Heck no, it's still going strong buddy. Gotta get all the stragglers in you know.
*Finishing off a couple of spare ribs, chugging a bit of tea, and wiping my hands and mouth.
Well, lots of friends here at the cookout... Maybe we can get a little "a la mode" music over there on the piano from ol' Brown Ears?
*Piano tinkling starts as the song begins...
Me: Long long time ago...
I can still remember how the Muppets
Used to make me smile.
Cantus: And I know if I had the chance.
I could make those silly creatures dance...
Fozzie: And maybe they'd be happy for a while.
Uncle Deadly: Chilling May made me shiver.
With every paper I'd deliver.
Count: Bad news on the doorstep.
I couldn't take 1-2-3 more steps.
Country Trio:
Jerry: I can't remember if I cried.
FrankWhen I read the news 'bout his widowed bride.
Jim: But something touched me deep inside...
All: The day the Muppeteer died.
Me: So bye, bye, Miss American Pie.
Drove my chevy to the levy, but the levy was dry.
Them good ol' boys drinkin' whiskey and rye...
Singing this'll be the day that I die...
This'll be the day that I die.
*Music starts rolling now.
Beth: Now did you write the Book of Love.
Martin: And do you have faith in God above?
If the Bible tells you so?
Dr. Teeth: And do you have faith in rock & roll?
Lips: And can music save your mortal soul?
Ally: And can you teach me to dance real slooooow?
Prairie and Betty Lou: Well, I know you're in love with him.
Cause we saw you go in with Jim.
You both took off your shoes.
Clifford: Man, I dig those rhythm and blues!
Kyle: I was a lonely teenage broken buck.
Sara: With a pink carnation and a pick up truck.
Me: But I knew I was out of luck.
The day the Muppeteer died.
All: So bye, bye, Miss American Pie.
Drove my chevy to the levy, but the levy was dry.
Them good ol' boys drinkin' whiskey and rye...
Singing this'll be the day that I die...
This'll be the day that I die.
Kim: Now for ten and six years we've been on our own.
Boober: And moss grows fat on a rollie stone.
But that's not the way things used to be.
Ernie: And the jester sang for the king and queen.
In a coat he borrowed from James Dean.
Bert: And a voice that came from you and meee...
Grover: And while the king was looking down.
Telly: The jester stole his thorny crown.
Kate: The courtroom was adjourned.
No verdict was returned.
Robin: And while Lisa read from her book of marks.
Sweetums: The whole troop practiced in the dark.
Diana: And we sang dirges in the dark.
The day the Muppeteer died.
All: So bye, bye, Miss American Pie.
Drove my chevy to the levy, but the levy was dry.
Them good ol' boys drinkin' whiskey and rye...
Singing this'll be the day that I die...
This'll be the day that I die.
Nicole: Helter-skelter in summer's swelter...
Janice: Like the Birds flew up in a fall-out shelter.
Gonzo: Eight miles high and falling faaaaaast! Whoopie!
Rowlf: It landed there on the grass.
Where the players tried for a forward pass.
Floyd: But the jester on the sidelines was a gas.
Big Bird: At halftime there came some sweet perfume.
Hoots: The sergeants played a marching tune.
Bryan: We all got up to dance.
Ah, but we never got the chance.
Miss Piggy: The actors tried to take the field.
But the stupid musicians refused to yield.
Catherine: Now do you recall what was the deal.
The day the Muppeteer died.
All: So bye, bye, Miss American Pie.
Drove my chevy to the levy, but the levy was dry.
Them good ol' boys drinkin' whiskey and rye...
Singing this'll be the day that I die...
This'll be the day that I die.
Gillis: Now we were all gathered in one place.
Kathy: A generation lost in space.
Tosh: And never to come back this way again.
Elmo and Zoe: So come on, Jack be nimble, Jack be quick.
Jack Flash sat on that candlestick.
Peter: Cause fire is the devil's only friend.
Scooter: And as I watched him on that stage.
My hands were clenched in fists of rage.
Oscar: No angel born in heck.
Can save us from this awful wreck.
Gerald: The flames shot high into the night.
Rizzo: The moonlit sacrificial right.
Pepe: I heard Sayten laffing with delite hokay?
De day de Muppeteer died.
All: So bye, bye, Miss American Pie.
Drove my chevy to the levy, but the levy was dry.
Them good ol' boys drinkin' whiskey and rye...
Singing this'll be the day that I die...
This'll be the day that I die.
*Music softens back to a tinkling melody.
Me: I saw a girl who was playing the blues.
So I asked her for some happy news.
Lisa: But she just smiled and turned away.
Cookie: So me went back to that sacred store.
Where me hear music and eat cookies so long ago.
Little Bird: But the men there said the music wouldn't play.
Rosita: At Sesame Street the children cried.
Mokey: The lovers screamed and the poets died.
Snuffy: But not a word was spoken.
Herry: The churchbells all were broken.
Kermit: And the man I admire most.
Caught the last train for the coast.
The father of this froggy host.
Me: The day the Muppeteer died.
Me, quietly: So bye, bye, Miss American Pie.
Drove my chevy to the levy, but the levy was dry.
Them good ol' boys drinkin' whiskey and rye...
Singing this'll be the day that I die...
This'll be the day that I die.
All, in a sad yet happy slow tone: So bye, bye, Miss American Pie.
Drove my chevy to the levy, but the levy was dry.
Them good ol' boys drinkin' whiskey and rye...
Singing this'll be the day that I die.
*Music ends.