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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).

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Announcer
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We
take you now to Kermit the Frog with another fast breaking news story!
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Kermit
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[
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?
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Stepsisters
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Yeah.
Okay.
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[
Kermit realizes the camera is on him. The girls instantly start waving at
the camera and acting stupid. ]
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Kermit
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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.
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Kermit
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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!
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Prince
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Why,
yahs, you can, Dad always tells me to be nice to the media.
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Kermit
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Mm
hm. Mm hm. Uh, pardon me, who's that behind you, sir?
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Prince
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Oh,
that's my, uh -- ahem -- lackey. [ to the Lackey: ] Sit! [
The Lackey sits. The Prince turns back to Kermit: ] Shoot.
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[
The Prince strikes a dramatic pose, looking off into the distance. ]
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Kermit
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Uh
huh. Yeah. Well, I understand you've been combing the countryside, and so
far, you have...
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[
Distracted, Kermit tries to see what the Prince is looking at. ]
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Kermit
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...
uh, so far, you have not found the girl whose foot fits that slipper, is
that right, sir.
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Prince
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That
is true, frog. I have not yet found my... True Love.
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Stepsisters
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Over
here! Heh heh.
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[
Again, Kermit is distracted by the Prince's pose. ]
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Kermit
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Yeah.
Well, okay, well, right now you're down to the very last cottage in the
kingdom...
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Prince
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Yahs...
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Kermit
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And
that is the one that belongs to Cinderella and her two wicked stepsisters!
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Prince
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Yahs,
where is that cottage, can you tell me?
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Kermit
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Uh,
it's right behind you, sir.
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Prince
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Hm?
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Stepsisters
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Yoo
hoo! Hello!
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Prince
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Aha.
Ladies, ladies! Please step over there by the bench with your feet out.
Yahs, thank you, skedaddle along, skedaddle... [ to the Lackey: ] Heel.
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[
The Stepsisters and Cinderella line up. ]
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Prince
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All
right, ladies, all right, now who shall be first? Lackey, take the first
wicked stepsister please.
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Stepsis
#1
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Oh!
Here I am!
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Prince
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Try
it on her foot. Ohhh... I'm sorry, wicked stepsister number one, but that
slipper is much too big for you.
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Stepsis
#1
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Awwwww.
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Cinderella
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Heh
heh. Heh heh.
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Stepsis
#1
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Try
the other wicked stepsister. Her foot's bigger than mine!
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Prince
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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.
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Prince
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All
right, Cinderella, your turn?
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Cinderella
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Me?
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Prince
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Yahs,
you, dear.
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Cinderella
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Ohhh,
let it be me, let it be me...
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Prince
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Mmmmm...
Ohhh, no, your foot isn't big enough either.
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Cinderella
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Oh.
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Prince
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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...
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[
The Prince starts to cry. ]
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Cinderella
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Awwww...
wait, you want the biggest foot of all?
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Prince
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I
want my True Love!
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Cinderella
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Well,
somebody else in our cottage has the biggest feet of all!
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Prince
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Oh?
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[
Cinderella whistles. ]
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Kermit
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Holy
cow.
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Prince
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Could this be my True Love?
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[
A cow enters. ]
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Cow
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Yes?
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Prince
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Oh!
Put your foot up, please. Lackey -- quickly! Ah! It FITS!
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Cow
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It
does?
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Prince
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My
True Love!
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[
Everyone gasps as the Prince embraces the Cow. ]
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Kermit
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...
These fairy tales are beginning to get me down. Uh, this is Kermit the Frog,
returning you to your regularly scheduled shoe. Uh, show.
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Prince
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Hmm.
Funny. You looked different that night at the palace.
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in June:
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with
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Tough
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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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