"Steppin' Out," Scene K

Onscreen, Laverne and Shirley in the tag have a better double date, with Larry and Barry.  But that's not what was in the tag in the script, even though this was the Rev. Shooting Script.  At some point in the next several months, they decided to dump this:

INT. GIRLS' LIVING ROOM - EARLY MORNING

SHIRLEY COMES OUT OF THE BEDROOM, WALKS TO THE WINDOW, PARTS THE CURTAINS, LOOKS OUTSIDE.

SHIRLEY

(SHOUTING INTO THE BEDROOM) Laverne, hurry up!  It's snowing, and we'll be late for work.

LAVERNE RUSHES OUT OF BEDROOM, TAKES A QUICK LOOK OUT THE WINDOW, AND CROSSES DOWN TO THE REFRIGERATOR.

LAVERNE

The moment I've been waiting for.

LAVERNE REACHES INTO ICEBOX.

SHIRLEY

Laverne, we don't have time to eat now!  We gotta dig the car out.  They'll dock us if we're late!

LAVERNE

This'll only take a second...

LAVERNE PULLS TWO SNOWBALLS FROM THE ICEBOX, AND HANDS ONE TO SHIRLEY.

LAVERNE (CONT'D)

Here...

SHIRLEY

Why are snowballs in the icebox?

LAVERNE

'Cause they don't keep in the oven.  Look, I saw Lenny and Squiggy outside waiting for us.  This time we'll be ready for them.

THE GIRLS START OUT.

CUT TO:

STOCK FOOTAGE OF LAVERNE AND SHIRLEY ON A BEACH IN THE BAHAMAS.

FADE OUT.

THE END

Thoughts:

• !!!
• While this isn't as surprising as the "Lenny in drag" ending of "Good Time Girls," it's like we're getting the origin story for the famous credit sequence.
• I want to know when this is set, because presumably Laverne has been hoarding snowballs since sometime after the boys got them with the hydrant.
• Wha, Bahamas, huh, what?
• I go through this whole script thinking, well, no major differences here and then there's that?
• And yet, there are more surprising things than this in the next script....