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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).

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Leon
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Uh
huh. Exactly my point. Just like that fairy tale.
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Clifford
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Actually,
it was more of an allegory.
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Vicki
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I
think we should vote.
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Leon
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Hey
-- how many people think voting is a dumb idea?
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[
Link, Clifford, Lindy and Bean put up their hands. ]
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Link
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Me...
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[
Gonzo walks by. ]
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Vicki
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Gonzo!
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Leon
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Where
are you going?
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Gonzo
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Oh.
Nothing personal, guys, but... I miss Kermit. So, uh... So long.
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[
They watch him go. ]
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Bean
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Hey
-- wait for me!
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[
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. ]
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Leon
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GUYS!
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Download
the closing number on mp3!
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[
Gonzo arrives at the vacation spot. ]
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Kermit
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Gonzo!
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Gonzo
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Hi!
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Kermit
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Vicki!
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Vicki
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Hi!
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Kermit
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Hey,
why aren't you guys running the show?
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Gonzo
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Oh...
well... we left. Mind if we hang out with you?
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Kermit
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Oh,
look! You're all here!
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Leon
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We
all left!
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Bean
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I
skedaddled. It's cuter!
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Kermit
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Oh,
this is fantastic! Hey, but how'd the show turn out? Did you do a good
closing number?
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[
Everyone looks away. ]
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Gonzo
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Uhhh...
well, actually... we never got to the closing number.
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Kermit
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What!?
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Vicki
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Well,
to be honest with you, sir... we couldn't figure out how to run the show.
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Kermit
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Oh,
running the show is easy! Watch. Cue the closing number!
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Gang
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Whoa!
Oh...
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Vicki
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[
sigh ] ... He makes it seem so easy.
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[
The Solid Foam band take their places for the closing number. ]
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Kermit
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Even
when I'm weary, and I just can't carry on
And
the world is like an endless debt for me to pay
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Kermit
&
Gonzo
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Even
when the neon seems to shine more than the sun
And
the secret place I live in feels so far away
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K
G V & L
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Still,
I've got a ticket for a magic holiday,
And
it's always booked and ready, come what may
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Clifford
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Whoa-oa-oa-oa...
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All
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Sweet
vacation
Recreation
Destination
home
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Kermit
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My
friends can take me...
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All
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Sweet
vacation
Recreation
Destination
home
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Kermit
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My
friends can take me home.
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[
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. ]
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Bean
&
Leon
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Still,
I've got a ticket for a magic holiday,
And
it's always booked and ready, come what may
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Leon
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Whoa-oa-oa-oa
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All
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Sweet
vacation
Recreation
Destination
home
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Kermit
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My
friends can take me...
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All
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Sweet
vacation
Recreation
Destination
home
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Kermit
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My
friends can take me...
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All
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Sweet
vacation
Recreation
Destination
home
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Kermit
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My
friends can take me...
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All
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Home!
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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
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