Saving Hooper's Store

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Enjoy this all-new Sesame Street fan fic.


Chapter 1

One day Big Bird and Cookie Monster were heading to Hooper’s Store.

“I can’t wait until we get there”, said Big Bird, “I sure can’t wait to try the new peanut butter birdseed granola bars.”

“And me can’t wait to try Alan’s new super supreme oversized cookies”, said Cookie Monster, “me hungry just thinking about it.”

“You’re always hungry”, said Big Bird, “whether you’re thinking about it or not.”

“Oh, yeah”, said Cookie Monster.

They got there, and they saw Alan outside, talking to a business man.

“Hey, Alan”, said Big Bird.

“These are two of my other best customers”, said Alan to the man, “This is Big Bird, and that’s Cookie Monster.”

“I don’t think I’ll be able to remember which is which”, said the man.

“Well, I’m Big Bird, and this is….”

“I don’t really care”, said the man, “But my name is Doug Shaunnessy. I’m the new owner of this store.”

“New owner???”, said Big Bird and Cookie Monster in shock.

Luis, Maria, Gordon, Susan, Leeya, Bert, and Ernie all came over upon hearing the news.

“But you’ll still serve oatmeal, right?”, said Bert.

“Of course”, said Doug.

“And you’ll still serve cookies?”, asked Cookie Monster.

“And bird seed milkshakes?”, asked Big Bird.

“And banana-royale-tootsie-frutsy ice cream?”, asked Ernie.

“Yes, everything will be the same, except for two things”, said Doug.

“What’s that?”, asked Ernie.

“The name and the price”, said Doug.

“The price?”, said Bert, “there are prices?”

“And the name?”, said a shocked Big Bird.

“But you can’t change the name of Hooper’s Store”, said Gordon.

“It’s kept the name even after three ownership changes”, said Susan.

“I don’t care”, said Doug.

“But you don’t understand…”, said Maria.

“And YOU don’t understand”, interrupted Doug, “I bought the store, fair and square. My store, my decisions!”

“How come you’re selling the store anyway, Alan?”, asked Bert.

“I’m going broke”, said Alan, “I don’t know what I’ve been doing wrong but I’m going broke and had to sell the place.”

Grover showed up.

“Excuse me, Alan, but are you hiring?”, asked Grover.

“Ask the new owner”, said Alan, pointing to Doug.

“I’ll check over things and see if there’s any money in the budget”, said Doug, “By the way, do you have a listing of inventory?”

“I’ll go get it”, said Alan, who went inside the store.

“I want one of the menus, too!”, said Doug.

“You can buy the place”, said Luis, “But you can’t sell the store.”

“Yeah”, said Big Bird, “Do you know how long this place has been called Looper’s Store?”

“Hooper’s! Hooper’s!”, said Gordon.

“You don’t understand what this place being called Hooper’s means to this community…”, said Susan.

“ENOUGH!”, yelled an annoyed Doug, “I wanted to own this place and change it’s name to Shaunnessy’s, but if it means so much for you…”

Alan came out with papers.

“…I’ll let Alan keep the store.”

“Really?”, said Alan.

“IF!’, said Doug, turning his head to Alan,“because I like to give challenges, you can raise the exact amount of money I gave you by a certain time…”

“Well, I can give you back what you gave me”, said Alan, “but I’ve got bills.”

“That money doesn’t count”, said Doug, “But if you can make that amount again, by… Hmm, let’s say Thursday night at 9PM, I’ll let you keep the store and the money I gave you.”

“Oh, wow”, said Alan, “but how are we going to get the money?”

“That’s up to you”, said Doug.

“We’ll have a town meeting”, said Leeya.

“By the way”, said Alan, “Here’s a list of inventory and the current menu.”

Doug looked at the menu.

“Why aren’t there any prices on this menu?”, asked Doug.

“I don’t charge my friends or customers”, said Alan.

“No wonder you’re going broke”, said Doug.

 

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Chapter 2

Sesame Street had a town meeting.

“We’re going to see if we can figure out a way to save Hooper’s Store”, said Big Bird, “Doesn’t that sound exciting, Shivers?”

Shivers the Penguin nodded.

“Fun! Fun!”, said Shivers.

“As you all know”, said Alan, “I had to sell my store.”

“Why’d you have to sell the store?”, asked Elmo.

“Because I had a money problem”, said Alan.

“Alan had a money problem?”, asked Elmo.

“Remember when your mommy lost her job and we were short on money?”, asked Louie.

“Oh, yes, Elmo remembers, but Alan didn’t lose his job.”

“Just because people have jobs doesn’t mean they’re financially secure”, said Mae.

“We need to figure out a way to save the store”, said Bob.

“Maybe we can have a community sale”, said Chris.

“Yeah”, said Bert, “My paperclips and bottlecaps are real valuable”.

“You would sell your collections for Alan?”, asked Ernie.

“Hmm, well, I don’t really want to…”, said Bert, thinking for a second, “Maybe we can have an oatmeal sale instead.”

“Or a porridge sale!”, said Baby Bear.

“I can sell some of the trash I no longer use”, said Oscar.

“Natasha has some baby clothes she’s outgrowing”, said Humphrey.

“outgrowing outgrowing”, mumbled Natasha,

“And my sister Alice is outgrowing some of her clothes”, said SNuffy.

“Clothes”, laughed Alice.

“Sully and I can sell some of our tools”, said Biff.

Sully started to talk but got interrupted by Biff.

“Then again, we need our tools for work”, interrupted Biff.

Sully nodded in agreement.

Kermit then showed up, in trench coat.

“The city needs faster and cheaper taxi services”, complained Kermit before noticing everybody on the street.

“Oh, hi ho, Kermit the Frog here for Sesame Street News! Today is a very sad day, as Hooper’s Store has been bought by a new owner who intends on changing the name of the store!”

“Heyyyyy froggy baby!!!!”, yelled Grover who then slapped Kermit’s back.

“Actually”, said Alan, “We can save the store if we can raise $9,000 dollars by 9PM on Thursday night.”

“But that’s in four days”, said Kermit.

“I know”, said Alan.

“Four wonderful days! A-ha-ha!”, said The Count.

“Do you have any idea on how to raise that kind of money, Froggy?”, asked Grover.

“Well”, said Kermit, “I was in a similar situation recently. I had to put on a telethon in order to raise ten million dollars….”

“Then it’s settled!”, said Telly, “we’ll have a telethon!”

“If you raised ten million dollars by hosting a telethon…”, said Biff.

Kermit tried to interject, “We didn’t exactly make….”

“…And we only need 9,000, which is less, it’ll be a piece of cake!”

“Cookie cake?”, asked Cookie Monster.

“Well, what are we waiting for?”, asked Bert.

“Let’s get a telethon going!”, said Ernie.

“But it’s not that easy”, said Alan, “we need to get a television station to air it.”

“Well, then let’s go!”, said Chris.

“Off to the station!”, said Herry.

Everybody headed for a TV station.

Soon, many characters were in the office of a local TV station.

“We know it’s a long shot”, said Alan, “But we need to host a telethon.”

“We need $9,000 dollars by 9PM on Thursday night”, said Chris.

“It’s for a good cause”, said Big Bird.

Everyone murmured in agreement.

“Well, let me look at the schedule”, said the network executive, “Well, you are in luck. We’ve got an empty hour-long time slot at 8PM on Thursday night. I thought we were better planners.”

“Well, are you going to let us have the telethon?”, asked Ernie.

PLEASE???”, said everybody.

The network executive looked at everybody as they gave wishful looks.

“Sure”, said the executive.

Everybody cheered.

“If…”

“Another if?”, said Cookie Monster.

“That’s two, two ‘if’s’!”, said The Count.

“But you weren’t there for the first one”, said Leeya.

“If you can get a celebrity host”, said the executive, “No host, no telethon. I’ll rerun two episodes of Barney and Friends if I have to, and I hate that show.”

“Well, we’ll see what we can do”, said Alan, “Come on, everybody, let’s find a celebrity!”

Writers Note: From this point on, this fan fic will have similarities to the second half of 2011's "The Muppets", many deliberate.

 

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Chapter 3

Everybody was looking for a celebrity host.

“I, cute, adorable Grover, am working at a restaurant where celebrities eat at all the time. I am bound to find a celebrity. Oh, there is Miley Cyrus!”

Grover ran up to Miley’s table.

“Excuse me, Miley, but would you be willing to….”

Grover accidently spilled his tray of food on Miley’s lap.


“Ahh!”, screamed Miley.

“Should I take that as a no?”

Murray was out on a busy city street, and found Mark Samburg.

“Hey, you’re a celebrity!”, said Murray.

“I know”, said Mark.

“Would you like to host our telethon this Thursday?”

“I’m sorry”, said Mark, “But I’m already hosting the ‘Save Cheers’ telethon.”

Bert and Ernie were at a pigeon park.

“Why did we come here, Bert?”, asked Ernie.

“Well, there’s bound to be celebrities here”, said Bert, “what celebrity can resist a pigeon park?”

“I don’t know”, said Ernie, “But I’m sure many…”

“Hey! Look over there!”, said Bert, running up to a pigeon, “weren’t you in The Producers?”

Back at the restaurant, Grover was at Michael Jordan’s table.

“Excuse me, Michael, but I was wondering…”

“Hey, Grover!”, said another waiter, “This is MY table! Don’ talk to MY customers!”

“Oh, sorry”, said Grover, leaving.

“So, Mr. Jordan”, said the waiter, “Would you like to host the Save Basketball Telethon?”

Big Bird found Tina Fey at a bus stop.

“Hey, Tina”, said Big Bird, “How would you like to host a telethon this Thursday night at 8?”

“I’d love to”, said Tina, “But I have to go out of town.”

Back at the restaurant…

“Well there’s another great celebrity customer”, said Grover, going to the table but then seeing that it’s Alice Cooper, Grover walks away, “Uh, on the other hand…..”

Elmo encountered Katy Perry.

“Hey, Miss Katy Perry”, said Elmo, “Would you like to be in a telethon to save Hooper’s Store from losing it’s name?”

“I’d love to, Elmo”, said Katy, “But I don’t think the TV people will let me be on any programs with you.”

Soon, everyone was on the street, unhappy because they couldn’t get a celebrity host.

“That’s 1,708 celebrities who said no to hosting the telethon”, said The Count.

“They had more important things to do”, said Telly, “like babysitting.”

“Well, we only have three hours before 8PM”, said Alan, turning to Doug, “Looks like you’ll get to keep the store after all.”

“Yes”, said Doug, “but why do you all insist on keeping it called Hooper’s?”

“Well…”, said Bob.

Kermit then showed up.

“So, any luck on keeping the store?”, said Kermit.

“No, Kermit, no such luck”, said Chris.

“Hey, you’re Kermit the Frog!”, said Doug, “I watch you on the news all the time. May I have your autograph?”

“Uh, sure”, said Kermit, getting out a pen and a glossy photo.

“We got a network interested in a telethon”, said Big Bird, “But only if we could get a celebrity host.”

“And we couldn’t get any celebrities interested”, said Prairie Dawn.

“Well, why didn’t you ask me?”, asked Kermit.

“You?”, said Big Bird.

“Yes, I’m a celebrity”.

“He’s got a point”, said Doug.

“I’ll host the telethon”, said Kermit.

“Well, then we’ve got our show!”, said Gina.

“Let’s go to the station!”, said Herry.

They all started to leave.

Grover came running.

“Hey, I found us a celebrity host!”, said Grover.

“So did we”, said Telly, “Kermit’s hosting!”

“Oh”, said Grover, walking back to the celebrity he had found, Neil Patrick Harris, “Sorry, Neil. Maybe next time.”

“Man, I never get to host these Muppet telethons!”

 

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Chapter 3

Everybody was looking for a celebrity host.

“I, cute, adorable Grover, am working at a restaurant where celebrities eat at all the time. I am bound to find a celebrity. Oh, there is Miley Cyrus!”

Grover ran up to Miley’s table.

“Excuse me, Miley, but would you be willing to….”

Grover accidently spilled his tray of food on Miley’s lap.


“Ahh!”, screamed Miley.

“Should I take that as a no?”

Murray was out on a busy city street, and found Mark Samburg.

“Hey, you’re a celebrity!”, said Murray.

“I know”, said Mark.

“Would you like to host our telethon this Thursday?”

“I’m sorry”, said Mark, “But I’m already hosting the ‘Save Cheers’ telethon.”

Bert and Ernie were at a pigeon park.

“Why did we come here, Bert?”, asked Ernie.

“Well, there’s bound to be celebrities here”, said Bert, “what celebrity can resist a pigeon park?”

“I don’t know”, said Ernie, “But I’m sure many…”

“Hey! Look over there!”, said Bert, running up to a pigeon, “weren’t you in The Producers?”

Back at the restaurant, Grover was at Michael Jordan’s table.

“Excuse me, Michael, but I was wondering…”

“Hey, Grover!”, said another waiter, “This is MY table! Don’ talk to MY customers!”

“Oh, sorry”, said Grover, leaving.

“So, Mr. Jordan”, said the waiter, “Would you like to host the Save Basketball Telethon?”

Big Bird found Tina Fey at a bus stop.

“Hey, Tina”, said Big Bird, “How would you like to host a telethon this Thursday night at 8?”

“I’d love to”, said Tina, “But I have to go out of town.”

Back at the restaurant…

“Well there’s another great celebrity customer”, said Grover, going to the table but then seeing that it’s Alice Cooper, Grover walks away, “Uh, on the other hand…..”

Elmo encountered Katy Perry.

“Hey, Miss Katy Perry”, said Elmo, “Would you like to be in a telethon to save Hooper’s Store from losing it’s name?”

“I’d love to, Elmo”, said Katy, “But I don’t think the TV people will let me be on any programs with you.”

Soon, everyone was on the street, unhappy because they couldn’t get a celebrity host.

“That’s 1,708 celebrities who said no to hosting the telethon”, said The Count.

“They had more important things to do”, said Telly, “like babysitting.”

“Well, we only have three hours before 8PM”, said Alan, turning to Doug, “Looks like you’ll get to keep the store after all.”

“Yes”, said Doug, “but why do you all insist on keeping it called Hooper’s?”

“Well…”, said Bob.

Kermit then showed up.

“So, any luck on keeping the store?”, said Kermit.

“No, Kermit, no such luck”, said Chris.

“Hey, you’re Kermit the Frog!”, said Doug, “I watch you on the news all the time. May I have your autograph?”

“Uh, sure”, said Kermit, getting out a pen and a glossy photo.

“We got a network interested in a telethon”, said Big Bird, “But only if we could get a celebrity host.”

“And we couldn’t get any celebrities interested”, said Prairie Dawn.

“Well, why didn’t you ask me?”, asked Kermit.

“You?”, said Big Bird.

“Yes, I’m a celebrity”.

“He’s got a point”, said Doug.

“I’ll host the telethon”, said Kermit.

“Well, then we’ve got our show!”, said Gina.

“Let’s go to the station!”, said Herry.

They all started to leave.

Grover came running.

“Hey, I found us a celebrity host!”, said Grover.

“So did we”, said Telly, “Kermit’s hosting!”

“Oh”, said Grover, walking back to the celebrity he had found, Neil Patrick Harris, “Sorry, Neil. Maybe next time.”

“Man, I never get to host these Muppet telethons!”

Hey, your right, minor muppetz, this plot is similar to The Muppets (2011). I'm glad Kermit is the reporter. Wow! Brings back great memories to come see the old gang for visits. More please!

 

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Chapter 4

It was almost time for the telethon to begin.

“Okay, everybody get ready”, said Prairie Dawn in the control room.

“Being the stage manager sure is fun!”, said Murray.

“Yes, but being the director is more fun”, said Prairie.

Ernie and Bert were setting up the cameras.

“It sure is exciting getting to be the camera man”, said Ernie.

“But what I really want to do is dust the cameras”, said Bert.

The telethon operators were getting to their desks. In the back row were Susan, Biff, Grover, and Gina. In the middle row were Leeya, Two-Headed Monster, and Chris. And in the front row were Professor Hastings, Forgetful Jones, Aristotle, and a Honker.

“Alright everybody, stand by”, said Murray.

“Cue the countdown”, said Prairie Dawn.

Countess von Backwards counted down, “Ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one…:

“And ACTION!”, said Prairie.

“Hi ho, Kermit the Frog here, and welcome to the Save Hooper’s Store telethon! We have an hour to raise $,9,000 to save Hooper’s Store. And here’s the former owner, Alan, to talk more about it!”

“Thanks, Kermit”, said Alan, “I’m Alan. I’ve owned Hooper’s Store for the past 14 years…”

“Past 14 years?”, said Big Bird, “But I’m only 6. How’s that possible?”

“Maybe humans age faster than birds, Bird”, said Snuffy.

“So to sum it all up, I’m not worried about finding employment elsewhere, but to the Sesame Street community, Hooper’s should always remain Hooper’s”, said Alan.

“Well spoken, Alan”, said Kermit, “And now let’s have some musical entertainment. Here’s Little Jerry and the Monotones!”

Little Jerry and the Monotones came on-stage and sang a medley of their songs, including Four, Telephone Rock, With Every Beat of My Heart, Mad, Sad, and Proud.

Grover answered the phone.

“Hello there, this is the Sesame Street Telethon. This is Grover speaking!”

Mr. Johnson had made the call.

“The SAME Grover who works as a waiter at Charlie’s? And drives a taxi? And starred in Spider-Monster: The Musical???”, said a shocked Mr. Johnson.

“The same one and only”, said Grover, “I am also Super-Grover and Super-Grover 2.0, but please do not tell anybody that.”

“Well, let’s make this simple”, said Mr. Johnson, “I would like to pledge $30 dollars.”

“Okay, sir, we will take your $30”.

Grover turned to the board, “we have made 30 dollars!”

“Huh”, said a puzzled Mr. Johnson, “That was the fastest service I’ve ever gotten from him. I hope the world’s not coming to an end.”

 

[Twisted Tails]

Chapter 4

It was almost time for the telethon to begin.

“Okay, everybody get ready”, said Prairie Dawn in the control room.

“Being the stage manager sure is fun!”, said Murray.

“Yes, but being the director is more fun”, said Prairie.

Ernie and Bert were setting up the cameras.

“It sure is exciting getting to be the camera man”, said Ernie.

“But what I really want to do is dust the cameras”, said Bert.

The telethon operators were getting to their desks. In the back row were Susan, Biff, Grover, and Gina. In the middle row were Leeya, Two-Headed Monster, and Chris. And in the front row were Professor Hastings, Forgetful Jones, Aristotle, and a Honker.

“Alright everybody, stand by”, said Murray.

“Cue the countdown”, said Prairie Dawn.

Countess von Backwards counted down, “Ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one…:

“And ACTION!”, said Prairie.

“Hi ho, Kermit the Frog here, and welcome to the Save Hooper’s Store telethon! We have an hour to raise $,9,000 to save Hooper’s Store. And here’s the former owner, Alan, to talk more about it!”

“Thanks, Kermit”, said Alan, “I’m Alan. I’ve owned Hooper’s Store for the past 14 years…”

“Past 14 years?”, said Big Bird, “But I’m only 6. How’s that possible?”

“Maybe humans age faster than birds, Bird”, said Snuffy.

“So to sum it all up, I’m not worried about finding employment elsewhere, but to the Sesame Street community, Hooper’s should always remain Hooper’s”, said Alan.

“Well spoken, Alan”, said Kermit, “And now let’s have some musical entertainment. Here’s Little Jerry and the Monotones!”

Little Jerry and the Monotones came on-stage and sang a medley of their songs, including Four, Telephone Rock, With Every Beat of My Heart, Mad, Sad, and Proud.

Grover answered the phone.

“Hello there, this is the Sesame Street Telethon. This is Grover speaking!”

Mr. Johnson had made the call.

“The SAME Grover who works as a waiter at Charlie’s? And drives a taxi? And starred in Spider-Monster: The Musical???”, said a shocked Mr. Johnson.

“The same one and only”, said Grover, “I am also Super-Grover and Super-Grover 2.0, but please do not tell anybody that.”

“Well, let’s make this simple”, said Mr. Johnson, “I would like to pledge $30 dollars.”

“Okay, sir, we will take your $30”.

Grover turned to the board, “we have made 30 dollars!”

“Huh”, said a puzzled Mr. Johnson, “That was the fastest service I’ve ever gotten from him. I hope the world’s not coming to an end.”

OH MY GOSH! Minor muppetz, that part with Grover's conversation on the phone to Mr. Johnson was hilarious. LOL! More plz! BTW: I really grew up with SS, seriously!

 

[minor muppetz]

The next few chapters will be the telethon... With many old school characters involved.

 

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Chapter 5

“And now it’s time for some skating from Big Bird and the Bird-kateers!”, said Kermit.

Big Bird roller-skated on-stage with the Bird-kateers.

“Not bad, Bird-kateers, not bad at all”, said Big Bird.

“I’m still trying to get my pigeons to learn that”, said Bert, observing from behind the camera.

“I can do that while squeaking my Rubber Duckie”, said Ernie.

“Hey, that’s my grandson!”, said Granny Bird, “maybe I should call and pledge some money.”

Professor Hastings was sleeping by his phone when it rang and woke him up.

“Thank you for calling the Sesame Street Save Hooper’s Store Telethon”, said Professor Hastings, “Hooper’s Store must save its name. If we don’t raise enough money by 9PM, Hooper’s will have it’s name changed to……” Hastings fell back asleep.

Big Bird and the Bird-kateers stopped skating.

“Well done, Bird-kateers!”, said Big Bird.

They went backstage.

“Nice job, Bird!”, said Snuffy.

Susan was on the phone.

“Thanks for your donation, Miss Finch”, said Susan.

“Wasn’t that great?”, asked Kermit, “And now…”

“That was yucky!”, yelled Oscar from backstage.

Bruno came on-stage with roller-skates on, carrying Oscar’s trash can.

“If the Bird-kateers can skate on this telethon, so can my Grouch-kateers!”, said Oscar, “Come on, kids!”

The Grouch-kateers came on-stage, roller-skating with Bruno.

“I wish I remembered to bring my skates”, said Telly. I also wish I remembered to bring my Grocuh-kateers uniform.”

“You’re a member of the Grouch-kateers??”, questioned Baby Bear.

“Well, Oscar was my best friend before I met you”, said Telly.

“I’m shocked!”, said Baby Bear.

The skating soon ended.

“Uh, thank you for your skating”, said Kermit, “And now I’d like to introduce…”

Kermit’s introduction was interrupted by a big crashing sound from backstage.

“Heh heh heh”, said Oscar, “Good job, Bruno!”

In the control room…

“Okay, cue Monsterpiece Theater!”, said Prairie.

The (third) “Monsterpiece Theater” opening began and then Alistair Cookie made his introduction.

“Good evening. Me Alistair Cookie, welcoming you to Monsterpiece Theater. Tonight is big western tale, ‘The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly’.”

In a western setting, Herry Monster appeared, dressed as a cowboy.

“I am good”, said Herry, as he went to a newspaper stand, run by Herbert Birdsfoot.

“I’ll buy a paper for $3.oo”, said Herry, handing Herbert the money and taking the paper, “Thanks.”

Bad Bart appeared.

“I’m bad!”, said Bad Bart with an angry growl. He walked up to the newspaper stand and punched the stand.

“My newspaper stand!”, said a concerned Herbert.

Bad Bart walked away, laughing.

Then Grundgetta appeared, dressed as a cowgirl.

“I am ugly”, said Grundgetta, as she looked in a mirror, “And proud of it!”

Back to the Monsterpiece Theater setting…

“Well, that was pretty play. Anyway, me thank you for watching Monsterpiece Theater. This Alistair Cookie signing off!”

Forgetful Jones’ phone rang.

“Oh, it’s ringing!”, said an excited Forgetful, “But I forget what to do!”

“Pick up the phone”, said Gina.

“Oh”, said Forgetful, who picked up Aristotle’s phone.

“Hello? Hello?”

“Pick up your phone!”, said Leeya.

“Which one is that?”, said Forgetful, “I forget!”

 

[Twisted Tails]

Chapter 5

“And now it’s time for some skating from Big Bird and the Bird-kateers!”, said Kermit.

Big Bird roller-skated on-stage with the Bird-kateers.

“Not bad, Bird-kateers, not bad at all”, said Big Bird.

“I’m still trying to get my pigeons to learn that”, said Bert, observing from behind the camera.

“I can do that while squeaking my Rubber Duckie”, said Ernie.

“Hey, that’s my grandson!”, said Granny Bird, “maybe I should call and pledge some money.”

Professor Hastings was sleeping by his phone when it rang and woke him up.

“Thank you for calling the Sesame Street Save Hooper’s Store Telethon”, said Professor Hastings, “Hooper’s Store must save its name. If we don’t raise enough money by 9PM, Hooper’s will have it’s name changed to……” Hastings fell back asleep.

Big Bird and the Bird-kateers stopped skating.

“Well done, Bird-kateers!”, said Big Bird.

They went backstage.

“Nice job, Bird!”, said Snuffy.

Susan was on the phone.

“Thanks for your donation, Miss Finch”, said Susan.

“Wasn’t that great?”, asked Kermit, “And now…”

“That was yucky!”, yelled Oscar from backstage.

Bruno came on-stage with roller-skates on, carrying Oscar’s trash can.

“If the Bird-kateers can skate on this telethon, so can my Grouch-kateers!”, said Oscar, “Come on, kids!”

The Grouch-kateers came on-stage, roller-skating with Bruno.

“I wish I remembered to bring my skates”, said Telly. I also wish I remembered to bring my Grocuh-kateers uniform.”

“You’re a member of the Grouch-kateers??”, questioned Baby Bear.

“Well, Oscar was my best friend before I met you”, said Telly.

“I’m shocked!”, said Baby Bear.

The skating soon ended.

“Uh, thank you for your skating”, said Kermit, “And now I’d like to introduce…”

Kermit’s introduction was interrupted by a big crashing sound from backstage.

“Heh heh heh”, said Oscar, “Good job, Bruno!”

In the control room…

“Okay, cue Monsterpiece Theater!”, said Prairie.

The (third) “Monsterpiece Theater” opening began and then Alistair Cookie made his introduction.

“Good evening. Me Alistair Cookie, welcoming you to Monsterpiece Theater. Tonight is big western tale, ‘The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly’.”

In a western setting, Herry Monster appeared, dressed as a cowboy.

“I am good”, said Herry, as he went to a newspaper stand, run by Herbert Birdsfoot.

“I’ll buy a paper for $3.oo”, said Herry, handing Herbert the money and taking the paper, “Thanks.”

Bad Bart appeared.

“I’m bad!”, said Bad Bart with an angry growl. He walked up to the newspaper stand and punched the stand.

“My newspaper stand!”, said a concerned Herbert.

Bad Bart walked away, laughing.

Then Grundgetta appeared, dressed as a cowgirl.

“I am ugly”, said Grundgetta, as she looked in a mirror, “And proud of it!”

Back to the Monsterpiece Theater setting…

“Well, that was pretty play. Anyway, me thank you for watching Monsterpiece Theater. This Alistair Cookie signing off!”

Forgetful Jones’ phone rang.

“Oh, it’s ringing!”, said an excited Forgetful, “But I forget what to do!”

“Pick up the phone”, said Gina.

“Oh”, said Forgetful, who picked up Aristotle’s phone.

“Hello? Hello?”

“Pick up your phone!”, said Leeya.

“Which one is that?”, said Forgetful, “I forget!”

The Forgetful Jones bit when he doesn't know ho to pick up the phone. Reminds of the sketch with Kermit & Forgetful when SS was classic. Nice! More please!

 

[minor muppetz]

Chapter 6

“And now I’d like to introduce The Amazing Mumford!”

“Good evening, ladies and gentlemen”, said Mumford, “Kermit!”

“Yes, Mumford?”, said Kermit.

“I’ll need you to volunteer for my act”, said Mumford.

“I hope I don’t regret this later”, said Kermit.

“For my magic act, I will make a frog float”, said Mumford.

“Oh, and so you’ll make me float off the ground?”, said Kermit.

“Of course”, said Mumford.

Mumford waved his wand, “A la peanut butter sandwiches!”

A puff of smoke appeared, but instead of floating, Kermit turned into a green ice cream float, with Kermit’s eyes and a mouth included.

“Very funny”, said a not-so-amused Kermit, “can you turn me back?”

“We’ll see”, said Mumford, “A la peanut butter sandwiches!”

But then Kermit, still an ice cream float, floated into the air.

“Well, I told you I could make you float”, said Mumford, “and now to bring you down, a la peanut butter sandwiches!”

A puff of smoke came and Kermit turned back into his usual self – and then fell onto the ground.

“Sorry”, said Mumford.

“I think I’ll need to take a break”, said Kermit, “Will somebody take over hosting duties for a little bit?”

“I’ll host, Kermit”, said Big Bird, “And now, I am pleased to introduce…. Uh, who am I introducing?”

“You’re introducing us construction workers”, said Biff, “Cue the music!”

Biff began singing “We Built This City on Rock and Roll” while Sully and other construction workers built a cardboard city in the background. Biff then took a bow as he got applause and then accidently walked into the set, knocking it all over and breaking it apart.

“I thought I told you to be careful, Sully!”, scolded Biff.

Sully opened his mouth, but then decided not to say anything and just walked away.

Backstage…

“So what’s next, Murray?”, asked Big Bird.

“Name That Sound with Guy Smiley”, said Murray.

Big Bird entered the stage.

“And now, it’s time for Name That Sound, and here’s the host, Guy Smiley!”

“Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!”, said Guy Smiley, “Welcome to Name That Sound! And here is today’s contestant, Simon Soundman!”

Simon Soundman came on-stage.

“Thank you, thank you”, said Simon.

“Are you ready to play Name That Sound?”, said Guy.

“Yes, I am”, said Simon.

“Okay, let’s see if you can guess what makes this sound”, said Guy.

The sound of an explosion was heard.

“Oh, that’s easy”, said Simon, “That’s an (cue explosion sound effect)”.

“Yes, that’s the sound”, said Guy, “But what makes it?”

“I told you!”, said Simon, “An (cue explosion sound again).”

“Thank you for calling the telethon”, said Gina.

“I am Sonny Friendly”, said Sonny, “and I was about to pledge $40.00, but now that I see Guy Smiley is on the show and I’m not, I think I’ll lower my donation to $20”.

Ernie was now on-stage in a bathtub, singing Rubber Duckie.

After the song ended, the Honker honked his nose.

“We got many calls from Duckie-lovers?”, said Ernie.

The Honker honked some more.

“That’s great!”

A Dinger went up to the Honker and started dinging, then Honker honked to Ernie.

“Maybe next time we’ll do The Honker-Duckie-Dinger Jambouree”, said Ernie.

The curtains lowered and Big Bird came on the stage.

“And now, here’s a little song sung by my little friend, Little Bird.”

Little Bird sang “One Small Voice”, accompanied by Don Music on piano and Hoots on saxophone. Placedo Flamingo soon joined Little Bird, as did the monsters from Monster Clubhouse.

Backstage…

“I hate sappy numbers like that!”, said Oscar.

Bruno sniffed.

“Oh, no, don’t you go crying over the sappy song, Bruno!”

“But it’s alright to cry!”, said Little Jerry, who walked on-stage, joined by The Monotones, for a performance of “It’s Alright to Cry”.

Kermit came back on-stage.

“Well, I’m back”, said Kermit, “Hey, Count, how much money have we made?”

“We’ve made $8,000 wonderful dollars!”

“Well, what about that?”, said Kermit, “We’ve only got $1,000 more to go!”

“Hey, Kermit!”, said Dr. Nobel Price, running on stage, “I have to show a brand-new invention! One that can save Hooper’s Store!”

“Really?”, said Kermit.

“I have my invention under this cloth in my hand! I call it The Financial Saver, and it saves things from financial troubles!”

“Well, let’s see it!”, said Kermit.

Dr. Price took off the cloth, and not-so-surprisingly, it was a dollar bill.

“Ta-da!”

Kermit scrunched his face.

“You’re impressed, right?”, said Dr. Price.

“Uh, like your other inventions, this one has already been invented”, said Kermit.

“It has?”, asked Dr. Price.

“Yes, it’s a dollar!”, said Kermit, “People use dollars to buy things and pay for things.”

Kermit turned to the camera.

“Do you have a dollar out there? Will you show the good doctor your dollar?”

“Well, look at that”, said Dr. Price, “they all have one of my Financial Savers!”

“They all have a dollar!”,said Kermit.

“Well, I can use this to save the store”, said Dr. Price.

“Uh, first of all, only one dollar can’t save Hooper’s Store, and second of all, that is not real official money.”

“It’s not?”, said Dr. Nobel Price.

“I’ll explain”, said Professor Hastings, “Money must become official from the government before it can be used for purchases and buying things and so many other……”

As usual, Hastings started to fall asleep.

“Uh, will somebody wake up Professor Hastings and get him off the stage?”, asked Kermit.

Sully came on-stage drilling out-of-controll.

“Will you shut off the drill?”, yelled an annoyed Kermit.

“Yeah”, said Simon Soundman, “It’s too noisy! Turn off that (cue more drill sounds).”

“QUIET DOWN!”, yelled Kermit.

The Two-Headed Monster started arguing with itself over which phone to pick up.

Soon the stage was peaceful.

“With all that stress, there’s only one song to sing…”

“Oh, no”, said Oscar, “He’s going to sing it…”

Kermit sang Bein’ Green.

The audience cheered.

“That was great, Kermit”, said Prairie.