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Tough Pigs
Anthology
Giant
Frogs!
May
2002
May
Anthology
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Anthology
Contents
Part
Six: Action!
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Kermit |
Places,
everyone! Quiet, please! Quiet on the set! Could we please have some quiet,
please?
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Animal
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[
Animal bangs on his drums. ] QUI-ET!
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Kermit
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Sheesh.
Thanks, Animal.
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Animal
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You're
welcome!
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Piggy
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[
still coughing from the makeup ] Ach-hem. I can't see my mark. My eyes are
tearing.
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Kermit
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All
right, Piggy! This is your big scene. You're down on your luck.
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Piggy
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Oh.
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Kermit
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You're
working in a flower shop.
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Piggy
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Oh!
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Kermit
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And,
most important, you are allergic to flowers.
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Piggy
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Ah-choo!
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Kermit
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Exactly.
Okay, everybody ready? Ready on camera? Bean, ready with props?
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Bean
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Ready!
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Kermit
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Special
effects?
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Gonzo
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Ready!
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Kermit
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Assistant
Director?
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Fozzie
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Ready!
The Days of Swine and Roses -- take one! [ He closes the clacker on
his nose again. ]
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Kermit
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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?
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Piggy
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Ah-choo!
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Crowd
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Gezundheit!
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Kermit
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Great!
Hit it, Fozzie! [ Fozzie closes the clacker too close to Piggy. ] Okay,
ready? On three -- everybody yell action, okay? One! Two! Three!
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Crowd
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Action!
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Piggy
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[
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!
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Crowd
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Gezundheit!
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Piggy
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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"
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My
man is shiftless...
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Kermit
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Who,
me?
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Piggy
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...
and good for nothin' too...
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Kermit
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Gee...
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Piggy
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But
he's my man just the same.
He's
never round here, when there's work to do
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Kermit
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What?
Oh! Cut!
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F
& J
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He's
never round here, when there's work to do...
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Kermit
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Guys!
Uh. Cue the effects!
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Piggy
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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. ]
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Fozzie
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Yes!
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Kermit
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Rubber
chickens?
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Fozzie
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THANK
you!
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Piggy
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I've
gotta love one man till I die...
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[
Gonzo aims at Piggy, and shoots her with a ping-pong ball gun. She turns and
growls at him. ]
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Kermit
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Gonzo...
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Gonzo
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Great
effect, huh?
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Piggy
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Can't
HELP -- lovin' that man... of... MINE!
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[
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.
]
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Kermit
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Cut!
Sensational! Gee, that was terrific, Fozzie, Gonzo, Bean! Miss Piggy... uh, Piggy,
are you okay?
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Piggy
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...
hubba hawwa habba...
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Kermit
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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?
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Piggy
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Fans?
Did someone say fans? Moi just loves signing autographs!
Hello, everyone! Kissy kissy! Yes! With you in just a moment!
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Janice
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Hey,
like, Kermit! The band needs to do a little rehearsing!
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Kermit
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Good
idea, Janice! While we take a break, you play some music!
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Janice
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Fer
sure!
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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
May
Anthology
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