Chapter 2: "Role Call"
Throughout the next several days, Kermit, Misty and Walter all worked together to get all the copyright stuff cleared, beg people to produce it, and buy the scripts and libretto. And it wasn't easy so I have decided not to write a long and boring chapter about it. But, let's skip ahead to days later. It's now time to cast the roles.
The three decided not to hold auditions but let it be "first come, first serve." In short, because the three of them have trust in everyone with their talents, they know that whatever role fit them, fit them. Of the three, so far, Misty has been cast as Jan, one of the Pink Ladies. Kermit was directing the show and Walter was co-director.
"Okay, I think we have everyone cast..." Kermit said, looking at his clipboard. "No we don't, Kermit," Misty kindly argued. "We still have plenty of roles to fill. We don't even have the leads yet." "Oh yeah, you're right, Misty," Kermit said. "Kermie! Kermie!" a familiar called in the distance.
The voice was Miss Piggy, whom was rushing towards Misty and Kermit. "Hi, Piggy," Kermit said. "Kermie, moi has a very special request," Miss Piggy said. "I do not wish to play the role of Sandy." Kermit and Misty looked at each other in surprise. Miss Piggy? Turning down a lead like Sandy? This was rare. "Miss Piggy, this isn't like you, turning down a role like Sandy," Misty said. "I know," Miss Piggy responded. "However, there is ONE role and one role alone that moi wishes to play." "What role, Piggy?" Kermit asked.
"Rizzo!" Miss Piggy dramatically said. Then all of a sudden, Rizzo popped up out of nowhere. "Hey, anyone call my name?" he asked. "Get lost, garbage breath!" Miss Piggy yelled and kicked Rizzo out of sight. "Piggy," Kermit started. "You wanna play Rizzo?" "Of course!" Miss Piggy said arrogantly. "Moi was born to play that role! Plus, I get to insult whoever plays Sandy through song." Misty couldn't help but chuckle. She just couldn't wait to see Miss Piggy singing "Look At Me, I'm Sandra Dee." "I just can't wait," Misty said excitingly. "Merci bocoup, Misty," Miss Piggy said and then turned to Kermit. "Well, I must be off. I have a 2:00 M and P." "M and P?" Kermit asked, confused. "What's that?" "Mani and pedi," she answered. "It means manicure and pedicure," Misty translated in regular language to Miss Piggy's girl language. "Au revoir, mon capitan," Miss Piggy said and kissed Kermit on the cheek before she left.
Misty chuckled and started to ask "How long have you two....." "Don't ask," Kermit replied, not feeling like talking about him and Miss Piggy's relationship. "Anyways, who's going to play the two leads if Miss Piggy doesn't wanna play Sandy?" "I'll play Sandy!" Misty started, excitingly. Kermit gave her a look and responded "Nice try. But no dice." Misty frowned, but wasn't too disappointed. She was kind of expecting that anyways, but it was worth a shot to try. "Oh," she said. "Ahem, I mean, yeah. Who's going to play Danny and Sandy is the right question."
Suddenly they heard the sound of a bass guitar and singing. Kermit and Misty looked behind them and saw only Floyd, relaxing in one of the seats in the audience, playing his bass guitar and singing: "
Last time I saw her, she sweetly kissed my lips...." "Hey Floyd!" Kermit called. Floyd looked up from playing his bass guitar and replied "Oh hey! What's up, my little green friend?" "You wanna play Danny?" Kermit asked. Floyd was silent for a minute, but then he shrugged and said "Sure." Kermit then looked back at Misty. "Okay, we have our Danny," she started. "Now we need Sandy." "If you wanna make my day even better....," Floyd started to call out from the audience. "Put Janice as Sandy." "Oh yeah!" Misty said in realization. "I forgot you two were going out. Strong?" "Strong," he replied, nodding. "Okay," Kermit started as he wrote down on his clipboard. "We have our Danny and Sandy." "What's next?" Misty said as she curiously looked over Kermit's shoulder to see what wrote down.
"Teen Angel," Kermit said. Then all of a sudden, Pepe and Link Hogthrob ran right up Kermit and Misty. "I wanna play Teen Angel!" they said at the same time. "No I wanna play Teen Angel!" "Listen here, shrimp," Link started. "You don't have the brawn and masculinity that Teen Angel has." "Ho yeah?" Pepe argued. "I have just as much masculinity and handsome looks as you. Even better! And it's PRAWN!" "Who wants to see someone who's only 2 feet tall as Teen Angel?" Link argued back. "I'm tall, lean and handsome." "And a pig," Pepe said. Pepe and Link then continued having their argument and even fist fought, while Kermit and Misty just stared at them weirdly. "They're arguing over a role that only sings one song and is only in the show for about 5 minutes....tops," Misty said. "Maybe we should break it up," Kermit suggested. "No, let them argue," she responded. "I love watching morons fight." Kermit then scribbled something down on his clipboard and then looked back up. "Okay, I think we have everyone....."
"Wait," Misty interrupted. "There's still one more role you need to cast." "What's that, Misty?" Kermit asked in wonder. "Kenickie," she replied, pointing to where it says "Kenickie" on Kermit's paper. "Oh!" Kermit realized. "Kermit, I think you should play Kenickie," Misty insisted. "What? Me?" he said in surprise. "No...I....I could never pull it off." "But it makes the most sense with Piggy as Rizzo," she responded. Then all of a sudden, Rizzo reappeared. "Hey! Did anyone just call my name...again?" he asked. "Rizzo, not now," Kermit said. "Oh...." Rizzo responded and walked off. "C'mon, Kermit," Misty begged. "Please...please play Kenickie....for Miss Piggy, at least. She'll be thrilled when she founds out you're playing Kenickie." Kermit then sighed and decided to give in. "Okay," Kermit said. "I'll do it.....for Piggy." "That's the spirit, Kermit," Misty said. He then wrote down his name next to where "Kenickie" was written. "Now we have everyone cast," Misty said, nodding.
The next day, Kermit put up the cast list for Grease right by the entrance to the auditorium:
The Muppet Players Present
Grease
Cast List:
Danny Zuko- Floyd Pepper
Sandy Dumbrowski- Janice
Betty Rizzo- Miss Piggy
Kenickie- Kermit the Frog
The Burger Palace Boys:
Doody- Scooter
Roger- Fozzie Bear
Sonny- Rizzo the Rat
The Pink Ladies:
Frenchy- Delores
Jan- Misty
Marty- Spamela Hamderson
Assorted Others:
Miss Lynch- Mildred Huxtetter
Patty Simcox- Annie Sue Pig
Eugene Florcyznik (*I can't spell his last name)- Seymour
Vince Fontaine- Gonzo
Johnny Casino- Dr. Teeth
Cha Cha DeGregorio- Libby Lou (*She's just some random whatnot. So I just made up her name)
The Teen Angel- Animal
"WHAT!?!?!?!" Pepe and Link said together in shock. "ANIMAL!!?!? TEEN ANGEL!!??!" Link and Pepe then looked behind them and saw Animal, rolling around on the floor. The two then looked at each other and ran off.
"Oh, Floyd!" Janice said in surprise and excitement. "Like you got me the role of Sandy?" "Of course," Floyd replied. "I can't be Danny without you as Sandy." "Oh, Floyd, like you shouldn't have," she said and hugged him. "I only give the best to my babe," he responded and kissed her cheek. Janice then grabbed Floyd's hand and went off with him.
"Vince Fontaine?" Gonzo asked in confusion. "Who's he?" "Gonzo, don't you remember?" Kermit said. "You asked for that role." "No I didn't," he replied. "I asked to play Sneezy." "Who's Sneezy?" Kermit asked. "You know, the other Burger Palace Boy," he replied. "The one that sneezes a lot but never gets a girlfriend." "Gonzo. we're doing Grease, not Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs." Kermit said back. "Oh....I forgot we did that already," Gonzo said in realization as he took the comic book entitled "Muppets Snow White." "Ugh," Kermit sighed. "This is going to be a very long fanfiction."
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Yeah, I know this chapter was long, but this was a really fun chapter. Stay tuned for chapter 3!