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Storyteller: All right, those of you not afflicted with Toast Flu, up and at them!
Beige: (muttering) Awfully chipper this morning, aren't we?
Nora: (picking up book bag) That finance author is doing more lectures at the shop...
(knocking at door)
Erin: I'll get it. (opens door) Hello...
Storyteller: So then, I said, "Okay, Matt, sweetie, if you can't do that then..."
Beige: Oh, come on, we've all heard the story before.
Nora: What time is it?
Erin: Half past ten. (gets up) I guess I'd better give Scooter his evening medication before he falls asleep. (retrieves medicine bottle...
Yes, right around the last season. And there's that amusing photo of her with the rest of the cast (and her using Richard's right shoulder as a footstool).
The Muppet crew really goes through a lot - they've been crammed into old cars and buses, stacked on special elevators at Knebworth Hall...
Nora: Right, okay...one raspberry, one orange and a mint chip. (goes to freezer to dish up ice cream)
Erin: Did you want anything else, Scooter?
Scooter: No, thanks.
Erin: Okay, then, just settle back and make yourself comfortable.
Scooter: (doing so) Okay.
Storyteller: (looks up) I think that's...
Nora: (munching on biscotti) Well, actually, Prairie, Beige is a boy.
Beige: Oh, that's okay - the name Beige is also a girl's name. (to Prairie) Don't worry about it.
Scooter: I remember Gaffer - she did a good job in "The Cat Came Back."
Erin: Yes, and it is a good thing she didn't send a...
Erin: Hello, room 6, come on in. (shows them in) I think you guys know Nora...
Nora: Hi, everyone.
Erin: As well as Storyteller...
Storyteller: Delighted.
Erin: And this is Beige, who moved in at the start of the term.
Beige: (kind of formally) Good evening.
Storyteller: Oh, Beige, lose the...
Erin: (on phone) Okay, Kathy, that's just fine. We're all going to be here all evening. You and Prairie and Rosita can come over when you're ready...great, thanks, see you then. (hangs up)
Storyteller: Sit down, Erin, your soup's getting cold.
Beige: And wait, didn't you have a meeting to cover...
Erin: Wow, something smells good...(opens door) is this the much-acclaimed goodtime goomba garbanzo soup? Thanks, Uncle Deadly! And give our thanks to Ed and the Count.
Beige: What's going on?
Erin: Ed, the Count and Uncle Deadly sent over some comfort food for us. (sets tray down at table)...
Storyteller: They've been gone for an hour.
Beige: Wonder if the doctor was able to find out what happened?
(voices in the hallway)
Erin: Bye, Beaker. Take care, all right?
(door opens; Erin enters, carrying Scooter)
Nora: Erin? Is he okay?
Erin: I'll tell you in a sec. Let me get Scooter...
Nora: (coming back) How's Scooter?
Beige: Still sick. Erin just took him off to the doctor.
Nora: Oh, no...Mrs. Farley's been pestering me about whether my flu shots are up to date.
Storyteller: This might be something different.
Nora: I just hope he's going to be okay...and what was Bunsen...
Storyteller: Bunsen, you stay away from here! Please!
Beige: But why? The only person who'd be at risk isn't in.
(meanwhile)
Erin: Come on, Scooter, the office is just down the street, and we'll tiptoe through the back so no one can see you like this...and no, we're not letting Bunsen examine...
Well, she was down in the tank in the swamp with Jim.
But those car scenes must have been awfully uncomfortable. The article called them "conditions that would not be acceptable to tunnel rats."
Dave: Thanks for the vote of confidence.
Steve: Dave, your foot's in my eye.
Richard: Ow...Frank...
Erin: (coming in the door) How's he doing, Storyteller?
Storyteller: Still sick as ever...and his fever's gone up.
Erin: I talked to Dr. Prell - she can't leave the office at the moment. But she wants me to bring Scooter in.
Storyteller: I don't think he's strong enough to walk.
Erin: That's...
Ah, yes, the "young, curly-headed, outgoing fellow."
I liked the bit with Scooter telling Raquel Welch she doesn't have to wear the form-fitting, revealing costumes, "unless you want to," and then the monsters pop up and beg, "Oh, please want to!" Good stuff.
Let me get this straight: Jim...
Storyteller: (coming in with a mug of chamomile tea) How are you feeling, Scooter?
Scooter: (cough, sniffle) Awful.
Storyteller: Hmm, hmm...well, let's have a look at you. Say ahh.
Scooter: (wearily sitting up) Ahh...
Storyteller: Hmm, yes...hmm, your throat's all purple and swollen...how's the...
Erin: (knocking on door) Scooter? (opens door)
Scooter: (buried under covers; moans softly) Time to (cough) get up?
Erin: Depends. (leans over, feels Scooter's forehead) Good grief, your head's on fire.
Scooter: And I feel really dizzy.
Erin: You've gotten worse during the night...has anyone...
Erin: (over a late dinner of leftover onion soup) Sounds like Alex is back on the ground.
Nora: Yeah, she came in for a landing a little while ago. (pauses) Still on that council story?
Erin: (chuckle) Yeah, and there are rumors of protests and possible disciplinary actions.
Beige: Hmm...and...
(laughs) As Cinders said in the "Puppetman" pilot (or would have said, anyway): "My mommy says you're a bad influence with no socially redeeming value."
And according to "Of Muppets and Men," when Richard was doing one of his shows in front of the puppet racks for the group of kids, he...
And I read that Steve and Dave played many of their jokes on Jocelyn Stevenson - who wrote "Scared Silly" as a means of coming to terms with all the jokes.
'Course, if you're going to work with the Muppets, you've got to be prepared for a lot of general chaos. Steve and Dave playing jokes...
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