The name Roger is also in the upper right corner of this page, and it must be Roger Garrett, who wrote this episode. I'd like to believe that "Michael" was Mr. McKean, but who knows? I assume the reference to "wicker" was an in-joke.
We start, as we so often do, in the "girls' apartment - night." Randy is described as "a very handsome guy." This was dropped:
SHIRLEY
...Uh, when you came in, did you hear me say anything embarrassing or humiliating?
RANDY
No.
SHIRLEY
Oh, good.
RANDY
My sister wanted a bigger chest, too.
SHIRLEY GROANS, EMBARRASSED.
Laverne and Randy's first kiss is described as "a special kiss for both of them."
The next scene is at the "Pizza Bowl - day." Shirley and Carmine were supposed to be "disgusted" by Laverne and Randy mixing their milk and Pepsi together. This was omitted after Shirley tells Carmine that they're not listening to him:
SHIRLEY
...Why don't you talk to me.
CARMINE
Okay. You see the Packer game yesterday? Boy, that Bart Starr....
SHIRLEY REACTS, PUTS A SLICE OF PIZZA IN CARMINE'S MOUTH. ANGLE ON FRANK AND EDNA. FRANK IS SMILING BROADLY.
FRANK
(POINTS TO HIS FACE) Edna, look. You know what this is?
EDNA
Marinara sauce?
FRANK
No. It's a happy face.
EDNA TAKES A NAPKIN AND WIPES OFF FRANK'S FACE.
EDNA
Now it's a clean happy face.
FRANK
I'm happy cause Laverne's happy. She finally got herself a fella. A real fella. A fella's fella.
ENDA AND FRANK START TOWARD THE BACK.
FRANK (CONT'D)
Y'know what I'm sayin'?
EDNA
You're saying he's a fella.
FRANK
You're smart. That's why I married you.
EDNA AND FRANK EXIT. LAVERNE AND RANDY ARE STILL KISSING.
And after Shirley says, "Not here. Not now," Laverne and Randy were supposed to break apart. Then Shirley continued, "Oh, good, they came up for air. Laverne, guess who I saw at Meckler's today? Thunderthighs Thurman. She broke down and bought a girdle. If she'd gotten one five years ago, she wouldn't have had to wear a bedspread to the prom." And then Laverne and Randy kissed again.
Carmine was supposed to ask Randy for a tour of the fire station about ten o'clock, which Randy wouldn't notice of course.
As Carmine and Shirley were leaving, he asked, "Hey, Shirl. Did I ever meet your friend Thunderthighs?" She answered, "You saw her at the lake. She was the one in the four piece bathing suit."
Thoughts:
- In both versions, Randy has a 12-year-old brother, but here we also learn that he has a sister who's presumably older than twelve. It feels odd for Randy to actually further embarrass Shirley, when he's such a gentleman onscreen, and yet I like him showing a sense of humor that makes him a better match for Laverne.
- The script is definitely guiding the reader/viewer into thinking that this is Mr. Right for Laverne, even though we won't see as much of their courtship as we'd get for Norman, or even Ted Nelson, Fireman.
- Carmine must know Shirley doesn't want to hear about the Packers game, but I think he just wants to talk about it.
- We do see Frank and Edna behind the counter but they don't get any lines in the aired version of the scene, and they suddenly disappear, so I wonder if their exchange was filmed but then chopped out for time.
- Frank is happy that Laverne is dating a manly fella that she likes, and he doesn't even bring up being Italian or providing grandchildren.
- Interestingly, we don't get Edna's take, although she's definitely got a weakness for handsome men. Instead, she's more wifely here.
- At least Frank recognizes Edna is smart.
- While I'm always up for another lost Meckler's reference, I don't know what the deal is with all the fat-shaming of unseen characters in L&S scripts of this period.
It's a possible DVD edit, I think. Hah, poor Shirley, though I think the joke works TBH.
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