What happened after 'Muppets Tonight' was canceled.

[Fraggleforever]

Thanks everybody for you comments thus far. And especially you Prawncracker. Your stories left me speachless.

Chapter 5

Kermit had a meeting with all the Muppets later that day. Everybody was seated in the audience and Kermit was standing on the stage.
"Now, I have called this meeting for a very important reason. The new guys need to know what this place is, and what we do here."
He pointed in the direction of Bill the Bubble Guy, Nigel the Director, Andy and Randy Pig, Bobo the Bear, Mr. Poodlepants, Dr. Phil Van Neuter, Johnny Fiamma and Sal the Monkey, and Pepe. Except he noticed that Seymour wasn't among them.
"Pepe, where's Seymour?"
Pepe sighed and responded.
"He left for Florida hokay? He quit show business."
Kermit nodded sadly. "Yeah, he gave me his notice a few weeks ago. He will be sadly missed."
The Muppets agreed sadly.
"Sadly missed?!"
"Not likely!"
"Do ho ho ho!"
The Muppets looked up in the direction of the geezerly guffaws. And sure enough, it was Statler and Waldorf.
Clifford replied, "Hey guys, lay off him, will ya?"
"Oh we will, but I hope he doesn't lay on us! Do ho ho ho!!"
Kermit frowned. "Good grief, they follow us everywhere. Now then, as I was saying..."
The snowman stood up and proclaimed, "I know what this place is!"
"You do?"
"Oh,
we're in the Muppet theater,
that is where we are right now.
And we should build a snowman,
he can be our best friend!
We can name him Jimmy...."
Suddenly Sweetums and Doglion grabbed him and put a sock in his mouth.
Everyone looked at Fozzie, apparently waiting for him to make a bad pun.
"Naw, I won't say it when it is that easy."
Kermit should have been angry at the constant interuptions, but he smiled instead. This was the Muppets were famous for, running gags and chaos.
"Now guys, lets get started. This place is the Muppet theater. This is where the Muppets got started. This is where, not only I, but Fozzie, Gonzo, Rowlf, Scooter, Miss Piggy, and many more of us got their start. And now, it is your guy's turn."
Andy and Randy pig looked at each other.
"Turn? Hey Andy, tag! You're it!" Randy started running.
"Hey! Oh no you don't!" He started chasing after him. The chase ensued until they ran into each other head first. They picked themselves up, stumbled a little bit, and said simultaniously, "This game is too hard!"
Johnny Fiamma leaned over to Miss. Piggy and whispered, "I can't believe that those two sausage heads are related to you."
Miss. Piggy shook her head and replied, "Don't remind me."

 

[G-MAN]

I love that Snowman, he's my favorite character in this story so far, keep it up, the whole thing is very funny.

 

[Fraggleforever]

Chapter 6

Kermit finished telling the new Muppets about the theater, how many shows they did, and how many guest stars they had as well.
"Man Kerm, that is awesome, but what does that have to do with us?"
Kermit smiled. "Because we are going to have the Muppet Show again! Who's with me?!"
The Muppets stood up and cheered. What seemed to be a end, turned into a new beginning.
A huge audience was getting seated, and Kermit watched from behind the curtain. "Just like old times.", he said to himself. "Is everybody ready?"
"Ready Kerm!"
"All set Kermie."
"READY! READY!"
"Animal, get back in the orchestra pit!"
"Sorry..."
The band began to warm up. Kermit adjusted his pointy collar.
"Well, here we go."
Kermit went behind the huge Muppet show sign. The Muppets repainted it earlier that day because the old paint job was peeling before.
He poked his head out of the huge "O".
"LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IT'S THE MUPPET SHOW!!! YAY!!!"
The audience applauded as the the sign went up along with Kermit. The curtains opened and revealed many arches.
Sweetums, Thog, Timmy, and the Mutations did their old routine, but Thog accidently ran right into Sweetums.
"Sorry bout that."
"Salright."
They pointed up to the upper arches, and the female chorus began to sing.
"It's time to play the music, it's time to light the lights. It's time to meet the Muppets on the Muppet show tonight!"
"It's time to put on makeup, it's time to dress up right, it's time to raise the curtain on the Muppet show tonight!"
Statler and Waldorf began to sing their verse.
"Why do we always come here?"
"I guess we'll never know."
"It's like a kind of torture to have to watch this show!"
The Muppets took the lead again.
"But now it's time to get things started."
The audience sang a impatient verse.
"Why don't you get things started?"
Kermit calmed down the audience.
"It's time to get things started with the most sensational, inspirational, celebrational, Muppetational, this is what we call the Muppet show!!!!"
Gonzo came out and blew into his trumpet. Nothing came out, and Johnny Fiamma and Sal came out.
"Hey Gonzo, let me have a try at it."
"But I don't think...."
"HEY! IF JOHNNY WANTS TO TRY IT, HE'LL TRY IT!!"
"But....."
"Naw, here Sal. You do it."
"OK Johnny!"
Sal blew into the horn, but exploded. Crazy Harry came out and laughed hysterically.
Gonzo shook his head. "I warned you."
Kermit entered in front of the curtains with his arms waving about.
"Thank you, thank you! Welcome to the Muppet show! Boy, is it great to be back!"
"Speak for yourselves! Do ho ho ho!"
Kermit smiled at the two old hecklers.
"Not even you two can spoil this night. All right, let's...."
The snowman interupted by tapping Kermit on the shoulder.
"Excuse me Mr. Frog, I'm sorry about my song. I won't do it again."
"What? But that is the opening number!"
"Really? You like it?! Boy, there are so many people to thank! For start..."
"Just get backstage!"
The snowman happily went behind the curtain.
"Ladies and Gentlemen, the opening number!"
The curtain opened to a winter day. The snowman walked sadly to the center of the stage.
"When times get you down, and you don't know what to do. Just listen to me, and then you won't feel blue."
"Oh,
Let's build a snowman,
we can make him our best friend!"
Kermit, Miss Piggy, Fozzie, Scooter, Rowlf, Clifford, Gonzo, and Pepe, all dressed in winter gear, entered as he was singing.
"We can call him Shannon, Lou or Tim or Ed!
We can make him tall or we can make him not so tall.
Snowman!
He'll have a happy face, happy smile, happy point of view,
if you build one for me, then I'll build one for you!
So,"
The Muppets joined in with the song.
"Let's build a snowman,
we can make him our best friend!
We can call him Freddy, Jim or Stu or Ted.
Oh we can make him tall or we can make him not so tall!
Hey!"
The snowman began tap dancing. And spoke to the audience.
"If it was heard in different languages, it may sound something like this!"
The Swedish Chef, Animal, and Beeker came on stage, decked in winter gear too.
"Lerts build der snoomen, wer der ver de bor de frend!
"Mee mee mee mee mee! Mee mee mee mee mee mee!"
"SNOWMAN! SNOWMAN!! SNOWMAN!! SNOWMAN!!"
The snowman stopped dancing and he along with the Muppets finished the song.
Oh snowman,
snowman,
SNOWMAN!!!
Snowman!"
The audience stood up and cheered for the opening number.
"Wow," Kermit thought, "tonight is turning out great!"

 

[theprawncracker]

Thanks everybody for you comments thus far. And especially you Prawncracker. Your stories left me speachless.

Aw thanks.

And I love this story! The Snowman was hillarious! And Fozzie was great with his bad pun line.

 

[Fraggleforever]

Chapter 7

Kermit came out in front of the curtains again, and was dressed in a tuxedo.
"Ladies and Gentlemen, let me introduce to you, the Muppet Glee Club!"
The audience applauded for the glee club.
The glee club consisted of Nigel the Director, Bill the Bubble guy, Spamela Anderson, Andy and Randy pig, Sal the Monkey, Mr. Poodlepants, and Miss. Piggy.
"All right guys, what song do you want to sing?"
"Hip to be square!"
"I am a man of constant sorrow!"
"The Dukes of Hazzard theme song!"
"Uh....uh...choosing is too hard!"
Miss. Piggy had a sinister smile on her face.
"Temptation."
Kermit looked at Miss. Piggy questionly.
"If we do, what happened last time won't happen now, will it?"
"I promise Kermie." Piggy crossed her fingers behind her back.
"All right then. A one, a two, a one two three four..."
The Muppet glee club started to sing the song, but Miss. Piggy started to push her way to the front where Kermit was, tackled him and kissed him.
The glee club finished their song.
"Temptatioooooooon!"
Kermit got up with a frown on his face and ran off the stage, and Piggy stood up and bowed to the audience. Then ran off after Kermit.
The glee club bowed as well, and walked off the stage. But Nigel stayed.
"Now it is my turn!" He started to sing "Greased Lightning", but was yanked off the stage by a cane.
"Go Greased Lightning, you're burning up the quarter mile. Greased Lightning! Go.. WHOA!!"
Statler and Waldorf shook their heads.
"Deja Vu, huh Waldorf?"
"Nope, more like Deja PU!"
"Do ho ho ho!!"
"Well, let's watch some more."
"Why?"
"Good question!"
"Do ho ho ho!!"

 

[Fraggleforever]

Chapter 8

Kermit was wiping the kiss marks off his face as he entered in front of the curtains again.
"OK, and now, ladies and gentlemen, as a new addition, time now for Clifford's corner."
The curtains opened to a very fancy living room, with Clifford reading a book. Clifford was dressed in a suit and reading glasses, and had a fake British accent.
"Good evening. I am Clifford, and this is Clifford's corner. Tonight, I will read you a passage from the cultural classic, "The Catcher in the Rye."
But before Clifford could begin, Andy and Randy pig ran on stage with catcher's mitts, and started tossing a loaf of bread.
"Yo yo yo!," Clifford said, breaking character, "what are you two doing?"
"Well, we are the catcher's, and this is the rye!"
"Yeah! Duh, Clifford!"
Clifford interviened. "But guys, it isn't literally a catcher and a rye, it is a story about a college kid!"
The pigs stopped and thought for a moment, and finally said,
"We never got past the fourth grade!"
"Yeah, numbers are too hard!"
Clifford started hitting his head with the book, in shear fustration.
Kermit was watching this whole ordeal, and decided,
"Someone get out there and save this thing!"
Lew Zealand ran out and started to throw fish.
"Heh ha ha ha! I throw them away, and they come back to me!"
"Hey man, what the...?" But before Clifford could finish, he got pegged with a fish in the head.
"Oops! Sorry Clifford!"
Kermit finally ran out to the stage, and pushed Lew, Andy, and Randy off the stage.
"There you go Clifford, now you can continue explaining the novel."
"Kerm, I never read the book. I'll just watch the movie." Clifford left the stage, leaving Kermit to sigh and to ask for the curtains to be closed.
Up at the balcony,
"What books have you read Statler?"
"I never shread any hooks!"
"You old fool, your hearing aid is busted again!"
"No thanks, I'm trying to cut down on bacon."
Miss. Piggy appeared behind them.
"What?!"
"I said I'm trying to cut down on bacon!!"
"HI YAH!!!"
Miss. Piggy left in a angry state, while Waldorf looked at Statler lying on the floor.
"Serves you right."
"No thanks, I don't like brussel sprouts."
"Good grief."

 

[theprawncracker]

Ahahahaha! Amazingly awesome! This is hillariously great! I can't wait for more dude!

 

[Fraggleforever]

Chapter 9

"And now Ladies and Gentlemen, let's..."
"Oh Kermit Kermit Kermit!" Dr. Phil Van Neuter ran up next to Kermit with a excited look on his face.
"Yes Dr. Neuter?"
"I have a wonderful act for everybody to see! I discovered them while doing experiments in my lab!"
"Wait a minute now..."
"Yes, it will be the next boy band sensation, or should I say, Monster band sensation!"
"Monster band?"
"Yes. Ladies and Gentlemen, let me introduce to you, Monster 2 Monster!"
".....Yeah, what he said."
The curtains opened to a group of monsters, wearing baggy jeans and baseball caps. In the group was Sweetums, Doglion, Thog, Big Mama, and Timmy Monster. They started singing a well harmonized song. A Billy Joel song to be precise.
"Whoa oh whoa oh."
"The longest..."
"For the longest time."
"Whoa oh oh."
"The longest..."
"For the longest.."
Sweetums started the first verse.
"If you say goodbye to me tonight,"
Thog sang the high part.
"Oh weee oo oh oooo,"
Doglion: "There would still be music left to write."
"Ahh ahh aaaaahhh,"
Big Mama: "What else would I do? I'm so inspired by you,"
Timmy: "This hasn't happened for the longest time."
All: "Whoa oh whoa oh.."
Doglion: "The longest..."
All: "For the longest time..."
They started their choreographed dancing, but bumped into each other. And soon, a argument ensued.
"Hey! You stepped on my foot!"
"Did not!"
"Shut up!"
"This band would be nothing without me!"
"WHAT?!"
"I'm going solo!"
"You wish!"
"I'm the cute one!"
"Shut up Thog!"
Dr. Phil Van Neuter ran on stage with a whip.
"Back! Back beasts! Get back to singing, or it's back to your cages!"
The monsters stopped arguing, and looked at Dr. Neuter.
"Let's get him!"
"Yeah!!"
Dr. Neuter tugged at his collar.
"Uh oh..."
The monsters chased Dr. Neuter off the stage, and the curtains closed.
Kermit walked back on stage in front of the curtains. And shrugged his shoulders.
"I never did like boybands anyway."
Statler and Waldorf were laughing.
"Hey Waldorf, do you like boybands?"
"Like I always said Statler, it isn't really a band if nobody plays an instrument!"
"Do ho ho ho!!"
Carl the big mean monster, decked in shades and a gold chain, came up behind Waldorf, and swallowed him whole.
Statler shook his head.
"I guess he thought it was hard to swallow."
Carl responded. "Not really!"
"Do ho ho ho!!"
Waldorf, inside Carl responded as well.
"Very funny. Very funny."

 

[Fraggleforever]

Chapter 10

"And now ladies and gentlemen, our closing number!!"
The audience applauded as the curtains opened to a hotel lobby setting, with Pops the doorman sleeping behind his desk. Clifford came on stage with a suitcase and rung the bell. Pops woke up with a start.
"Wha...um...huh?"
"What's up? I'd like a room please."
"Really?"
"Yeah man, I'd like to check in."
"Somebody's checking in!!!"
A large group of Muppets ran onto the stage, all from Muppets Tonight and The Muppet Show.
"SOMEBODY'S CHECKING IN?!?!"
The jugband played the opening chords and the song began.
"Oh there's no fire in the fireplace, there's no carpet on the floor. Don't try to order dinner, there's no kitchen anymore. But if the road's been kind of bumpy, and you need to rest a spell..."
The Muppets joined in.
"Oh welcome home, to happiness hotel!!"
Scooter took the next verse.
"Oh if you got luggage, keep it handy, but you're running out of luck. Cause the bellhop's ain't too organized and the elevators stuck."
Rizzo, dressed in bellhop attire, sang too.
"But if you don't mind friendly animals, and can learn to stand the smell..."
"Oh welcome home, to happiness hotel!"
"Welcome home!"
"Welcome home!"
"Welcome home!"
"Welcome home!"
"No matter where you wander, you will never do as well!"
The snowman began tapdancing.
The Electric Mayhem began singing the next verse.
"OK the lobbie's looking shabby, and its got the wrong address,
and the whole dang thing has been condemmed by American express.
Though the management is cheerful though the whole place has gone to...."
"Snowman!"
"Oh welcome home, to Happiness Hotel!"
Rowlf began to sing.
"Oh there are bugs."
"There are bugs."
Pepe began to sing.
"And there are lice hokay?"
"There are lice hokay?"
Scooter sang too.
"Sure, we have our mess of problems, but you'll never beat the price!"
Fozzie: "We've got every kind of critter,"
Gonzo: "We've got every kind of pest,"
Pops: "Though we treat them all as equals just like any other guest!"
Everyone: "Though you are cleaner than the others, through as far as we can tell, you'll fit right in, to Happiness Hotel!"
Clifford: "I'll fit right in..."
Everyone: "TO HAPPINESS HOTEL!!!!"
The music came to a stop.
The audience stood up and gave a long standing ovation for the wonderful number. The Muppets bowed and congradulated each other. Kermit came in front of the group.
"WE WILL SEE YOU NEXT TIME ON THE MUPPET SHOW!!! YAY!!!!!"
But a audience member stood up and proclaimed,
"Not so fast frog!"

 

[theprawncracker]

Yay!

*reads last line*

What?! Someone stop that person!!