Episode Name/Number:  Survival Test  (Episode 5.22)

Original Air Date:  March 11, 1980

Summary:  Sgt. Plout takes the girls on a survival test, where they must jump out of a plane and try to outlast their other competitors in the wilderness.

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Guest Stars:  Vicki Lawrence as Sgt. Plout
Best Quote:  "You saved yourself all these years for Mr. Right… don’t settle for Mr. Bacon." -Shirley, to Laverne
Most Touching Moment/Quote:  Laverne and Shirley telling Private Lou that if he doesn’t leave, he’s going to die (yup, that’s right... things just got serious), followed by them eventually being the ones to give up, in order to save his pride.
Funniest Moment:  Laverne getting a case of the monkey nerves because she’s afraid of jumping out of the plane. 

Squiggy Hello:  "If we stay here, we’re gonna end up nothing but two scrawny piles of skin and bones." –Laverne  "Hello!" -Squiggy
Featured Songs:  None
Strangest Moment:  The Lenny & Squiggy hallucination:  "They weren’t on no polar bear, Shirl!" -Laverne
Best Insult:  "The idiots were sitting under a tarp and got frostbite!" -Sgt. Plout about the other team, not realizing that the girls are doing the exact same thing
Saddest Moment:  Shirley telling Laverne that there was no turkey and that it was only a hallucination.
Fun Tidbit:  Ed Woody Flugleman was a bark-eaker.

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Star Rating:  2.5/5
Verdict:  All this episode really accomplished for me was making me hungry for bacon. Oh, and it allowed me to be able to say, "Remember that time Laverne & Shirley got caught in an avalanche?!" (Yup… that happened.)  Other than that, it’s just more army sillyness, this time even more ridiculous than the far more memorable "We’re in the Army Now."