FRITZ, CHARLENE, LEONARDO AND SQVEN ARE THERE, DRESSED IN FORMAL ATTIRE. CHARLENE IS CARRYING THE BLUE PURSE. RHODA, IN HER SEXY MAID'S OUTFIT, IS SERVING DRINKS. FRITZ CROSSES TO SQVEN, SLAPS HIM ON THE SHOULDER.
FRITZ
Well, they said it couldn't be done, but we did it.
SQVEN
Yep. We did it. Didn't we, dad? What did we do?
FRITZ
We merged IHOP, and IBM. [I'm sorry to harp on about the typist all the time, but what is that comma doing there?]
SQVEN
Ah yes. And now we're only molecules away from producing the first self-correcting pancake.
FRITZ
Yeah, but they still taste like ink.
SQVEN
I'll go work on it.
SQVEN EXITS.
RHODA APPROACHES WITH TRAY OF DRINKS.
RHODA
More wine, Monsieurs Bubbleneck?
FRITZ
No. Now I want a young Beaujolais.
RHODA AND FRITZ EXIT TOGETHER.
This was all left out (thankfully in Froda's case), and the scene onscreen begins with Sharlene and Leonardo discussing the plan. The very Lenny term of endearment "My Darling" was added.
Some more musical notes (pun sort of intended):
LU ANNE
(TO LEONARDO) A lot of weather we're having, huh?
LEONARDO
I don't know. The inside of a Buick is pretty much the same all year.
Sqven's line as he enters with the pancakes (which makes a little more sense with the setup) was originally, "I got the taste out but forgot about backspacing," and the narrator did not interject that Sqven is an idiot.
Sqven's "Oh, I love those rhymes" sounds like an ad-lib. And there was supposed to be one more rhyme to close out the scene, but as you can see, it was replaced with the more down-to-earth Laverne-like line that would air:
It would've been nice to have one of the strangest father-son-like exchanges between Frank and Squiggy, but if it means less Frank/Rhonda, I'm fine with that.
God, the IBM/IHOP stuff is SO early 80s and makes no sense for the 60s so I'm kind of glad it got cut yet it's funny.
ReplyDeleteI see the "young beaujolis" line got moved and at least there's less implied sex.
Aww, the only time Lou Anne and Leonardo would've interacted, too!
Maybe Shirley's subconscious is psychic? (IBM was involved in the '60s space program, but I think they weren't really a household name until the '70s.)
DeleteNope, the "nice young Beaujolais" line is in Scene B and causes Fritz to (shudder) Ronnie at Rhoda.
Again, this is supposed to be Shirley's subconscious. Is she in that much denial of Lavenny? She's unhappily married to Squiggy but at least they interact a lot. In real life, Lenny can hardly enter the room without saying, "Hi, Laverne," and here (until a later draft) Shirley reduces them to one quick exchange of small talk.
Oof that's right, eww!
DeleteHAH! It's possible.
AND she's the one making out with Lenny! Almost makes Shirl read as jealous of that in some way.
Yeah, this episode throws some interesting light on Shirley's unspoken attitudes towards her friends.
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