Tough Pigs Anthology

April 2003

 

Breaking News

Part 4: Three Little Pigs

 

Cast: Jim Henson (Kermit), Frank Oz (Pig), Jerry Nelson (Wolf, Announcer).

 

 

    

 

 

Anncr

 

And now we take you to Kermit the Frog for another fast-breaking news story!

 

Kermit

 

[ to off-screen: ]  Hey, Jeff, how's the wife? What? She's on camera? Oh, I'M on camera! Oh! Ahem. Hi there, Kermit the Frog, uh, Sesame Street News, reporting to you today from the house of the Three Little Pigs. And today we're expecting the Big Bad Wolf to drop around, but first... hark, I believe this is one of the Three Little Pigs here...

 

Pig

 

[ humming ]  Dee da da dee... Pig of my heart...

 

Kermit

 

Uh, pardon me, Pig...

 

Pig

 

Mmm? Yes.

 

Kermit

 

Excuse me, could I ask you a few -- Kermit the Frog, Sesame Street News...

 

Pig

 

Oh! Oh! Yes.  [ The Pig brushes himself off. ]

 

 

    

 

 

Kermit

 

Can I ask you a question or two? Uh, for instance, could you tell me what this house is built of?

 

[ The Pig over-emphasizes all of his answers, hamming it up for the camera. ]

 

Pig

 

Ahem. STRAW.

 

Kermit

 

Uh huh. Straw. 

 

Pig

 

STRAW.

 

Kermit

 

Yes, uh, well, could you tell us exactly why you built your house out of straw?

 

Pig

 

Because -- ahem -- because straw is light and easy to carry. And when we get hungry, we can nibble on a wall or two, even.

 

Kermit

 

Well, don't you think it would've been better to build a house out of wood, or bricks, or something like that?

 

Pig

 

Why?

 

 

    

 

 

Kermit

 

In case somebody like, oh, I don't know, maybe a Big Bad Wolf were to come along, and huff and puff and blow the house down? 

 

Pig

 

Blow this house down? 

 

Kermit

 

Yeah, well...

 

Pig

 

I worked four DAYS on this house! This is a STRONG house!

 

Kermit

 

Yeah, but... 

 

Pig

 

Blow this house down! Blow THIS house down! Ha, ha!

 

[ The Pig enters the house, chuckling to himself. ]

 

Pig

 

Oh, I gotta tell the guys that, that's a good one! Ha, ha!

 

[ The Pig opens the door again to shout at Kermit. ]

 

Pig

 

'Tis to LAUGH!

 

[ He slams the door. ]

 

Kermit

 

He seems to take the whole subject rather lightly, but, uh... hark! What do I see coming now?

 

 

    

 

 

Wolf

 

[ The Wolf enters, humming: ]  I'm gonna cook you for sup-per...

 

Kermit

 

It's a large shaggy thing... uh, pardon me, are you indeed the Big Bad Wolf, himself?

 

Wolf

 

Oh, I am IN-DEEEEED!

 

[ The Wolf breathes on Kermit, who coughs at his bad breath. ]

 

Kermit

 

Uh, yeah, well, uh -- whew! -- can you tell me, uh, exactly, uh, what you have in mind, coming around here today?

 

Wolf

 

Oh, yeah. Well, you see, this is where the Three Little Pigs live.

 

Kermit

 

Uh, true.

 

Wolf

 

And I got some business with them, cause I'm gonna make them an offer they can't RE-FUUUUSE!

 

Kermit

 

[ coughs ]  Yeah. Well, do you mind if we from Sesame Street stand around to watch?

 

Wolf

 

Okay, but you better stand back.

 

Kermit

 

Okay. I'll just go right over here, by this tree.

 

[ Kermit hides by a nearby tree as the Wolf pounds on the door. ]

 

 

    

 

 

Wolf

 

Little pig, little pig, open the door!

 

Kermit

 

Whoa, whoa, wait a minute, hold it...  [ Kermit runs up to the Wolf. ]  Just one second, there's a tradition here, the Big Bad Wolf is supposed to say, "Little pig, little pig, let me come in!" 

 

Wolf

 

Oh, yeah...

 

Kermit

 

That's the line. Mm hmm.  [ He goes back to the tree. ]

 

Wolf

 

Little pig, little pig, let me come in! 

 

Pig

 

[ inside ]  Not by the hair of my chinny chin chin!

 

Kermit

 

Somehow I thought he would say that.

 

Wolf

 

Then I'll huff, and I'll puff, and I'll BLOWWWW your house in!

 

Kermit

 

Stand by, folks, here it comes!

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

[ The Wolf huffs and puffs, and starts to blow. ]

 

Kermit

 

Wow. There he goes, folks! The Wolf is huffing and puffing... and it's really quite a -- [ the tree blows away ] -- good heavens, it's really quite a breeze he's got going here... Let's see if he's able to blow the house down here -- [ another tree blows away ] -- He's really blowing hard -- [ the fence posts blow away ] -- Talk about strong breath, folks! -- [ ZIP! The fire hydrant is next ] -- My heavens! -- [ Kermit is struggling against the wind ] -- Remember, you saw it here on Sesame Street, folks! As you can see, the house is still standing, and -- [ the lamp post tips over ] -- Whew! The Wolf is still blowing, and so this is Kermit the Frog, and the Wolf is now returning me to Sesame Streeeeeeeeeeet.........

 

 

    

 

 

Next in the Anthology:

 

"If you have any information

regarding Rumplestiltskin's name,

call us here at Sesame Street 5-55..."

 

Part 5: Rumplestiltskin

 

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Tough Pigs Anthology Contents

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