at the Pittsburgh-based Carnegie Mellon University, according to Lander. There was an animated spinoff\u00a0called\u00a0Laverne &amp; Shirley that ran from 1981-1982 and featured the voices of Marshall and Williams,\u00a0but didn&#8217;t feature McKean or Lander.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Enjoyed this? 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