Tuesday, July 20, 2021

"Steppin' Out," Scenes C and D

We go to the "bathroom - a short time later - night."  They left out Shirley singing "Three Little Fishes" (at least on the DVD copy).

This was omitted:

LAVERNE FINDS A STOCKING WITHOUT A RUN.  SHE PULLS AT IT, TRYING TO GET IT OFF THE ROD.  THE ROD COMES OUT  OF THE WALL.

SHIRLEY
What was that?

LAVERNE
I dropped my tooth brush.

LAVERNE HIDES TOWEL RACK IN HAMPER.

And this was dropped, as Laverne is using the eyebrow tweezer:

LAVERNE
(YELLS) Arrgghh!

SHIRLEY
Why don't you just shave them?

LAVERNE
'Cause then they grow back twice as thick.  It's the one thing I had to inherit from my father.

In the script, instead of Laverne asking what Mrs. Babish thinks of the "very bad-looking wig," Edna says of her own rain slicker, "The rubber lining in this thing is making me sweat."

After Laverne "looks at the toilet seat and smiles," for that source of water, they onscreen added Shirley warning, "Don't even think about it."

The next scene is set in the "living room - a short time later - night."  Although there's no mention of a display in the room in the opening description, three pages later Laverne "notices display on table."  She says, "That looks so...," and Shirley replies, "Fabulous."

Yes, the boys "do a Ronny" when they "notice Laverne is in her slip."  The last line of the scene, and of Act One, Shirley's "The new watchword for tonight is panic," was slightly modified and moved to after the return from the commercial break.

Thoughts:
  • I can see why they left out the rod coming out of the wall, although it would've been quite the sight gag.
  • I like the eyebrow joke.
  • Not really any significant changes this time.

2 comments:

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    1. Yep. And she got her ankles from her mother I think. ("Playboy Show.")

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