"Short on Time," Scenes D through K

Act Two opens at the "apartment - one hour later."  And the script is almost identical to the aired version.  Scene E is at the auditorium, no time given, and that, too, is faithful.  

Then Scene H is in the "auditorium wings - minutes later."  The description says, "The usual hubbub during a rock concert is taking place in this backstage area," but it doesn't look that frantic, especially by Laverne & Shirley standards.  The costumer, Jane, says, "Lucky thing you called in your measurements this afternoon," making Laverne respond, "Oh, that must have been Rhon...  Yeah, lucky thing."  They added Lamar telling her that her father just called, another example of how they tried to tie the various threads together more by the time of filming.

Then it's back to Laverne's apartment, "time parallel."  They dropped this, after Frank tells Chuckie about Edna's note:

CHUCKIE DOES NOT RESPOND.

FRANK

You don't understand, do you?  Edna (PANTOMIMES INDICATION OF EDNA) left me (POINTS TO HIMSELF) for a jockey.  (INDICATES SHORT)  Women, huh?  Who can figure 'em?

CHUCKIE SHAKES HIS HEAD.

FRANK (CONT'D)

You been there, huh?  Ah, who cares.  (CRUMPLES NOTE AND THROWS IT ON THE FLOOR)  I'll get over it.  No sweat.

CHUCKIE RASPBERRIES.

FRANK (CONT'D)

(THEN) I don't get it.  I tried to make her happy.  Even used moustache wax when she wanted me to.  I hated the taste, but I did it cause I loved her.  I wonder what she's doing right now?  Probably sitting on her jockey's lap.

CHUCKIE NODS.

FRANK (CONT'D)

It hurts.  All those years.  We ate a lot of pizza together.

FRANK LOOKS AROUND TO MAKE SURE NO ONE IS LISTENING ALTHOUGH NO ONE IS EVEN THERE.

Scene K is at the "stage of auditorium," again with "parallel time."  (I guess they got tired of saying "continuous action.")  Laverne was supposed to be wearing "a Supremes wig," but she's just got her regular early '80s hairdo.  The scene is otherwise as is.

Thoughts:

• There's no explanation in the aired version about Laverne's borrowed dress being too big, but then this episode isn't exactly known for its careful plotting.
• Phil Foster doing drunken pantomime is clearly what was missing from this episode.
• Was Frank eating the moustache wax, or did it just get in his food?
• "Eating a lot of pizza together" sounds dirty to me, especially if wax was involved, but I have a dirty mind sometimes.
• That is such a sad, almost existentialist stage direction about no one being there, especially since it negates Chuckie's presence, even as Frank confides in him.