Tough Pigs Anthology

 

The Decline and Fall of Gorch

Part One: The Decline

June 2002

   

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Chapter 3.  Crater Head!

 

in which Ploobis and Scred 

say no to crater smoke

 

(October 25, 1975 -- host Rob Reiner)

 

 

[ As the sketch opens, Scred is massaging King Ploobis' back. ] 

 

Ploobis

 

Oh, yeah, yeah. A little to the left there, Scred. Oh, yeah! Yeah!

 

[ The moment is broken by an explosive entrance from Queen Peuta. ]

 

Peuta

 

Ploobis! Ploobis! Do you know what your son Wisss is doing?

 

Ploobis

 

What, has he locked himself in the bathroom with a magazine again?

 

Peuta

 

No! Your son Wisss is smoking... craters!

 

Ploobis

 

NO!

 

Peuta

 

Yes!

 

Ploobis

 

Not my son. Why, my son is a... he's a...

 

Scred

 

A crater head!

 

Ploobis

 

A crater head! No, he is not! [ POW! Ploobis smacks Scred. ]

 

Scred

 

Oh, thank you.

 

Ploobis

 

My son is not a crater head.

 

Peuta

 

Yes, he is! Go look for yourself.

 

Ploobis

 

All right, I will!

 

 

 

[ Ploobis exits. Scred takes the opportunity to fondle Peuta's moogies. ]

 

Scred

 

Cootchie cootchie coo!

 

Peuta

 

Ooh! Ha ha. Not now, sugar claws...

 

[ Cut to a plain of smoking craters. Wisss, Ploobis' long-haired hippie son, is sniffing the smoke and blowing it out again through his long furry snout. ]

 

Wisss

 

On top of Old Smokey... [ blows out ] Aaaaaahhh!

 

 

 

[ Ploobis enters. ]

 

Ploobis

 

Hey, didn't I ever tell you not to smoke that stuff?

 

Wisss

 

Hey, man... wow! Your aura's really red!

 

Ploobis

 

Oooooh. Your aura's gonna be black and blue in a minute, fella.

 

Wisss

 

Hey, lighten, up, Jack, lighten up.

 

Ploobis

 

Listen... all the evidence is not in, buster. That stuff there rots your brain.

 

Wisss

 

Oh, yeah?

 

Ploobis

 

Yeah!

 

Wisss

 

Oh, YEAH?

 

Ploobis

 

YEAH!

 

Wisss

 

... Yeah, what? [ Wisss scratches his head. ]

 

Ploobis

 

See that? It rots your brain! Now, what do you need that stuff for? Look at ME! I'm high on life!

 

Wisss

 

Yeah. [ He turns contemptuously and sniffs at the crater. ]

 

 

 

[ Scred enters. ]

 

Scred

 

Sire?

 

Ploobis

 

What.

 

Scred

 

Perhaps it would help if you spoke to your son in his own language. 

 

Ploobis

 

Grrruhh. Good thinking, Scred. [ He approaches Wisss. ] Um... hey, listen, uh, uh -- dude -- uh... Big Daddy-o here wants you to ixnay with the crater smoke. Ya dig? Huh?

 

Wisss

 

Hey, man... don't down me with those bad vibes, dad.

 

Ploobis

 

Grruh. C'mere, Scred. Listen. I can no longer talk to the lad. I want you to tell him that if he doesn't stop smoking that stuff...

 

Scred

 

Mm hmm?

 

 

 

[ Ploobis grabs Scred's nose. ]

 

Scred

 

OW!

 

Ploobis

 

I'm gonna do THIS to him.

 

 

 

[ Ploobis twists Scred's head sideways, snapping some bones with a loud crunch. ]

 

Scred

 

Oh! Ow! I'm sure he'd hate that.

 

Ploobis

 

Yeah.

 

 

 

[ Scred tries to reposition his head as he approaches Wisss. ]

 

Scred

 

Uh... the boss says that if --

 

Wisss

 

Yeah? Well, you tell him that if he doesn't split, I am gonna do this to him. Wisssssss.... [ He blows smoke from his nose into Scred's face. ]

 

Scred

 

Oh! Oh! Oh, wooowwww... the colors!

 

Ploobis

 

Scred?

 

Scred

 

Hmm?

 

 

 

[ POW! ]

 

Scred

 

Oh, and the stars!

 

Ploobis

 

Grrruhhh. Maybe the Mighty Favog has got some good advice for me.

 

Wisss

 

Oh, never, man. Favog's a cosmic turkey.

 

 

 

[ GONNNG! The Mighty Favog is revealed. ]

 

Favog

 

THIS IS THE MIGHTY FAVOG. TALK TA ME.

 

Scred

 

Yeah, ya got any munchies? Hee hee!

 

Ploobis

 

Will you shut up, Scred. Oh, omni-impotent one, I gotta problem.

 

Favog

 

AWRIGHT. IT'S GONNA COST YA.

 

Ploobis

 

Scred, put in the chickens there.

 

Scred

 

Hanh?

 

Ploobis

 

Put in the chickens!

 

Scred

 

Oh, yeah -- hee hee hee! Chickens! Little birdy wirdies. Here ya go.

 

Favog

 

YEAH... [ There's a splash, and a flushing sound as Favog smacks his lips and burps. ] AWRIGHT. WHAT'S YER PROBLEM?

 

Ploobis

 

My son Wisss... is a crater head.

 

Favog

 

MMMM. WELL, THE ANSWER, MY FRIEND --

 

Ploobis

 

Yeah?

 

Favog

 

IS BLOWIN' IN THE WIND. [ Favog sniffs the air. ]

 

Ploobis

 

Huh? [ Ploobis sniffs the air. ]

 

Scred

 

I could kill for some chocolate chip cookies!

 

[ Scred dances out as Ploobis and Favog sniff. ]

 

 

Gorch Fact

    Richard Hunt is a great Muppet performer, but unfortunately, Wissss is pretty much a one-joke character, and it's not even that funny of a joke. The character is pretty much dropped, except for a couple brief appearances later on.

   Also, the exchange between Peuta and Scred in this sketch is the first hint of an illicit, mutual interest between them. This subplot, such as it is, gets developed later on. 

 

 

-- Coming soon --

Ploobis endangers a species in

Chapter 4. No More Gligs

 

 

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