Tough Pigs Anthology

June 2003

 

The Jim Henson Hour

Science Fiction, Part 8:

Meet the Teppums

 

Cast: Jim Henson (Kermit, Timrek the Gorf, Link Hogthrob),

Dave Goelz (Digit, Gonzo, Oznog), Gordon Robertson (Lindbergh),

Steve Whitmire (Bean Bunny, Waldo, Yellow Extreme), 

Jerry Nelson (Orange Extreme), Kevin Clash (Leon, Noel, Green Extreme),

Fran Brill (Vicki), Sharon Lee Williams (Purple Extreme),

Jennifer Lee (Bootsie), Andrew Wilson (Brad), Dan Redican and Rob Mills (etc).

 

    

 

Lindy

 

Kermit, we've tried everything.

 

Kermit

 

Poor Digit. 

 

Lindy

 

Never mind Digit, what about my toolbelt? 

 

Vicki

 

Mr Kermit -- 

 

Kermit

 

Mm?

 

Vicki

 

It's time for the closing number! Oh -- who turned Digit off?

 

[ Vicki pushes a button on Digit's chest. With a whirr, Digit comes back to life. ]

 

Vicki

 

Morning, Digit! 

 

Digit

 

Morning, Vicki.

 

Kermit

 

Digit

 

Digit

 

Kermit... why was I dreaming about a Phillips screwdriver? 

 

Kermit

 

Never mind that, we're almost out of time! 

 

    

 

 

Download the closing number on mp3!

 

 

Digit

 

Kermit, there's a veriety show from outer space you just have to see!

 

Gonzo

 

A variety show from outer space?

 

Kermit

 

We don't have TIME for that, Gonzo! We have to do something about a closing number!

 

Timrek

 

[ on the monitor: ]  We don't have TIME for that, Oznog! We have to do something about a closing number!

 

Kermit

 

Wha -- what did he say?

 

Timrek

 

Why -- what did you say?

 

    

 

Kermit

 

Wait a second -- who are YOU? 

 

Timrek

 

I'm Timrek the Gorf -- and we're the Teppums! Hey, you don't have any idea for a closing number, do you?

 

Kermit

 

Gee, I guess things are about the same the whole galaxy over. When you don't have a closing number, there's only one thing to do! 

 

Timrek

 

... Are you thinking what I'm thinking?

 

    

 

 

 

[ Everyone immediately changes into their costumes, and they all start singing "Chattanooga Choo-Choo". ]

 

Muppets

 

Pardon me, boy -- is that the Chattanooga Choo-Choo?

Track twenty-nine... Boy, you could give me a shine

 

    

 

Teppums

 

I can afford to board the Chattanooga Choo-Choo

 

Leon

 

I've got my fare, and just a trifle to spare

 

    

 

Noel

 

Leave the Pennsylvania Station at a quarter to four

 

B&B

 

Read a magazine and then you're in Baltimore

 

    

 

Alien B&B

 

Diner in the diner, nothing could be finer

 

Link & chickens

 

Than to have your ham and eggs in Carolina

 

 

    

 

Bean

 

There's gonna be a certain party at the station 

 

Bunnies

 

Satin and lace -- hop! hop! -- I used to call funny face

 

Extremes

 

She's gonna CRY until I tell her that I'll never roam 

 

Muppets & Teppums

 

So Chattanooga Choo-Choo, won't you choo-choo me home!

 

 

    

 

Louie

 

Kermit! How do I get out of this costume?

 

Kermit

 

That's not a costume!

 

Louie

 

What?

 

Kermit

 

We've merchandised you to sixteen toy companies!

 

Louie

 

Get my agent on the phone!

 

    

 

Digit

 

When you hear the whistle blowin' eight to the bar

 

Tigid

 

Then you know that Tennessee is not very far

 

Kermit

 

Shovel all the coal in

 

Timrek

 

Gotta keep it rollin'

 

Ms & Ts

 

Whoo-whoo, Chattanooga, there you are

 

    

 

Gonzo

 

There's gonna be a certain party at the station

 

Chickens

 

Satin and lace -- Bawk! Bawk!

 

Oznog

 

I used to call funny face

 

Extremes

 

She's gonna CRY until I tell her that I'll never roam

 

Muppets

 

So Chattanooga Choo-Choo, won't you choo-choo me 

 

Teppums

 

Chattanooga Choo-Choo, won't you choo-choo me

 

All

 

Chattanooga Choo-Choo, won't you choo-choo me HOME!

 

[ Everybody nods and bows for the fade-out... ]

 

    

 

That's it for this episode...

There's another Jim Henson Hour episode

coming in July!

 

Enormous thanks, as usual,

to Scott Hanson of Back Stage Left

for the closing number mp3!

 

 

Danny@ToughPigs.com

 

 

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