"Child's Play" script, Scene B

We return to the girls' apartment, a few days later, again at night:  The first page and a half is intact, but I will note how Laverne's costume is described: "She is wearing a nude body stocking under a see-through chiffon dress."

This was omitted after "Mr. Cow" says his hooves are tired:

SHIRLEY CRACKS UP.

SHIRLEY

Ah, how I love comic relief.  It breaks the tension of serious drama.  (BEAT)  All right, continue.

For some reason, Squiggy's "Aw, stuff it, Muffet" was changed to "Can it, Rhonda, we all know what happened."  Laverne's line saying of Squiggy, "He's gonna spoil your play.  Get rid of him," was left out.

Lenny was supposed to "gasp and writhe around the room a bit and collapse on the floor" rather than quickly die.  Carmine was supposed to say, "Humpty Dumpty is dead-ty" rather than announce the death in a less cutesy manner.  Also everyone was supposed to "gasp dramatically and start to sob softly," not just Carmine.  After Laverne says, "A murder in Mother Goose Land," she was supposed to observe, "My first line in two minutes, and it's plot."

We lost Laverne saying, "Nice legs, Carmine."  And we understandably lost Shirley saying, "C'mon, Shirl."

Squiggy was supposed to "sneeze, blow his nose in the note, crumple it up and throw it away," rather than just throw it away.  And we lost Shirley's closing line, with "heavy dramatic flair": "There's no business like show business."

None of these changes are a big loss, although I have a soft spot for "Stuff it, Muffet."