"Dating Slump," Scenes 6 and 7

We're at the apartment again, the living room, "day."  

The address is given as "532 Walnut, Apartment C," which we know would change.  Victor is described as "a cute guy."  There are no flowers in the script.  This was left out after Shirley asks Laverne why Victor thinks they have a Jeep:

TWO MORE GUYS COME TO THE DOOR.  THEY KNOCK ON THE OPEN DOOR.

LAVERNE

Talk to them, Victor.

ANGLE ON LAVERNE AND SHIRLEY AS THEY CROSS TO KITCHEN.

And then after Laverne thanks Shirley for calling her amazing, "A WAC knocks on the door," so Laverne remarks, "Three out of four isn't bad."  And Laverne has to tell "the crowd," "I'm sorry, guys and WAC, but we sold the jeep this morning."

Shirley gets angrier at Victor onscreen than in the script, but nonetheless Laverne tells her, "Calm down.  You do look bad.  Now go fix yourself up before the next guy gets here."

Instead of the "termites" cue, in the script Shirley says, "I'll tell you what.  I'll take an oath.  I, Shirley Feeney, will happily go out with the next man that comes through that door."  So when Squiggy enters "two beats" ahead of Lenny, Shirley says the oath is off.

In the script, Shirley exits before Squiggy says they're there to buy the Jeep.  Also, Squiggy originally said they wouldn't pay a penny, rather than a nickel, before the test drive.  But then, after Laverne closes the door on the boys, "Shirley looks around corner" and says, "You should've sold it to them," rather than Laverne making a similar remark to Shirley as onscreen.

The next scene is a pool hall, at night:

IT IS A SLEAZY PLACE.  PLAYING AT ONE TABLE IS A MOUSY-LOOKING HOOD TYPE WITH CIGARETTES IN HIS SHIRT SLEEVE.  HIS NAME IS BUTCH.  LAVERNE ENTERS WITH HER DATE, TOM.  TOM IS A REASONABLY NORMAL LOOKING GUY.  LAVERNE DOES NOT LIKE THIS PLACE.

Tom being a bus driver was, as I mentioned before, not in the script as yet.  Moose was supposed to have a crewcut.

This was omitted:

SHIRLEY

Laverne, what have I ever done to you?

LAVERNE

I'm sorry.  I thought Tom was a sensible guy.

TOM

Anything wrong, girls?

LAVERNE

(POLITE) Tom, what made you decide that Moose and Shirley would hit it off?

TOM

You mean, you're not having a good time?

SHIRLEY GLARES AT TOM.

LAVERNE

(LOOKING AT SHIRLEY, THEN BACK TO TOM) That's not her whoopee face.

SHIRLEY

Why did you think we'd hit it off, kind sir?

TOM

I didn't....

And then Tom explains, as he does onscreen, his deal with Moose and blind dates, making Laverne remark to Shirley in the script, "I told you Tom was sensible."

Butch's friend Ivan is described as "a person as large as Moose," while the two girls accompanying them "are low-grade bimbos" who "look very tough."

Raunchy Girl "A" was supposed to say, "A swing-out always gives me an appetite," and then Shirley would reply, "Really, I don't like to eat this late.  I get nightmares."

Laverne's famous line was originally, "Touch my 'L' honey and your teeth go to Peoria," although "honey" would become "sweetie" by the time of filming.

The scene used to end with Laverne and Shirley locking the door and running out.  As for what happened next, we'll talk about that next time.

Thoughts:

• I sort of like the thing of more people coming to the door, although I can see why they just focused on Victor.
• Tom in the script cares more about what the girls think than he does onscreen, although he still fixes Shirley up with someone who makes her black and blue.
• Compared to earlier scenes in the script, these two aren't drastically different than what we got onscreen, although there was definitely tweaking and polishing to be done.