Tough Pigs Anthology

 

Giant Frogs!

May 2002

   

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Part Six: Action!

 

Kermit

 

Places, everyone! Quiet, please! Quiet on the set! Could we please have some quiet, please?

 

Animal

 

[ Animal bangs on his drums. ]  QUI-ET!

 

Kermit

 

Sheesh. Thanks, Animal.

 

Animal

 

You're welcome!

 

Piggy

 

[ still coughing from the makeup ] Ach-hem. I can't see my mark. My eyes are tearing.

 

Kermit

 

All right, Piggy! This is your big scene. You're down on your luck.

 

Piggy

 

Oh.

 

Kermit

 

You're working in a flower shop. 

 

Piggy

 

Oh!

 

Kermit

 

And, most important, you are allergic to flowers.

 

Piggy

 

Ah-choo!

 

Kermit

 

Exactly. Okay, everybody ready? Ready on camera? Bean, ready with props?

 

Bean

 

Ready!

 

Kermit

 

Special effects?

 

Gonzo

 

Ready!

 

Kermit

 

Assistant Director? 

 

Fozzie

 

Ready! The Days of Swine and Roses -- take one! [ He closes the clacker on his nose again. ]

 

Kermit

 

Okay. Now, all you folks out there in the audience are going to be extras in our movie. Whenever Piggy sneezes, I want you all to yell gezundheit! Got it?

 

Piggy

 

Ah-choo!

 

Crowd

 

Gezundheit!

 

Kermit

 

Great! Hit it, Fozzie! [ Fozzie closes the clacker too close to Piggy. ] Okay, ready? On three -- everybody yell action, okay? One! Two! Three!

 

Crowd

 

Action!

 

Piggy

 

[ Sad music plays as Piggy begins her scene. ] Oh, woe is me! Moi is really a star, but I am stuck here working in this flower shop. Ah-choo!

 

Crowd

 

Gezundheit!

 

Piggy

 

Thank vous. But, someday, moi is going to make it. Even though...

 

[ Music starts, and Piggy sings "Can't Help Lovin' That Man of Mine" : ]

 

My man is shiftless...

 

Kermit

 

Who, me?

 

Piggy

 

... and good for nothin' too...

 

Kermit

 

Gee...

 

Piggy

 

But he's my man just the same.

He's never round here, when there's work to do

 

Kermit

 

What? Oh! Cut!

 

F & J

 

He's never round here, when there's work to do...

 

Kermit

 

Guys! Uh. Cue the effects!

 

Piggy

 

Fish gotta swim...

 

[ Bean hands a huge dead fish to Piggy, who grumbles and throws it away... ]

 

Birds gotta fly...

 

[ Fozzie comes up behind Piggy and throws a bucket of rubber chickens over her head. Piggy screams. ]

 

Fozzie

 

Yes!

 

Kermit

 

Rubber chickens?

 

Fozzie

 

THANK you!

 

Piggy

 

I've gotta love one man till I die...

 

 

 

[ Gonzo aims at Piggy, and shoots her with a ping-pong ball gun. She turns and growls at him. ]

 

Kermit

 

Gonzo...

 

Gonzo

 

Great effect, huh?

 

Piggy

 

Can't HELP -- lovin' that man... of... MINE!

 

 

 

[ As Piggy hits her high note, Fozzie moves her back a step, into position in front of the flower-shop window. When Piggy's in position, the wall around the window crashes down, just missing Piggy. She looks around, stunned. ] 

 

Kermit

 

Cut! Sensational! Gee, that was terrific, Fozzie, Gonzo, Bean! Miss Piggy... uh, Piggy, are you okay?

 

Piggy

 

... hubba hawwa habba...

 

Kermit

 

Oh, good. Now, before we shoot the big finale, let's take ten while our stagehands get things ready! Uh, Piggy -- don't you want to meet your fans?

 

Piggy

 

Fans? Did someone say fans? Moi just loves signing autographs! Hello, everyone! Kissy kissy! Yes! With you in just a moment!

 

Janice

 

Hey, like, Kermit! The band needs to do a little rehearsing!

 

Kermit

 

Good idea, Janice! While we take a break, you play some music!

 

Janice

 

Fer sure!

 

 

Then the show takes a break as Kermit and Piggy sign autographs for the adoring multitudes. While they're greeting the crowd, the Electric Mayhem keeps everyone entertained with a spirited selection of tunes. Dr. Teeth sings "Great Balls of Fire," Floyd is "On the Road Again," and Zoot does a sax solo in "Yakety Sax." Then Animal insists on doing a song -- he bangs around on his drums and shouts, "FEELINGS! FEELINGS! Whoa - whoa - whoa! FEELINGS! DRUMS! YES!" Finally, Janice brings us home with "Obladi Oblada." They get the crowd to clap along, and by the time the song is done, all the rest of the Muppets are back on stage, and ready for the closing number... 

 

Get ready for the grand finale in

Part Seven: Coming Up Roses

 

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