The Muppets After The Muppets - Episode 10: In the Fun House

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Enjoy this episode of "The Muppets After The Muppets".


Act 1

It was the day of the big carnival, and Kermit, Miss Piggy, Fozzie, Gonzo, Camilla, Rizzo, Pepe, Rowlf, Lew Zealand, Walter, and Scooter all went for a fun time.

“This is such an exciting time”, said Fozzie.

“I hope to eat a lot of carnival food”, said Rizzo, “By the way, anybody got any money?”

Kermit scrunched his face.

“Oh, Kermie”, said Miss Piggy, “let’s ride in the tunnel of love.”

“Well, uh….”, said Kermit, thinking, “I don’t think you’d want all of us on that ride.”

“Well, we can all split up into groups”, said Miss Piggy.

“That’s right, Mr. The Frog”, said Lew.

“Good grief”, said Kermit.

“Well, me and Camilla will head to the tunnel of love, won’t we, Camilla?”, asked Gonzo.

Camilla clucked in agreement.

“I will go to the tunnel of love and look for ladies, okay”, said Pepe.

Walter spotted a fun house.

“Oh, I want to go to the fun house!”, said an excited Walter.

“Oh, yeah, that sounds like fun!”, said Scooter, as he swang his fist.

“Well, I think I’ll go play some carnival games”, said Fozzie.

“Me, too”, said Rowlf.

Everybody started to go their separate ways.

Walter and Scooter went to the fun house.

“Two for the fun house”, said Scooter.

“Okay”, said the Carney.

“How long is it?”, said Scooter.

“Oh, some go in for a long time…”, said the Carney.

“It must be real fun then”, said Walter.

The two entered.

“They go in for a long time”, said the Carney to himself, “because they can never find the way out.”

As they entered inside…

“Wow, looks cool and spooky”, said Walter.

“It feels cool, too”, said Walter, “I know it’s warm outside but they don’t need to turn the air conditioner on all the way.”

“Well, let’s just explore the place”, said Scooter.

“Yeah”, said Walter.

Pepe was looking for women in line at the “Tunnel of Love”.

“Hey, lady, got room for a prawn?”

“I’m with him”, said the woman to her boyfriend.

“Beat it, shrimp!”, said her boyfriend.

“I am a king prawn, okay!”, said Pepe.

The boyfriend flicked Pepe away. Pepe flew into the cotton candy machine.

“Oh, I am sticky, okay!”, said Pepe, “Maybe I should have brought Topo Sticky with me.”

“Oh, this is so romantic!”, said Miss Piggy.

“Let’s just get this over with”, said Kermit.

“But the line’s kind of long to get it over with”, said Gonzo.

“Bawk bawk”, said Camilla in agreement.

The Swedish Chef was at a stand making food, singing as he squirted ketchup and mustard in the popcorn, ice cubes in the chilli, and barbeque sauce in some spaghetti.

“Hey, this looks like a great place to eat”, said Rizzo.

“I wonder if they have anything for my fish”, said Lew.

The Swedish Chef gave them a greeting, in Swedish.

“Uh, maybe we should go somewhere else to eat”, said Rizzo.

“But we don’t even know what they serve here”, said Lew.

In the fun house, Walter and Scooter went into a room with several framed portraits.

“Wow, it’s like we’ve been here before”, said Walter.

“Actually, I think we have”, said Scooter, “About four times”.

“Well, let’s go through a different door”, said Walter.

“But there’s only two doors in this room”, said Scooter, “the one we entered and the one we left”.

“Well, let’s go out the door we entered this time”, said Walter.

“Okay”, said Scooter.

They went out the door they entered, and entered again through the other door.

“Hey, this room looks familiar”, said Walter.

“Unbelievable”, said Scooter.

Fozzie and Rowlf went to the “Test Your Strength” game.

“Come one, come all”, said the Carney, who happened to be Hulk Hogan, “Come and test your strength!”

“Hulk Hogan?”, said Fozzie, “What are you doing here?”

“My manager is stronger than me”, said Hulk, “Now test your strength, or get out of here!”

“Okay”, said Fozzie, taking a mallet and hitting the thing. And the weights only went up a little.

“Too bad, bear”, said Hulk.

“He’s also bad at comedy”, said Waldorf, who with Statler happened to be watching. The two laughed.

“Maybe I should try”, said Rowlf, who took the mallet, but the weight only went a little bit higher.

“Too bad, dog”, said Hulk.

“He is better at the piano, though”, said Statler.

“Hey, why don’t you two try this?”, asked Rowlf.

“Yeah!”, said Fozzie.

“Okay, we will”, said Statler, who hit the thing, and it hit the bell.

“I don’t believe it”, said Fozzie, who removed his hat in embarrassment.

“Now it’s my turn”, aid Waldorf, who hit and the weight went up higher and faster, going through the bell at the top.

“I don’t believe it”, said Hulk, “I don’t have a prize for people who hit it that high!”

The weight then fell on Hulk Hogan’s head, knocking him out.

Back in the fun house, Scooter and Walter were in a hallway.

“This hallway keeps leading us back to the same room”, said Scooter, “what’ll we do about it?”

“We can recite Muppet trivia while waiting”, said Walter, “Hey, do you know who the first Muppet to appear in…”

“Not now”, said Scooter, “we must find a way out.”

Several penguins walked past them, all shivering.

“Hey, do you penguins know the way out?”, said Scooter.

“No”, said a penguin, “but if you hum a few bars we’ll fake it!”

“Come on, Clyde”, said another penguin, “it’s freezing in here!”

They walked out of the room.

Walter noticed a bookcase in the wall behind them, and noticed a book there…

“Hey, a copy of “Of Muppets and Men!”

Walter pulled the book a little bit, but then it wouldn’t pull out further.

“It must be stuck!”, complained Walter.

But then the bookshelf turned halfway in circle, and the two noticed two tunnels on opposite sides.

“Maybe one of those leads out of here”, said Walter.

“I thought that one room was on the other side”, said Scooter.

The two entered the tunnel on the left, and then the bookshelf magically turned back around.

 

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Act 2

Scooter and Walter were walking down a long stairway.

“I hope we get out soon”, said Scooter, “I want to see some of the other attractions.”

They got to the bottom, and found a door.

“Well, maybe this is how we leave”, said Scooter.

They opened the door, but noticed it led to the edge of a cliff. There was no cliff or mountain ahead of them in sight, the way down was long with cactuses and rocky spears at the bottom, and the way up was clearly long and unclimbable to them as well.

“Well, Walter, we may need to go back.”

“When you’re right you’re right”

They went back up the stairs. Walter pulled the “Of Muppets and Men” book off all the way.

“Hey, the real book!”, said Walter.

“Walter! Let’s pull more books!”

They pulled out more books, all coming out.

“Maybe we should push”, said Scooter.

“Good idea, Scooter”, said Walter.

They pushed, but it wouldn’t turn the other way.

“This fun house sure is weird!”, said Scooter.

The two sat down on the top step… And suddenly that step fell through the floor.

Walter and Scooter were screaming as they fell and then slid down.

“Where could we be going?”, wondered Scooter.

“We should have brought our parachutes”, said Walter.

The two landed in a room full of garbage.

“Well, at least we landed on something soft”, said Walter.

“Not me”, said Scooter, picking up a golden Oscar from underneath, “I found an Oscar in the garbage.”

“Who hasn’t found an Oscar in the garbage?”, asked Walter.

“Not now”, said Scooter.

Kermit and Miss Piggy were enjoying the tunnel of love.

“Aren’t vous glad we went here?”, said Piggy.

“I’ve got to admit, it is nice”, said Kermit, “the water smells like pure swamp water.”

Gonzo and Camilla were enjoying it behind them.

“Maybe I should do my underwater waterskiing act in here”, said Gonzo.

Floyd and Janice happened to be there as well.

“Like, I didn’t know we were going to be here”, said Janice.

“But we entered the fair”, said Floyd.

“I mean, like, I didn’t know we were going to make a cameo.”

Wayne and Wanda were also there.

“I feel like singing”, said Wayne.

Their ride then sprung a hole, water flying out.

“You have got to be kidding me”, said Wayne.

“We’re not even singing here”, said Wanda.

Fozzie and Rowlf went to a darts game. Seth Green was the Carney.

“Step right up and throw darts at the balloon”, said Seth Green.

“Seth Green?”, said Fozzie, “what are you doing here?”

“Times have been tough since Greg the Bunny ended”, said Seth.

“But you still have Family Guy and Robot Chicken”, said Rowlf.

“And what do you have?”, asked Seth.

“I have fleas”, said Rowlf.

“And I have a dollar for a dart”, said Fozzie.

“Here you go”, said Seth, handing Fozzie the dart.

Fozzie threw the dart at a balloon, but it bounced back and hit Fozzie’s hat off.

“Too bad, Fozzie”, said Rowlf, “Let me try.”

Rowlf threw a dart and popped a green balloon.

“Well, you popped a green balloon”, said Seth, “so here’s your prize.”

Seth Green handed Rowlf a pair of fart shoes.

“Fart shoes”, said Seth.

“Uh, you can have them, Fozzie”, said Rowlf.

“But I already have two pairs”, said Fozzie.

Scooter and Walter were still looking for a way out of the fun house.

“You know, maybe we can get out sooner if we sang a song”, said Walter, who started whistling to the tune of “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough”. Soon bats and skeletons appeared and started singing, and then Scooter and Walter sang, over a montage of them in various rooms, all with oddness.

“Well, the musical number’s over and we’re still going nowhere fast”, said Scooter.

“Hey, isn’t that a song, too?”, asked Walter.

Just then a creepy old man with a long beard showed up.

“Hi, I’m Thomas”, said the man, “Have either of you found the exit?”

“No”, said Scooter.

“I’ve been looking for the exit for the last 65 years”, said Thomas, “I hope I get out soon. I don’t want to get crushed again.”

“What do you mean crushed?”, asked Scooter.

“Oh, whenever they close the carnival, this house gets crushed before being relocated”, said Thomas.

“I hope we can find our way out”, said Scooter.

“I don’t remember seeing that door before”, said Thomas, pointing to a door.

“Well, let’s go that way”, said Walter.

They entered the room, and it was the same room Walter and Scooter had gone into a few times already.

“Not this room again”, said Scooter, “I don’t know how we keep ending up here.”

“Well, maybe they make several rooms that look the same”, said Walter.

They went out the door, which led to… The same room.

“Not again”, said Scooter.

They went through the other door… And it led back to the room.

“What is going on?”, said Walter.

They went through the door, and were back in the room.

“I don’t remember seeing this room before”, said Thomas, “I think we’re closer!”

Scooter and Walter went out the next door, while Thomas decided to go back out the door they entered… And it just happened to lead outside the fun house.

“Hey, wait a minute…”, said Thomas, “I’m finally out of the fun house! I’ve got to tell them!”

Thomas was about to head back in, but then stopped.

“Wait, I don’t want to go back in there”, said Thomas, who then left.

 

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Act 3

Scooter and Walter found themselves in a room full of cobwebs,

“Eww, I’ll need to take a bath when we get out”, said Walter.

Scooter looked around.

“Hey, where’s Thomas?”, asked Scooter.

“Wasn’t he right behind us?”, said Walter.

“Well he’s not now”, said Walter.

“Not now what?”, asked a large spider.

Scooter and Walter screamed, having not expected the spider. The spider then screamed, too.

Scooter and Walter ran into another room.

“Do you think we’ll ever get out of here?”, asked Walter.

They then found that they were in the room they had kept coming into many times.

“I don’t think so”, said Scooter.

Statler and Waldorf were enjoying a farming area of the carnival.

“Ah, the farm is a great place to visit”, said Waldorf.

“Hey, do you want to buy some food?”, said a talking piece of corn.

“Who are you?”, said Waldorf.

“I’m the Carney”, said the corn.

“Don’t you mean the corny?”, said Statler.

The two laughed.

“Pumpkins! Pumpkins! Get your pumpkins here!”, said another farmer.

“Well, I would like to bring some pumpkins home”, said Statler.

“Okay, I’ll show you the…”

The farmer turned around, and saw that his pumpkin patch was filled with coaches (horses not included).

“What just happened?”, said the farmer.

A fairy showed up.

“Oh, I just got carried away”, said the fairy, “they’ll be pumpkins again at midnight.”

Gonzo and Camilla were looking at a balloon display.

“Would you like me to buy you a whole bunch of balloons?”, asked Gonzo.

Camilla clucked and shook her head.

“What do you mean remember what happened last time?”, asked Gonzo.

Gonzo then noticed a sign, “The Richard Pryor Memorial Balloon Exhibet. Hmm, well, it does show some high culture.”

Lew Zealand was licking an ice cream cone.

“This is good ice cream”, said Lew, “Fish flavored!”

Rizzo had a cone with many scoops.

“Well, I got all the scoops they had”, said Rizzo, “except the fish.”

“You don’t know what you’re missing”, said Lew.

But then each of Rizzo’s scoops exploded, one by one. Rizzo threw his cone and ran away as fast as he could before the last scoop had exploded.

“Hey, what’s your problem?”, asked Lew, who then thought aloud, “that’s right, he didn’t get the fish ice cream.”

The gang had soon met up in front of the fun house.

“Well, are we all here?”, said Kermit, counting heads, “Where are Scooter and Walter?”

“I haven’t seen them since we split up”, said Fozzie.

“Hey”, said the fun house Carney, “you said you’re looking for Scooter, the same Scooter from the Muppets?”

“No, a scooter I rode here on”, said Rizzo, sarcastically.

“Good one, okay”, said Pepe.

“Well, I haven’t seen any scooters”, said the Carney, ignorant to the sarcasm, “but your friend Scooter and the other guy have been in the fun house for hours.”

“Have we really been here for hours?”, asked Rowlf.

“About four hours, to be exact”, said Fozzie.

“Well, I wonder what’s taking them so long”, said Kermit.

“Well, this is one of the more unusual funhouses”, said the Carney, “some people haven’t left in years.”

“I’m one of those people”, said Thomas, who randomly passed by.

“If you want, I can sell you a strategy guide to the Fun House”, said the Carney.

Kermit, Miss Piggy, Gonzo, and Rowlf all went into the Fun House.

“Scooter! Walter!”, said Kermit, searching for them.

They entered the room that Scooter and Walter had constantly entered, this being their first time.

“This is a nice room”, said Rowlf.

“Too bad we probably won’t see it again”, said Miss Piggy.

They went to go out the other door, but it suddenly led only to a wall.

“That’s odd”, said Rowlf.

“Well, we can go the other way”, said Miss Piggy.

They went the other way, but the other door also led to a wall.

“I don’t understand this”, said Kermit.

“What does the strategy guide say?”, asked Miss Piggy.

“I don’t know”, said Kermit, “it’s written in Swedish and there are no pictures.”

“There’s a picture over there”, said Gonzo, pointing to a picture on the wall.

“That’s not very helpful”, said Kermit.

“Hey, is that a picture of this room?”, observed Miss Piggy.

“I believe it is”, said Kermit.

They then happened to see Scooter and Walter walking in the picture.

“Wait, Scooter? Walter?”, said Kermit.

“Kermit?”, said Scooter, surprised to see them on the other side of the picture.

“We need to get out of here”, said Walter.

“I know”, said Kermit.

The picture then fell off the wall and through the floor, which caused the whole floor to fall, Muppets and all. Scooter and Walter fell out of the photo, and Rowlf fell in.

Eventually, they all landed.

“Which room are we in?”, asked Scooter.

The room they landed in was just like all the rooms they had been in, only with the ceiling broken.

“Can somebody help me out?”, asked Rowlf.

Kermit and Walter pulled Rowlf out of the picture.

“If we ever get out of here, can we go back and do this again?”, asked Gonzo.

“I wouldn’t recommend it”, said Scooter.

They then noticed a door with an “exit” sign by it.

“I hope that’s a real exit!”, said Scooter.

They went out, and it really did lead to outside the funhouse.

They all cheered that they were finally out of there.

“You made it out!”, said Fozzie.

“It’s so good to see you all again”, said Lew.

“I’d like you all to meet my new girlfriend, okay”, said Pepe, holding the hand of a human woman.

Thomas was at The Swedish Chef’s food stand.

“What do you mean a hotdog now costs $2.00?”, asked Thomas, “last time I had a hot dog it was 30 cents!”

“Well, now that that’s done”, said Kermit, “what should we do next?”

“Let’s sing a song!”, said Lew.

And then Miss Piggy led the gang into a rendition of “Put a Little Love in Your Heart”, and soon more Muppets joined in, including Bunsen, Beaker, Clifford, Bean Bunny, The Electric Mayhem, Behemoth, JG, Lenny the Lizard, Droop, Miss Mousey, and more rats and chickens.

 

[Misskermie]

OMG, that was hilarious!

I especially loved when my poor bear was a weakling,
(I wrote a scene similar for the future!)

And what really made me laugh was Miss Piggy!
"What does the strategy guide say?"
LOL, She's a secret gamer!

 

[minor muppetz]

I think this is a good time to end my "The Muppets After The Muppets" series. I didn't plan on doing new ones forever, and I did post quite a few episodes within the first weeks of starting them. I'll continue to do new fan fics, and Walter will appear from time to time (heck, I think he's been in all fan fics I've written since The Muppets came out), but they most likely won't be part of this series.

I had this idea for a few weeks, but I'd mainly developed the fun house idea. I had always intended on pairing Scooter and Walter in a fun house, and had always planned on having other characters at the carnival, but until I started on this I didn't exactly know what I'd do with the others, so if each character arc feels incomplete or could have used more work, that's the explanation.

I didn't even plan on including Pepe, Rizzo, and Lew Zealand until I started writing this, and then got the idea to pair Lew Zealand and Rizzo, while having Pepe look for ladies. I had always planned on having Fozzie and Rowlf appear as a duo. I think I also originally planned on including Robin, but then dropped him from the story altogether.

I had a few different ideas for when Thomas got out of the fun house. In addition to settling on him almost going back in to tell Scooter and Walter he found the way out, I thought about having him act all excited and relieved to finally be out of there after all those years, and then going back to the entrance and go back in. And after writing the scene I thought it'd be funny for him to find the way out, then go back in to tell them, and then the door would NO LONGER lead to outside the fun house.

And I temporarily thought of having Scooter and Walter find a door out, but after getting out the outside suddenly turned back into inside the fun house. Maybe it's best I didn't go with that idea.

And I thought about alluding to The Nostalgia Critic's review of the Bebe's Kids video game, with Scooter and Walter turning the bookshelf in different directions, taking them in different rooms. I also thougth about having them push the bookshelf, which would then suddenly spin, with them in it, and then they fly out back down the stairs.

 

[Stan Davis]

Who perform these Characters
Carney
Penguins
Bats
Skeletons
Thomas
Farmers
Corn
Fairy
Large Spider

 

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Who perform these Characters
Carney
Penguins
Bats
Skeletons
Thomas
Farmers
Corn
Fairy
Large Spider

I think I'll have to reread the whole thing first before determining. And right now I don't quite feel like it.