David not telling his mom was in the script, although him having a roommate named Fred was added. In the aired episode, Shirley simply asks Laverne to keep in touch, but she Feenily went on about it at greater length in the script, with "I'll miss you, Laverne. It's like a part of my life is walking out the door. I remember the good times, the bad, the joy, the heartbreak. I hope we keep in touch."
Frank was supposed to be angry when he comes in, but he looks pretty calm. Here's what was left out when Frank asks where Laverne is:
SHIRLEY
Laverne? Laverne who?
FRANK
DeFazio. About this tall, light brown hair, wears an 'L' on her clothes, lived with you for the last ten years.
We lost the last bit of the scene.
SHIRLEY
Mr. DeFazio, you don't want to wait.
FRANK
Sure I do. Look how well I'm doing it.
SHIRLEY TURNS TO SEE FRANK IS STILL THERE. SHE GRABS BOO BOO KITTY. THEY BOTH WAIT.
These are fairly minor changes, although again we see that the girls would've had to have adjusted to living without each other. It's interesting that Frank describes his daughter as having light brown hair, because Penny Marshall's hair color seems to fall in that zone between blonde, brown, and red. And note that Shirley turns to BBK for comfort.
Aww, that line from Shirley.
ReplyDeletePenny was all over the place haircolorwise. I'd call the tone light brownette.
Yeah, I wish they'd left that line in. Re Penny's hair, obviously both women's hair color changed over the years, but (wigs aside) hers was lighter than Shirley's at least.
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