Tough Pigs Anthology

July 2003

 

The Jim Henson Hour

Monster Telethon, Part 4:

Mrs Goldfarb

 

Cast: Jim Henson (Kermit), Frank Oz (Fozzie Bear),

Kevin Clash (Husband), Fran Brill (Wife),

Steve Whitmire (Purple Monster), Gordon Robertson (Pink Monster, Lindy),

Dan Redican (Beautiful Day Monster), Baby (Rob Mills).

 

    

 

Kermit

 

Hey, that looks like New York City. Fozzie? How's New York?

 

Fozzie

 

[ on a monitor: ]  Oh, Kermit! Hi! Oh, it's great! Oh, yeah, I've come to the Big Apple, to showcase my comic a-peel! Get it? Apple? A peel? Ahhhh! 

 

Kermit

 

Same old Fozzie, same old jokes.

 

Fozzie

 

No, no, no, Kermit, you're wrong. I have chosen a new career, with real artistic integrity. 

 

Kermit

 

Oh? And what career might that be?

 

Fozzie

 

I am going to be -- a TV weatherman! 

 

    

 

    

 

Kermit

 

A TV weatherman? Fozzie, are you sure?

 

Fozzie

 

Of course, Kermit! It is time to move on. It's time to leave behind the funny nose and glasses.  [ He tosses them. ]  Time to say goodbye to the childish whoopee cushion.  [ Splat. ]  And, of course, the tired old banana peel.  [ He drops it. ]  Kermit, I am now on my way to NBC headquarters to meet -- Willard Scott. Yes! Wish me luck!

 

[ Fozzie turns to go -- and slips on the banana peel he dropped. He falls to the ground with a crash. ]

 

Fozzie

 

Ya-aa-aa!  [ He gets up. ]  It was... the banana peel... Forget it.

 

[ Fozzie exits. ]

 

Kermit

 

Well, I guess if he can slip up there, he can slip up anywhere. Digit -- cue the soap opera! 

 

    

 

 

[ Soap-opera organ music. ]

 

Husband

 

Darling?

 

Wife

 

Yes, sweetiebuns?

 

Husband

 

I just spoke with Mrs Goldfarb.

 

Wife

 

Oh... about my operation? 

 

Husband

 

Yes...

 

    

 

 

 

[ The doorbell rings -- and suddenly, the door blows off its hinges, and monsters bust in. ] 

 

Purple M

 

Hello! 

 

Pink M

 

Hi! 

 

Purple M

 

May we come in?

 

Husband

 

Oh! It's monsters! 

 

Purple M

 

Actually, we don't like being called monsters. We prefer the term "cosmetically challenged." Ha ha ha.

 

    

 

Pink M

 

Have you GIVEN yet? 

 

Husband

 

What? 

 

Pink M

 

TWENTY BUCKS!

 

B-Day M

 

Thirty bucks and we'll give you your kid back. 

 

[ The Husband and Wife burst into tears. The monsters laugh. ] 

 

Husband

 

Wait! We don't have any kids. 

 

Monsters

 

Huh? 

 

[ The Beautiful-Day Monster has a baby in his arms. The baby instantly starts bawling and screaming. ]

 

Purple M

 

FIFTY bucks -- or we leave him HERE! 

 

    

 

Next: The Weatherbear

 

Monster Telethon contents

 

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Tough Pigs Anthology Contents

June 2003 -- The Jim Henson Hour: Science Fiction

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