First off, I just want to thank all of you for your wonderful comments. TogetherAgain and Prawncracker, you two have the most wonderful stories, and I can't believe that you like mine so much. I loved Muppet High and I love Swamp Call. I can't wait to see what happens in Swamp Call. But now, the conclusion.
Chapter 11
Yes, someone just interrupted the Muppets from their curtain call. A tall man came walking to the stage. He had a pinstripe suit, slicked back greasy hair, and a pair of sunglasses. He walked up the stairs onto the stage and stood over Kermit.
"I'm from ABC, and I must say, I am impressed. You guys had a wonderful performance. I cannot believe that I cancelled you. But now, I have a offer that you can't refuse...."
Kermit finally broke the Muppet's silence.
"Wait a minute, you cancelled us? Why?"
"Well, at the time, we at ABC believed that Muppets Tonight was children's programming, and....to make a long story short, we can't have children's programming on Friday nights now can we?"
"LET ME AT HIM!!!" Miss. Piggy lunged at the executive, but some Muppets held her back.
"Well, who's frying her bacon? Anyway, now I see the error of my ways. We want you back at ABC." He pulled out a contract and pen out of his jacket and pressed them against Kermit. "Just sign this contract, and we will pretend that this whole cancelling business never happened."
Kermit gulped. "Well, I....uh..."
"Come on frog." He poked Kermit repeatedly with the pen. "Sign it."
Kermit slapped the paper and pen out of his hands.
"No way! We already have a gig. Right gang?!"
"RIGHT!!!"
"And we don't need you to tell us other wise!"
"YEAH!!!"
"This is the Muppet Show!!!"
"YEAH!!!!"
The executive smiled smugly.
"Heh heh heh. Well well well, it looks like we have reached an impass."
He grabbed Kermit by the collar.
"Look greeny, whether you sign this contract, or I'm going to make your life a living....."
But before he could finish his statement, the trapdoor released underneath him, and he fell down the hole. Everybody looked at the direction of the cord that is used to pull the trapdoor, Seymour the Elephant was holding it.
"Had enough of that guy."
"SEYMOUR!!!"
Pepe ran over to Seymour and hugged him.
"What made you come back hokay?"
"Did you think I'd leave, without saying goodbye to my family?"
With that, the Muppets joined in a group hug. Then, they heard a loud shouting from the hole.
"LET ME OUT OF THIS HOLE!!! I'M GOING TO HIRE ALL OF YOU, AND THEN FIRE YOU!! HOW DO YOU LIKE THAT?!"
Crazy Harry, holding a bomb plunger, ran on stage.
"Did somebody say fire?!?!"
"Uh oh....."
KABOOM!!!!
The executive exploded out of the hole, through the roof, into the sky, and even farther than that.
"I SHOULD'VE BECAME A DENTISSSSSSssssssssssssssstttt........." Thud.
Back at the theater, a audience member with a beard and long hair shouted,
"One more time!"
The music began again, with Seymour joining in with the singing.
"We've got every kind of critter,"
"We've got every kind of pest!"
"But we treat them all as equals just like any other guest!"
"Though you're cleaner than the others, through as far as we can tell, you'll fit right in, to happiness hotel!!"
Seymour: "I'll fit right in!"
"TO HAPPINESS HOTEL!!!!"
Gonzo: "SAY CHEESE!!"
Then he took a picture of the large group, which Kermit framed, and hung up on the wall next to the stairs. Now, before they perform, Kermit always looks at that picture, and remembers that was the day that Muppets Tonight was canceled.
"Best day of our lives," He always thought to himself. He smiled and returned to planning the next week's show.
The end.
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