"Supermarket Sweep," Scene D

It's back to Slotnik's supermarket, at night:

THE SUPERMARKET IS DECORATED.  A TIMER IS HANGING ON THE WALL.  A BANNER READING "FINISH LINE" IS HUNG OVER THE LAST CHECK-OUT COUNTER.  BEHIND THE FINISH LINE ARE EDNA, CARMINE, LENNY AND SQUIGGY.  THE BOYS HAVE A SIGN THAT READS, "DON'T FORGET THE BOSCO."  SOME EMPLOYEES AND CUSTOMERS ARE ALSO THERE TO WATCH.

They didn't bother with the crowd onscreen though, just the girls' friends.  In the script, Squiggy says, "Let Frank cut his own cheese."  This has been dubbed over so that he says "grow" rather than "cut," although we can see Edna react to "cut."

The timer was set for five minutes and Squiggy wanted it to be six, which was shortened to three and four respectively for filming.  This was omitted:

EDNA

(JUMPING UP AND DOWN) She's got the cheese!

LENNY CALMS HER DOWN.

LENNY

Calm down, Mrs. B., you'll die.  They still got a long road to hoe.

ANGLE ON AISLE

GIRLS GO DOWN AISLE TWO AND GET THE TOILET PAPER.

SHIRLEY

Make sure they're two-ply.

ANGLE ON CARMINE

CARMINE

Keep it on top.  Don't dent it.  (ASIDE TO SQUIGGY) Doesn't fit on the roller right.

ANGLE ON AISLE

GIRLS START UP AISLE THREE JUST FAR ENOUGH TO GET A BOTTLE OF BOSCO AND THEN BACK OUT.

ANGLE ON LENNY AND SQUIGGY

SQUIGGY

Just one Bosco?!  She's mad!

LENNY

Well, at least we're on the scoreboard.

ANGLE ON AISLE

SHIRLEY SWINGS THE CART TOWARD THE MEAT SECTION.  SHE BACKS UP AISLE FOUR.  LAVERNE GRABS A CHUCK ROAST AND T-BONE STEAK AND HOLDS THEM UP.

ANGLE ON CARMINE AND EDNA

CARMINE

Perfect.

EDNA

Looks a little fatty.

ANGLE ON AISLE

SHIRLEY STARTS PUSHING CART BACK TO STARTING LINE.

LAVERNE

Well, that takes care of all the paying customers.  Now, let's take Slotnik to the cleaners.

There seem to be a lot fewer aisles on the set than the script called for, which is understandable.

The girls in the script get beans, which seems to be left out.  Squiggy's "Bosco meatballs" sounds like an ad-lib.  On the other hand, we lost this exchange:

SQUIGGY

Go for the Bosco.  Meat is bad for you.  It will make you can't have babies.  [Yes, with that phrasing.]

LENNY

You'll never be barren with Bosco.

In the script, the girls have a knapsack, but maybe that was too much for filming.

They skipped Laverne's line about the cart, "It ain't moving, Shirl.  Call the Auto Club."

A few thoughts:

• The censors obviously went to work on this Revised Shooting Script, with the cheese-cutting and the "barren" dialogue with the boys.
• In fact, the boys' dialogue about Bosco would all get condensed to a simple, repeated "More Bosco!"
• Carmine and Edna get more dialogue in this version as well.
• Overall, the filmed version has more emphasis on physical humor than this version, at the cost of dropping some verbal humor.