"The Diner," Scenes A and B

On March 12, 1980, a little under two months before "The Diner" was aired, its Rev. Shooting Script was finished.  There would be some differences, but first, let's look at part of the cast list:

That is a lot of staff writers!  I'm amused that is everyone is a Lu or Lou, except Al Aidekman is "Al."  (Poor Roger Garrett.)

We start in the "break room - day."  The first two pages got filmed with very minor differences, but they added Laverne asking, "You mean...?" when Lenny asks for a favor, and then him saying no, implying not that kind of favor.  They also added Laverne telling Lenny to be careful what he signs.

The next scene is at "Lazlo's Diner - night."  In the script, the girls "enter with their eyes closed," but onscreen the boys cover the girls' eyes.

Here's the stage direction after the boys yell surprise:

THE BOYS JUMP THE GIRLS AND START KISSING THEM.  THE GIRLS FIGHT THE BOYS OFF AND WIPE OFF THEIR LIPS.

It's not quite that extreme onscreen, but I am amused that Laverne asks Shirley afterwards, "Do I have a rash?", considering what Penny would later say in her autobiography about kissing actors named Michael.

After Shirley says the place has potential, there was this bit:

LAVERNE

Really?  Don't you think it's kind of a... what's the word I'm looking for... hell hole?

SHE KNOCKS CHAIR OFF.

SHIRLEY

Laverne, use your imagination.  With some nice tablecloths, lace curtains and cut flowers, this hell hole could be quite charming.

In the script, we get the stage direction, "Lenny exits and Laverne follows," which became him grabbing her by the hand and pulling her outside.

I have to note that in both scenes, Squiggy says, "Mebbe so, mebbe so," so that is canonical spelling on that catchphrase.

My main thought is that they added some Lavenny to both scenes.  Also, it would've been interesting to hear both girls say "hell hole."