From my own point of view, I can only tell you what has worked for me-find something you really enjoy doing, and pursue it. For me it was artwork. Since other subjects came to me with more difficulty, I tried to combine art with them. So, for example in history, I would often provide drawings depicting a particular period or situation-bringing together both cultural and historical elements. It did not necessarily bring up my history grade, but it did keep my mind open to history as it related to something I loved.
--Jim Henson
Chapter One
"It was a true example of courage, bravery, and the American spirit!" Sam the American Eagle said. He was perched on his podium atop the Muppet Theater stage peering down at some of the other Muppets.
"Yeah but Sam," Kermit the Frog said from the front row of seats in the empty audience. "If that was the beginning of the Revolutionary War, weren't they still considered British back then?"
"I was British once," Beauregard said. He scratched his head. "...I think."
Sam ignored him and tried to answer Kermit. "Well, uh, technically, uh, they were British at the time, of course, but... they BECAME... American!"
"Whatever," Miss Piggy said as she returned to reading her fashion magazine.
Gonzo popped up from the seat behind her. "You called?" he said.
Rizzo the Rat looked at Kermit. "Yo frog, did you call for that pizza yet?" he asked him.
Fozzie Bear shot up. "Oh! That reminds me of a hillarious joke!" he stood in front of everyone. "Ok, what do you call a cow with no legs?" he looked at everyone. "Give up? Ground beef! Wocka wocka!"
Rowlf shook his head. "The only calling I'd like to do is for a cab," he said.
Pepe nodded. "Si, I wouldn't mind dat," he said. "But jou know what else I wouldn't mind, is a call from a sexy lady, hokay?"
"Man, my Janice is the only lady I need," Floyd Pepper said from the back of the theater where he sat with the rest of the Electric Mayhem band.
"Oh rully?" Janice said. "Well, there was that one call I got..."
"CALL! CALL!" Animal chanted.
Zoot suddenly woke up. "Did somebody call me?" he asked.
Robin turned and looked at Kermit, who he was sitting next to. "Uncle Kermit?" he said. "Do you think Dad will call today?"
"I just wish someone would call us out of this lecture," Dr. Teeth sighed from the back of the theater with the rest of the band, who all agreed by nodding.
Sam gasped. "But, listening to this lecture is your call to duty!" he said.
"Yes sir Mr. Eagle!" Dr. Bunsen Honeydew said as he and his assistant Beaker rolled in a machine shaped strangely like a grandfater clock. "Just as it is our call to duty to deliver you the newest technology from Muppet Labs: Where the Future is Being Made Today!"
Beaker pointed at the machine. "Mee mee mo," he said.
Sam Eagle slapped his head. "It is totally Un-American to be bumbling scientists like yourself!" he said to the Bunsen and Beaker
"I thought most American's were stupid," Gonzo whispered to Beauregard.
"Oh no, that's silly," Beauregard said. "Most Americans are American!"
"Oh but Mr. Eagle," Bunsen protested. "Most of the founding fathers were scientists! Benjamin Franklin invented the incandesent bulb, bifocals, the fire department-"
Rowlf poked his head over Kermit's shoulder. "You have him to thank for the fire department, Kermit," he said.
Kermit nodded. "Yeah, if it weren't for that, we would've been gone a long time ago," he said.
"Now, if I may," Bunsen continued. "I'd like to demonstrate my newest invention, the Muppet Labs: Time Machine! Now Beakie if you will," he motioned to Beaker. "Step into the center of the time machine and I'll whisk you away into the distant past!"
"Mee me mo memee," Beaker sighed quietly as he marched in front of the machine. "Mee me!"
"Now," Bunsen said as he walked around to the controls of the machine. "Unfourtunately, my machine cannot transport into the future yet, technology does have its downsides here and there," he pressed a button the machine and the face of the clock lit up. "Ah! It does appear to be working!" he clapped as he watched the machine.
From the center of the clock face, there came a pure, white, cone-shaped ray of light. It covered Beaker from head to foot, and very little else. The Muppets watched as he became fainter and fainter, and finally appeared to be sucked into the clockface with the fading light.
The Muppets all were taken aback, that is, all of them except Miss Piggy. "What? What's so great about that? He just got sucked up by some stupid light," she said.
"Yeah, but he didn't meep at all," Rizzo said, amazed.
Meanwhile, up in the rafters above the others, Uncle Deadly regained his balance after he saw Beaker dissapear. These fools had sudennly peaked his interest.
Bunsen walked around to the front of the machine. "It worked!" he cried. "Oh wonderful! And Beaker seems to be missing no limbs or vital organs, that's a good thing," he looked around. "Well, I suppose the test run is complete! Now I'll simply press the button again, and Beakie will be back in our time and can tell us all about his journey!" Bunsen exclaimed returning to the back of the machine.
Janice sighed. "Like we'll be able to understand the freak anyway," she said. The other bandmembers nodded.
"Yes, well..." Bunsen scratched his head. "Anyway, now just by pushing this button, Beaker shall be back in our midst!" Bunsen spun his hand around and pressed the button.
The white light emerged from the clock face once more, this time casting a much wider ray. It touched everything in front of it, from the open stage curtains to the rafters, and the entire seating area. Almost the entire room was illuminated by this pure, bright light.
Robin stood up in his seat to reach over the arm rest and hold onto his uncle's arm. "Uncle Kermit?" he said. "What is that light?"
Kermit wrapped his arm around his nephew and gulped. "It's the past Robin," he said.
"How cool is this?!" Gonzo shouted as he began to dematerialize into the light.
Fozzie wrung his hat in his hands as he began to dematerialize as well. "Not cool at all," he said. "I want my mommy!"
The light slowly dissapeared after it engulfed all of the Muppets in the theater, except Bunsen, who stuck his head around the back of the machine. "Alright Beaker, do tell us how your trip went!" he said expecting to see his assistant but didn't. "Beaker?" he scratched his bald head. "Now where did he and the others get off to?" he asked himself. "Oh well, I'll just return to my machine," he said, returning to fiddling with the time machine.
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) and told her how to download it and set up an account, so, she did! Yay!
And we began thinking again "How the hey are we going to do this?!" So, I had the idea of opening two windows on MSN and writing the story in one window and making comments in the other. So, we came up with lines up to the end of the "call" scene, and then we started writing in the other window with the Henson quote. Well, that worked up through Sam's first line, and then it got kinda crazy, Lisa couldn't get her part in the right window, so I had to copy and paste it into the other, so that was a little hectic, but we pulled it off. 