Wednesday, May 26, 2021

"It's in the Water," Scenes C and D

It's back to the girls' apartment, "day."  They left out Shirley saying, "If you want I'll put in a good word for you," and Laverne replying, "No, that's okay."  Shirley calling Laverne a good sport was added.  But otherwise, the scene is intact.

Scene D is set at the Pizza Bowl, the "next night."  They left out Shirley mentioning that this is her first week on the job.  This was omitted after Laverne finds out that Shirley ate in the Executive Dining Room:

LAVERNE
Did they have chipped beef on toast?

SHIRLEY
They were out.  They had creamed chicken on noodles... and asparagus.

SHIRLEY GETS UP AND GOES TO JUKEBOX.

SHIRLEY (CON'TD)
I don't want to talk about it.  Let's play some music.  What would you like to hear?

LAVERNE
How'd you get here tonight?

SHIRLEY
Oh, well, I... uh... took a -- (MUFFLED) -- cab.

LAVERNE
You took a what?

SHIRLEY
A... bus.  I took the bus.

LAVERNE
You didn't say "bus".  You said "cab".

SHIRLEY
If I work late, the company pays for it.

LAVERNE
Ahhh, that's great.

This was taken out after Lenny says Shirley is "dressed to the teeth":

SQUIGGY
(TO LENNY) What're you talkin' about, she's only dressed to the neck.

LENNY
That's just an expression, stupid.

SQUIGGY
Well, that's a stupid expression.  "Dressed to the neck".

LENNY
Well, it ain't dressed to the neck -- it's dressed to the teeth.

SQUIGGY
You can't dress your teeth.

SHIRLEY
(FED UP, SCREAMS) Fellas!

THEY STOP ARGUING.

Note that in the script Shirley tells Laverne not to make "that boo-hoo face" rather than the show-specific "boo-boo face."

This was the last bit of the scene, also closing out the act:

SHIRLEY
Laverne... You're gonna show everybody in the street your boo-hoo face?

SHIRLEY FOLLOWS LAVERNE OUT OF THE PIZZA BOWL.  CARMING, SQUIGGY AND LENNY STARE AFTER THEM.

CARMINE
(TO LENNY AND SQUIGGY) Boy, Shirley was really dressed to the teeth.

THEY REACT.

Thoughts:
  • The girls definitely don't have a car at this point, although they did on their first HD appearance.
  • I sort of like the running gag about "dressed to the teeth," but I can see why it was cut.
  • As with the voe-dee-oh-doh (and its various spellings), it's nice to get a prehistory of "boo-boo face."

6 comments:

  1. The class differences here are super interesting, moreso than what we get onscreen but yeah, the script is forgettable.

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    1. Yeah, that's probably the best aspect of this episode. Other than being from Season One, there's not much of interest here. (The next one will be more interesting, I promise.)

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    2. Oh man, the next one is HN, isn't it? EXCITED

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    3. Sorry, no, but we'll get there.

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    4. Aww! That has to be next after DS, via ep order airing then <3

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    5. I'm going in order of the date of each script, and HN actually aired in late April anyway (after Fakeout).

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