Tough Pigs Anthology

July 2003

 

The Jim Henson Hour

Monster Telethon, Part 8:

Sweet Vacation

 

Cast: Jim Henson (Kermit, Link Hogthrob), Dave Goelz (Gonzo, Digit), 

Kevin Clash (Leon, Clifford), Fran Brill (Vicki), 

Steve Whitmire (Bean, Flash), Gordon Robertson (Lindy).

 

    

 

Leon

 

Uh huh. Exactly my point. Just like that fairy tale.

 

Clifford

 

Actually, it was more of an allegory.

 

Vicki

 

I think we should vote.

 

Leon

 

Hey -- how many people think voting is a dumb idea?

 

[ Link, Clifford, Lindy and Bean put up their hands. ]

 

Link

 

Me...

 

 

[ Gonzo walks by. ]

 

Vicki

 

Gonzo!

 

Leon

 

Where are you going?

 

Gonzo

 

Oh. Nothing personal, guys, but... I miss Kermit. So, uh... So long.

 

    

 

 

 

 

[ They watch him go. ]

 

Bean

 

Hey -- wait for me!

 

[ Bean takes off after Gonzo. After a moment, everyone else follows, leaving Leon behind. He takes a second to enjoy being in charge... then follows after the rest of them. ]

 

Leon

 

GUYS!

 

    

 

Download the closing number on mp3!

 

 

 

[ Gonzo arrives at the vacation spot. ]

 

Kermit

 

Gonzo!

 

Gonzo

 

Hi!

 

Kermit

 

Vicki

 

Vicki

 

Hi!

 

Kermit

 

Hey, why aren't you guys running the show? 

 

Gonzo

 

Oh... well... we left. Mind if we hang out with you?

 

Kermit

 

Oh, look! You're all here!

 

Leon

 

We all left! 

 

Bean

 

I skedaddled. It's cuter!

 

    

 

Kermit

 

Oh, this is fantastic! Hey, but how'd the show turn out? Did you do a good closing number? 

 

 

 

[ Everyone looks away. ]

 

Gonzo

 

Uhhh... well, actually... we never got to the closing number.

 

Kermit

 

What!?

 

Vicki

 

Well, to be honest with you, sir... we couldn't figure out how to run the show. 

 

Kermit

 

Oh, running the show is easy! Watch. Cue the closing number!

 

Gang

 

Whoa! Oh...

 

Vicki

 

[ sigh ] ... He makes it seem so easy. 

 

    

 

 

 

[ The Solid Foam band take their places for the closing number. ] 

 

Kermit

 

Even when I'm weary, and I just can't carry on

And the world is like an endless debt for me to pay

 

Kermit 

& Gonzo

 

Even when the neon seems to shine more than the sun

And the secret place I live in feels so far away 

 

K G V & L

 

Still, I've got a ticket for a magic holiday,

And it's always booked and ready, come what may

 

    

 

    

 

Clifford

 

Whoa-oa-oa-oa... 

 

All

 

Sweet vacation

Recreation

Destination home

 

Kermit

 

My friends can take me...

 

All

 

Sweet vacation

Recreation

Destination home

 

Kermit

 

My friends can take me home.

 

    

 

 

 

[ Flash plays a sax solo. Digit plays the keyboards. Leon runs by, having stolen a chicken's bikini. Gonzo swings on a rope, crashing into a tree -- and coconuts fall from the tree onto Lindy's head. ] 

 

Bean 

& Leon

 

Still, I've got a ticket for a magic holiday,

And it's always booked and ready, come what may

 

Leon

 

Whoa-oa-oa-oa 

 

All

 

Sweet vacation

Recreation

Destination home

 

Kermit

 

My friends can take me...

 

All

 

Sweet vacation

Recreation

Destination home

 

Kermit

 

My friends can take me...

 

All

 

Sweet vacation

Recreation

Destination home

 

Kermit

 

My friends can take me... 

 

All

 

Home!

 

    

 

That's the end of this sweet vacation...

There's another Jim Henson Hour episode

coming in August!

 

Thanks again to Scott Hanson

of Back Stage Left

for the closing number mp3!

 

Monster Telethon contents

 

Danny@ToughPigs.com

 

 

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