Mark Rothman and Lowell Ganz wrote an episode for the show that featured Robert, who is somewhat shy and awkward, trying to pick up women in a supermarket. Sand played Robert Dreyfuss, a nebbishy musician with the Boston Symphony, and Penny Marshall played his sister-in-law, Janice. Paul Sand in Friends & Lovers was a short-lived sitcom that ran from September 1974 to January 1975. THE GENESIS OF THE SHOW DATES BACK TO AN UNUSED SCRIPT FOR ANOTHER SITCOM. We spoke with series co-creator Mark Rothman, who helped us uncover some things you might not know about the beloved sitcom. Luckily time has healed most of those old wounds and the cast members are all on friendly terms today. Despite its popularity, there was a lot of unhappiness behind the scenes, due mainly to the sudden success of the show. Laverne & Shirley was one of the rare spinoffs that eventually surpassed its parent series ( Happy Days) in the ratings.
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