VEVO News: On the Set with OK Go and The Muppets Page #5

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- Patent pending! - And...

...I don't have any talent at all.

The truth is... I can't perform with you guys.

I feel like a phony just being here.

Walter, just because you haven't found your talent yet,

doesn't mean you don't have one.

If you look inside yourself,

I'm sure you'll find something

that you're really good at.

OK, Kermit. I'll try.

Take my picture!

Welcome. How many in your party? Two?

Uh... No, just the one.

All right, party of one, follow me.

A party just for moi

It's a solo Mardi Gras

I saved the last dance for me

Excuse me, miss, are you expecting anyone else?

Oh... no.

No, it's just me. Party of one.

Order up!

- OK, cue 17 is Fozzie's intro.

- Hey, Scooter? What's left?

Oh, uh, it's you, chief!

- Hm? - Your duet. With Piggy.

- Miss Piggy? - Hm?

We're all out front practicing our acts

and seems that everybody expects

you and I to do a duet, so...

Oh, that's so lovely, but I'm afraid I can't.

No, no, you see, I'm already doing

a duet with my new dance partner.

Hola.

OK, come on, rehearsing, let's

go. We gotta break it up.

- Excuse us. - 'Scuse us.

Let's try that lift again, shall we?

The lift again. OK, on my count this time, OK?

In three, two... Wait for me!

Good grief.

Kermit! There you are. I've been

looking for you everywhere!

So nice to see you, Veronica.

Who's hosting? Did you find a celebrity?

Yeah, well, I've wanted to talk to you

about that, you see, because...

Well, actually, I'm kind of a celebrity.

You?

No. Kermit, listen.

I will not air the show unless you

find a real celebrity host.

I will rerun Benson if I have to.

Yeah, you see, the thing is, Veronica,

that's kind of impossible because

the show's in 12 hours!

Twelve hours!

I might as well just go and ask Tex Richman

to give us the studio back!

And the Muppets are like a big

family. Well... And for us,

that theater is... is like our home.

Which is why, in conclusion...

...we humbly ask that you give us back our studio.

It would certainly mean a lot to us.

Hmmm.

Well, Mr. The Frog, let me see.

Correct!

The answer is no.

Well, you could've just said that.

- Contract. - Contract.

Contract.

- Nicely done, sir. - You see, Muppets,

according to this contract,

it's not just this studio you lose the rights to tonight,

- it's the Muppet name itself. - What?

And all characters under the Muppet name.

Wait a second. What possible use

could you have for our names?

Told ya I'd be back.

Well, now I am...

...back.

And I see you've met Mr. Richman,

our new business partner.

The Moopets are a hard, cynical

act for a hard, cynical world.

Hey, Fozzie! I want you to meet a friend of mine.

- Wocka wocka. - You're relics, Muppets!

The world has moved on, and no one cares about

your goody-goody, hippy-dippy, Julie

Andrews and Dom DeLuise hostin',

singin'-and-dancin' act anymore! You're dead!

And I just come to bury you.

Now, get out of my office.

- What? - What is that supposed to mean?

You said you were gonna talk to the man!

Guys! OK, so maybe Kermit signed away the theater

and the Muppet name, but as long

as we have a celebrity host,

we can still pull off a heart-warming,

last-minute triumph, right, Kermit?

Well, actually I don't see how we can, Fozzie.

- Huh? - What?

Guys, the show's in six hours,

and we're barely rehearsed, and, well, I...

I couldn't get us a celebrity host.

- Oh, no! - What?

I'm afraid Tex Richman's right. The world's moved on.

I'm sorry I dragged you guys into this mess.

Kermit?

All right, listen up, you freaks!

I didn't come 5,000 miles to not be on TV.

All we need is one stinkin' celebrity,

and by any means necessary.

Now, the frog's gone. We're doing

things my way from now on.

Let's move!

- Hey! - Hi.

- How was your day? - Oh, it was great.

I went to Guinness Book of World Records... alone.

Then Ripley's Believe It or Not... solo.

And then I ate lunch unaccompanied,

and then I walked back here... independently.

Listen, I got you these.

You know, to make up for the

other ones. The broken ones.

Thanks, sweetie.

Listen, Gary.

I was just wondering what the

plan was for dinner tonight.

Oh, I don't care. What do you feel like?

OK. That's fine.

That's just fine. That's... that's perfect.

I'm going to go for a walk.

Individually.

- Walter, hey. - Gary.

Oh, where have you been? I need you

to help me figure out a talent.

A talent for what?

For the show. Kermit asked me

to do an act in the show.

I... I could be a Muppet.

Wow. Wow, Walter, that's amazing.

Yeah, but I need to figure out if I have a talent.

Well, you know what? I'm sure

you'll think of something,

but right now I actually... I need your help.

I'm starting to get the feeling that Mary's

upset with me about something,

and I don't know what, and I was hoping

maybe you would talk to her for me.

Gary, I'd love to help you out,

but I can't leave the theater now. This is important.

Well, hold on a second. I mean,

my life is important, too.

Yeah, but the whole reason we came

here was to see the Muppets.

No, it wasn't! The whole reason we came here

was to take a vacation where I took

Mary out to a fancy dinner

because it's our tenth anniversary, and then...

- Walter, what day is today? - Friday.

Yeah. Yeah, that's it.

This is bad. Walter, this is really bad. I have to...

- Mary? Mary! - Wait.

Gary, I need you.

OK, is everybody ready?

Commence Operation Celebri-nap. Masks on!

- Masks on! - Except for moi.

Nothing covers this beautiful face.

- No maskin'? - No maskin'.

Check the door on Stage 28.

- I'm going over there now. - She's done in makeup...

I told you, I'm not done putting on my balls!

Oh, hey, Animal.

What are you doin' here?

Acting. Natural.

Now!

Whoa!

Hiya!

Hiya!

Mary, surprise! I figured out why you're mad... at me.

Gary, I've gone home.

I love you, but you need to decide, are you a man

or a Muppet?

Am I a Muppet?

Am I a Muppet?

Or am I a man?

Am I a Muppet?

Or am I a man?

I'm a very manly Muppet

I'm so sorry.

- Oh, Gary. - Mary.

Kermit. We have our celebrity!

Mr. Jack Black has graciously

agreed to do the telethon!

Oh, my gosh, that's amazing. Where is he?

- In the trunk. - Get me outta here!

You kidnapped Jack Black? That's illegal!

But, Kermit, what's more illegal, briefly

inconveniencing Jack Black,

- or destroying the Muppets? -

Kidnapping Jack Black, Fozzie!

Kermit, listen. Whatever I may think of you right now,

these guys are counting on you. You inspire them.

- What, to kidnap people? - To work together.

- To kidnap people? - Mr. The Frog, we all agreed

a celebrity is not a people.

And now that we have a celebrity, the show's back on.

Come on, Kermit. Don't let these guys down now.

All right. Well, what are you guys still doing here, huh?

- It's showtime! - All right!

That's it!

- Nicely done, sir. As usual. - En garde.

Ow! Ow.

OK, very nice.

Halt! Point left!

Well done, sir. Thank you. Thank you so much.

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