Destination: Home

[Beauregard]

Hey, It'd love to see that too!

 

[TogetherAgain]

Alrighty then! I would roll up my sleeves, but they're too short. Anyway! prawncracker held up his end of the deal, now it's my turn... We'll take this one chapter at a time, but I'll probably do more than one chapter per day. Haven't quite decided yet. Anyway, here we go!

Oh, on the side: My commentary will be aligned to the right side of the screen.

 

[theprawncracker]

I'm so glad I could be a part of this.

 

[TogetherAgain]

Destination: Home. With Commentary! Ha!

Hi everybody! I'm Lisa, aka TogetherAgain. And I'm here where the story goes because I'm giving commentary. So I get to interrupt the story whenever I feel like it, and tell you random stuff. Oh joy! Now then, we're here at the beginning...​

They rushed out of the diner, glancing worriedly over their shoulders and rushing forward, with a blur of voices exploding into the evening air.

"Hurry, hurry, everybody on the bus!"

"Come on, hurry up!"

"Guys lets go! NOW!"

"Animal, get on the bus!"

"Hurry up!"

oh by the way, this is chapter one, "The Diner". I didn't have titles yet when I originally posted this.​

They were all on the bus within a matter of seconds. The doors closed behind them, but the shouting didn't stop.

"Okay, are we all here?"

"Whose turn is it to drive?"

"I think it's Fozzie's turn."

"Where's Robin?"

"Fozzie!"

"I'm right here, Uncle Kermit."

"Where are the keys?"

"In the ignition"

"Alright, let's go!"

Finally the bus roared out of the parking lot, and the muppets settled into their various seats. Floyd tied Animal to one of the seats, then sat two seats behind it, where Janice was waiting for him. He settled next to the window, his arm around his main squeeze, and looked around the bus.

There was Animal where he had just been tied. A few seats ahead of him was Dr. Teeth. Fozzie was driving, and Rowlf was just behind him. Three seats behind Rowlf sat Gonzo and Camilla. Towards the back of the bus, Miss Piggy was settling into her window seat, grumbling something about not finishing her dessert. Kermit was next to her, helping Robin into the seat and trying to remember where they had left off on the spelling list. And in the very last seat behind Floyd and Janice, Zoot was already falling asleep.

Floyd sighed, leaning against the window. He gazed out at the darkening sky, noticing how his reflection became more distinct and then faded again as they passed street lights.

I love that description. I came up with that when, well, when I was doing just that. It was late, we were on the way home, I'm trying to look at the stars and these darned street lights keep getting in the way because they're throwing my reflection onto the window. And I think, this would be great in the story. So there it is.​

The Electric Mayhem bus sped out of the city as his thoughts drifted to how they had found themselves here.

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Their latest movie had been successful enough. Actually, it had somewhat overwhelmed them. The actual filming of it had been fine, but suddenly there had been a whole lot of promoting to do. Every day it was another talk show, another magazine or newspaper wanting an interview, another guest appearance on another random television show, another rumor to squash, another crazy reporter trying to get them to make fools of themselves. By the time the dvds had come out and the buzz had all died down, they had been more than ready for a good long break.

But it had really started six months after that. By then it was late summer- or had it been early fall? It was the first day of Robin's school year.
Many of the muppets had moved out of the muppet boarding house during the last movie, mostly because they were sick of waiting in line for the bathroom. By then it was just Kermit, Miss Piggy, Gonzo, Camilla, Fozzie, Robin, and the Electric Mayhem living there.

Kermit walked into Robin's room. "Robin? Are you awake?" Then he saw the frog-shaped blob under the blankets. "Robin!" He stood next to the bed. "Robin, wake up! You don't want to be late. It's your first day of school!"
The young frog burst up from under the blankets, landing on his feet and startling his uncle. He was wide awake and all ready.

"I know!" He said cheerfully.

Kermit laughed and gave his nephew a hug. "All set?"

"Yup!"

"Good. Let's go see what's for breakfast."

I wish I could wake up for school that easily. Life would be so much better.​

They found Fozzie in the kitchen, struggling to make pancakes. He tried to flip one, but it landed on top of his hat. He turned to them, embarassed.
"I never thought I would miss having the chef around." He tried to save some of his ego.

"Well, at least what we eat now is actually edible." Kermit teased. "Want some help?"

"Please!"

A few minutes later, everybody was sitting around the table with a huge stack of pancakes in front of them. Well, everybody but Miss Piggy.

Kermit looked around the table with his usual questions for everybody.

Oh I have to tell you about this.​

"Think of any good jokes lately, Fozzie?"

The bear looked excited. "Oh Kermit, you're gonna love it! OK, listen to this. What's brown and sticky?"

Kermit shook his head. "I give up."

"A stick! Get it? A stick? Because it's brown, and it's STICK-y! Wocka wocka!"

Now that joke there, I learned that in youth group. There's this one guy- I don't remember his name- but he loves telling that joke and one other. The other one makes even less sense, if you can imagine that.​

Kermit shook his head again and turned to Gonzo. "Got any new acts?"

Gonzo looked a little disappointed. "No, I'm waiting for that new stunt ramp I ordered to come. It should have been here last week."

"Well I'll keep an eye open for it." Kermit assured him, and he heard the kitchen door open. Knowing who it was, he promptly reached for the newspaper and started to read it.

Now this next part was fun to write. I really wanted to drag it out longer, but I figured people would want the story already.​

"Good morning, everybody!" Miss Piggy called with her usual dramatic entrance. A small chorus of "good mornings" greeted her as she walked over and stood next to Kermit's chair.

"Good moring, Kermie."

"Good morning, Piggy." He didn't look up.

"Well?"

"Well what?" He knew perfectly well "well what."

"Well? Aren't you going to kiss me good morning?"

He tried not to smile as he put the paper down and looked at her. "Well Piggy, I would, but..."

"Yes?"

"But, um... I have syrup breath." He motioned towards his half-eaten pancakes.

"Well, you could just give me a little kiss on the cheek, couldn't you?"

Of course he could, but that wasn't part of the game. They went through this every morning. She would come down looking for her kiss, he would see how long he could delay. One time he had even stalled until dinner. But they both knew she would get her kiss by the end of the day.

He smiled up at her. "Well, but I wouldn't want to ruin your make-up."

"Oh I don't mind."

Normally this was when he would twist her words, say that she didn't mind not getting her morning kiss. But He didn't feel like playing that much today. So he just gave her a little peck on the cheek and returned to eating his breakfast.

"Thank you, Kermie!" She casually took her seat, proud that she had beat him so easily today.

He turned his attention to the Electric Mayhem. "Do you guys have a gig today?"

"Naw, man." Floyd said. "Animal's gotten us kicked out of just about everywhere!"

They all turned to Animal.

"Sah-ree."

Soon breakfast was over, Robin was rushing out the door to school, and every one of them found themselves dreading the day ahead. As much as they had wanted a break six months ago, now they were itching with boredom. Because those past six months had been just the same thing, over and over and over. Everyday they did the same thing- nothing. Absolutely nothing. And "nothing" was just more than they could handle anymore. Animal was constantly either drumming up migranes for the other house occupants or breaking something. Gonzo developed and practiced new acts, but there was nothing to practice them for. Fozzie thought of new jokes, but he had no audience for them. Rowlf and the Electric Mayhem all had nothing to do but play music. And while they loved playing music, there was no one to play it for. Miss Piggy was almost getting tired of shopping, as the mall didn't seem to have anything new anymore. Robin had been somewhat busy with frog scouts, but in between those activities he was stiff with boredom. And Kermit was about to burst. They needed something new. Something... anything... they needed it. And they needed it now.

End chapter one! Are you in love with it yet? Or are you just sick of me talking over the text? Well, you'll learn to deal with it. Or if you don't, you'll stop reading. One or the other. Uh... I guess I gotta go ramble in the next chapter now, huh? Alright, alright... I'll get there...​

 

[theprawncracker]

That's awesome Lisa! Me want more!

 

[The Count]

Uh... I think I'll wait for the audio version of the commentaries to be released. But I hope the extras make up for the commentary portion of the featurettes.

 

[TogetherAgain]

Yes, well, the inside of my head is a dangrous place to venture, you know.

I'll see about putting up more "commentary" in a bit. Other extras should follow... eventually...

would it be better if I left all the text in? My thought process that since in actual dvd commentaries, you can't hear the dialogue behind the commentary, it might be cool to leave out how much I would in theory be "covering". But I think I'll leave it in. Less work for me, and it makes more sense that way. Less confusing.

But oh, there is such beauty in confusion!

Actually though, if I can still find the edit button I think I'll put the text back in.

EDIT: About to post the next bit with commentary. Count, I tried to make it a little easier on you.

 

[TogetherAgain]

commentary Chapter two, "The Gas Station." Anybody picking up on a pattern to the early chapter titles? end commentary​

Floyd felt the bus easing onto an exit ramp. He refocused his eyes from the sky to the ground and realized Fozzie was pulling into a gas station. The bear smiled weakly at the bus occupants. "It'll probably be the last time we can get gas for awhile."

They slowly unboarded the bus, stretching, yawning, making their way into the store part of the station. They grazed the aisles for something to snack on while Fozzie filled the tank. Kermit stayed near Robin, still working on the spelling list.

"Okay, Robin, spell 'witch'."

"Which 'witch'?"

"The evil kind."

"Oh. Um.... W-H-I.."

"Nope. That's the other which."

"Oops."

"It's okay, keep trying."

"WANT SNACK! WANT SNACK!" Animal shouted, grabbing candy off of the shelves, making a mess of the store.

"Down Animal!" Floyd ordered, bending down to replace the fallen candy to the shelves.

commentary poor Floyd. end commentary​

It wasn't long before they were back on the bus, everyone in the same seats except for Dr. Teeth and Fozzie. It was Dr. Teeth's turn to drive now, and his seat had now been taken by the bear.

Floyd sighed deeply, and let his eyes rest on the stars as he thought back to that day...

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Kermit had gone out to get the mail when he called for Gonzo to come out. Moments later the weirdo was jumping with delight, shouting for Camilla, running to get his motorcycle, and setting up his new stunt ramp in the street.

Kermit smiled at his friend's excitement, then took the pile of mail inside to sort through it.

"Let's see... bill, bill, bill... who the heck is Bill?

commentary My grandpa. end commmentary​

I'll have to look into that." He set the letters for Bill aside. "Where was I... advertisement... junk mail... credit card stuff- I'm not sure I want to look at that." He started a pile for Miss Piggy. "Uh... thank you for your donation... Oh, Robin's merit badge... reminding you of your appointment- Fozzie! You have a dentist appointment tomorrow! Um, let's see... what's this?"

What was it indeed? It was addressed to Kermit the Frog and Company from some one named Lloyd Galt. Kermit didn't know any one named Lloyd Galt, he had never even heard the name before. But apparently Lloyd Galt had heard of Kermit, and he lived in Pine Springs, Texas.

commentary Ah, the tales here. First off, Lloyd Galt. Ripped right off the book shelf. Lloyd, because I have a book on Frank Lloyd Wright. Galt, because if you ever read the book Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand, there's a character named John Galt. And Pine Springs Texas, well, it was originally going to be somewhere in Wyoming. But I didn't feel like figuring out random stuff that was easier to figure out for Texas. So I took out the encyclopedia, and I said, "Hm, Pine Springs, I've never heard of that. Sounds good." So that's where we got Lloyd Galt and Pine Springs. end commentary​

Kermit sat down on the couch and opened the letter. He read it carefully.

commentary Gah! You can't quote a quote! Alright, give me a moment and I'll see if I can't put the letter back in. end commentary​

Dear Mr. Kermit the Frog,

I have developed a script for a movie that I would be very interested in having you and your friends perform in. I will be arriving in your area next week for about one month. Please call me at your earliest convenience to set up an appointment.

Sincerely,

Lloyd Galt

commentary Ah, much better. On with the tale! end commentary​

Kermit looked at the date on the letter. It had been written a week ago. So "next week" was now "this week."

"Guys! Everybody! Come here! Come quick!" He shouted. He leaned out a window. "Gonzo! Camilla! Come here, you've gotta see this!" He shouted up the stairs, "Miss Piggy! Fozzie! Rowlf! Dr. Teeth! Everybody! Come see this!"

He read the letter again. It was awfully vague. No details on the movie at all. Nothing on what it was about, the basic plot line... a tiny warning light went on in Kermit's mind. Maybe he was getting too excited. Maybe he shouldn't get everybody else excited. But still, it was SOMETHING. Something new! Something they hadn't been doing for six months already.

Soon everyone was in the room, crowding around Kermit, all of them trying to fit onto the couch. They were bombarding him with questions. He could hardly keep track of the questions, let alone who was asking them.

commentary Here comes a classic muppet situation. end commentary​

"Hey what's going on?"

"What are you shouting about?"

"What happened?"

"What's so exciting?"

"Come on, man, we were practicing!"

"What the heck is going on?"

Kermit looked around. How the heck was he supposed to tell them anything if he couldn't even hear himself think?

"QUIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEET!!!!!" He shouted. They all quickly stopped talking. All but Janice.

"And I said, look girl, if you want to pose naked that's fine, but don't drag ME into it..." She looked around at everyone staring at her. "Oh."

commentary I literally studied Great Muppet Caper and Muppets Take Manhattan to get that right. end commentary​

Kermit just shook his head. "Ok guys, listen to this!" He read the letter aloud.

"So are we gonna do the movie?" Rowlf asked.

"What's it about?" Fozzie asked.

"Yeah, and who's Lloyd Galt?" Dr. Teeth asked.

"Yeah, Kermit..."

Uh oh. He'd better give them some sort of answer before they got into a mesh of voices again.

"I don't know." He said. They fell silent. Kermit didn't know? "It doesn't say in the letter what the movie is about, or who Lloyd Galt is. It just has his number."

"So are you going to call him?" Miss Piggy asked.

"Well, I don't see any other way to find out more about the movie." Kermit said.

"Yay!" They started to shout again.

"Wait a minute guys, wait a minute." Kermit remembered that warning light. "I'm a little wary of all this."

"But why? It's something New!" Gonzo said.

"Well yeah, but..."

"But what?" Floyd asked.

"Well it's just that he doesn't really tell us anything. It's almost like he doesn't really want us to know about what's in the movie. Like he's afraid we won't do it if we find out."

commentary Now that there is a little something called "foreshadowing" that you come to hate in English class. Blech! end commentary​

"So, like, you won't call him?" Janice asked.

"I never said that. I'm going to call him right now!" Kermit hopped off the couch and went to the phone. He looked at the number on the letter and dialed.

Robin came home from school a few hours later. "Uncle Kermit, did my new merit badge come yet?" He asked as he came in the door.

Kermit smiled. Robin had asked that every day for almost two weeks now. "It's on the counter." He said

"Oh boy!" The young frog grabbed the badge and started to hop up to his room to put it on his frog scout uniform.

"Well now wait a minute, Robin" Kermit stopped him. "How was your first day of school?"

"Oh it was wonderful, Uncle Kermit!" They sat down on the couch as Robin told all the details of his day. Gonzo was back outside practicing new stunts on the stunt ramp. Miss Piggy was in her room, and the Electric Mayhem were all practicing in one of the bedrooms that had been emptied when people started moving out. Fozzie was practicing jokes in front of his mirror. Rowlf was playing on the piano in the corner.

"We've had a bit of excitement here, too, today" Kermit told his nephew.

Robin gasped. "Really?"

"Mm hm. For one thing, Gonzo got that stunt ramp."

"I saw that."

"And for another thing..." Kermit pulled out the letter for his nephew to read. The young frog grabbed it eagerly.

"Did you call him, Uncle Kermit?"

"Yes I did."

"And what did he say?"

"Well, I set up an appointment with him. I'm going to go see him tomorrow. Then we'll talk about the movie, and he'll give me a copy of the script."

"Did he say anything about the movie when you talked to him?"

Kermit shook his head. "All he said was that there's a part for all of us. Even one for you."

Kermit watched his nephews eyes light up with excitement. "Really, Uncle Kermit? Oh boy!"

"Well don't get too excited. We still don't know anything about the movie itself." He was reminding himself as much as his nephew.

That evening they all sat around the dinner table, eagerly discussing the possibilities of the movie. Suddenly they heard an explosion, and all fell silent. They were accustomed to explosions, but Crazy Harry had moved out months ago, as had Bunsen and Beaker, and Animal was sitting there with them. Who else would cause an explosion?

commentary That was fun. BOOM! Well now who would make a boom? All of our boom-ers have moved out. Maybe we should be worried about that boom. end commentary​

Then they heard the squeal of brakes... a small crash... silence.

CRRRAAAAAAAAAAASH!

commentary Yeah, we should definately be worried about that boom. end commentary​

It sounded like it had come from outside. Kermit stood up. "I'd better go see what that was." The others followed him outside.

They stood on the porch and stared at the giant oak tree, not quite believing what they saw. It appearred that a small, rusty old pick-up truck had landed in the tree. Or rather, what used to be a small, rusty old pick-up truck.

commentary That was surprisingly difficult to word correctly. I spent quite a while thinking about it. Actually, I spent weeks just trying to figure out what kind of tree the truck flew into. Now that's a little pathetic, don't you think? end commentary​

The entire front end, especially the driver's side, was entirely smashed. A glance at the whole scene showed what had happened. A large car part lay farther up the road, some smaller ones scattered past it. The explosion had been when this fell out of the bottom of the truck. The screech of brakes was visible, too... burnt rubber marks swerving across the road, zig-zagging and finally running off the road to where Gonzo had pulled his stunt ramp before dinner. That was the smaller crash- running into the ramp. It had launched the truck spinning through the air- that was the silence. And then the final crash landed it in the tree.

commentary A very difficult crash to orchestrate. Originally all I knew was that I wanted a car in a tree. So I brought in the stunt ramp, the explosion... fun stuff. end commentary​

"Fozzie?" Kermit managed to say. "Call 911."

"Yes sir." Fozzie said. He didn't move.

The muppets watched in terror as the truck creaked, rocked, and finally fell to the ground, smashing the passenger side and destroying what little was left of the truck. Kermit turned and saw Fozzie still standing there.

"Fozzie! Now!"

commentary Kermit actually wanted to send Scooter in to call 911, but Scooter moved out. Although I suppose he could have come over for dinner. Oh well, he sent Fozzie. end commentary​

"Yes Sir! Going, Sir!" Fozzie ran into the house. The rest of the muppets slowly crept up to the drivers side of the truck.

Inside was a girl, probably in her early twenties. Broken bits of glass stuck in her skin, and she was bleeding horribly. Her long black hair was tangled around the head rest. She was barely maintaining conciousness as she gazed at them through half-open, large, dark eyes. Still, through the mess, any one could tell that she was beautiful.

"hhhhhhh.... hhhhheh..... hhhhheh...." Her voice was weak, hardly audible at all. "hhhhhellllllllllp" she managed to get out.

"Don't worry." Kermit told her comfortingly. "You're going to be alright."

commentary Oh she better be alright. It would be a terrible story if she wasn't. end commentary​

 

[The Count]

Much better. Thanks Lisa, the "Commentary/End of Commentary" headings make it easier for me to just scroll down and find the bits and pieces of your analysis.
Hope you have fun with it.

 

[redBoobergurl]

Hey, this is fun! I'm enjoying the commentaries! Not to copy or anything, but maybe I'll do that with my story too! Since I haven't been able to formulate a new one in my head very well yet...anyway, it's really cool, I'll keep on reading if you keep on adding it!