LAVERNE
Well once at work she fell asleep so I glued her lips together.
CARMINE STARES AT HER.
CARMINE
Why'd you do that?
LAVERNE
I had an hour off.
SHIRLEY
They put Gloria in charge of the show just because she used to be a standby Rockette. Only she got kicked in the throat thirty-eight times, so she quit.
CARMINE
She's had a tough life.
Onscreen, Laverne says that Gloria spread a rumor that Laverne was easy, so Laverne glued Gloria's cheese sandwich together. We get the information about Gloria being a Rockette later, but without that detail.
When Carmine asks about their act, there's this:
LAVERNE
Well, we've got a slow one or a fast one... which do you want to hear?
SHIRLEY
She means a down tempo or an up tempo.
CARMINE
Give me the slow one first.
LAVERNE
You want us to do the whole thing, gestures and everything?
CARMINE
Yeah, give me the total effect.
In the aired version, Laverne would just say they'll do the slow one.
They omitted very short Scene C:
INT. APARTMENT - NIGHT
CARMINE
Okay, girls, we're almost there. Let's do the last chorus one more time with the music and really sell it.
CARMINE PUTS ON THE MUSIC. THE GIRLS DO THEIR CALYPSO SONG AND DO IT VERY WELL, COMPLETE WITH HATS AND AUTHENTIC MOVEMENTS. THEY FINISH, LOOK TO CARMINE FOR HIS REACTION. THE GIRLS ARE VERY HAPPY.
Thoughts:
- Wow, Laverne is verging on sociopathic here! She's much more sympathetic in the filmed version of her revenge on Gloria.
- My sympathy for Gloria is also stronger in this version because of the whole being kicked in the throat almost forty times thing.
- Having Carmine decide which act to see first feels like filler, so that's easily dropped.
- I have mixed feelings about them leaving out Scene C. On the one hand, it would've been nice to see the whole act, without interruptions or distractions. Also, I like the idea of Carmine using his talent to help the girls. However, it isn't strictly necessary that we get a preview of the act.
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