"Take Two, They're Small," Scene A

On November 12, 1979, a mere ten days before "Take Two, They're Small" aired, its Shooting Script was submitted.  Although they were cutting it close, they still found places to change the story before editing.

We begin in the "break room - day":

IT IS LUNCH TIME AND THE ROOM IS CROWDED WITH WORKERS.  LAVERNE AND SHIRLEY ARE EATING AT THEIR TABLE.  LAVERNE TAKES HER GUM AND STICKS IT UNDER THE TABLE.

SHIRLEY

Very nice.

LAVERNE

If gum wasn't meant to be put under a table, it wouldn't stick there.

In the script, Squiggy notes that the four women are sitting alone, but it wasn't until filming that he called them beautiful.  There are some little Squiggisms, like "'ceptable" for "skeptical, and "two equally disgusting sexes," which I assume Lander added.  On the other hand, Lenny was supposed to hug himself, which would've been cute.

The last part of the scene was dropped:

SQUIGGY

There's no shame in being desperate, Laverne.  The shame part comes when we tell everybody.

LAVERNE

We're not desperate, we're... what are we, Shirl?

SHIRLEY

Choosey.

SQUIGGY

What's that, French for hard up?

LAVERNE GOES FOR SQUIGGY AND STARTS TO CHOKE HIM.

SQUIGGY

Stop it woman!  You are choking a corporation.

AMID CHAOS, WE: 

DISSOLVE TO [the next scene]

The gummy opening isn't that necessary, but the closing bit includes some of my favorite things:

• Squiggy being aggravating;
• Laverne trying to choke him;
• Him calling her "woman" and himself a "corporation."