And now back to our regularly scheduled program....Scene C is set in "Common Room - Pottery Room." This time, the script will sometimes be in red, with what aired in blue, and my comments in white.
NUNS IN FULL HABITS SIT SILENTLY BEHIND POTTERY WHEELS OR AT CRAFT TABLES WORKING ON VASES, BOWLS, POTS, ETC. THREE NUNS PASS THROUGH ON ROLLER SKATES, SINGING. LAVERNE ENTERS, SINGING.
No one is working on crafts. Four nuns appear to be making fruit salad. But, yes, there are three singing nuns on roller skates.
LAVERNE
"The Hills Are Alive With the Sound of Music." I love it -- it's just like the movie.
Laverne sings "Amazing Grace," off-key. Then she says, "Oh boy, I'm gonna love it here at St. Andrew's.
In both, she says hi or hello, introduces herself, and asks where you check in. Laverne shaking Sister Margaret's hand was added on the episode. There seems to be less of a pause for the nuns' silence in the episode. The script has Laverne speaking Pig Latin, but first she asks, "Se habla Espanol?"
Mother Superior is described as "an imposing woman," which I guess Fran Ryan sort of is. Mother Superior greets Laverne. The part about "We've heard so much about you," which is contradicted by "You know priests cannot violate the confidence of the confessional," made it intact with minor rephrasing. But after Mother Superior says the priest used the word, "doozy," the script has this
LAVERNE PUTS HER FOOT ON A STOOL. MOTHER SUPERIOR SMACKS HER.
Which would've really changed the tone of the interaction.
P. 12 made it in pretty much unchanged. But on p. 13, "LAVERNE SPITS THE PIT [of the tangerine] AND SHEEPISHLY REMOVES IT," was also omitted, again for the better. Pp. 14-15 are basically what aired.
After Scenes A and B, the changes here are minor and for the better. Other than the "doozy" crap, this isn't bad for this episode. Of course, Laverne seems awfully chipper about her situation, but maybe on some weird level she thought it'd be fun to go to a convent?
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