"Baby Show" script, Scene C

OK, now we can actually compare the script to the episode.  Act Two begins with Scene C, at "Mayfield's Dept. Store" in the evening.

THIS IS THE BABY FURNITURE DEPT. OF THE STORE.  THERE ARE TABLES SET UP WITH ALL OF THE FOLLOWING ITEMS FOR EACH CONTESTANT: A SMALL PLASTIC BABY BATH TUB, SOAP, WASH CLOTH, TOWEL, POWDER AND PUFF, NAIL SCISSORS, BOTTLE OF MILK, BOWL OF BABY FOOD, SPOON, A RUBBER BABY DOLL, AND A CRIB, SOMEWAYS AWAY MARKED FINISH LINE.  A DISPLAY OF THE PRIZES SHOULD BE VISIBLE.  SHIRLEY ENTERS AND STANDS THERE SMILING AT THE OTHER MOTHER [sic] WAITING FOR LAVERNE TO COME IN.  SHE DOESN'T.

SHIRLEY

(THRU [sic] SMILING TEETH) Would you just get in here.

LAVERNE (O.S.)

I don't know if my being pregnant is such a good idea.

LAVERNE ENTERS.  SHE IS HUGE.

MARSHA

It's a little late now, don't you think?

THE OTHER MOTHERS GIGGLE.

SHIRLEY

She's fine.  She's just a tad nervous.

LAVERNE

Yeah, that's it.  I'm starting to worry about stretch marks.

This basically made it in, although Laverne instead would say, "You'd be nervous, too, if you were in your twelfth month."

The thing with Plout demanding a baby doll and getting a choice of a pig or duck doll was added.  The script instead had this:

GAIL

Good evening mothers!  And welcome to Dr. Good's Baby Foods Mother To Be Contest.  [And now the typist is anti-hyphen.  Also, it's afternoon in the episode.]  I'm Gail Gardner, your hostess.  Are there any first-timers here?

SHIRLEY RAISES HER HAND.

SHIRLEY

First time ever, I swear.

LAVERNE

That's right.  Just one night and blammo.

In both the script and the episode, Gail tells the women that the top three finalists will be selected, for a further stage of the competition, to win the grand prize.  The script has the detail that that will be on Monday night.  This part of the competition kicks right in onscreen, but we get almost a page more of Scene C before any tests actually begin in Scene D.

SHIRLEY REACTS, EXCITED.  LAVERNE GETS INTO BEING PREGNANT.  SHE TAPS HER HUGE TUMMY AND SMILES AT THE WOMAN NEXT TO HER.

LAVERNE

I'm in my third month.

THE WOMAN LOOKS AT LAVERNE'S HUGE STOMACH AND REACTS.

SHIRLEY

They were long months.  (SOTTO TO LAVERNE) Let's not push it.

GAIL

We will be giving our babies a bath, trimming their little nails, feeding them and giving them their nap.

LAVERNE PICKS UP A JAR OF FOOD AND STARTS EATING IT.

GAIL (CONT'D)

We are passing out the babies now.  Please leave them face down in front of you until we're ready to begin.  Any questions?

LAVERNE

Yeah.  Got anymore of this orange food.  This is delicious.

Blammo!  And there's confirmation of any headcanon you've got about Shirley getting pregnant immediately.  Also, these are baby dolls, not exam questions.  You shouldn't need to leave them face down.

Since Scene D is essentially a continuation of C, I won't comment on the quality of this scene in the script vs. the episode just yet.