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Pigs Anthology
June
2003
The
Jim Henson Hour
Science
Fiction, Part 6:
Reach
for the Stars
Cast:
Jim Henson (Kermit), Dave Goelz (Digit),
Steve
Whitmire (Waldo, Foo-Foo), Gordon Robertson (Lindbergh),
Jennifer
Lee (Bootsie), Andrew Wilson (Brad), Erica Lancaster (Amanda).

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[
Waldo C Graphic, the "spirit of computer animation" from
MuppetVision 3D, flies in to help. ]
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Waldo
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Kermit!
I think I can help. [ He spins around, and turns into a doctor, with a
red cross on his side. ] Prepare for surgery!
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Kermit
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Waldo,
what are you going to do?
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Waldo
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I'm
going in!
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[
Waldo flies through Digit's ear, into his head. ]
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Kermit
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Waldo!
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Waldo
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[
from inside Digit: ] Not now, Kermit! I'm going to try to jump start
him!
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[
We hear an engine starting up. ]
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Digit
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Kerr-rrr-mit.
Kerr-rrr-mit. Kerr-rrr-mit.
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[
Digit coughs and sputters; the engine doesn't turn over. ]
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Lindy
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Waldo?
Where are you now?
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Waldo
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I'm
in a big room, with lots of dusty file cabinets and cobwebs!
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Kermit
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Where's
that?
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Lindy
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I
think Waldo's made his way into Digit's brain... See if you can find the
motor reflexes!
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Waldo
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Is
this it?
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[
Another grinding sound. Digit shakes and whirrs, then falls down on the
floor. ]
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Lindy
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Right
above that should be the emotion control.
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[
Waldo pushes another button. Digit jumps up and starts singing passionately
to Kermit. ]
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Digit
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Fee-eelings!
Whoa - oa - oa, feeelings... wish I'd never met you, girl...
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Kermit
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Turn
it down! Turn it down!
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Waldo
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I'm
drawing a blank, guys! Can you zap me outta here, Lindy?
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Lindy
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No
problem -- I'll just hit this yellow translator button, and it'll beam you
right out!
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[
Lindy pushes the yellow button... and suddenly, Kermit and Lindy are zapped
into a bubble that heads toward Digit's head. ]
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Lindy
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Whoa
-- or beam us in!
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[
Kermit and Lindy's bubble takes them into Digit's ear. ]
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Lindy
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Hey!
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Kermit
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Help!
... Hey, listen, if you can't get us out, watch the Fashion Dolls sketch on
monitor 8!
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[
On the monitor, a little girl named Amanda is playing with her dolls. She
places her new Bootsie doll in her dollhouse. ]
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Amanda
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Okay,
Bootsie, here's all the stuff you need for a whole new adventure!
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[
Her dog Foo-Foo barks. ]
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Amanda
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Brad's
going to be so surprised!
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Brad
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C'mon
on, Bootsie! I'm going nutty! Let me see your new outfit.
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Bootsie
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[
behind the screen: ] I'm getting dressed, Brad! [ zip, zip
] This one's a little -- [ zip ] -- complicated... [
zip, zip, zip-zip, clank, whirrr ] So cool your retro rockets, and get
ready for... Reach For The Stars Bootsie!
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Brad
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WOW!
I'd sure like to blast off with you, Boots! Catch that swingy space helmet!
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Bootsie
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And
how about this dreamy Bootsie life support system?
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Brad
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Well...
I guess it's pretty nice.
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Bootsie
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Hey
-- why so glum, Brad?
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Brad
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I
was just thinking... Here you are -- Bootsie, the fashion model -- Bootsie,
the career girl -- Bootsie, the astronaut! With all those high-powered
careers, when are you going to find time for me?
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Bootsie
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Yes,
I do have fabulous careers, Brad -- and a wardrobe to go with each one! But
there's one thing I need to make every outfit complete.
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Brad
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What's
that, Bootsie?
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Bootsie
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You,
on my arm.
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Brad
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Oh,
Boots -- and I was worried! Does this mean that we can be astronauts
together?
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Bootsie
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Well,
Brad, being an astronaut takes a lot of special training, and tailoring.
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Brad
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I
could learn!
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Amanda
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Here,
Bootsie, I made you a spaceship of your very own!
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Bootsie
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Okay,
Brad... get ready for your first lesson, in my new Bootsie Reach For the
Stars spacester!
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Brad
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Wow
-- kicky wheels, Boots!
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Bootsie
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Hop
on!
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Brad
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Wow!
This astronaut stuff is a gas!
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Bootsie
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Next
time, I'll show you how to push the button that fires those zippy turbo
thrusters!
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Brad
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THIS
button, Boots?
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[
Brad pushes the button, and takes off in a cloud of turbo smoke. Amanda
picks up the rocket and whizzes it around. Then she drops Brad. ]
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Amanda
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Whoops!
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[
Brad falls onto the couch. ]
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Brad
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Wow
-- what a wicked ride!
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[
Brad's arm falls off. ]
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Bootsie
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Well,
Brad -- now you never have to worry about us being apart!
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Brad
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What
do you mean, Boots?
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Bootsie
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Well,
wherever I go, I can still hold your hand!
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[
They laugh. ]
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Brad
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Wow.
What a nutty chick!
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Space Guy vs the Bunnies
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Tough
Pigs Anthology Contents
April/May
2003 -- Breaking News: Sesame Street News Flashes
March
2003 -- The Early Days of the Muppet Show Comic Strip
Feb
2003 -- Ernie vs Bert
Aug/Sept
2002 -- The Road to Hollywood
July
2002 -- The Decline and Fall of Gorch, part two: The Fall
June
2002 -- The Decline and Fall of Gorch, part one: The Decline
May
2002 -- Giant Frogs!
April
2002 -- April Frog's Day
March
2002 -- The Muppets Take Madison Avenue
February
2002 -- Kermit and Piggy : That Magnificent Hankering
January
2002 -- Off the Street
December
2001 -- It Feels Like Christmas
November
2001 -- Muppets: 1, Host: 0
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