"Why Did the Fireman...?", Scenes J and K

The next scene is in "the girls' bedroom - continuous action."  For some reason, they left out Frank greeting Laverne with "Hey, Muffin."  He was also supposed to call her Muffin when he tells her she looks tired.  And even "Muffin, he's dead" became "He's dead" onscreen.

Laverne singing "Did You Ever See a Dream Walking?" as Frank starts to read the newspaper article on Randy was added, maybe because we don't have her singing it in the previous scene.

They left out Frank telling her, "It's okay.  Go ahead and cry."  And he was supposed to "start to help Laverne out of her dress" and a little later he "tucks her in," with Shirley peeking into the room.  Onscreen there's a dissolve where she's already tucked in.

In the script, this is how the scene ends:

FRANK

Sleep well, little Muffin.

FRANK GOES TO SHIRLEY.  THEY LOOK BACK AT LAVERNE, AND EXIT, WITH ARMS AROUND EACH OTHER.

FRANK (CONT'D)

Goodnight, sweetheart.

For filming, he says that last line instead of the "little Muffin" line and he exits alone.  The camera then pans back to a distraught and not sleeping Laverne.

With the tag, we return to the "fire house - afternoon."  There are no real changes.

The penultimate scene makes Frank less soft, with all of those Muffins left out and less of him treating her like a child.  Even him telling her it's okay to cry is gone.  Furthermore, just as we lost the Edna & Shirley hug earlier, the Frank & Shirley embrace is missing.  There is still comforting here, but less obviously, and that final shot of Laverne before the last commercial doesn't soften the blow.

The tonal shifts from this script to filming are interesting, and I do credit Zwick with them, although I'm sure Penny Marshall and others had input.  I don't know that I prefer one version over the other, but I'm glad I now have both.