Scooter's Story

Hehe! I'm curious to know if you're the first person to realize where that song was from.

I know Foz would know, but I don't think he's looked at this yet.

SCENE 15

INT. MUPPET THEATER

A large crowd of Muppets have gathered around backstage, many carrying blank picket signs. KERMIT enters, sees what's going on, and shudders.

KERMIT: What the hey? What is going on around here?

FOZZIE: Kermit, we are going on strike.

KERMIT: On strike?

FOZZIE: Yes, Kermit, we are all going on strike.

RIZZO: And there ain't nuttin you can do about it! Right?

They're all in agreeance.

LINK: Excuse me, but is this the line to the men's room?

KERMIT: Why are you all going on strike?

They all look at each other confused.

FOZZIE: Well, we haven't quite figured that part out yet, Kermit.

RIZZO: Every time we try and figure it out, it gets into a big arguement.

ZIPPITY-ZAP: It don't get into no arguement.

RIZZO: It gets into a huge arguement!

ZIPPITY-ZAP: No, it don't.

RIZZO: Yes, it do!

ZIPPITY-ZAP: No, it don't.

RIZZO: Yes, it do!

ZIPPITY-ZAP: No, it don't.

RIZZO: Don't mess with me, man! I have carried the plague!

KERMIT: Alright, alright! Yeesh! Does this have anything to do with Scooter's not being here?

FOZZIE: Weeell, sorta, I think. Some say yes, others say no. But the show is a mess, Kermit!

KERMIT: I know, I know.

STATLER: The show was a mess before!

WALDORF: Yeah!

KERMIT: You guys are picketing, too?

STATLER: Of course!

WALDORF: We're picketing that they stay on strike!

KERMIT: Good grief!

PEPE: Kermin, I would just like to say, if you had included me in the movie more, we could have avoided this whole messy situation, okay. Look how many peoples have rallied to my cause!

KERMIT: Pepe, they're not picketing because of you, they're picketing because of the show!

PEPE: I am the show, okay! Without me, where do you think all the sexy womens would come from?

RIZZO: There are sexy womens?

PEPE: Galore, okay!

KERMIT: Everybody, please, just stop this.

FOZZIE: I'm sorry, Kermit, our minds are made up.

KERMIT: On what???

FOZZIE: We're still not sure yet.

KERMIT: Yeesh!

ROWLF: Kermit, the thing of it is, the show stinks. You can't blame it on the dog this time...

BEAN pops up momentarily.

BEAN: That's one for The Muppets Take Manhattan!

BEAN disappears.

ROWLF: ... it just does. I don't know what it is. Maybe it's Scooter, maybe something else. Something's missing. And, well, things are gonna be pretty rocky for a while, I guess.

KERMIT: Yes, but we just need to stick it out. The show's not all bad... well, it is, but we need to just keep working at it. We'll get it eventually, even without whatever it is that's missing. We just have to stick together. Now, what do you say?

All the Muppets look at each other.

ALL: Nah!

RIZZO: Picketing's just so much easier.

GONZO: It's like vacation!

FOZZIE: We'll be back when everything's fixed, Kermit.

LINK: I still have to use the bathroom! Are they done yet?

The Muppets start to exit. KERMIT has had all he can take.

KERMIT: (exploding) All right, that's it! Nobody is going anywhere! We have work to do! I don't care if you think something's missing, I don't care if we don't have an audience, the show is going on!!! The show is going on, and you will all be there if I have to nail you to the stage!!! No one is picketing! No one is going on strike! You're going to stay here, and you are going to work! I pay the bills here, I pay your wages, and I haven't had a cup of coffee in over a week, and I'm sick of it! I tell you, I'm sick of it! Sick of it! Sick! Sick! *pant pant pant pant*

The Muppets all start to go back to work.

FOZZIE: Well, you could ask nicely!

GONZO: Yeah, don't be so bombastic.

PEPE: Si, if I did something like this, people would think I was crazy, okay.

RIZZO: Maybe you oughta get some therapy or something.

ROWLF: I hear drinkin's a powerful tool.

RIZZO: Seems like he's already been doin' some o' dat.

SAM: Very Un-American.

BEAKER waves his finger at KERMIT as if to say "shame shame".

BEAKER: Mee mee mee!

BUNSEN: Yes, very shameful.

KERMIT is left there, always the victim of whatever happens.

KERMIT: Yeesh!

SCENE 16

EXT. BATTLE OF THE BANDS CONCERT

SCOOTER, BEAN, and the ELECTRIC MAYHEM members make their way through the crowds toward the stage. It's actually incredibly nice for a concert. They're in Beverly Hills.

SCOOTER: Wow! This is incredible!

FLOYD: I better be for how much it cost to get in here.

DR. TEETH: Beverly Hills, 90210! Hey, this must be where that show takes place!

JANICE: Oh, like, Luke Perry's a total babe!

FLOYD: Hey, man!

JANICE: Oh! Sorry, honey!

FLOYD: Yeah, that's what I thought.

ZOOT: Hey, I thought she was my woman!

FLOYD: Well, look at it this way, I could arrange it so your lips were permenantly attached to that saxaphone.

ZOOT: ... That'd be fan-scadiddlybop-tastic!

BEAN: Hey, there's another Muppet line, Scooter!

SCOOTER: What's that one from?

BEAN: Uh, I actually can't remember.

FLOYD: Come on, man! We're booked for this here shin-dig!

BEAN: Wow! This is pretty cool, huh, Scooter?

SCOOTER: It's great! Really great! I wonder who we'll be playing against.

DR. TEETH: Who cares?

FLOYD: Yeah, we got this thing in the bag, man!

SCOOTER: Well, still, it'd be nice to know who the competition was.

FLOYD: Well, when it happens, you'll know.

BEAN: Is that a Muppet movie line?

SCOOTER: No, the line was: "The first time it happens, you know."

BEAN: That's the one! That's one big check on The Great Muppet Caper!

SCOOTER: ... You're actually keeping track?

BEAN: I'm keeping tally on the bottom of my foot.

SCOOTER: That's a little weird.

BEAN: I keep weird company.

DR. TEETH: The gang is babbling!

FLOYD: What are you guys talkin' about? We gotta get on stage.

Our group of musical Muppets make their way to the stage. Once on stage, they meet the host of the contest...

Really? I've haven't seen that episode yet. Well, there's one more reference, isn't it?

Maybe, but I know Zoot has said it before. I think it's in one of the movies, maybe the first one, but I'm not sure.

References that I'm counting (just the movies and TV movies) that's five (I think). Three to go!

I've seen the Lullaby of Broadway number, just not the show. That is an absolutely wonderful joke!

Well, Bean wouldn't know about that episode, his generation didn't get to see much of The Muppet Show.

...the host of the contest is none other than DR. DEMENTO!

DR. DEMENTO: Hello, everyone! Welcome to the battle of the bands, I'm Dr. Demento, your host for the evening! Tonight we've got a great line-up of some wonderful talent, and some not so wonderful talent. So, now, to get things rolling, let's introduce... Pepe the King Prawn!

Yes, PEPE. He is already onstage, revealed as DR. DEMENTO exits.

PEPE: Hola! Si, it is me, Pepe. I took all the copies of the script, and since there were not enough scenes with me in them in this movie, I added a whole bunch of them, okay. Ehhh, unfortunately, most of them have already taken place, so you will not be able to see them. But, don't worry. Don't worry. You go buy the DVD when it comes out, and they will all be there. Trust me, trust me on this one, okay. Anyway, looking back into my memory banks, I don't really have too much musicals in my history, so now, for this battle of the bands, I present to you my band... Richard!

Goofy music starts. SEYMOUR enters.

SEYMOUR:

(sung)

I'm Seymour!

PEPE:

I'm Pepe!

BOTH:

We're two of a kind!

PEPE:

I'm a little bit forward...

SEYMOUR:

And I've got a big behind!

PEPE: (spoken) Say, Seymour?

SEYMOUR: Yes, Pepe?

PEPE: What do you get when you cross an elephant with a rhino?

SEYMOUR: Elephino?

PEPE: Nooo, eh--- What's this you stealing my lines?

SEYMOUR: Oh, sorry, Pepe.

PEPE: It's okay, it's okay. I got a better one! I got a better one! Say, Seymour?

SEYMOUR: Yes, Pepe?

PEPE: What do you get when you cross an elephant with a rhino?

SEYMOUR: I don't know. What do you get when you cross an elephant with a rhino?

PEPE: Ah, never mind. It's irrelevant!!!

SEYMOUR: Ah, ha ha ha ha ha!

PEPE: You don't get it, do you?

SEYMOUR: No.

PEPE: See, it's very simple, okay. When you cross an elephant with a rhino, you get a relephant. Therefore, it's irrelevant!

SEYMOUR: You're right, it's irrelevant. I don't get the point anymore!

PEPE: Unbelievable, okay!

They get booed off.

DR. DEMENTO returns to the stage as SEYMOUR and PEPE (grumbling) exit.

DR. DEMENTO: Okay! That was very... uh, on to the next performer! ... Okay, there seems to be a bit of a mix-up here. Two of our bands are playing the same song.

SCOOTER: Heh, wonder who that is.

FLOYD: Poor, sorry sap. Doesn't know enough to come up with somethin' original.

DR. DEMENTO: Would the Electric Mayhem please step forward?

DR. TEETH: Dang it!

DR. DEMENTO: And also, the band... Weezer?

SCOOTER: Weezer? Weezer's here?

BRIAN, RIVERS, SCOTT, and PAT of WEEZER step forward.

WEEZER: Aw, man! What'd we do?

DR. DEMENTO: It seems your two bands have picked the same song to sing. Now, you can either play it together, or you can choose a new song.

FLOYD: ... Call dibs on keepin' the song!

BRIAN: Not fair! It's our song!

FLOYD: And we called it! Heh heh!

RIVERS: No, it's our song. We wrote it! We played it first!

FLOYD: Yeah, and we also got us a groovier video to go with it! Hit it, man!

WEEZER's Beverly Hills begins to play, and the ELECTRIC MAYHEM's video runs with it. Their video is a spoof of the original WEEZER video. We cut back and forth between the ELECTRIC MAYHEM video, and WEEZER playing on stage at the battle of the bands concert.

FLOYD:

(sung)

Where I come from isn't all that great,
My automobile is a piece of crap,
My fashion sense is a little whack
And my friends are just as screwy as me.

RIVERS:

I didn't go to boarding schools,
Preppy girls never looked at me.
Why should they? I ain't nobody,
Got nothin' in my pocket.

DR. TEETH:

Beverly Hills,
That's where I want to be!
Living in Beverly Hills.
Beverly Hills,
Rollin' like a celebrity!
Living in Beverly Hills.

We show a few clips of BEAN and SCOOTER dancing with playboy bunnies throughout.

FLOYD:

Look at all those movie stars,
The look so beautiful and clean.
When the housemaids scrub the floors,
They get the spaces inbetween.

RIVERS:

I wanna live a life like that!
I wanna be just like a king.
Take my picture by the pool
Cuz I'm the next big thing in...

DR. TEETH:

Beverly Hills,
That's where I want to be!
Living in Beverly Hills.
Beverly Hills,
Rollin' like a celebrity!
Living in Beverly Hills.

SCOOTER:

The truth is, I don't stand a chance.
It's something that you're born into
And I just don't belong.

RIVERS:

No I don't, I'm just a no-class, beat-down fool,
And I will always be that way.
I might as well enjoy my life
And watch the stars play...

ALL:

Beverly Hills,
That's where I want to be!
Living in Beverly Hills.
Beverly Hills,
Rollin' like a celebrity!
Living in Beverly Hills.
Beverly Hills!
Beverly Hills!
Living in Beverly Hills...

The two bands celebrate together at the end of the song.

FLOYD: Hey, you guys are okay.

DR. TEETH: You ever wanna become real stars, you come see us, and we'll give you a few pointers.

RIVERS: Well, that'd be great, Dr. Teeth. You know, I've always liked you. In fact, I'd probably vote you for president.

FLOYD: Hey, man, just play the gig! Never get involved in politics!

BEAN: And now we got Muppet Treasure Island covered.

SCOOTER: Ha ha!

DR. DEMENTO comes on.

DR. DEMENTO: Okay, folks! Now, it's time to announce the winner of this year's semi-annual Beverly Hills battle of the bands contest. The winner is... Weird Al Yankovic!

WEEZER AND ELECTRIC MAYHEM: What???

WEIRD AL enters excitedly playing his accordian.

WEIRD AL: Whoooo-hooooo! Yes! Ha ha ha ha!

WEIRD AL grabs hold of the microphone.

WEIRD AL: Whoooooo! This is great! This award goes right in the face of all thos people who said UHF sucked! It didn't suck! It was the best movie ever!!!

WEIRD AL gets two responses from the crowd in agreeance... the rest remain silent.

WEIRD AL: ... Twenty-seven, forever!!!

The crowd goes wild.

FLOYD: Dagnabit!

SCOOTER: Oh, well.

BEAN: Twenty-seven? What'd he mean by twenty-seven?

SCOOTER: ... I dunno.

Either I missed something or I didn't read well enough, but how did the Electirc Mayhem get from Chicago to L.A.?

Either way, I love the story.

Another point you missed is that they were once in the desert. How did they get from the Muppet theater to Nevada to Chicago to L.A.? ... But, I don't ask questions. I just write the script.

SCENE 17

EXT. STREET

SCOOTER, BEAN, and the ELECTRIV MAYHEM are walking through the streets of L.A.

FLOYD: Come on, man! We only got a day to get there.

SCOOTER: Where are we going now?

FLOYD: We're goin' to the biggest concert we'll ever get to play at!

SCOOTER: Wow! And we're the star band?

DR. TEETH: Star band? Who said anything about being the star band?

JANICE: Like, we'll be lucky if they let us clean the toilets!

FLOYD: Hey, man, that's not cool! You gotta have faith! Stick it out. We could play there if we put our minds to it.

SCOOTER: Wow, really?

FLOYD: Naw, but it sounded good, didn't it?

SCOOTER: So, where's the concert?

DR. TEETH: New York City!

SCOOTER: New York City???

PASSING COWBOYS: New York City???

SCOOTER: We're in L.A.! We've gotta get to New York City???

COWBOYS: New York City???

FLOYD: (to COWBOYS) We heard the joke the first time!

DR. TEETH: Yeah, it wasn't funny then, and it ain't funny now. Beat it!

The COWBOYS leave, disapointed.

SCOOTER: How on earth are we ever going to get to New York City?

FLOYD: Like I said, we best get anklin'.

SCOOTER: Wait a minute! I have an idea!

SCOOTER walks out of frame for a moment.

DR. TEETH: Should we leave him?

FLOYD: We better. When ever someone says "I have an idea" in a movie, it ain't a good thing. Oh, no, wait. No time. He's back.

SCOOTER returns with a tray of popcorn.

SCOOTER: Who needs to ankle? We can raise the money and get bus tickets to New York. We could be there by tomorrow night in time for the concert!

FLOYD: (looking SCOOTER up and down) Man, how many times you gonna pull this schtick?

SCOOTER: It'll work! Trust me!

BEAN starts eating up all the popcorn.

SCOOTER: Hey, get out of there, Bean!

BEAN: Hey, I'm creating scarcity. Drives the prices up.

SCOOTER: Come on, it could work.

DR. TEETH: It could also fail miserably. Let's look at both sides o' the coin.

FLOYD: If only we still had our bus...

ALL: Yeah.

There is a few moments of silence, all are looking down, thinking.

SCOOTER: ... Er, what are we doing?

FLOYD: Reminiscing.

SCOOTER: Oh. Reminiscing?

FLOYD: Yeah, reminiscing.

SCOOTER: Oh... This one time, I put a wasps nest on my head and did the hokey-pokey.

FLOYD: ... What the heck was that?

SCOOTER: I was reminiscing.

FLOYD: We was reminicing about the bus!

SCOOTER: ... Oh.

BEAN: ... Did you really do that?

SCOOTER: Do what?

BEAN: Put a wasps nest on your head and do the hokey-pokey?

SCOOTER: Oh, yeah, sure.

BEAN: Really? Sounds dangerous.

SCOOTER: Aw, you're just a wimp.

BEAN: I am not a wimp!

SCOOTER: Sure, you're a wimp!

BEAN: ... Well, okay. That just means you have to learn to love me.

FLOYD: (aggrivated) Could we get a moment of silence for one of our fallen brothers, please?

SCOOTER: Oh, sure. Who fell?

ELECTRIC MAYHEM MEMBERS: The bus!!!

SCOOTER: Oh, right. Sorry.

BEAN: Sorry.

The two put their heads back down in silence.

BEAN: ... Ooh, hey, what's this?

BEAN bends down to pick something up.

BEAN: Hey! I found a money clip! There must be five-hundred bucks here!

DR. TEETH: All right!

FLOYD: New York City, here we come!!!

SCENE 18

INT. MADISON SQUARE GARDEN

SCOOTER, BEAN, and the ELECTRIC MAYHEM enter the lobby.

SCOOTER: Wow! This is incredible!

FLOYD: Freak City!

SCOOTER: So, this is Freak City.

They all look at SCOOTER, confused, but shrug it off.

DR. TEETH: Well, we better see if we can get tickets.

SCOOTER: Tickets? You mean, we're not even going backstage?

FLOYD: Backstage? Ah, heh heh! This is the show of the century! We wouldn't miss this for nothin'.

SCOOTER: So we're just going to watch it?

FLOYD: Yeah, what'd you think we were playin' in it?

The ELECTRIC MAYHEM and BEAN walk off.

SCOOTER: Gee, I was just hopin' we'd at least get to go backstage.

SCOOTER overhears to people talking.

MAN#1: What are we going to do? What are we going to do?

MAN#2: What happened? What happened?

MAN#1: The Crows of Despair aren't here. They were supposed to be the band for our lead singer.

MAN#2: What?? The band's not here? Where are they??

MAN#1: The Crows of Despair are at a wedding.

MAN#2: No, no, no! What on earth will we ever do?

SCOOTER: *ahem!*

They turn to look at SCOOTER.

SCOOTER: Hi, there! I'm Scooter. I think I might be able to help you---

MAN#1: Get away from me, kid. You bother me.

SCOOTER: Look, I'm a representative of the hit band, The Electric Mayhem!

MAN#2: The Electric Mayhem? Who are they?

SCOOTER: Only the greatest band the Muppets ever produced! And they're here to play back-up for you guys!

MAN#2: Well, we do need a band...

INT. STAGE

SCOOTER, BEAN, and the ELECTRIC MAYHEM are all set up on stage.

FLOYD: Wow, man! How'd you get this gig?

SCOOTER: Turns out I'm a better road manager than I thought.

BEAN: Hey, who's playing this show, anyway?

ANNOUNCER: Ladies and gentlemen, please give a big round of applause for... Mr. Alice Cooper!!!!

ALICE COOPER enters with a SNAKE over his shoulders.

SCOOTER: Alice Cooper???

ALICE COOPER approaches the mic.

ALICE COOPER: Thanks, everyone! (to SNAKE) You can go, Sally.

SALLY THE SNAKE: Thank you, darling.

The SNAKE slithers off.

ALICE COOPER: Ladies and gentlemen in the audience, in honor of having the Muppets here with us tonight, I would like to play one of my favorite songs. I'm sure you know it, and if not, I'm sure you'll like it as much as I do.

ALICE COOPER pulls a banjo out from behind him, and starts to play...

ALICE COOPER:

(sung)

Why are there so many
Songs about rainbows
And what's on the other side?
Rainbows are visions,
But only illusions
And rainbows have nothing to hide.
So we've been told and some chose to
Believe it
But I know they're wrong wait and see...

Someday we'll find it
The Rainbow Connection
The lovers, the dreamers and me.

(spoken) Come on, Scooter, join in.

ALICE COOPER AND SCOOTER:

Who said that every wish
Would be heard and answered
When wished on the morning star?
Somebody thought of that
And someone believed it,
Look what it's done so far.
What's so amazing
That keeps us star gazing?
And what do we think we might see?

Someday we'll find it,
That Rainbow Connection
The lovers the dreamers and me.

All of us under it's spell,
We know that it's probably magic!

Have you been half asleep
And have you heard voices?
I've heard them calling my name.
Is this the sweet sound that called
The young sailors?
The voice might be one and the same.
I've heard it too many times to ignore it,
It's something that I'm supposed to be.

Someday we'll find it,
The Rainbow Connection
The lovers, the dreamers and me.

The crowd goes wild.

ALICE COOPER: Thanks for singing that with me, Scooter.

SCOOTER: Wow! Hey, no problem! That was great! But... boy, I really do miis the Muppet Theater now.

FLOYD: You miss the Muppet Theater?

SCOOTER: I really do. I- I thought I'd like it out here. And, I mean, I did get to go after my dream. I just miss everyone at the theater.

DR. TEETH: Well, you're in luck! That's where we're heading next.

SCOOTER: Really? Ya mean it?

FLOYD: We goin' home, kid.

SCOOTER smiles.

SCENE 19

INT. MUPPET THEATER - BACKSTAGE

There is a huge celebration as SCOOTER, BEAN, and the ELECTRIC MAYHEM return.

ALL: Welcome back!

ROWLF: We missed you 'round here!

GONZO: Good to see ya!

CLIFFORD: How's it hangin'?

RIZZO: Bring me back anything?

SCOOTER: Hello, everyone!

FOZZIE: Scooter!

FOZZIE hugs SCOOTER... a bit too tight.

FOZZIE: Oh, we missed you!

SCOOTER: Fozzie! ... I can't breath!

FOZZIE: Oh, sorry, Scooter.

FOZZIE lets him go.

KERMIT approaches.

KERMIT: Scooter! Where have you been? This place has been a wreck! The guest stars don't show up, the cast has no idea what's going on, and I haven't had my coffee yet!!!

Everyone is silent.

KERMIT: ... And it's good to see you back!

SCOOTER: Aw, thanks, boss.

KERMIT: Scooter... I... I know you wanna be a big music star and everything, but...

SCOOTER: Yeah, Kermit?

KERMIT: Would you mind doing us just one favor?

SCOOTER: Anything, chief!

KERMIT: Would you go up to the guest star's dressing room and tell him he's on next.

KERMIT exits.

SCOOTER: (content) Sure thing, boss.

INT. DRESSING ROOM

SCOOTER knocks on the door and enters. He looks around. No one is there.

SCOOTER: Hello? Hello, is anyone here? Did I get the wrong dressing room again.

KERMIT enters.

KERMIT: No, Scooter. This is the right dressing room.

SCOOTER: Boss, the dressing room's empty. There's no one here.

KERMIT: Of course there is, Scooter. You're here, aren't you?

SCOOTER: Me?

KERMIT: Scooter, it's been a rough couple of years.

SCOOTER: I've only been gone a week.

KERMIT: Er, yeah, well, you know what I mean. Anyway, it's just good to have you back, Scooter. I hear you've been to a lot of places since you were last here. People are looking at you like a star. Would you be our guest star tonight, Scooter?

SCOOTER: ... Me? The star?

SCENE 20

INT. MUPPET THEATER - STAGE

SCOOTER stands onstage along with the ELECTRIC MAYHEM playing an updated version of the song, Six String Orchestra.

SCOOTER:

(sung)

The very day I purchased it,
I christened my guitar
As my monophonic symphony,
Six-stringed orchestra.
In my room I practice late,
They leave me alone.
My mother said: "You're nothing yet
To make the folks write home."

And so I dream a bass will join me
And fill the bottom in.
And maybe now some lead guitar
So it would not sound so thin.
I need some drums to set the beat
And help me keep in time.
And way back in the distance,
A horn would sound so fine.

And we'd all play together
Like fine musicians should.
And it would sound like music,
And the music would sound good.
But in real life, I'm stuck with
That same old formula.
Me and my monophonic symphony,
Six-string orchestra!

I'm taking guitar lessons,
Though my teacher just took leave.
It was something about a break down,
Or needing a reprieve.
I know I'll find my future,
So I will persevere
And hold onto my dreams of making
Music to their ear.

And so I dream a bass will join me
And fill the bottom in.
And maybe now some lead guitar
So it would not sound so thin.
I need some drums to set the beat
And help me keep in time.
And way back in the distance,
Some horns would sound so fine.

And we'd all play together
Like fine musicians should.
And it would sound like music,
And the music would sound good.
But in real life, I'm stuck with
That same old formula.
Me and my monophonic symphony,
Six-string orchestra!

The crowd applaudes. KERMIT enters, as do a few other Muppets including SAM EAGLE.

KERMIT: That was great, Scooter!

SCOOTER: Thanks, boss.

SAM: I found that whole production to be a cheap and sad display. Very uncultured, and lacking in any form of true musical talent.

KERMIT: Aw, Sam, you're just an old stick in the mud.

SAM: I am not! Why, obviously you don't recall the great, wonderful production of A Salute to All Nation, But Mostly America.

BEAN pops up.

BEAN: That's it! That's the one I was waiting for! We did it!

SCOOTER: Did what, Bean?

BEAN: That was the reference I was waiting for! This movie now proudly contains references to The Muppet Movie, The Great Muppet Caper, The Muppets Take Manhattan, A Muppet Christmas Carol, Muppet Treasure Island, Muppets From Space, It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie, The Muppets Wizard of Oz, Kermit's Swamp Years, The Muppet Show, Sesame Street, Fraggle Rock, Muppets Tonight, The Muppets at Walt Disney World, and MuppetVision 3-D! (to audience) Can you find them all? Ha ha!

SCOOTER: What about the Jim Henson Hour?

BEAN: Aw, nuts! I wanted to include one from that, too.

KERMIT: Well, I don't know about you, but I could sure use a sweet vacation.

BEAN: There it is! The Jim Henson Hour! Yaaaaay!

KERMIT AND SCOOTER: Well, that's great!

KERMIT: Good night, folks, and we'll see you all next time on the Muppet Show!

SCOOTER: Bye!

They all celebrate.

EXT. DESERT - NIGHT

The BARENAKED LADIES stand outside, staring at their overturned van shaking their heads.

We pan across to reveal BOBO holding a picnic basket.

BOBO: Hey, when we get going, could we stop at a McDonald's? You guys are all out of food.

The BARENAKED LADIES turn to look at BOBO, angrily.

BOBO: What are you lookin' at me for?

THE END!

Awwww, Kermit let Scooter be the guest star.

Nice story.

thanks!

By the wa-ay, can anyone find all the references Bean's talking about?

Find all of them, and you win a fab... ulous prize!!!

... maybe.

Wooohooo! Wonderful job! I seriously wanna see this movie now. Again, great job.