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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).

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Lindy
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Kermit,
we've tried everything.
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Kermit
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Poor
Digit.
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Lindy
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Never
mind Digit, what about my toolbelt?
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Vicki
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Mr
Kermit --
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Kermit
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Mm?
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Vicki
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It's
time for the closing number! Oh -- who turned Digit off?
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[
Vicki pushes a button on Digit's chest. With a whirr, Digit comes back to life. ]
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Vicki
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Morning,
Digit!
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Digit
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Morning,
Vicki.
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Kermit
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Digit!
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Digit
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Kermit...
why was I dreaming about a Phillips screwdriver?
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Kermit
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Never
mind that, we're almost out of time!
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Download
the closing number on mp3!
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Digit
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Kermit,
there's a veriety show from outer space you just have to see!
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Gonzo
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A
variety show from outer space?
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Kermit
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We
don't have TIME for that, Gonzo! We have to do something about a closing
number!
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Timrek
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[
on the monitor: ] We don't have TIME for that, Oznog! We have to do
something about a closing number!
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Kermit
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Wha
-- what did he say?
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Timrek
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Why
-- what did you say?
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Kermit
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Wait
a second -- who are YOU?
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Timrek
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I'm
Timrek the Gorf -- and we're the Teppums! Hey, you don't have any idea for a
closing number, do you?
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Kermit
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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!
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Timrek
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...
Are
you thinking what I'm thinking?
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[
Everyone immediately changes into their costumes, and they all start singing
"Chattanooga Choo-Choo". ]
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Muppets
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Pardon
me, boy -- is that the Chattanooga Choo-Choo?
Track
twenty-nine... Boy, you could give me a shine
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Teppums
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I
can afford to board the Chattanooga Choo-Choo
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Leon
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I've
got my fare, and just a trifle to spare
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Noel
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Leave
the Pennsylvania Station at a quarter to four
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B&B
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Read
a magazine and then you're in Baltimore
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Alien
B&B
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Diner
in the diner, nothing could be finer
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Link
& chickens
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Than
to have your ham and eggs in Carolina
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Bean
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There's
gonna be a certain party at the station
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Bunnies
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Satin
and lace -- hop! hop! -- I used to call funny face
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Extremes
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She's
gonna CRY until I tell her that I'll never roam
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Muppets
& Teppums
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So
Chattanooga Choo-Choo, won't you choo-choo me home!
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Louie
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Kermit!
How do I get out of this costume?
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Kermit
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That's
not a costume!
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Louie
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What?
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Kermit
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We've
merchandised you to sixteen toy companies!
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Louie
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Get
my agent on the phone!
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Digit
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When
you hear the whistle blowin' eight to the bar
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Tigid
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Then
you know that Tennessee is not very far
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Kermit
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Shovel
all the coal in
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Timrek
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Gotta
keep it rollin'
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Ms
& Ts
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Whoo-whoo,
Chattanooga, there you are
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Gonzo
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There's
gonna be a certain party at the station
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Chickens
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Satin
and lace -- Bawk!
Bawk!
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Oznog
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I
used to call funny face
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Extremes
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She's
gonna CRY until I tell her that I'll never roam
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Muppets
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So
Chattanooga Choo-Choo, won't you choo-choo me
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Teppums
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Chattanooga
Choo-Choo, won't you choo-choo me
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All
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Chattanooga
Choo-Choo, won't you choo-choo me HOME!
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[
Everybody nods and bows for the fade-out... ]
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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
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