When Gloria jokes that Squiggy is going to drive his truck as his act, "Lenny laughs his famous laugh," which is a charming stage direction, although the close-captioning describes it as "snickering" and "guffawing." All the script says about "Star-Crossed" is that the boys "break into a rock song. The song ends with Squiggy on the clarinet."
They dropped this line of Gloria's during the girls' audition: "(INTERRUPTING LOUDLY) All right, I'd like to get the next three acts lined up. Number three -- you're up. Make sure the piano player has your music and don't leave the room until someone dismisses you."
They understandably skipped Shirley telling Gloria, "You wouldn't be able to talk at all if she had kept your lips glued together."
After that, we're at the "girls' apartment - a short time later - day":
THE FRONT DOOR OPENS AND LAVERNE AND SHIRLEY ENTER. THEY'RE BOTH VERY ANGRY AND VERY SILENT. THEY BOTH ANGRILY REMOVE THEIR COATS. SIHRLEY FLINGS HERS ONTO THE FLOOR. LAVERNE HAS TROUBLE GETTING HER COAT OFF. SHE STALKS TOWARD THE KITCHEN WITH ONE ARM FIGHTING TO GET OUT OF A SLEEVE. FINALLY, AS SHE REACHES THE KITCHEN, SHE GETS OUT OF THE SLEEVE BY PULLING IT INSIDE-OUT. SHIRLEY HAS GONE TO AN IRONING BOARD THAT IS ALREADY SET UP. SHE BEGINS IRONING, FURIOUSLY. THERE IS NO CLOTHING ON THE IRONING BOARD. LAVERNE PACES BACK AND FORTH IN FRONT OF SHIRLEY.
SHIRLEY
(UPSET) Will you settle somewhere? You're acting crazy.
LAVERNE
I'm acting crazy?! Why are you ironing the ironing board?
SHIRLEY
It's wrinkled!
SHIRLEY SLAMS DOWN THE IRON.
Onscreen, the scene opens with Laverne pacing and Shirley ironing, although I can picture their entrance and feel like I saw it in some episode.
And that's it for changes to Act One.
I don't really have much to add, other than I like the idea of Shirley ironing the wrinkles out of the ironing board, because I think she actually would.
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