"From Suds to Stardom," Scene A

On April 21, 1976, less than three weeks before "From Suds to Stardom" aired, its Shooting Script was done.  I don't know if there was a revised version or if they went with this because the clock was ticking.

We start at the "Pizza Bowl - evening - night."  In the script, Frank tells Carmine, "The place hasn't been this crowded since Dominic and Angelina got married on lane five," but onscreen he'd say that they didn't have one fight during Carmine's song.

This was dropped after the girls say they want Carmine to help them with their act for the talent show:

CARMINE

Okay... but do you think you two can do an act?

LAVERNE

Why not?  You should see some of the junk they let in that show.

LENNY AND SQUIGGY ENTER.

SQUIGGY

Hello!

LENNY

Hey, Carmine, what time do you go on?

CARMINE

Ten minutes ago.

SQUIGGY

Good, we're early.

LENNY

Hey, ladies, you ready for the talent show audition?

SHIRLEY

Yeah, we're going home to rehearse.

AS SHIRLEY, LAVERNE AND CARMINE EXIT:

SQUIGGY

Well, we're ready, too.

LENNY

Yeah, I even washed my guitar.  Let's us rehearse.

THEY WALK OVER TO PIANO.

SQUIGGY

Look what they did to the driving machine.

LENNY

It's a piano.

SQUIGGY

Where do you put the quarter?

Thoughts:

• Some more of the colorful unseen neighborhood characters we never got to hear about on air, this time Dominic and Angelina.
• That is a pretty harsh Hello Cue.
• And the boys are rude about deliberately skipping Carmine's performance, which doesn't usually happen in canon.
• I do kind of love Lenny washing his guitar though.
• I have mixed feelings about the "driving machine" part.  On the one hand, it makes Squiggy seem extra moronic, and on the other, I appreciate the continuing mentions of that machine in Season One.