Tough Pigs Anthology

May 2003

 

Breaking News

Part 18: The Cinderella Trilogy

Episode III.  A Shoe Hope

 

Cast: Jim Henson (Kermit), Frank Oz (Prince Charming), 

Jerry Nelson (Cinderella, Announcer), Richard Hunt (Cow),

unknown? (Wicked Stepsisters, Lackey).

 

    

 

 

Announcer

 

We take you now to Kermit the Frog with another fast breaking news story!

 

Kermit

 

[ Kermit talks to Cinderella and the Stepsisters. ]  Now, listen, when we get the cue, don't wave at the camera, and try not to act stupid, okay?

 

Stepsisters

 

Yeah. Okay.

 

 

[ Kermit realizes the camera is on him. The girls instantly start waving at the camera and acting stupid. ]

 

Kermit

 

Oh. Hi ho, this is Kermit the Frog of Sesame Street News, with another up to the minute update of the exciting Cinderella glass slipper story! Now, as you recall, Prince Charming gave a big party the other night, in which he fell in love with someone who left at midnight, leaving behind a beautiful glass slipper! And ever since then, the Prince has been combing the countryside, looking for the girl whose foot fits that slipper.

 

 

    

 

 

Kermit

 

And -- excuse me, right now, here comes Prince Charming right now, excuse me, Prince Charming, Kermit the Frog of Sesame Street News, can I ask you a few questions, sir! 

 

Prince

 

Why, yahs, you can, Dad always tells me to be nice to the media. 

 

Kermit

 

Mm hm. Mm hm. Uh, pardon me, who's that behind you, sir? 

 

Prince

 

Oh, that's my, uh -- ahem -- lackey.  [ to the Lackey: ]  Sit!  [ The Lackey sits. The Prince turns back to Kermit: ]  Shoot. 

 

 

 

[ The Prince strikes a dramatic pose, looking off into the distance. ]

 

Kermit

 

Uh huh. Yeah. Well, I understand you've been combing the countryside, and so far, you have...  

 

[ Distracted, Kermit tries to see what the Prince is looking at. ] 

 

Kermit

 

... uh, so far, you have not found the girl whose foot fits that slipper, is that right, sir. 

 

 

    

 

 

Prince

 

That is true, frog. I have not yet found my... True Love.

 

Stepsisters

 

Over here! Heh heh.

 

[ Again, Kermit is distracted by the Prince's pose. ]

 

Kermit

 

Yeah. Well, okay, well, right now you're down to the very last cottage in the kingdom...

 

Prince

 

Yahs...

 

Kermit

 

And that is the one that belongs to Cinderella and her two wicked stepsisters!

 

Prince

 

Yahs, where is that cottage, can you tell me?

 

Kermit

 

Uh, it's right behind you, sir.

 

Prince

 

Hm?

 

 

    

 

 

Stepsisters

 

Yoo hoo! Hello!

 

Prince

 

Aha. Ladies, ladies! Please step over there by the bench with your feet out. Yahs, thank you, skedaddle along, skedaddle... [ to the Lackey: ] Heel.

 

[ The Stepsisters and Cinderella line up. ] 

 

Prince

 

All right, ladies, all right, now who shall be first? Lackey, take the first wicked stepsister please.

 

Stepsis #1

 

Oh! Here I am!

 

 

    

 

 

Prince

 

Try it on her foot. Ohhh... I'm sorry, wicked stepsister number one, but that slipper is much too big for you.

 

Stepsis #1

 

Awwwww. 

 

Cinderella

 

Heh heh. Heh heh.

 

Stepsis #1

 

Try the other wicked stepsister. Her foot's bigger than mine!

 

Prince

 

Right, right. Raise your foot. Now, let's see here. Ohhh... wicked stepsister number two, your foot is bigger than hers, but it is still not big enough for the glass slipper. 

 

 

    

 

 

Prince

 

All right, Cinderella, your turn?

 

Cinderella

 

Me?

 

Prince

 

Yahs, you, dear. 

 

Cinderella

 

Ohhh, let it be me, let it be me...

 

Prince

 

Mmmmm... Ohhh, no, your foot isn't big enough either.

 

Cinderella

 

Oh.

 

Prince

 

Well, that's funny. Hm. Now, your foot was big, your foot was bigger, and your foot was the biggest of all... However, no one... fit the slipper...

 

[ The Prince starts to cry. ] 

 

Cinderella

 

Awwww... wait, you want the biggest foot of all?

 

Prince

 

I want my True Love!

 

Cinderella

 

Well, somebody else in our cottage has the biggest feet of all!

 

Prince

 

Oh?

 

[ Cinderella whistles. ]

 

 

    

 

 

Kermit

 

Holy cow.

 

Prince

 

... Could this be my True Love?

 

[ A cow enters. ] 

 

Cow

 

Yes?

 

Prince

 

Oh! Put your foot up, please. Lackey -- quickly! Ah! It FITS!

 

Cow

 

It does?

 

Prince

 

My True Love!

 

[ Everyone gasps as the Prince embraces the Cow. ]

 

Kermit

 

... These fairy tales are beginning to get me down. Uh, this is Kermit the Frog, returning you to your regularly scheduled shoe. Uh, show.

 

Prince

 

Hmm. Funny. You looked different that night at the palace.

 

 

    

 

 

Starting in June:

 

The Anthology spends some time

with The Jim Henson Hour!

 

 

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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