"Life Is the Tar Pits" script, Scene B

This scene was left out entirely, so I will quote it in full: 

INT. COWBOY BILL'S - THIRTEEN DAYS LATER

LENNY AND KAREN ARE SEATED AT A TABLE, LENNY IS READING A TEXTBOOK AND QUIZZING KAREN.

LENNY

Okay, when did the mighty mastodon roam the earth?

KAREN

Mastodon.  Cretaceous period of the Mesozoic Era.  That's how old this necklace is.

LENNY

Wow!  Must have been in the family a long time.   The next one is multiple choice.  Will you go to Laverne and Shirley's party with me?  A) Okay, B) I'm washing my hair; C) No, you slime bucket.  (GIVING HER A HINT) I'll give you a A hint [sic].  Just A little hint.

FRANK COMES OVER.

FRANK

Hey, what's it gonna be.

LENNY

(RISING) No, no, not B.  It's A hint.

FRANK

Would you two lovebirds stop talkin' about dead animals and order some.

LENNY

We'll have the usual.

FRANK

You been in here everyday for two weeks and ordered something different every time.

LENNY

Does that mean we can't have the usual?

FRANK

I'll surprise you.  (HE STARTS FOR THE KITCHEN)  What you got in there that's not moving?

HE GOES BACK TO THE KITCHEN.  SQUIGGY ENTERS, EXCITED.

SQUIGGY

Len!  Len!

HE RUSHES OVER TO THE TABLE.

SQUIGGY

Len!  Len!

LENNY

Aren't you going to say hello to Karen, Squig?

SQUIGGY

Hello to Karen, Squig.  Len, I got great news.  Two tickets to midget wrestling.

LENNY

I can't go, Squig, we gotta study.

SQUIGGY

But it's the Dillinger Sisters against Dirty Dick Bockwinkle.

LENNY

But we gotta study.  Karen's got a big test coming up.

SQUIGGY

Let her cheat.  That's how we got where we are.  Come on, best buddy, pal of mine.  Let's go.

LENNY

Squig, I promised.

SQUIGGY

(TEARS UP TICKETS) Okay, just for that, I ain't going neither.  Maybe I'll just go home and stick pins in my scalp.

HE EXITS IN A FURY.

KAREN

Stick pins in his scalp?

LENNY

It relaxes him.

Some thoughts:

• Note that time setting.  I'll come back to it when we look at later scenes.
• It's not my field, but wouldn't a question about the mastodon be kind of basic for someone going into a post-grad program?
• Considering how long Lenny has been asking Karen to this party, you'd think it'd be more of an event than what it actually would turn out to be.
• Lenny's invitation manages to be both cute and insecure.
• Does Lenny not know any other restaurant in Los Angeles, or does he just have a running tab at Cowboy Bill's?
• Frank recognizes that they're "lovebirds," even though all we see is them studying together.  What happened the other twelve days?
• Frank sure makes his menu sound appealing!
• How does Lenny know he can't go wrestling, when Squiggy hasn't even told him when it is?  Does he just assume he's going to be studying with Karen during all his leisure time?
• Those wrestling names!
• Speaking of clingy, it's a sign of Squiggy's desperation that he calls Lenny "best buddy, pal of mine."
• Squiggy is so angry that he tears up the tickets, rather than take someone else or scalp them.  And he sticks pins in his own scalp, to relax!
• "He exits in a fury" is another of those great stage directions involving Squiggy.
• If they're going to have another Karen scene, it'd be nice to see her interact with Frank and/or Squiggy.  Or even reply to Lenny's invitation.  She has a grand total of two lines, which is half as many as Frank!