"Did She or Didn't She?", Scene C

We go to the girls' apartment, at "night":

LAVERNE IS HOME ALONE READING A MAGAZINE, SLUMPED IN A CHAIR.  SHE'S GOT ON A RATTY BATHROBE AND IS NURSING A KINGSIZE BOTTLE OF PEPSI.

THE PHONE RINGS.  LAVERNE GOES TO ANSWER.

LAVERNE

Hello?  No, she's not here.  Why should she be?!...  (GRIM) And what's your name, young man?  (WRITES IT DOWN)  No, this is her confidential secretary...  Yes, I think there's an opening on the second Tuesday of next month in the morning.  Somebody's already booked her for the afternoon.  Eat your heart out!  (SLAMS DOWN PHONE)

SHE TACKS THE MESSAGE ON THE BULLETIN BOARD, ALREADY OVER-FLOWING WITH SCRAPS OF PAPER.  THERE IS A KNOCK ON THE DOOR.

Onscreen, Laverne is in her jammies and doing that hair-tape thing.  Her Pepsi bottle looks average size.  "Secret Love" is playing, hinting at her crush who is about to enter.  The part with Jerry offstage is mostly intact, although Laverne was supposed to put on "a nice housedress" rather than a coat.  Her pretended phone conversation with her grandmother was added.

Jerry is described in the script as "nice-looking, neatly dressed, in his thirties," which makes him at least seven years older than Laverne, if she indeed graduated in '54 rather than '56 (and this is '59).  After Jerry says that Laverne has a nice place, she originally said, "Yeah, it's like yours only the hallway is over there and you've got the kitchen on this --  (SELF -CONSCIOUS) I guess you know what your own place looks like."  Then he replied, "Well, I have gotten pretty used to it.  I work at home, you see."

Laverne offering Jerry "sodey pop" was added.  But the Jerry & Laverne dialogue is surprisingly faithful for a Final Draft.  Yet this was left out, after Laverne gets angry at Shirley once Jerry leaves:

THE PHONE RINGS.  LAVERNE ANSWERS IT.

LAVERNE (CONT'D)

Hello... Oh, hi, Dougy...  No, Dougy, I don't want to -- (THINKS)  Sure, why not.  Yeah, come on over.  what the heck?

SHE HANGS UP.

Thoughts:

• As we come to the end of Act One, it's worth noting that Holly Mascott seems to be the first writer to really understand the girls, particularly Shirley, who was probably tougher to write for in Season One.  It's a shame that she has few other IMDB credits, and one of these is for a Blansky's Beauties episode I haven't seen.  I'm therefore going to assume it's the best Blansky's episode.
• What a cliffhanger with Dirty Dougy coming over!
• I feel sorry for Laverne in this scene, but not as sorry as I feel for Shirley in Act Two.