Muppet College Dorms: The Next Semester

[BeakerSqueedom]

Claudia:
(Admiring her brother's certificate)
He's gonna end up like me.
(Stands up a little straighter, with a smirk plastered on her face)

Dr. Van Neuter:
Stop starin'...
(His voice turns a bit sweeter)
and like, help me out here!

Claudia:
Haha. Sorry.
(Observes the ants in the case)
So pretty.

Dr. Van Neuter:
Ok, do you spot anything unusual in their pattern?

Claudia:
No. I don't think I do.

Bunsen:
Oh, I do.
It's cute, really.
One fire ant seems to be waving a tiny twig with a leaf on it--like some sort of flag.
Aw, I suppose he wishes to greet us!

(Gasps a little as sees the colony banging on the glass)

They're getting restless....

Claudia:
The fire ants are probably throwing a party!
Isn't that swell?

Bunsen:
Unlikely.
(Shakes head at Claudia's suggestion)

Claudia:
Maybe they want a cookie. :3
Heehee.
(Opens the lid)

Dr. Van Neuter:
NOOOOOO!

Bunsen:
Don't kill the ants!
Do watch your step!

Claudia:
(Giddily inserts the cookie)
Here you go wittle ants.
: D

Ants:
(Bows to her and attacks Bunsen and Van Neuter)

Claudia:
BE FREEEE!

Beaker:
(Comes in the room)
O_O MEEEPPP!

Claudia:
Don't worry!
Fire ants are real friendly!

Fire ants:
(Glare at Beaker)

Beaker:
MEEEPP HOLY ----!

Claudia:
(Jaw drops)

Bunsen:
Beakie, watch your mouth.
How rude!

Fire ants:
(Dies from hearing the word)

Dr. Van Neuter:
Noo...

Claudia:
(Laughs loudly)

Bunsen:
Come here, Beakie...we must clean that awful mouth of yours.

Beaker:
Meep...meep.

[Beakerfan]

Alex: Oh no he di'n't! *marches over to Claudias room* BEAKER! Shame on you! *sticks bar of soap in his mouth* *sets a chair in the corner of the room facing the wall* SIT! *marches Beaker over to the chair* You sit there for a while! Next time you'd better watch your mouth, Mister!

[BeakerSqueedom]

Claudia:
(Gasps)

Bunsen:
(Pales)
The worst form of punishment since....the ruler!

Dr. Van Neuter:
Goodbye, pink thing.
We'll miss you greatly.

Beaker:
Meep?
(Devilish grin creeps)
Hehehe...meep meep mee--
(Sees the soap)
MEEEMOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!1
(Scrubbed til he can't see straight)

Claudia:
(Touches her own lips)
SOAP!
EEEEEE!
(Runs)

----

Beaker:
Meep.
Meee mee mee mee?
MEEP!
(Winks at Alex flirtatiously)
Sit? Meep mee-

Claudia:
(Rolls eyes at him)

[Beakerfan]

Alex: I don't think so, buster! People who cuss do not get to have me sit with them! Now siddown! *pushes him onto the chair* Oh. I forgot something. *grabs a tall pointy hat that says DUNCE* There. *sets the dunce cap on Beaker's head*

[BeakerSqueedom]

Beaker:
Meep?
(Sinks his head into his shirt)
Mee mee mee. Mee mee mee?
Oh meep.
(Sneaks a cookie)
Meff...ffmm
(Nibbles on it)

Bunsen:
Alex dear, I think I'll need him back.
(Smiles to his assistant)
Why, Beaker, you look a little stumped!
A little down on your luck, perhaps?

Claudia:
(Giggling)

Beaker:
(Rolls his eyes at Bunsen)
Meesheesh!

[Beakerfan]

Alex: Bunsen, my work here is done. You may punish him as you please. *skips off down the hallway*

[BeakerSqueedom]

Beaker:
(Begs her not to go, but is dragged away by a cheery Bunsen)
MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE PP!

Bunsen:
Let us witness further discoveries!
Overcome tedious obstacles!
Facilitate the complexities of the un-

Beaker:
(Falls asleep)

Claudia:
(Snuggles with Beaker)

Bunsen:
How droll...
(Shakes head)
You silly two.

Dr. Van Neuter:
Look what you've done!
You've bored them to death!

Bunsen:
How very funny, Phillip.
Cute, very cute.

[The Count]

*Evil laughter can be heard... Freeeeeeeeeeee! Christmas with the Muppets and the MC'ers!
They can take away our forum, but they'll nevah take away our Muppets and our freedom!
Uh, I don't want ma freedom.
10000 points to Collin for sounding like the lady from Chicken Run.

Clauuuudia! We need to go nagging and posting and carolling!

[BeakerSqueedom]

Claudia:
Nagging? Eddie free? Posting? Carolling?
I don't want to be a pie....I don't like gravy. :3
(Clears throat)
Yes, sir!

Nagging sticks ready?

Bunsen:
Affirmative!

Beaker:
MEEP!

Dr. Van Neuter:
Like, totally!
Dashing through the forums...
on one screen machine...
plowing those fics we go...
as hot as a whistling steam!

[The Count]

*Continuing the song...

Posts in fanfics sag.
Making spirits write.
O what fun it is to nag.
A fic or two's update tonight.

Jingle Bells.
Fanfics swells.
Updating right away.
O what fun it is.
To read them all in one day!

[Ruahnna]

(Piggy bustles through the door and shakes a little now from her hair, then turns and surveys the apartment. Kermit comes up and takes her coat, giving her a quick, perfunctory kiss on the cheek under the mistletoe. Piggy accepts it as her due, but her eyes are on the little kitchen.)

Piggy: Why is there a polar bear in our kitchen?
Kermit: (amused) Um, that's not a polar bear. Catherine is helping Fozzie bake gingerbears.
Piggy: Ah. (She smiles at Kermit as he hangs up her coat.) Any of them ready?
Kermit: I think a few have survived. Want to go cadge a few?
Piggy: I thought you'd never ask, Mon Capitan!

(At the stove, Catherine turned and gives them a smile. She does not look like a polar bear, but her Christmas sweater is liberally sprinkled with flour and something that might be ginger.)
Catherine: Hi Piggy! How was your exam?
Piggy: (shaking her hair back from her face) Piece of cake. Which sounds like a very good idea about now. Got any of those baked yet?
(Fozzie turned and smiled, proffering a battered tin.)
Fozzie: Eat 'em and weep!
(Kermit and Piggy each take one.)
Kermit: Will they...they won't really make us, um, cry, will they? (He looks to Catherine for confirmation that they are safe to eat. She nods microscopically.)
Fozzie: (proudly) No, silly. They're scrumptious!
(To prove his sincerity, Fozzie takes one too. For a moment, apartment 20 is filled with the sound of happy chewing.)
Kermit: Wow--those really ARE good, Fozzie. Thanks for sharing.
(Buoyed by the success of her final in "Buff or Bluff: Looking Fit Without Working Out Every Day," Piggy is magnanimus. She pats Fozzie fondly on the head.)
Piggy: Not bad, Fozzie. Those would go really great with--a Christmas movie! (She pulls a padded manilla envelope out of her jacket pocket and hold it up.)
Catherine: Sounds great, honey. (She checks the stove.) This last batch will be out in about four more minutes. What movie have you got there?
Piggy: (smugly) Mr. Gregorians Magic Empire.
Kermit: (surprised) Um, you mean, Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium?
Piggy: Whatever.
Catherine: Oh! How nice!
Kermit: (baffled) Yeah, but--yeah, but that's still in theatres.
Piggy: And your point is...?
Kermit: (looking confused) But--that's not available on video yet.
Piggy: (kindly) I know Sweetie, but it will be in a few weeks. I had the studio send us an advance copy.
Kermit: An advance copy of the video? I didn't know--do they even DO that?
Piggy: (expression smug) They did for Moi.
Catherine: (ruefully) Yay for Moi!
Fozzie: Ooh! There's the buzzer for the last batch! Somebody start the video!
(Catherine has poured hot cocoa for everyone and she and Fozzie carry the gingerbears and mugs in on a tray. Catherine and Fozzie squash companionably into one of the lime tweed recliners and Kermit and Piggy settle into the other one, Kermit still muttering about how HE never got an advance copy of a movie before.)
Piggy: (gently) Shhh, Kermie. The movie is about to start, and I understand one of my favorite actors is in this movie.
Kermit: (blushing) Oh, well, um--
Catherine: (teasing) Me too--I just love Dustin Hoffman.
Piggy: Oh, I know--he's soooo cute!
Kermit: (irked) Hey!
Fozzie: Weren't you in a move with Dustin Hoffman once, Kermit? Ohh! Shh! The movie's starting!
(Kermit sighs and takes another gingerbear, which is very good after all. He slips his arm around Piggy's waist and leans over until their heads are touching. All in all, not a bad way to spend the evening.)

[The Count]

... A violet vampire and blue-scaled dragon wrapped in softly jingling chains approach the umbral of Room #20.
Hushed voices consult with each other sure in their mission once their batty bachelor has been dispatched of in the reading of new fic updates. They both nod, confirming their plan, serreptitiously knocking on the wooden wall facing the gruesome twosome. Their hopes are to cajole Catherine as master authoress that she is into a special Christmas present that these spooks would wish to bestow upon their fellow fratmate(s).
Waiting outside, they timidly speculate on their chances as one silently counts the seconds passing by and the other merely keeps his own thoughts shrouded in gloomy ghostly glimmers.

[BeakerSqueedom]

Claudia:
Bunnie, go give this to Edward?

Bunsen:
I'm a little busy.
Maybe in a fe-

Claudia:
I can't...in Pj's. XD

Bunsen:
You've done worse things than wander around in your jammies.

Claudia:
(Glares)

Bunsen:
Okie dokiee!


Claudia:
(Gigglesnort)


Bunsen:
Do you think he even likes Armani suits?
I know he'd like this CD, though...The Count's Countdown?

Claudia:
I'm sure!

Dr. Van Neuter:
Why the grumpiness?

Claudia:
Uh....
(Shrugs and smiles)

[The Count]

Hey guys... I'll be down here in our room reading through KG.
Count: Wery well. Happy birthday.
UD: Many gloomful returns of the day.
*The door closes behind the duo as they walk away, conversing in silent suspirations, plotting and planning what to do for the event later now that they know Ed will be otherwise occupied.

[redBoobergurl]

Beth: Guys! It's Ed's birthday
Red: It is?
Mokey: That's right!
Wanda: What are we going to get him?
Abby: Something really nice right?
Beth: Well let's get to the store, we'll find something!

[Katzi428]

Prairie:Boy...Ed was sure hard to buy for.
Yeah...I know.Lots of guys are.
Rosita: I think we made the right choice in buying him a gift card to the book store in Hensonville.
True. He LOVES the famfics around here.And he can pick out any book he wants in the bookstore.

[BeakerSqueedom]

Claudia:
Why didn't I think of that? ;_;

Bunsen:
Every gift is unique--no need to belittle your own ideas.

Claudia:
True...but that was perfect!
A GIFTCARD TO THE BOOK STORE! XD

Bunsen:
Indeed.

[The Count]

Hey guys! I'm home! Hmmm, wonder where the spooks have gathered. Oh well, they'll turn up eventually.
*Goes to check Emails and thread posts.

[Beauregard]

Meanwhile, Bo is still unconcious under his sink...and thinks he's in Narnia.

Bo: George? *chugging through snow drifts* Geor-Do I hear sleighbells?
Beau: How can I know, I'm not in your ears...
Bo: Well, thank goodness for that...how uncomfortable...

[redBoobergurl]

*A box is left outside of room one with bat shaped cookies, a DVD documentary on Bats in the Wild, a picture painted by Mokey of the Dorms resident cats: Fatatita, Wanda and Gaffer, and of course, as always a pumpkin from Abby. Included is a card signed of all the residents of room three wishing Ed many happy returns of the day*

[BEAR]

Bryan: Okay, gang...let's take these gifts over to Ed's room!
Cookie: Oh boy, oh boy!
Big Bird: I hope he likes the things we're giving him.
Bryan: Me too.
Ernie: I wonder if there's going to be a party.
Bert: Ernie, I'm sure we would have heard of one by now.

(We leave a few gifts for Ed: A brass bat lantern to hang, a gift certificate for anything at Hooper's Store, and a box of homemade chocolate chip cookies with a couple blue hairs in the box--big surprise--.)

[The Count]

Hmmm... Now I wonder who left these here. Come on guys, help me carry the load inside would ya?
Count and Uncle D are pleased, thinking that if the present of fic they tried to get won't be here, then it's on to Plan B.

*Calls Bryan's room by phone to know if Cookie Monster would be interested in having some of these delicious chocolate chip cookies with the rest of the gang later tonight.

[Erine81981]

Come on guys. Since Ed isn't....*sees Ed* Oh hi Ed. *hides their presents behind their backs*

Grover: *stutters*

Murray: What's wrong with Grover?

He's a little birthday struck.

Bruce: Kinda of like star struck.

Yep. Uhhhh we'lll talk to you later Ed. Everyone run!

Three of the monsters run off to the right and Herry and me head off to the left

*as i'm running* We'll have to find another way to get Ed his present's without him knowing.

Herry: *running* Maybe we can get his bats to sneek them into his room.

*running* Ooooo good idea.

[The Count]

*Getting a muffin and a mug of hot chocolate. Oh hey Kyle... Still working on that present. That's why my own fic hasn't been updated. There are cookies and hot chocolate in the common room if you or the monsters want any.
*Goes back downstairs none the wiser.

[Erine81981]

Herry, Murray and Bruce run back each stopping on a foot right in line after hearing Ed mentioning Cookies and Hot Chocolate

Oh come on guys. *taps foot while hands are on my hip*

Grover: (whew) That was close. He could have seen them.

Yep. Come on. We have to go wrap them. We'll let those guys have their fun. Then we'll go get some.

Grover: Sounds good.

We both head off to our room

[BeakerSqueedom]

Bunsen:
I'm growing further addicted to the fanfics you read.
They really are delightful...

Claudia:
Don't neglect your job as a washed out inventor!

Bunsen:
(Adjusts his glasses primly)
I resent that.

Claudia:
I mean, a superior scientist with a brilliant mind that has yet to be used?

Bunsen:
I'm convinced!
(Giddly relieves himself of the computer and gets back to work)

Beaker:
(Glares at Claudia)

Claudia:
Yeah, I know you'll be tortured some more...
but somebody has to get on for a good read.

Beaker:
MEEE MEEE MEE!

Claudia:
That's why we have Christmas--get a break on that day.
:D

Dr. Van Neuter:
Claudia, get out of my space!
You're causing bad vibes to MY lab.

Things have been breaking whenever you decide to skip by.
You have some bad juju.
(scoffs)

Claudia:
Ok.
(Gets her laptop and sits comfortably on her bed)

[The Count]

Gee... Sure hope Clauds didn't hear about the posted notes incident... *Goes back to reading and the present.

[BeakerSqueedom]

Claudia:
Notes incident?

Bunsen:
Where's that?

Claudia:
Not sure....

OOO! SHINY!
(Views her mini Christmas tree)

[The Count]

Uh.. Not sure if I should mention it. Might send her into one of her um, episodes. It happened at a bookstore in NYC or some other bigtime city like that. But let's move on to happier topics. Have you added your ornaments to the dorms' tree?

[theprawncracker]

Ryan: Hey guys, we still need to make our ornaments to hang on the Dorm Christmas tree.
Gonzo: Whadaya mean make?
Clifford: Yeah, we're already done.
Ryan: What? All of you?
Camilla: Bawk!
Sam: Indeed.
Link: Uh huh.
Ryan: Oh. Well... then I guess I just need to make my ornament to hang on the Dorm Christmas tree...
Link: Yup.
Ryan: Okay wise guy, let's see your ornament!
Link: *holds up a paper chain*
Ryan: That's not an ornament, it's a chain Li... oh, I get it. Chain Link. Funny.
Link: I thought so...
Clifford: Yeah, you're the only one... Mine is much cooler, Ry-guy. Check it out. *holds up sunglasses wrapped in Christmas lights*
Ryan: Nice. But doesn't having the lights on the glasses sort of defeat the purpose of blocking light?
Clifford: ...I don't see you comin' up with any ideas.
Ryan: Touce.
Sam: Well, my ornament truly represents a good, old-fashioned, American Christmas. *holds up a miniature plastic Christmas tree with three different sections of red, white, and blue*
Ryan: Oh, that's nice Sam.
Gonzo: Yeah, but mine is way better! Look! Look! *holds up a sock with a chicken design on it*
Ryan: ...It's... a sock?
Gonzo: I thought it best represented me.
Ryan: Got me there. Camilla, where's yours?
Camilla: Brawk bawk buck. *holds up an ornament advertising chicken's rights*
Ryan: Nice. Not subtle at all... but nice.
Clifford: So when ya gonna make yours dude?
Ryan: Sometime today. I haven't had time lately. Too much studying and such. When did you guys find time to make yours?
Gonzo: We've gotta do something while you're not posting in here!
Ryan: ...We should probably quit talking now.

[Erine81981]

Since i'm through with warping everyone gifts plus getting Ed's birthday ones done. Ya'll can finish your ornaments. I'll be back. I'm going to deliver these presents to Ed. *heads off*

Grover: Ok. Does everyone have their presents done for Kyle?

Herry: I do. *holds it up*

Bruce: Me too.

Murray: I'm almost finished.

Grover: Good.

They all place them under the tree expect for Murray who still is working on his. The others start working on their ornaments.

*knocks on Ed's door* Hey Count. I thought i would bring by our gifts to Ed for his birthday. The first one is from Grover. He got him a Bat Pen. It writes upside down. Murray made him a picture fram with Bats and goblins around it. It's one of him and Murray at our Halloween party. Herry bought him a pair of pajamas with matching sleeping hat. Bruce got him a set of books called "Army Of Darkness." I hope he like them. And last but least I got Ed a new green robe with matching socks. Talk to you later Count. See you around Christmas. Bye. *heads back up to the second floor*

[Beauregard]

Bo: *in Narnia dream still* Shhh...what's that? It sounds like bells?
Beau: It's...Reindeer?
Bo: Nope! It's snow darling!
Beau: Dear goodness...

*in Bo's room*

Mildred: Oh my...Bo is beginning to change from a slight purple colour to a slight bluish colour under that sink there...should maybe move him when I've finished this knitting. *pearl-three, take-two...equels-one?*

[BeakerSqueedom]

Claudia:
(Sneaks into Beau's room to check up on him)
Poor boy.

Bunsen:
Should we give him a light nudge?
Snap him out of it?

Claudia:
Blue skin....not a good sign.
Beau, can you hear me?
Caaannn yyyoooouuu heeeaarr mmeeee- (Is shut up by the weird look she is getting from Phil)

Um....

Dr. Van Neuter:
I don't think so, Claudia.

[The Count]

*Downstairs...

Count: Thank you Kyle. I'm sure Ed vill like these. He's been out all afternoon vith his family and then he'll be gone all night too. Uncle Deadly's rounding up a few of the gang to go carolling. You're inwited if you vant to come.
*Shakes hands with Kyle as the latter heads back upstairs.
Count: Ah Batty... Ve'll have a nice vhite Christmas this year. *Feeds a peppermint candy to his chief bat.

[Beauregard]

Mildred: *flaps knitting neadles* Oh, I'm sure he's fine. He's been there a week without moving, he can manage a few more days!

Bo: *in Narnia dream* I'm sure I can hear the swish of sleigh, the jingle of bells, the pitter-patter of tiny hooves...
Beau: Watch out!
Bo: *is runover by reindeer pulling Santa's sleigh through Narnia*

[BeakerSqueedom]

Claudia:
Bo got run over by a reindeer...

Bunsen:
What an awful thing to say, Claudia!

Claudia:
Sorry, I had a weird feeling.
I just had to sing it.

Bunsen:
I think we should leave.
Thank you very much, Mildred!

Claudia:
But we can't just leave him the-
(Is pulled out of the room by Phil and Bunsen)

Beaker:
Meep.
(Follows Claudia)

[Katzi428]

Prairie:Kathy!Kathy!:excited:
Prairie!Prairie!;) Seriously,what's gotten you so excited?
Prairie:I heard that Uncle Deadly is getting dormies together for caroling. Please say you'll go!
Prairie...I don't know.My singing voice isn't what it used to be.
Prairie: Oh Kathy!That's not true! C'mon...come with us! Rosita's coming too.
Rositacoming in the room: Ready to go?
Prairie:As soon as I can convince Kathy to come.
Rosita:Kathy...why wouldn't you want to come with us?
Well...my voice isn't what I used to be.
Rosita: Oh Kathy,you're being silly!Now come on.Por favor?
:rolleyes: OK,OK...you two win. putting wire from mini Christmas tree out of Gaffer's reach.Then,thinking better,unplugging it for the time being.

[Erine81981]

Ok. Is everyone finished?

Monster: Yep.

Good.

We all head out to the common room and hang each of our hand made ornaments on the tree.

Murray: I made mine with some of my old blanket. It's a snowman with a little red fur.

Grover: Oh how cute Murrray. I made mine with with one of my old toy bears. It's a Santa Claus.

Herry: I like that Grover. Here's mine. It's a sleigh with me guiding the reindeer. *laughs*

*laughs* Oh that looks great Herry. I like it. Here is mine. It's a picture of me and my pals here at our very first Christmas.

Bruce: Oh....wait? This is our very first christmas.

Well, it's me, Grover, Cookie Monster, Herry and Oscar. So when Christmas Eve comes. When Christmas comes i'll add you and Murray to it. So then it will have all of us here.

Bruce: Ohhhhh....Ok. Here's what mine is. It's a picture of me and my family at my first christmas.

Me, Grover, Herry and Murray: You look so cute.

Bruce: *blushes* Oh guys.

We all stand around with our arms around each other looking at all the other's ornaments.

[Katzi428]

looking at the ornaments on the dorm tree
It looks so beautiful!
Prairie:It sure does. I love Christmas!
Rosita:So do I! And the tree smells wonderful.
Yeah...it does.Some people get live trees from a forest.But that leaves pine needles and pine sap on the floor. So in my opinion fake trees are better.
Rosita: Did you ever have a live Christmas tree,Kathy?
No.The trees we had were fake.But we sprayed this stuff on it to make it smell like an actual pine tree. snicker One time when I was a kid,I sprayed the stuff in the house and it wasn't even Christmas yet!
Prairie:What month was it?
October,I think.:o
Prairie:Oh Kathy! Talk about rushing things!
I know...I know...:rolleyes: Hey...like I said,I was only a kid! My mom was mad though. Can't say I blame her.
(OOC:the thing about the tree actually was true!)

[Muppet Newsgirl]

Storyteller: Erin, Nora, you two look exhausted.
Erin: We feel exhausted. Next question?
Storyteller: Come on, it's Christmas. Where's your excitement?
Nora: I don't know, Storyteller...personally I always get a little sad over the holidays.
Erin: It's the stress and all that, you know?
Scooter: I know - my aunt says that the holidays are never completely picture-perfect, but the commercials insist on making them so.
Beige: I hear you - down in the Cave, my aunt makes a rockweed-mushroom soup that is boiled into oblivion - and she makes us eat it during the big winter feast.
Nora: Blurgh...there goes my appetite.
Storyteller: Now, then - has everyone selected an ornament for the dorm tree?
Erin: I have - (holds ornament up) it's an inkpot with a quill in it.
Scooter: Here's mine - it's a miniature stage door.
Nora: I've got a bookworm - it's a bright green worm with glasses, reading "Tale of Two Cities."
Beige: I've just got a piece of moss agate from the Cave - but it catches the light all right.
Storyteller: And I have the Solemn Mark of the Fraggle...very nice. Shall we?

(group goes off to hang ornaments on tree, and to then search for mugs of peppermint-flavored hot chocolate as well)

[The Count]

*At the same time...
UD, after the carolling, trudgin through the snow: Ah, my phantomly little footsies are soooo cold.
Count: Aren't they alvays cold? You being dead and all...
UD: Normally, or paranormally, yes. But the icyness of the outside snow on my half-ghostly gliders. Well, it's cold enough out there...
All: To freeze your Winnebago!

Me: Did I hear someone say something about pepermint hot chocolate? Ooh, I happen to have a recipe from last year for that. Call it "White Winter" or "White Christmas Chocolate."
*Grabs up a pound of peppermint candies and chocolate and milk and sets to making a big pot for all the roomies.

[Muppet Newsgirl]

(sometime later, in room 7)

(a huge pot of peppermint-scented hot chocolate is steaming on the stove)

Nora: Oh, wow, this is good.
Scooter: Try it with candy canes in it - really amps up the flavor. (slurps up some more) My aunt used to make it with some chocolate-covered caramels thrown in.
Erin: You know, there's an Italian-style bakery near my grandmother's place that sells really knockout hot chocolate. And the chocolate is imported straight from Italy - the owner says it costs a bit, but it's worth it. It's liquid gold.
Beige: But wouldn't the chocolate be more edible than gold? I mean, all those trace elements wouldn't do well in your stomach...
Storyteller: Oh, it's just a saying, Beige. Will someone pass the candy canes, please?

[The Count]

*Yawns as Ed goes off to R.I.P. in our tomb with an underground view. Hmmm, Wonder if Erin and Steve talked to each other. Oh well, tomorrow's another party that'll take up more or less the entire afternoon. Just hope I can get back in time for the new Sesame Christmas special.
*Throws blanket over his torpid corpsid and falls dead asleep.

[Erine81981]

As the dorms fall fast asleep a rough voice is hear, "Tonight's Dorms were brought to you by the letter "Y" as in yucky presents. And by the number "12." Muppet Dorms is a prouduction of the "Muppet Central Forms." Rotten dreams everyone. And no sugar plums either." The slam of a trashlid is heard from the hallway of the second floor.

[Katzi428]

As I'm baking, Prairie & Rosita come in,almost slamming the door
Yikes! Please don't slam the door!
Prairie:Oh...sorry.What're you baking?
Rosita:Whatever it is,it sure smells good!
whispering...Cookies They're called meringues.
Prairie:Like lemon meringue pie?
Well...the things that I'm making are made from a couple of the same ingredients.But with these,there's unsweetened cocoa & chocolate chips.So they're chocolate meringues. There's egg whites in there too. So iif there's any loud noises the meringues will flatten instead of looking puffy. That's why I said not to slam the door.Not that you're supposed to anyway.;) Was there something you wanted me to see?
Rosita:Well...we were going to ask you if you wanted to go sleigh riding with us.
Oh Rosita...you know I'd love to.But I'm busy making these coo... um... things.Later,OK?
Rosita:Okay.
I'll make hot chocolate with marshmallows for you two.Plus I'll put a candy cane in them.
Prairie:Sounds good.See ya later Kath.OK RositaLet's go outside again!
the girls go outside as I smile to myself,turn on Christmas music and continue baking

[Erine81981]

Can't wait for tonight's new Sesame Street Speical.

Grover: Oh yea. I had almost forgot about that. You will enjoy it.

I know i will.

Murray: *comes running in* Come quick!

What is it?

Murray: Herry and Bruce are on top of the dorms roof.

What for? *runs outside* *yelling* What in the world are you two doing?

Herry: *yelling and looking through is telescope* We wanted to look for Santa.

Bruce: *yelling* Yea. He's been spotted flying around Hensonville.

Grover: *yelling* Where did you two hear that?

Herry: *yelling* The radio. *keeps looking through his telescope*

Bruce: *yelling* And the TV.

Murray: Hmmmmm.....maybe i should go up there and help them. *starts heading that way*

*grabs Murray by the arm* No. You are not going up there. *yelling to Herry and Bruce* Get down from there. That's a job for a weirdo.

Grover: I can go get you Gonzo.

No! I was being sarcastic. Get down now!

[redBoobergurl]

Beth: So you guys want to watch the SS Special tonight right?
Abby: Yeah, I'm in it!
Red: Of course!
Mokey: Definately
Wanda: Sounds fun
Beth: Great, we'll watch and put the finishing touches on our holiday ornaments at the same time.

[theprawncracker]

Ryan: Clifford make SURE the TiVo is working tonight!
Clifford: I know dude, I know! You've told me three times in the past ten minutes!
Ryan: Sorry! But I CAN'T miss Elmo's Christmas Countdown just because my dad wanted to go see National Treasure tonight.
Clifford: Ry-guy, don't worry about it. I'll take care of everything.
*explosion in other room*
Ryan: Are- are you sure?
Clifford: Possitive.

[tvlistingman]

PETER: So Guys, are you psyched for Elmo's Christmas Countdown at 7 on ABC Tonight

ZOE: I'm psyched

BABY BEAR: 2 More Days til' Christmas

LITTLE BIRD: This TV Special is better than Christmas Eve oN Sesame Street

Peter: Yeah, and we got ginger cookies, hot cocoa, and soup!

BABY BEAR: Good Idea

[The Count]

*Arrives home just in time for the special.
Did I miss any of it?
Count: No, there's still a few minuts before it starts.
UD: You've been fretting over that today, haven't you?
*Plops down with remote in hand. Why, is it that obvious?

[Beakerfan]

Alex: Sweetums, how are the boxes coming?

Sweetums: *putting presents in boxes* Great! I'm almost done!

Alex: Oh good! Bean, how are you doing over there?

Bean: *wrapping the boxes* Not so good.... this is a big box! WHOAAA! *falls over as he tries to lift the box*

Alex: Well you... just keep workin at it Bean.

Elmo: Elmo is doing a wonderful job! Yeah... Elmo thinks putting bows on the presents is fun!

Alex: That's great Elmo! *grabs the box of cards from under her bed*

*the box begins to hum*

Alex: *lifts the lid slightly* Shush!

*the box goes silent*

Alex: *removes a card from the box and begins to write in it*

Christmas Card: Heehee! That tickles!

Alex: Oh be quiet. That's not what you're supposed to say.

Card: I know, I know. "Merry Christmas" and all that jazz....

Alex: Would you shush already? I'm trying to think of what to say.

Card: *sticks out it's tounge* Well it's obviously not working.

Alex: *rolls eyes as she finishes filling out the card, putting it in an envelope that says "Claudia" on it*

*the card makes muffled protests from inside the envelope*

Alex: *grabs another card*

Card: *pops out a pair of arms and legs*

Alex: Don't even THINK about running away!

Card: Run away? Are you kidding? I was gonna dance!

Alex: Oh. *grabs the card and begins to write in it*

Card: Come on! Let's boogie!

Alex: You can boogie AFTER Kyle reads you! *puts the card in an envelope that says "Kyle"*

Bean: *wrapped in a bundle of wrapping paper* Alex, could you come help me?

Alex: *shuts the lid of the box and goes to help unwrap Bean*

[BeakerSqueedom]

Bunsen:
Nearly Christmas time!
The excitment is too much for me to control!
I must not be tempted to peek into the gifts...
(Looks to the gifts nearby)

Oh, how dreadful--I am tempted.
(Smiles slyly)
Just an innocent peek...
I'm sure nothing horrible will happen.
(Reaches out to open a box)

[An alarm goes off]

Claudia:
(Runs into the room)
Phil, evacuate the room!

Dr. Van Neuter:
Yes, ma'm!

Claudia:
Beaker, bring me the intruder!
(Looks serious)

...and bring me the gingerbread cookie.
Please?
(Giggles)

Beaker:
(Is shocked that Bunsen is the guilty one)
Meeeepp?

Claudia:
(Gasps)
Bunnie, how could you?
I suspected Alex was the one trying to take a peek at her gifts!
I mean, I even suspected Erin, Edward, and all that...
bu-bu-but you?

Bunsen:
(Looks to the floor shamefully--gets an idea)
I've....I've a cookie for you.

Claudia:
(Blinks)
OH YAY!
WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
(Tackles him to the floor and gets the cookie)
Num num for Claudia!
HEEEHEE!

Dr. Van Neuter:
You didn't really try to put a cookie in her gift, did you?

Bunsen:
(Pats him on the back)
Perish the thought!
A gentleman like myself would never attempt such a thing.
Silly, Phillip.
(Stands a little straighter)

Claudia:
(Rolls around the floor hyperly)

Bunsen:
Restraints for Claudia?
That'd be a perfect gift.

Dr. Van Neuter:
Yeah. The girl needs it.

Beaker:
MEEEMOMWEEEEEEE!
(Gets caught into Claudia's fun)

Claudia:
WHEEEE!

Beaker:
(Whimpers)

Bunsen:
(Looks to his gifts irritably)
I'll open them at 12:00 then.

Dr. Van Neuter:
Say what?

Bunsen:
Tsstsst.

[The Count]

Hoo-boy... Good thing we're in here where it's nice and toasty and comfy cozy are we... There seems to be a slushball maylay going on all around town. Oh well, we're stocked up with provisions and presents and friends of good cheer.
*Hunkers down to read the audio version of some books bought at Coming Unbound with the gift card I got for my B-Day.

[Erine81981]

A knock is heard from the door

Wonder what that could be? *opens the door* Hello? Oh someone is playing that game again. Knock Knock Ditch.

Card: No silly.

Who said that?

Card: *floats up to me* I did.

A card?

Card: Not just any card. A christmas card.

Christmas Card! Oh wow! And one that talks. *opens it up* Ooooooo what a sweet and nice thing to say. That girl is such a cutie pie when it comes to anything.

Card: Can i hang out?

Sure.

Card: *starts to dance*

Wait. You need some music.

Card: *smiles*

*turns on some christmas Muppety music* Enjoy.

[Beakerfan]

Alex: Bean, the Kyle's card walked off without his present! Would you go bring it to him?

Bean: Sure! *grabs a box marked "Kyle" which contains hats and scarves for everyone in Kyle's room*

Alex: And Sweetums, would you mind bringing Claudia's present to her? Don't let her mouthy card get away!

Sweetums: Oh boy! I get to go see Claudia! I mean.. um... sure! *grabs Claudia's present, which contains homemade fudge and beanies for the four crazies*

Alex: *opens the box of cards*

Card:*jumps onto the edge of the box* And now, for my next daring feat of amazement!

Cards in box: OOOOoooooh!

Card: I will jump into this ENVELOPE!

Alex: *smacks forehead* That's a Ryan card if I ever saw one....... *writes in it, then puts it in an envelope marked "Ryan"* Elmo, would you take this to Ryan's room, along with his present?

Elmo: Oh, Elmo would LOOOOOVE to go take Ryan's present! *picks up a box with scarves and mittens, each with the names of Ryan and his roomies embroidered on them* Come on, card! Elmo will take you to Ryan!

*the three leave to deliver their assigned presents*

[Erine81981]

Another knock is heard on the door

Grover: I will get it. *opens the door* Hello Bean. Are you jus the cutest little bunny. Oh you have a present for us. Thank you Bean. Oh you want us to open it now. Ok. Hey everybodieeeeee!

We all come running into the living room

Grover: We have a present from Alex, Bean, Sweetums and Elmo.

Murray: Oh boy! Our first present.

Go ahead and open it.

Grover: Ok. *rips off the wrapping and opens the box* *Grover pulls out the stuff*

Me, Herry, Murray and Bruce awwww and Ooooooooo

Herry: *tries on his hat and scarf* These are sooooo soft.

Bruce: Ooooooooo your right Herry. Soft.

Thanks Bean. Tell Alex that we have gifts for ya'll too. Lookie here. There's one for Oscar too. Whoa. And she even knew to tare some holes and make it all dingy. I'll be back guys. Why not go and give everyone their christmas presents.

Grover: Oh boy. Come on guys.

Everyone gathers up the stuff and heads off to each dorm room

[Beakerfan]

Bean: I'm back! Kyle says they have presents for us, too!

Alex: Oh, that's so sweet! *opens the box of cards again*

Card: *slowly and regally walks out of the box* It is I.... THE GRIM READER. *pulls out a scythe*

Alex: *rolls eyes* put that down! *begins to write in the card*

Card: The Grim Reader is here for your souuullllllssssss......

Alex: *puts the Grim Reader in an envelope marked "Ed" and hands it to Bean* Here, and take that box over there for them too, ok?

Bean: *grabs the card and a box containing scarves for Ed, Count, and UD*

[Erine81981]

*knocks on Oscar's trashcan* Oscar.

Oscar: *from inside the trashcan* What? *lid opens* What do you want?

Here. Alex got you a scarf and hat for christmas. She got us all one. And look. She even punched holes and made it all dingy for you.

Oscar: *looks them over* Good. *starts to close his trashlid*

Hold on. Aren't you going to say thank you?

Oscar: What? You do know who your talking too?

Yes. Oscar the grouch. Don't you have any christmas spirit?

Oscar: You do know that, that elf asked me the samething. And NO! *slams his trashlid*

*groans and walks back to the room*

Oscar: *trashlid lifts up only to see Oscar's eyes* Thank you.

*hears Oscar* Ah ha! I got you! I got you! I got you!

Oscar: What? No no no no no no no! I didn't say anything.

Yes you did. *pulls out little tape recorder* *pushes play* Oscar voice: Thank you. Ha! See i told you so. I played a trick on you. *laughs at Oscar*

Oscar: *groans and rest his head on his hand*

[BeakerSqueedom]

Claudia:
(Sees Sweetums)
Oh my gosh!
Thank yoooouu!
(Takes the plate of yummies)
(Gives Sweetums a pot containing slug (sugar cookies) shaped delights--enough to make one fat within a day)

This took me ALOT of time.
:P

Bunsen:
(Hiding the gifts for Alex and company)

[Beakerfan]

Claudia's Card: *struggling to get out of the envelope* Lemme out! Lemme out! *breaks open the seal and sees Claudia* Hiya Toots! Hey, furbrain, wouldja let me down already?

Sweetums: Uh, thanks for the cookies. *sets the card down and hurries back to his room*

Alex: Oh, good, you're back! Take this one to Kathy, please? *hands Sweetums a card that purrs and a box with hats and mittens for all in Kathy's room*

Sweetums: *takes the box and card*

[Beauregard]

Bo: *in narnia dream* Santa...I'm sorry I broke your sleigh...with my head.
Beau: I bet I could fix this!
Bo: Really?
Beau: If I had a little glue, some fishing wire, a staple gun, and about twenty minutes of silence.
Narnia Santa: Ho ho...oh...I'm afraid that glue, along with happiness, is one of the items not allowed in Narnia...I can offer you a turkish delight if that will help though?
Beau: ...It could.

[Erine81981]

All four monsters go to each dorm room and sing a little christmas carol for all the roomies and then hands out each one to them.

Grover, Herry, Murray and Bruce: We wish you a Merry Christmas We wish you a Merry Christmas

Murray: Merry Christmas Kim family!

Grover, Herry, Murray and Bruce: We wish you a Merry Christmas from Kyle's rooooooomieeeeeees!

They hand all the present to Kim and her roomies
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Grover, Herry, Murray and Bruce: We wish you a Merry Christmas We wish you a Merry Christmas

Murray: Merry Christmas Bryan's family!

Grover, Herry, Murray and Bruce: We wish you a Merry Christmas from Kyle's rooooooomieeeeeees!

They hand all the present to Bryan and his roomies
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Grover, Herry, Murray and Bruce: We wish you a Merry Christmas We wish you a Merry Christmas

Murray: Merry Christmas Ed's family!

Grover, Herry, Murray and Bruce: We wish you a Merry Christmas from Kyle's rooooooomieeeeeees!

They hand all the present to Ed and his roomies
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Grover, Herry, Murray and Bruce: We wish you a Merry Christmas We wish you a Merry Christmas

Murray: Merry Christmas Kathy's family!

Grover, Herry, Murray and Bruce: We wish you a Merry Christmas from Kyle's rooooooomieeeeeees!

They hand all the present to Kathy and her roomies
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Grover, Herry, Murray and Bruce: We wish you a Merry Christmas We wish you a Merry Christmas

Murray: Merry Christmas Alex's family!

Grover, Herry, Murray and Bruce: We wish you a Merry Christmas from Kyle's rooooooomieeeeeees!

They hand all the present to Alex and her roomies
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Grover, Herry, Murray and Bruce: We wish you a Merry Christmas We wish you a Merry Christmas

Murray: Merry Christmas Claudia's family!

Grover, Herry, Murray and Bruce: We wish you a Merry Christmas from Kyle's rooooooomieeeeeees!

They hand all the present to Claudia and her roomies
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Grover, Herry, Murray and Bruce: We wish you a Merry Christmas We wish you a Merry Christmas

Murray: Merry Christmas Ryan's family!

Grover, Herry, Murray and Bruce: We wish you a Merry Christmas from Kyle's rooooooomieeeeeees!

They hand all the present to Ryan and his roomies
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Grover, Herry, Murray and Bruce: We wish you a Merry Christmas We wish you a Merry Christmas

Murray: Merry Christmas Peter's family!

Grover, Herry, Murray and Bruce: We wish you a Merry Christmas from Kyle's rooooooomieeeeeees!

They hand all the present to Peter and his roomies
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Grover, Herry, Murray and Bruce: We wish you a Merry Christmas We wish you a Merry Christmas

Murray: Merry Christmas Beth's family!

Grover, Herry, Murray and Bruce: We wish you a Merry Christmas from Kyle's rooooooomieeeeeees!

They hand all the present to Beth and his roomies
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Grover, Herry, Murray and Bruce: We wish you a Merry Christmas We wish you a Merry Christmas

Murray: Merry Christmas Bo's family!

Grover, Herry, Murray and Bruce: We wish you a Merry Christmas from Kyle's rooooooomieeeeeees!

They hand all the present to Bo and his roomies
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Grover, Herry, Murray and Bruce: We wish you a Merry Christmas We wish you a Merry Christmas

Murray: Merry Christmas Erin's family!

Grover, Herry, Murray and Bruce: We wish you a Merry Christmas from Kyle's rooooooomieeeeeees!

They hand all the present to Erin and her roomies
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Grover, Herry, Murray and Bruce: We wish you a Merry Christmas We wish you a Merry Christmas

Murray: Merry Christmas Lisa's family!

Grover, Herry, Murray and Bruce: We wish you a Merry Christmas from Kyle's rooooooomieeeeeees!

They hand all the present to Lisa and her roomies
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After about 7 or so dormies.............

Grover: That is tiring.

Herry: *breathing hard* You know it Grover.

Murray: Come on. Let's go take a little nap.

Bruce: *holds hand with pointer finger out* I'm with you Murray.

They all slump back into the room and each fall on the floor or the couch or a chair in the living room

Hey gu....Are you guys alright? *scratches head*

[Beauregard]

Bo: *under sink, unconcious* Eh wha--- Kyl--*sits up and knocks self unconcious again*
Mildred: He has got to stop doing that...

[Katzi428]

Oh wow!Look at the stuff from Claudia,Kyle & their roomies!
Rosita putting on her mittens: These mittens are so warm!
Prairie:Mine too!
Yep..mine too!Nice & toasty!
Gaffer is looking at my purring card curiously
It's OK Gaffer...it's not another cat.scratching Gaffer between the ears Here...why don't you play with these fuzzy crinkle balls that Kyle & the monsters gave you?
Prairie:Ooh!That reminds me! I love that CD of Broadway songs they gave to me!
Rosita:They were sweet to get me these socks that jingle.
Yep. And I got a charm with the letter K on it.:)

[The Count]

Hmmm... Wonder if Kathy's still up. Knowing her, she's as much a believer of the old Garfield maxim as I am... "The sooner you go to sleep on Christmas Eve, the sooner it is Christmas Day."
Luckily, she won't notice the presents tucked away here for her and the girls.

*Knocks on Erin's door. Just heard your bit on the Muppetcast Christmas Eve special episode. Thanks Erin, that was rully great of you and your family. So we send them all big holiday hugs and well-warm-wishes.
*Hangs a Muppet Show logo wreath and leaves presents for all, peppermint Doozersticks and cinnamon spiced chocolate meant to distract them from the real gifts.

[Katzi428]

Hmmm... Wonder if Kathy's still up. Knowing her, she's as much a believer of the old Garfield maxim as I am... "The sooner you go to sleep on Christmas Eve, the sooner it is Christmas Day."
Luckily, she won't notice the presents tucked away here for her and the girls.

Still up,but not snooping! I know better;)
Think I'll crash soon. I convinced the girls to go to bed.
(OOC:Hopefully I'll be able to sleep tonight!NOT because of the excitement of Christmas.My younger bro & his girlfriend sent us a gingerbread house that has candy on it. So I was eating some. I have kind of a sugar rush!)

[BeakerSqueedom]

Claudia:
(Applying make up)
Ok, Bunnie, help Eddie search for his needed "stuff".

Bunsen:
No can do.
I'm stuck on something.
Beaker would be most delighted to help on that, though.

Beaker:
(Nods)
(Sneaks a kiss on the cheek to Alex)

Dr. Van Neuter:
Hey, gorgeous!
Better get going!

Claudia:
I am, I am!
(Trips over herself)
HIGH HEELS STINK!
EEEE!
(Thud)

Bunsen:
(Cringes)
A rather nasty fall.

Claudia:
(Grits teeth)
What time is it so far?

Bunsen:
Exactly 10:38 PM....

Claudia:
EEEEEEEEEEEEE!
Can't be late!
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
Celebration...with...family..must...
(Runs out of her room clumsily)
SHOES ARE EVILLL!

PREPARE THE GIFTS, PHIL!

Dr. Van Neuter:
I got them stacked up!

Claudia:
Good, man!
(Leaves in a rush)
(Trips again)

Dr. Van Neuter:
That's gonna leave a mark.

Claudia:
I hate Christmas!
(Scowls)

[The Count]

Good... Claudia won't be here, which means I can leave her her gifts in secrecy.

Currently listening to the Christmas Pageant on Muppetcast's special episode.
*Snaps off hook from acandy cane saved for lunch, after eating the strings of popcorn last night.

Wonder if Claudia got the message I sent. Oh well, happy holidays everybody.
And to all a Muppety night!

[Muppet Newsgirl]

Hmmm... Wonder if Kathy's still up. Knowing her, she's as much a believer of the old Garfield maxim as I am... "The sooner you go to sleep on Christmas Eve, the sooner it is Christmas Day."
Luckily, she won't notice the presents tucked away here for her and the girls.

*Knocks on Erin's door. Just heard your bit on the Muppetcast Christmas Eve special episode. Thanks Erin, that was rully great of you and your family. So we send them all big holiday hugs and well-warm-wishes.
*Hangs a Muppet Show logo wreath and leaves presents for all, peppermint Doozersticks and cinnamon spiced chocolate meant to distract them from the real gifts.

Erin: Thanks for the notice Ed, and many thanks for the gifts...and thank you, Grover, Herry, Bruce and Murray for your presents; my family sends their regards.
Nora: Wow, thanks, you guys...but what did Ed say?
Erin: Early Christmas present, you guys. Scooter, Beige, this is before you guys came to room with us, but we helped do an AIDS quilt panel for Richard.
Scooter: Nice. So what happened?
Erin: It's been mentioned on Muppetcast.
Beige: Wow, we'll have to hear it...hey, are those peppermint Doozer sticks?
Storyteller: And that cocoa looks delicious...but don't drink too much of it tonight, all right?

(presents are piled under tree, wreath is hung and cocoa is prepared)

[The Count]

*Goes out to dinner. Sure hope all my forum/dorm friends got what they were hoping for for Christmas. We'll be back after the movie and hope to hear how you liked the presents left on your doorsteps from my little batty bearers.
*Hopes to hear from Claudia about that twentieth haunter as I'm not sure about what it should be at the moment.

[tvlistingman]

PETER: Boy, It is a great christmas at the Dorms

ZOE: I got a lot of presents from you and my Other Dorms

BABY BEAR: I got a baseball mitt from Telly

LITTLE BIRD: And I got some Goodies from Big Bird and Ernie and Bert

PETER: Everybody cares about me

ZOE: AWW

[Erine81981]

A taxi pulls up with a guy and four monsters. They all get out and take their stuff back up to their room

We are back!

Grover: *carring a bunch of presents*

Here let me help you. *gets some of his presents and place them in the living room* There you go.

Herry: *comes in wearing some new clothes and carring some presents*

Bruce: I'm glad that Christmas is over.

Everyone gasp

Bruce: I'm just saying that because....i'm just glad to be back here with you guys. I know i love my family but there are sometimes i would rather spend christmas here.

Murray: *coming in* *whew* *pulling a cart full of stuff*

Boy. We made off like bandits.

Herry: Were not bad guys.

No no no. I mean of all the stuff we got for christmas. It's kinda of like robbing a store.

Herry: I see....i think?

Oh well. Come on. Let's get everything unpacked and back into our rooms.

Grover: Someone left something on our door mat.

*opens the box* It's from Ed. He left us a bunch of stuff for christmas. It's our presents from him.

Murray: Oooo some peanutbutter.

Candy!

Bruce: Lots of it too.

We all grab stuff out of our gift box and just in amazed by what Ed, The Count and Uncle Deadly got us.

[BeakerSqueedom]

Claudia:
(Downloading music to add to her mp3 player)

Bunsen:
(Clears throat)

Dr. Van Neuter:
(Snorts)

Beaker:
(Sighs oddly)

Claudia:
(Unaffected)

Bunsen:
Why don't you take a small break from your new mp3 and join the others?
Hmmm?

Claudia:
(Ignores)
llllaaaaaattteeeerrr.....
(Zombieness)

[The Count]

Ed lies almost motionless in his bed, exhausted by the ongoing work to get the first volume perfected, what with all the little details to get it to Aunt Ru.
Count: Mmm, I heard Kyle and his four furry friends returning. Guess they found the candy box from Penny Candyman's we left them (not to mention everybody else).
UD: Yes, amazing how the smaller things bring such joy.
Count: Don't forget... We also left them a candy cane and festively bordered nameplate so each resident can use it year-round.
UD, spying the envelope from Alex, uses his claw to snatch it: By the by, thank you and Ed for the silver skull-swinging chain.
Count: You're velcome, it compliments your walking coat.
The spectral spook happens to be wearing a newly worn walking coat, still stilletoed with various punched-out holes here and there.
Count: And I must thank you as vell for the bat fixtures now gracing the organ's pipes.
He sits down to admire the additions to his musical instrument, summoning each as they count off in softly sighing song.
Uncle Deadly slices the tip of the letter, finding a card that suddenly comes out brandishing its own deadly implement.
Card: I am the Grim Reader... And I have come for... Your tomes.
UD: Ah, then you'll be wanting this big heavy book Ed's been sifting through. Have at it.
The phantomly dragon inserts the card inside the original text-versioned covers of Kermie's Girl, allowing it to hack away with a swipe of its small scythe.

Count: Pleasant dreams everybody...
*Both Count and UD: And happy holidays to all...
And to all a good fright!

[Katzi428]

Ooh..look at the candy Ed The Count & Uncle D left for us! I'm telling you,girls,pretty soon I'll need to be rolled out of here!:eek:
Prairie & Rosita laugh
Rosita: No Kathy...we'd never let that happen to you.
Prairie: Of course not!You can be so silly sometimes.
Thanks.But with the popcorn & goodies I got as presents,plus Christmas you know whats left over...well I guess I'll have to use willpower.
Prairie: Don't worry about it!It's the holidays! Plus you're going away for about a week,right? On the cruise & then to your brother's house?
Right. So I won't worry until after I come back.
Rosita:Right! So let's have some chocolates now:)
the three of us dig into the candy

[Skeeter Muppet]

Kim: (tucking Tosh and Mimzy into bed) Whoo. Kinda hectic these last couple days, hasn't it?
Gillis: Oh yes, definitely. Are you sure your mother wasn't insane to offer to host both Christmases at your house?
Kim: Oh believe me Maestro, there were a few times that I found myself questioning her sanity.
Boober: (sleepily) I still think we should have offered to stay and clean up...
Kim: I know, but I wanted to get back to the dorms before it was too late. I mean, Tosh and Mimzy have already crashed.
Gillis: So be a good Fraggle and go to sleep, Boober.
Kim: Gillis...
Gillis: Sorry. (yawns)
Kim: Hmm. Sounds like somebody should follow his own advice.

-Kim

[BeakerSqueedom]

Claudia:
I feel so funny.
It's pleasing!

Dr. Van Neuter:
Wait, don't go in there.
(Gently pushes her into the room)

Beaker:
(Gasps)
MEEEP!

Claudia:
(Hiccup)
Y'know, I never thought eggnog to be so...sour.
It tasted like rotten grapes...I...I swear.
(Laughs at the wall)

Bunsen:
(Smells her)
Oof! Claudia, what on earth have you been drinking?
Don't tell me Phillip forgot to give you the right one!

Dr. Van Neuter:
Well! There were four eggnog drinks this morning!

Bunsen:
Couldn't you have at least checked?

Dr. Van Neuter:
They all smelled the same!
It was kind of hard to differentiate.

Bunsen:
(Shakes head)
No wonder mine did not have the exact flavor I was looking for.
Very well done, Phillip.

Dr. Van Neuter:
(Scowls)

Claudia:
I....oh, wh-what....thissssssssssssssssss....
ergh...

Bunsen:
Slurring, not a good sign.
Keep her inside the room until she sobers up.

Dr. Van Neuter:
Why me, melonhead?

Bunsen:
It certainly isn't my responsibility.
(Hurries out of the room)

Beaker:
(Tags along)

[The Count]

So lon as it's not the Christmas party of '83 all over again. Hmmm, wonder if Alex sent any more of those curious cards to any other dorm dwellers.
*Goes back to business while Grim Reader continues slicing and dicing through the voluminous book.

[Beakerfan]

Yesterday:

Alex: Hey guys, how are the presents coming?

Bean: Good! We've got a few left, though.

Alex: *opens the box of cards*

*a card with large, owl-like glasses pops out*

Card: *spins around in circles, trying to look at something* You know, I read everything I can find, but I can't seem to read MYSELF...

Alex: You're not supposed to read yourself. Here. *grabs the card and begins to write in it*

Card: How do you DO that? It's fascinating!

Alex: It's called a PEN. *hands the pen to the card*

Card: *admires the pen in awe* A pen. Wow.

Alex: *sighs and puts the card in an envelope marked "Erin"* Sweetums, would take this over to Erin, with her present?

Sweetums: You bet! *picks up a box containing scarves for Erin and each of her dormies, then heads over to Erins room*

Alex: *thumbs through the cards*

*a chorus of "Heehee! that tickles" and "Hey, cut it out"s can be heard from the remaining cards*

Alex: Aha! *picks out a bright, glittery card*

Card: Hey! Like, I was TALKING! Oh my gawsh! Your SHOES are incredible! Where did you get them? Awwww! Look at the cute widdle bunny rabbit!

Bean: *starts acting even cuter*

Card: So, like, can you maybe not put me in that envelope? It's soo last Christmas!

Alex: Sorry. *puts the girlie card in an envelope marked "Beth"* Here Bean! *hands Bean the card*

Bean: *picks up Beth's box containing hats and mittens for all in Beth's room and leaves to deliver the present*

Alex: *looks at the box of cards with disdain*

*a feathery card hops out of the box*

Card: Oh, hello! My name is Clucksworth. Um... excuse me a moment.... BrrrrrrrrrAWK! *lays a plaid egg* Oh my goodness. How embarrassing.

Alex: *puts the card into an envelope marked "Bo" and hands it to Elmo*

Elmo: *takes the card and a box containing scarves and fingerless gloves to Bo's room*

Alex: Let's see what you guys do... *turns the box over and dumps out the remaining cards*

*the cards scream as the fall to the floor*

Card 1: *holding a cane and hat* Hey, wanna see my new routine? *begins to perform a little dance*

Card 2: *singing like Frank Sinatra*

Card 3: Oh, Romeo, wherefore art thou, Romeo?

Card 4: Wocka wocka wocka! Heeyyyyyyyy! Ya wanna hear this great new joke?

Alex: *watches the cards intently* I've got it! *grabs card #1 and puts it in an evelope marked "Kim"* Next! *grabs card #2 and puts it in an envelope marked "Randall"* Okie-dokey.... *puts card #3 in an envelope marked "Ruhanna"* and.... finally! *puts card #4 in an envelope marked "Bryan"* Now just to go deliver these presents!
*leaves to go deliver the packages*

[redBoobergurl]

Beth: Aww, look at all the wonderful gifts outside our room! Looks like Alex's room and Kyle's room both left us some
Red: Too bad we weren't around much this weekend
Beth: True, it does happen. Well let's see, how's about we hand out these trays of cookies and fudge that we made
Wanda: Sounds like a plan
*soon outside of every dorm room is a platter of cookies and fudge with a handdrawn Christmas card featuring the residents of room 3 as done by Mokey Fraggle, wishing everyone a Merry Christmas*

[The Count]

*Opens door and retrieves tray of goodies left by Beth. Will have to thank her.
Grim Reader has snagged an errand card spotted walking about the halls of the basement floor.
Card: Noooooooooo! Let me go! See my sharp claws? I have to roam these halls howling and haunting and...
GR: Hush currd. Your time has come. Noone cheats the Reader!
Oh you two. Uh, Uncle D, could you please...
UD: Certainly. He separates the twain, setting the lupine letter inside an envelope marked Alex.
OK, now just deliver this to her along with that silver slug charm.
UD: Fright away.
GR: Back to the books?
*Sighs, If you must...

[Katzi428]

All righty ladies...did you dispense our presents to our dormies?
Prairie:There were a couple that weren't in.So I left notes on their doors to tell them to Room 6 for their presents.
Ah...good idea Prairie!
Rosita:Kath...who are we staying with while you're gone?
You'll be staying with Beth.I feel bad that I won't be here on New Years' Eve to wish you a Happy New Year,but I'll be back from my brother's on January 2.
Prairie: Don't worry Kath.Just go and have a good time. Both on the cruise and at your brother's.
Rosita:And give your nieces hugs from us!
That's a guarantee.;)

[Beauregard]

Beau: *in Narnia land* Sorry about breaking your sleigh, Mr Santa, and your not being able to make the Narnia deliveries...
Santa: Oh, ho ho...that's alright, it only means that Lucy, Edmond, etc won't get their powers and we'll be slaves to the snow forever and ever...Merry Christams!
Bo: Maybe we should go?
Santa: *turns to reindeer* Get them!
Bo and Beau: Aaaaaaaaaaaaaah! *running away, and away, and away, and hit into lamppost*

Bo: *in real world* *sits up under the sink, narrowly avoiding collision* I hope I didn't miss Christmas...
Mildred: *deadpan* You did.

[BeakerSqueedom]

Claudia:
Oh...I-I-I really love your candycane.

Dr. Van Neuter:
You can't have it.

Claudia:
....mine.

Dr. Van Neuter:
Like, no way!
Back off, Claudia!
(Takes a couple of steps back)

Claudia:
SHARREE!
(Tries to trick him into giving her the candy)

Dr. Van Neuter:
NOOOOOOOOO!

Claudia:
YES!
(Runs clumsily out of the room with it at hand)

Dr. Van Neuter:
(Runs straight into a wall)
Like, ouch!
Oh...oh...ouch.

Bunsen:
(Shocked at the drunk two)
Phil!

Dr. Van Neuter:
I...I had to drink some.
I just had to...my candy whispered to me,
"Phil, you're my only hope!"

And the force forced me to take a sip!

Claudia:
(Nibbling on the candycane)

Beaker:
(Puts on an innocent expression)
Meep mee meee?

Claudia:
Like, heck no, man...
Back off, man....I'm a scientist.

Beaker:
(Tackles her for the candy)

Claudia:
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

[Beakerfan]

Alex: *picks up the envelope from Ed* What's this? *opens it*

Werewolf Card: AWOOooooooooo! *climbs out of the envelope and hands her the necklace*

Alex: Oh my gosh! How cool! *slips the necklace over her head and lovingly strokes the card* Oh, here you go! *tosses the envelope to WC*

WC: *ravenously eats the envelope* Thanks!

Bean: *eating cookies from Beth*

Sweetums: *overhears the goings on in Claudia's room* Ohmygosh! CLAUDIAAAAA! *runs to Claudia's room* What were you DOING? *eyes get big* WHOA. You're... Are you.... You are! *eyes narrow* I should've known they'd be a bad influence on you. You're coming with me young lady! *picks Claudia up and carries her over his shoulder to room 24*

[BeakerSqueedom]

Claudia:
(Takes the gifts before being swooped up)
WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
@_@
Make the world go awaaayyyy!
Take it off my shoulders!

Bunsen:
No, this isn't what it looks like!
Walk back here right this minute, Mr. Sweetums!

Dr. Van Neuter:
(Sober)
Well, less problems for us!

Bunsen:
(Glares)

Dr. Van Neuter:
Ouch.

Beaker:
Meep?
(Sneaks into Alex's room with flowers at hand)

[Beakerfan]

Sweetums: No way guys! She has a problem that needs to be dealt with! And I'm just the man for the job! *cradles Claudia and looks at her lovingly, then remembers himself and throws her back over his shoulder*

Alex: Oh hi Beaker! For me? How sweet! *takes the flowers and puts them in a vase*

[BeakerSqueedom]

Claudia:
Two plus three equals to the fifth power to the polynomial problem thingamajig....also to the square root of five thousandteenthtwentysomethin ever.....like....I am so smart, man.

Meeeeeeeeeeeeeeee wwwaaannnnttt cookiiieeeeee!

Beaker:
(Flirts with Alex)
Mee...meep meep mee...meee?
(Winks)

Claudia:
:O

[Beakerfan]

Sweetums: Girl, you have been spending WAY too much time with those kooky scientists! Come on, you can come spend some time with ME for a change. *carries her off*

Alex: *blushes speechlessly at Beaker's flirting*

[BeakerSqueedom]

Claudia:
I'm back!

Bunsen:
Oh, Claudia!
My dear friend!
You've come back!
(Nudges Phil lightly)

Dr. Van Neuter:
Huh? Snap!
(Hides his oversized gun)
So...how was it?

Bunsen:
(Clears throat, nodding his head to Phil)

Dr. Van Neuter:
(Clears throat as well)

Claudia:
Great!
Beaker went with Alex to help her out with some stuff.
Sweetums and I did lotsa stuff!
: D

Bunsen:
Excellent!
Come to the testing area, Claudia!
Since Beaker ran off with Ale...

Claudia:
(Whimpers)

Bunsen:
Not you too...

Claudia:
Um..oh....er...MEEEEP?

Bunsen:
That's better.

[redBoobergurl]

Beth: Hey guys, sorry I wasn't around yesterday to help get Prairie and Rosita settled
Red: It's all right, we figured it all out
Abby: Prairie is sharing my bed
Mokey: And Rosita is sharing mine
Wanda: And Gaffer curled up with me last night. No worries at all
Rosita: Gracias for letting us stay with you
Beth: No problem! Boy, if we weren't a room full of women before, we sure are now!
Prairie: *giggles* It's like our own club, no boys allowed
Beth: Now, now, be nice. But if you girls want to have a good old fashioned girly pajama party tonight, that would be all right with me
*they all squeel with delight*

[Muppet Newsgirl]

Storyteller: (writing) It is a festival in which silly creatures get together, drink lots of fluids that make them dizzy and giggly, and croak out old Scottish ballads...
Scooter: Oh, they do more than get dizzy and giggly, Storyteller.
Erin: (typing at computer) They do things that they frequently regret the next morning.
Beige: What kinds of things?
Nora: Things we can't mention here, since this is a family-friendly forum.
Beige: Ah. (looking over at Erin's computer) What's that you're working on?
Erin: Another fanfic, and a mystery.
Scooter: Isn't that the "Curse of the Golden Boar" or whatever you've been working on for at least a year?
Erin: Sorta. Except the golden boar is now a golden albatross, and ten million other things have been changed.
Nora: Who's in it?
Erin: Well, the Muppet Show cast - that includes you, Scooter - as well as you, Nora...
Storyteller: What? No Fraggles?
Erin: Hmmm...sorry about that, Storyteller. But I'll see if I can work a few Fraggles in somehow or other.

[The Count]

Hmm... What about Doozers? They're smaller and easier to fit. Sort of like Twiddlebugs.
Count: Ah! I shall count the Twiddlebugs hiding in our flowery windowbox!

You'll have to excuse him, he's giddy with anticipation over counting down tomorrow. Synchronously tuned in to a very precise clocked degree you know, as explained in that one time New Year's was celebrated on Sesame, along with other worldly traditions.

*Thinks fondly of the memories of that special.
Sorry my own fic hasn't progressed much... But at least we've gotten twenty haunters at the castle. That's a start towards the thousand total I suppose.
Will be in our room if anyone needs us.
UD silently nods, absent in the conversation as he's been reading the fanfic updates by Lisa.

[BeakerSqueedom]

Bunsen:
Want a snickers bar?

Beaker:
(Shrugs, takes it)

Bunsen:
(Sighs)

Dr. Phil Van Neuter:
(Shrugs)

[Erine81981]

Murray: *humming a song*

What are you humming?

Murray: A song.

Yea, i know that but what is is called?

Murray: Singing a Happy song.

Oh. Sounds nice.

Murray: *starts singing it* Singing a happy song
You laugh away your troubles
singing a happy song
Your funny is sure to double
Nothing Is ever wrong
When you smile
Let's all sing together
For a little while
(spoken: Go ahead Kyle. Sing along)

Me and Murray: Singing a happy song
Makes everybody happy
Come on and sing along
There's really nothing to it
Let's join the gang and do it
Sing along singing a happy song

Grover and Herry: *pop up and start singing along* Singing a happy song
You laugh away your troubles
singing a happy song
Your funny is sure to double
Nothing Is ever wrong
When you smile
Let's all sing together
For a little while

Grover, Herry, Me and Murray: Singing a happy song
Makes everybody happy
Come on and sing along
There's really nothing to it
Let's join the gang and do it
Sing along singing a happy song
Sing along singing a happy song

A little Bug pops up playing a sax solo

Grover, Herry, Murray and Me: Singing a happy song
You laugh away your troubles
singing a happy song
Your funny is sure to double
Nothing Is ever wrong
When you smile
Let's all sing together
For a little while

Singing a happy song
Makes everybody happy
Come on and sing along
There's really nothing to it
Let's join the gang and do it
Sing along singing a happy song
Sing along singing a happy song

Singiiiiiing a song (x5)

*music fades*

I really liked that song. Where did you hear it?

Murray: I don't know. I just came into my head.

Grover: It really is a cute little song.

Herry: That was good. I'll have to add that one to my song likes.

You have a list of songs you like and hate?

Herry: Doesn't everybody?

[Beakerfan]

Sweetums, Bean, and Elmo: *hold wooden swords in the air* All for one and one for all! *they all don large hats with larger feathers in them*

Alex: *snickers* Just don't ask me to play D'Artagnan... or his lover!

Bean: *not listening* Alex... would you be the watchamacallit person?

Sweetums: Yeah, come on! PLEEEEAAAASE, peanut buttercup?

Alex: Welllll, okay. But it will cost you 100 Grand.

Elmo: Do you think we could find s'mores people to play?

Alex: Not even across the Milky Way.

Elmo: Fudge!

*everyone stares at Elmo*

[tvlistingman]

PETER: Good Morning

ZOE: It's New Years Eve and Good Morning

BABY BEAR: We're ready for 2008

LITTLE BIRD: We should shop for some party items and food

PETER: Okay, why don't we have a final breakfast of '07 at Everybody Eats

BABY BEAR: Okay!

[Muppet Newsgirl]

Erin: (at computer) Okay, Storyteller? Beige? I've worked out a solution.
Beige: To the absence of Fraggles in the story?
Erin: There will be Fraggles now. At some point, in the dining car on the train, the Chef's going to appear with a tureen of radish-potato stew, which is served to a large group of Fraggles.
Storyteller: Much better, thank you.
Nora: So when does the necklace get stolen?
Erin: Two chapters from now, on the ship. I've got to introduce most of the major characters first, don't you know.
Scooter: And who gets to narrate next?
Erin: Let's see...it'll be Skeeter. And beyond that, I can't give much away.

[Erine81981]

Well guys. Another year passing and another one coming and nothing to do and this is so boring.

Herry: We're boring?

No no no. I mean every year i don't ever do anything for new years. I either watch the neices or go over to my friends. And i don't have anything to do.

Murray: Your going to your freinds.

Yep. Ya'll wanna come?

Bruce: Can we?

Sure. Now you do know that you'll have to sleep somewhere i do not know.

Herry: Welllllll.....

I know. If ya'll don't want to ya'll don't have too.

Bruce: We really wouldn't mind going with you but....

But what?

Herry: We would rather stay here.

I see. I understand. I guess. We'll guys. I'll call you and wish ya'll a Happy New Year. *gathers up things and starts to leave but* I can't leave you all here. Your all going no matter what. Get you stuff and you are all coming with me.

Herry: Ok.

Murray: Can't argue with that.

Bruce: Me either.

We all head out the door with our stuff and leave to Walmart to get Grover on the way.

[Muppet Newsgirl]

Erin: There we go.
Scooter: So who gets to go next?
Erin: That would be you, gofer boy. You get to narrate the theft.
Scooter: Oh, boy!
Nora: Why don't you take a break? It's New Year's Eve, after all.
Beige: Yeah, but I don't feel like watching the Times Square chaos...
Storyteller: Well, let's just make popcorn and put on a movie, how's that?
Nora: I like it.

[The Count]

Yeah... Especially since this year will be more chaotic as they have to solve the mystery of who broke the Times Square New Year's Eve Ball. Now that'd be a fanfic to read.

Oh well...

*A grim greeting card with scythe in hand stretches out from inside his bookjacket home, stalking the new mystery that Erin has promptly promised and perfectly progressed through to three chapters in search of more pages.

[Ruahnna]

Catherine: (touching her lips) Well, that was a pretty satisfying New Year's. I haven't used my pucker so much since (eyes Fozzie), um, since, er, last year.
Piggy: (sighing and rolling her eyes) Amateur.
Kermit: Piggy! (rubbing his neck gingerly) I think you sprained my neck.
Piggy: (muttering) You should be so lucky.
Fozzie: Well, I think the group hug and kiss was a great way to spend New Year's.
Catherine: Yeah.
Kermit: Me, too.
Piggy: It was rather nice. (Eyes Kermit.) Want to do it again?
Kermit: Um, er....
Catherine: (hastily) Um, how about punch? Anybody want punch?
Fozzie: That sounds wonderful!
Piggy: Kermie...?
Kermit: Um, back in a minute in with some punch for us....

Happy New Year!

[Skeeter Muppet]

Kim: Well, here it is...2008.
Fraggles: Yup.
Kim: I dunno about you, but I'm not impressed yet.
Mimzy: Give it a chance; after all, the new year's only thirty-six minutes old.
Tosh: Yeah. Nothing catastrophic is gonna happen in thirty-six minutes.
Boober: It could though, hypothetically.
Gillis: Let's leave the hypotheticals alone for right now, hm? Anyone have any ideas on how to start the new year?
Kim: I've got one.
Fraggles: Oh?
Kim: Yeah. Why don't we all go to bed?
Fraggles: "Sure"..."Good idea"..."Why not?"

-Kim

[BeakerSqueedom]

Claudia:
Cuatro!

Beaker:
Meep!

Dr. Van Neuter:
Two!

Bunsen:
So exciting!
ONE!

(They drink up and eat their grapes)
---

Claudia:
FIREWORKS!
(Covers ears)

Bunsen:
Beaker...wait!

Beaker:
Oh shi-
(Holds on to a little rocket)
MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEPPPP!

Dr. Van Neuter:
Wow...

Claudia:
NOOOOOOOOOOO!

Beaker:
(Sighs)
(Explodes)

[Erine81981]

Murray: Thank you Mrs. W for letting us stay over with Kyle.

Mrs. W: Oh you are very welcome.

Thanks again for letting them stay with me.

Grover: I was wondering where you were talking about Bruce.

Bruce: I said over at Kyle's friends.

Grover: I thought you meant with Bryan, Beth or the others. Thanks agains.

Herry: *sawing some logs*

He sure was sleep after that game we played.

Murray: Yea but he took where i was going to sleep.

Mr. W: We have other places. Don't worry. Me and the miss are going to head on to bed. Good night guys.

Monsters and Me: Good night.

I'm going to watch some tv.

Murray: I guess i'll watch with you.

Bruce: I'm going to head to sleep too. *yawns*

Good night Bruce.

Murray: Good night Bruce.

Grover: Good night Bruce.

Bruce: Good night guys.

Herry: *snores really loud*

So Murray, Grover and Kyle watch some TV and all fall asleep watching some cartoons until morning

[The Count]

*Downstairs...
Count: Ah-ha! Happy 2008! *Blows a batty little noisemaker.
UD: Sad really... Another year has died... But one more year has sprung to life, crawling ever closer towards its own grave.
Me: C'mon guys... It's a new year, full of promise and whatever the future may hold. I know this much... It holds tradition for today. Gonna call Ryan to see if Camilla and the other chickens can lend us some egg-laying prowess....
Count and UD: You mean?
Me: Yep... It's time for my family's traditional omelette-thon on today, the 1st of the year!

Activity flourishes in the downstairs common room's kitchen as ingredients are prepped, skillets are greased, and lists tacked up on the bulletin board.

Me: OK... To all dormies... Step fright up and place your omelette orders. You can have any combination of ingredients. Just take a number and we'll have your morning meal to you in a jiffy. Please help yourselves to some juice and any of the fine French bread for toasting or dessert breads for noshing.

And as always... Happy New Year, 2008's here to stay!

[BeakerSqueedom]

Claudia:
(Pounces on Eddie)
EEEGGGSSS!

Bunsen:
Claudia!

Claudia:
(Blinks)

Bunsen:
(Shakes head)

[Muppet Newsgirl]

Erin: Okay, so Scooter, Nora and I will have the cheese omelets...what about you two?
Beige: Just a few crushed mustard-flavored Doozer Sticks.
Storyteller: I'll have...green onions, peppers, garlic, bits of tomato, some radishes...
Scooter: Better throw in a few antacid tablets as well.
Storyteller: Oh, very funny, Scooter.
Nora: I'll go get juice...what kind does everyone want?
Erin: Cranberry.
Scooter: Orange.
Beige: Apple.
Storyteller: Tomato.

[tvlistingman]

PETER: Happy 2008!

ZOE: You Too, Peter

BABY BEAR: 2008 is Here

LITTLE BIRD: Let's watch the Roses Parade

PETER: Because I saw the Sesame Street float there

ZOE: Wow and It had Bob on the float, he's been here since the beginning

LITTLE BIRD: That's right

[theprawncracker]

Ryan: Good morning gang! Happy New Year!
Gonzo: Ryan! Where were you last night? You left us all alone to party by ourselves!
Clifford: Yeah dude, Gonzo almost burned the place down.
Ryan: So what else is new?
Link: So where did you go last night Ryan?
Ryan: Eh, I had a party I had to attend, I thought I told you guys that, sorry.
Clifford: Don't worry about it. So why'd you have to go?
Ryan: I was having it.
Camilla: Brawk bawk byuck baw?
Ryan: Nah, it was a lot of fun, everyone was well behaved.
Sam: Hmph, how surprising.
Ryan: *smirks* So how do you guys wanna start off the new year?
Gonzo: Umm...
Camilla: Hmm...
Link: *scratches head*
Clifford: *shrugs*
Sam: We could all memorize the preamble to the Declaration of Independence!
Ryan: *looks at Clifford* Pizza?
Clifford: *nods* Pizza.

[The Count]

OK Chef! That's one pizza omelette for Ryan.
*Hears unintelligible mock-Swedish repeating the order.
And get Camilla down here, we need her to lay some eggs.
One garden special for Storyteller.
Three cheeses for Erin.
And a mustard Doozerstick with soupy yolk for Beige.

Count: I'd like a good...
Sorry Count, I already took care of you and Uncle D.
UD: Indeed he has!
Count: And vhat did you get us?
Me: A fine Transylvanian dish of takitura!
*OOC: That's a sort of runny omelette filled with liver, kidney, and smoked sausage. Quite delicious as I had it once.
And of course some garlic toasted rolls and fruit frappé.

[redBoobergurl]

Beth: Hi Ed, Count and Uncle Deadly. I would like a cheese omlet with ham please.
Red: I would like one with radishes
Mokey: Ooh, me too
Wanda: Just cheese in mine please
Abby: Can I have one with strawberries and whipped cream?
Rosita: I would like a spicy one, the hotter the better. Gracias.
Prairie: I'm with Beth, ham and cheese please.
Mokey: Nice rhyme!
Prairie: Thank you!

[The Count]

Hear that Chef? Orders up! Dessert special for the little fairy-in-training, two Gorg morgs, two grills for da girls, and the hoppin' habanero for the Spanish monster, and another plain strings for da cat who sings.

[BeakerSqueedom]

Claudia:
(Sits on her bed, drawing)

Dr. Van Neuter:
(Brushing her hair)
Sorry, I just have to.

Claudia:
A hairstylist now?

Dr. Van Neuter:
Like, heck no.
I'm just really bored.

Claudia:
Oh.

Dr. Van Neuter:
Wanna play checkers?

Claudia:
Sure.

[redBoobergurl]

Beth: Hey girls, I heard from Kathy, I think she's back, but I don't know if she's in your room yet
Prairie: Well why don't we stay here until we know she's ready for us to come back down
Beth: Fine with me
Rosita: I can't wait to give her a big hug
Beth: I think she'll like that

[Katzi428]

Aaaahhhhh! stretching out on my bed after I unpack
door opens & my 3 faithful roomies come in
Rosita:Kathyyyy!giving me a hug
Hi Rosita! getting up and hugging her
Prairie:My turn! hugging me
Hiya Prairie!hugging her
Gaffer runs towards me and jumps on my lap
Hey kitty!Ooh...you smell nice!scratching her ears
Prairie:So,how was the cruise?
Very nice. I enjoyed it.
Rosita:Was it good seeing your whole family?
Yep it was.My nieces have gotten so big.So how was the New Years' Eve party last night?
Prairie:Fun..but it would have been more fun if you were there.
Awww...you're sweet.:) Did you both have fun with Beth Red,Abby,Wanda & Mokey?
Rosita:Oh...we had lots of fun!
Terrific!

[The Count]

*Skulks off to the library, there've been some postings lately. *Leaves a welcome back card on Room 6's door, and a wrapped candy cane.

[BeakerSqueedom]

Bunsen:
Ohohohoho!
I've updated the security system!
This will assure our safety from blue daring whatevers, angry pigs, womanizing prawns, and the like!

Claudia:
But, why?

Dr. Van Neuter:
We don't have the time to redo the wall just because some flying man-eating pillow rammed through it.

Bunsen:
Correct!

Claudia:
Pillows can't get through a wall!

Bunsen:
You never know...

Claudia:
(Laughing out loud)

Bunsen:
(Looks to his hand)
Oh dear!
Something is gnawing on my...hand!

Claudia:
Wow...A MAN EATING PILLOWWWW!
AAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
CARAMBA!
WE MUST FLEE!

Beaker:
MEEEEEEEEEEEEEP!

Claudia:
Don't worry, this won't hurt a bit!
(Lights up a match)

Bunsen:
This is absurd!
(Scrambles to the door)

Claudia:
It's the only way!
I'm gonna light that little booger on fire!

Bunsen:
Please...
NO!
(Runs out of the room)

Claudia:
Bunsen! It's gonna eat you alive!

Bunsen:
I certainly don't want to burn to death!

Claudia:
But you'll taste delicious!
All I need to do is add the pepper!

Bunsen:
Oh, how charming!

[The Count]

*Calling out from the reading room... Don't forget the garlic salt!

[Muppet Newsgirl]

Nora: How's it coming?
Erin: Well, chapter five's up...and for chapter six, I'm turning the narration back over to you.
Scooter: So where's it going next?
Erin: The train station.
Beige: Where do the Fraggles come in?
Erin: They'll be on the train...in car 10. And Doc and Sprocket will be there, too.
Storyteller: Oh, very nice...but do we still get the radish stew?
Erin: You will...but probably in chapter eight. It depends.

[The Count]

Well... About 85% done with that story/gift for our dearest aunt. Think I'll go and crash before getting a start on that monster of a chapter tomorrow.

During the usual bedtime routine, a voice can be heard from the shadows.
UD: MC Dorms have been brought to you by the letter K and by the number 5.
Pleasant screams.

[Muppet Newsgirl]

Erin: Oh...I feel the fanfic-writer prodding stick jabbing into my ribs...
Storyteller: (holding said stick) You said it. Where's chapter eight?
Erin: Writer's block, storyteller, writer's block.
Nora: What's the plot of that one?
Erin: You guys are sitting at a table in the dining car, reading files on crooks who could have made off with the Albatross.
Scooter: Who's the narrator?
Erin: I'd like it to be Fozzie...but that's what's holding me up. It's just that it's hard to write dialogue for him. Him and Miss Piggy.
Beige: So that's why you've given the narrating jobs to the more understated characters.
Erin: Right on. Scooter, you're easy to write dialogue for. You, your sister, Nora, Kermit...
Storyteller: Ah. Well, through in more dialogue from those characters. Now hop to it.
Erin: (sigh) Yes, miss.

[BEAR]

Bryan: I can understand, Erin. Sometimes it's just hard to write a voice for certain characters all the time. Right, Snuffy?
Snuffy: ............
Bryan: I rest my case...

[tvlistingman]

PETER: Another quiet Friday Night at the Dorms

ZOE: Why don't we Go Swimming

PETER: Good

LITTLE BIRD: And then get some pizza and go to the library to exercise our mind.

BABY BEAR: Good Idea, A Friday Night at the dorms, Maybe i could see Telly at the pool!

[Muppet Newsgirl]

Erin: Very true, Bryan. And yet it all comes together somehow or other.
Storyteller: I see you've got the Fraggle Five in the dining car...very good.
Nora: Looks as if I'm the keeper of the train schedule or something.
Erin: Well, someone's got to be.
Beige: Now, is it just me, or did Fozzie just spot...
Erin: Shhh...okay, in the next chapter, it's back to you, Scooter.
Scooter: Great, what do I do?
Erin: Go for a walk on a station platform, overhear a weird phone call, and get on Sam the Eagle's nerves. That's all I can say without unveiling too much plot stuff.
Scooter: Ah.
Erin: (getting some notes) Now, I need your input on the final scene. I'm considering either you or Skeeter for this...(shows Scooter the notes)
Scooter: I see...(goes pale and starts to tremble) Oh.
Erin: If you're not up to it...
Scooter: Skeeter can do that. My nerves aren't that steely.
Erin: Fair enough. But you'll still get an important part. (goes back to writing)
Nora: Will we get to see Jim and the others again?
Erin: Of course. We'll at least see Richard again in chapter nine, and we'll see everyone in 12 a few chapters later.

[BEAR]

Bryan: (bursts through the door) Happy new year, everybody!
Ernie: Oh, happy new year, Bryan!
Bert: Yeah, happy new year!
Bryan: I missed you guys. Did you have a good Christmas?
Big Bird: I had a great time back at my nest on Sesame Street. I got to be with Gordon and Susan and Maria and all my friends there.
Snuffy: And Bryan, we were on TV!
Bryan: Oh yeah. The special.
Big Bird: Didn't you see it?
Bryan: No, Big Bird. Unfortunately, where I was that night, there wasn't a TV. I'm so sorry. I really wanted to see it.
Ernie: Don't feel too bad about it. It should be available on DVD sometime.
Bert: Yeah, probably in time for next Christmas.
Bryan: Well, I'll look forward to it. I was so busy during the last couple months in my show. It's nice to settle back home and get into the swing of the Dorms again.
Cookie: Yeah, we miss you.
Bryan: What about you, Cookie Monster? How was your Christmas?
Cookie: Delicious! It me favorite holiday!
Ernie: I thought Halloween was your favorite holiday.
Bryan: No. He also said that Thanksgiving was his favorite holiday.
Cookie: Me like Christmas too. Especially with all the yummy Christmas cookies! Me monster of all seasons.


(Cookie Monster arrives on a winter scene, a snow-covered hill behind him, a kid building a snowman, another kid runs in, slips and falls on the ice)

In the winter, there lots of snow
It very chilly, but don't you know
It another season, another reason
For eatin' cookie

(he devours some cookies from the box in his hands, then leaves to arrive on a rainy spring scene, as kids run up the hill)

In the springtime, the birdies sing
The flowers bloom, and one more thing
It another season, another reason
For eatin' cookie

(more cookies eaten)

Me eat them every season
Me eat them day or night
When it come to cookie
Me got healthy appetite

(now he arrives at a summer scene, sun shining, a beach umbrella up, a kid with sunglasses on lies on a towel catching some rays, a girl eating an ice cream cone, a boy flying a kite)

In the summer, it very hot
Me go to the beach, me sweat a lot
It another season, another reason
For eatin' cookie

(he munches more cookies and leaves the scene, arriving on an autumn one, a man raking up some of the fallen leaves)

In the fall, the leaves turn brown
The wind it blows, the leaves fall down
It another season, another reason
For eatin' cookie

(more cookies eaten, then the screen changes to 4 Cookie Monsters, one in each season)

Winter: So if it's winter ...

Spring: Spring!

Summer: Summer!

Fall: Or fall!

Winter: It don't matter!

Spring: Hey, anytime at all!

Summer: It a season, me got a reason

Fall: For eatin' cookie!

Winter: All together now!

All: It a season ...

Spring: Oh yeah!

All: Me got a reason ...

Summer: Coming home!

All: For eatin' cookie!

(all 4 Cookie Monsters devour what's left of their cookie boxes ... including the boxes)

Fall: Me love the outdoors!

Big Bird: Wow, you're not kidding!
Cookie: So, how much longer til Easter?
All: (laughing)

[The Count]

*Smiles at finding Bryan back, as well as all three halves of the Toga/Prawny/YLa connection. Maybe they'll stick around this time. That reminds me... Need to ask Beth to contact everyone this week to see who'll be staying on for another term. Oh well. Think I'd better send Erin or Clauds a bat-gram to see if she can help with what ice cream flavor would be the particular flave of an Ace of Spades.

[Erine81981]

Hey Bryan! Glad to see you back. Your roomies sure did miss you.

Grover: We missed him too, Kyle.

I know. We sure did. Good to see you back. *pats Bryan on the back*

Murray: Any cookies left or did Cookie eat them all?

Everyone laughs

Oh Murray. *noogies him on the head*

[BeakerSqueedom]

Bunsen:
Toodle pip, dear!

Claudia:
But who said I was going anywh-EEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
(Tumbles down the stairs)

Bunsen:
(Chuckles, waves)
Of course you are!
You're leaving to do something in which I am not really sure of!

Claudia:
(Twitch)

Dr. Van Neuter:
Look what you did!
You killed her!

Bunsen:
Silly, you!
She's just a little slow today.
Isn't that right?

Claudia:
Like I said, I'm not going anywhere!

Bunsen:
That is where you are wrong.
(Smiles kindly, pulls on a rope)

Claudia:
(Blinks)
(Falls through a trap hole)
YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
(Splat)

Beaker:
Ooooo..meep meep mee...meeemeeemee (Nods at his genius)

Bunsen:
Thank you, Beakie!
Shall we gentlemen?

Dr. Van Neuter:
The room to ourselves?
HECK YEAH!

Bunsen:
Foshizzle.

Beaker:
(Slaps forehead)

[The Count]

Please... She just fell into the laundry room. Well, bye.
*Leaves for family's ritual Three Kings gathering at grandfather's house.

[The Count]

*Downstairs...
UD: Isn't he finished yet?
Count: No, still three more chapters left to go!
UD: He's been working on that non-stop, hasn't he?
Count: Vell... There have been some stops... But he vants to get the present perfected for Aunt Ru.
UD: You mean the lady who's been writing—
Count: The same. We still haven't gotten an update from her. Just as vell, it gives him time to finish the gift.
UD: Mmm... Guess I'll just leave him this mug of hot chocolate at his deskside.
Count: And don't forget this...
*Places a wrapped Snickers bar next to the mug.
Count: Now come, we have other hobbies to keep us entertained.
UD: Yes... Like that splendid Muppetcast show.
Count: Indeed!

[BEAR]

Ernie: Hey, Count...Uncle Deadly. Mind if we join you?
Bert: Yeah. We love listening to the Muppetcast.
Ernie: Especially on a rainy day like this.

[The Count]

*At the common room...
UD: Certainly.
Count: You know me, the more the merrier.
UD: Hot chocolate?
*All sit down to listen to Steve's latest entry.

[BEAR]

Bert: Hot chocolate? Yes, please.
Ernie: Got any marshmellows?

[The Count]

*Serving hot chocolate.
Count: Not sure... You know how ravenous my little bats can be.
UD: Not to worry, I've been saving some upon my person.
Count: But wouldn't they have...
UD: You forget, I can dodge the shadows as deftly as you can.
Count: Ah yes. Then allow me.
*Both serve their guests, laying a tray of cookies out to appease any pair of googly eyes that may be lurking behind the chairs or beneath the table.

[BEAR]

*Serving hot chocolate.
Count: Not sure... You know how ravenous my little bats can be.
UD: Not to worry, I've been saving some upon my person.
Count: But wouldn't they have...
UD: You forget, I can dodge the shadows as deftly as you can.
Count: Ah yes. Then allow me.
*Both serve their guests, laying a tray of cookies out to appease any pair of googly eyes that may be lurking behind the chairs or beneath the table.

(A big furry blue hand reaches out from under the table and snatches a couple of baked treats) Urp!

[Muppet Newsgirl]

(Scooter is sitting at the kitchen table, quietly sipping some hot chocolate.)

Beige: Hi, Scooter, is there any of that left on the stove?
Scooter: There is. Help yourself.
Beige: Thanks. (gets chocolate, sits down) Where is everyone?
Scooter: They're all out of the room for the moment. Nora's visiting her family, Erin's off with some friends and Storyteller's down in the Rock. (starts gazing off into space)
Beige: Hey, you're looking down tonight. What's up?
Scooter: Tomorrow's January 7.
Beige: Mmm, okay, so why...
Scooter: Richard.
Beige: Oh, that's right...(sips chocolate) It's been how many years, 16?
Scooter: (nods) I still miss him really badly. He was a really great friend, almost a big brother to me. (pause) Wonder how Beaker and Gillis and Don Music and the others are feeling?
Beige: I didn't know him as well as you guys did, but I know he was a real barrel of laughs.
Scooter: (laughs) That's something, coming from the Cave's security Fraggle.
Beige: Don't believe everything the Rock Fraggles tell you. We're a lot funnier than they claim we are.

[Katzi428]

soft knock on my door Prairie's voice:Kath?Can I come in?
Door's open.putting down the pillow I was holding.
Prairie comes in Hi.
Hi.
Prairie:You OK?
Yeah...I'm fine.Why?
Prairie:Right hand up to your dad?
Right hand up to...oh Prairie!:cry:
Prairie:Oh Kathy!I'm sorry!hugging me & rubbing my back Let it out...it's okay.
after calming down and dabbing my eyes Prairie,I love my mom and my sister to pieces.You know that. And I'm grateful to them for helping me out this past week.It's just that my dad was so much of a take charge person when he was alive. And I miss that! Plus I miss him in general.:(
Prairie:I know. Your dad was special.You know that really well. When you see the doctor in a few days,I think your dad'll let you know in his own way what you can say to her.
Yeah...I think so.
Prairie:You going to be okay?
Yeah...I'll be fine.Thank you Prairie hugging her.
Prairie hugging me back Goodnight.she leaves the room
blowing a kiss to Heaven & whispering Goodnight Dad...I love you!:halo:

[The Count]

*Lying dead in bed... Two more chapters to go... She's killin' me with these mega-long chapters. And that's both a bad and good thing. Will... Finish... Tomorrow.
*Collapses into oblivion.

[BEAR]

Ernie: Hey, Bert. Ed just collapsed like you do.
Bert: From reading? Ha! He's weak.
Bryan: Hey, guys. Enough of that. Who's gonna do the sponsors?
Cookie: Oh, me do it! Me do it!
Bryan: Go ahead, Cookie Monster.
Cookie: Oh boy, oh boy! Okay...Muppet Dorms brought to you today by letter D (holds up a letter D cookie) and by number 4 (holds up a number 4 cookie and sniffs it and devours both cookies making a big crummy mess)
Bryan: Muppet Dorms are a production of the Muppet Central Forums.
Cookie: Uuuurp! 'Scuse me.

[The Count]

*Awake again. Yeah well... You try sifting through a 150+ page fanfic, trying to catch all the quotation marks and apostrophes after copying it from the thread to your computer files, where they don't show up, and arrange the sentence spacing so that it's all properly perfect... And we'll see how much you can get done yourself boyo.

*Gets bowl of crisp cereal for breakfast before braving the book world once more.

[Beauregard]

Bo: *moving around the apartment*
Beau: *moving around the apartment*
George: *moving around the apartment*
Mildred: *stayig still* Ok...now I feel sea sick.

[redBoobergurl]

Beth: I hate waiting
Red: Still no word about that job?
Beth: Nope, she's supposed to call today or tomorrow. And that's just for a second interview
Mokey: I'm sure that they'll want you to come in
Abby: Yeah, cause you're so nice!
Beth: Thanks guys. I need something to do in the meantime as a distraction
Wanda: I think Ed wanted you to contact the residents about staying on for winter
Beth: Oh yeah, I should probably talk to him about that.

[The Count]

*Sorting through new posts... *Going back to work on that fic... Maybe Beth'll have an idea of an ice cream flavor for my Ace of Spades and I can move forward with my own fic laterish.

[BEAR]

(At the Hensonville Hooper's Store...)

Bryan: (Wipes down the counter and starts to set up the laptop computer)

(the bell rings)

Big Bird: Hi, Bryan!
Bryan: Oh, morning, Big Bird!
Big Bird: Hi. Umm...Bryan?
Bryan: Yes?
Big Bird: What are you doing?
Bryan: Oh, I'm just getting ready to listen to the new Muppetcast episode.
Big Bird: Oh really? Can I join you?
Bryan: Sure! How about a bowl of Birdseed Krispies while we listen?
Big Bird: Sounds good. That's my favorite cereal, ya know.
Bryan: (smiling) I know it is. (pours the cereal in a bowl for Big Bird)
Big Bird: Umm...better pour another bowl for Radar.
Bryan: For...Radar?
Big Bird: Yeah, he needs breakfast too. He's a growing bear!
Bryan: But...(looks down at Radar's little teddy bear face and plays along) okay. (pours another bowl and sits it on the counter right in front of Radar) There you go, Radar.
Big Bird: He says, "Thank you."
Bryan: Well, he's very welcome.
Big Bird: (light laugh) Hehehe.
Bryan: Okay, let's start up this podcast!
Big Bird: Oh, Bryan?
Bryan: Yes, Big Bird.
Big Bird: Can we please have a banana with our cereal?
Bryan: A banana? Sure. One for Radar too?
Big Bird: Let me ask. Radar, would you like a banana with your cereal? (Pause and Big Bird listens for an answer) He says, "Yes, please."
Bryan: Okay... two bananas coming up! (grabs 2 bananas and gives one to Big Bird and one to Radar) There you go.
Big Bird: Thanks.
Bryan: You're very welcome. Now...onto the Muppetcast! (is just about to hit the button on the computer...)
Big Bird: Oh, Bryan! Wait wait!
Bryan: (sigh) Yes, Big Bird...?
Big Bird: Sorry to interupt again, but Radar likes to have his banana sliced up and put over his cereal.
Bryan: Sliced up?
Big Bird: Yeah. I'd do it myself, but I'm not allowed to use a knife. And you're a grown up. Would you mind? Please?
Bryan: Not at all... (peels Radar's banana and slices it up and scatters the pieces over the cereal.) There. You too, Big Bird?
Big Bird: No, thanks. That's all.
Bryan: Okay. Anything else I can get you both?
Big Bird: No, that's all. Thank you.
Bryan: Are you sure?
Big Bird: Yes, I think we're ready now.
Bryan: Okay. Now, let's just listen to the Muppetcast, okay?
Big Bird: I've been looking forward to it!
Bryan: Me too. (Finally starts up the podcast and they listen)

[The Count]

UNGH! 1 more chapter to go... Then...

[BEAR]

Big Bird: That was a great show. I love Fraggles. They're such nice creatures.
Bryan: They sure are. (Noticing Big Bird's empty cereal bowl and Radar's bowl still full of cereal and banana) Umm...Big Bird? Radar didn't eat any of his cereal.
Big Bird: Oh, yeah... Well, he's not very hungry right now.
Bryan: He's not, huh?
Big Bird: No, but maybe he'll eat it later. Can we please get a to-go box?
Bryan: A..."to-go" box? For the cereal?
Big Bird: Uh huh. So we can take it home.
Bryan: I'll see what I can do.
Big Bird: Thanks. Come on, Radar. Let's go see if Red and Mokey want to play. Bye, Bryan! Thanks for the cereal!
Bryan: You're welcome! See ya later! (tries to figure out how to package a to-go box for soggy cereal and banana)

[Muppet Newsgirl]

(in room 7, there is a vase of bright red peonies on the table)

Erin: He's still with us, Scooter. You know that.
Beige: Which could either be a cause for celebration or alarm, depending on the circumstances.
Scooter: I know. (suddenly chokes back a laugh)
Nora: What's so funny?
Scooter: I was just remembering a story he told me...how he smuggled a water pistol onto the set of Fraggle Rock and...

(Storyteller shrieks, in another room)

Beige: What was that?
Storyteller: (running in, dripping wet) All right, which of you just fired that water pistol at me?
Beige: Don't look at me, I only use...
Erin: Wait a minute. A water pistol?
Nora: (looking around nervously) Are the dorms haunted or something?

(later)

Scooter: Can you imagine what would have happened if he came in there with a Super Soaker or something?
Storyteller: Oh, don't even go there.

(Rest in peace, Richard Hunt...)

[BeakerSqueedom]

Claudia:
(Leaves a plate of cookies for Eddie)
Hope you like them!
(Skips to her room)

---

Claudia:
What are you three up to?

Bunsen, Phil, Beaker:
(Eating chips)

Claudia:
Guys?

Phil:
Tired.

Claudia:
That's weird...
you all are usually bustling with activity.

Bunsen:
Frankly, Claudia, I don't care.

Claudia:
That's not like you at all to say.
(Tilts her head to the side)
Curious.

Beaker:
(Shrug)

[The Count]

Ooh! Thankees Claudia. At least I'm finished with KG, unless Aunt Ru decides to post more of her fabu fic. Have the idea for the first new addition to my own. Just finished Muppetcast 39, all about the Fraggles. There's some really good stuff there.

*Leaves an arrangement of peonies at Room #7 for Richard.

[BeakerSqueedom]

Bunsen:
With this device ends the "necessity" of damaging the brain by shock or surgery to effect "tractability" in mentally ill patients and "adjust" them.

No longer will the derelict vagabond carelessly mumble nonsensical nothings to his pet bottlecap!

Claudia:
(Blinks)
How are you so sure, Bunsen?

Bunsen:
Confidence, Claudia...
Hope...

Claudia:
Been on the coffee again, huh?

Bunsen:
Of course not.
(Tests his device on the ever defensless Beaker)
Let it rip!

Beaker:
MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

Claudia:
(Shakes head)

[The Count]

*Leaves Catherine's present, wrapped with a beautiful pumpkin ribbon at Room #20's doorstep with a thank-you card signed by all her readers.

Now then... Wonder what's next for these grand ol' dorms.
Hope Beth's making some headway in contacting everybody. It'll be exciting to see the results.

[Skeeter Muppet]

Kim: ...Okay, now I'm getting worried.
Boober: You mean he's still not back yet?
Kim: *shakes her head*
Mimzy: Back from where?
Boober: From wherever it is he goes on January 7.
Mimzy: Oh.
Kim: I don't understand it. Gillis is usually so good about this. Where the heck could he be?
Tosh: You don't think anything...bad happened to him, do you?
Kim: No. No, don't even think like that Tosh. *hugs her* Gillis is just fine. He's probably...taking the scenic route back to the dorms, that's all.

-Kim

[redBoobergurl]

BULLETIN ANNOUNCEMENT FOR ALL DORMS RESIDENTS:

Hello everyone! We are coming into our second semester of the year and sometimes that means changes in dorm status. Ed and I need to know your intensions, if you plan to stay or go, if you are keeping all roommates or some roommates or are looking for new roommates. Please PM Beth (redBoobergurl) by Monday, January 14th with this information. Beth will be hunting down those she does not hear from. Thank you.

[Muppet Newsgirl]

Nora: So how's it coming?
Erin: I've got Gonzo's chapter up, and I'm starting on Skeeter's second chapter.
Scooter: And are you sure that...
Erin: Relax, Scooter, no one will really get hurt. Okay, there might be a sprained ankle or two, but no real injuries.
Beige: Throw in some falling boulders or something.
Storyteller: Oh, Beige, I think she's putting them through enough stress as it is in that little epic.

[Erine81981]

Me and Grover look at old baby pictures of each other.

Grover: You were so cute back then.

Back then?

Grover: Oh do not worry Kyle. Your one handsome human.

*holds up a baby Grover pic* Ooooo lookie at you. Is that you when you first found your feet?

Grover: Oh yea. My cute little feet they are. I still remember it till to this day. Let me sing you a song about my feet.

*music kicks in*

Grover: I have Feet
My Feet can walk
Do you want to see me walk?
You do?

Alright then i will walk for you
Here i go
Walking
Putting one furry foot
in front of the other furry foot

Walking is so good for monsters
And for boys and girls too
Ah Ah that was fun

Now you know what else
my feet can do?

Me: (spoken) What?

I will tell you.
I have feet
My feet can hop
Ah, Do you want to see me hop?

Me: *nods yes*

You do?
Alright then i will hop for you
Ok here we go hopping
Hop! Hop! Hop! Hop!
Oh i love to hop
Hop! Hop! *starts to get tired*
Yeah like bunny rabbit hopping
*tiring* You can hop on one foot like this.
And hop on the other foot

Oh more hopping and hopping
and hopping and hopping
Ohh getting a bit tired
*getting more tired*
Aways, there are more things
that my feet can do Ahhhh

I have feet
My feet can dance
Do you want to see me dance?

Me: *nods yes*

You do?
Alright then i will dance for you.
Here we go!

*funky music starts up*

Disco! Get down Grover!
Oh i love to dance.
I love to dance alone
And i love to dance with
other people

*I get up and dance with Grover*

And monsters too! *laughs*

*a few monsters come in the room and dance with us too*

Oh disco Grover! *whew*
*getting even more tired*
Oh this is a bit tiring for a monster

Me: What else can your feet do?

What's that?
You want to know what else my feet can do?

Me: *nods yes*

Ohhhh alright
I have feet
My feet can run
Do you want to see me run?
You do?
Alright then i will run for you

Ohhhh here i go running
Ahhh Grover is running
*panting a lot*
That is something else that
feet can do *still running*
They can run
It is very good for you *still panting*
But it is tiring *stop running*

So you see what feet can do
Feet can walk and hop
and dance and run *panting more*
What's that?
You want to see me walk and hop
and dance and run again? *eyes widen*

*breathing hard* I'll tell you
one more thing that feet can do
*falls to the floor* *feels of relief*
Feet can fall down and take a rest
*sighs a sigh of relief*

*music fads out*

Oh Grover. *picks him up and hugs him*
You sure do put yourself through alot.

Grover: *can't hardly talk* I.....do....any...thing....for......youuuuuuu....* falls through my arms back to the floor*

[redBoobergurl]

*Beth, Wanda and Abby gather around Red and Mokey who are still sleeping with a doozerdust cake full of candles shining brightly*
Beth: 1, 2, 3
All three: HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
Red: *startled* Wha?
Mokey: *yawns* Oh my! Look Red, they made us a cake
Red: Wow, it looks great
Abby: Make a wish!
Wanda: And blow out the candles
*Red and Mokey pause and then blow out the candles together*
Beth: I'll cut

[The Count]

*Suddenly, throughout the dorms, the trail of hauntingly beautiful pipe music can be heard.

Hey, you guys hear that?
UD: You mean the haunting music?
Yep, is that you on the organ Count?
Count: No, not I.
OMG! That can only mean...

*A sort of goldenish male Fraggle wanders down the halls as his familiar tune lingers in the air, drawing dormies out to sing and swoon.

All: Here he comes!

Music grows in the rose.
Kim: The rock and the rain and the blowin snowstorm.
Beth: Everything seems to sing.
Erin: Everywhere we go.
Count: I said 1, 2, play me do.
Mokey: Let me sound as sweet as you.
Wanda: Play me wide, play me long.
Gillis: Let me be your song.

Kyle: Lay me down on the ground.
UD: Song comes sounding from the midnight places.
Big Bird: Raise me high in the sky.
Tosh: Song comes drifting through.

Chorus: I say 1, 2, play me do.
Let me sound as sweet as you.
Play me wide, play me long.
Let me be your song.

Storyteller: Play me high.
Boober: Play me low.
Red: Play me where the wild winds' blowin'.
Mimzy: Play me wide, play me long.
Clifford: Play me for your song.

Chorus: I say 1, 2, play me do.
Let me sound as sweet as you.
Play me wide, play me long.
Let me be your song.
Cantus: Let me be your song.

All: Hail Cantus!

[BeakerSqueedom]

Claudia:
Ok, last assignment done.

Dr. Phil Neuter:
Are you serious?
You're starting that course?

Claudia:
Grow up!
(Throws a pillow at him, blushing a fiery red)

Dr. Van Neuter:
(Stifles his laughter)

Bunsen:
I must confess that it is slightly amusing.

Claudia:
It's just Human S...
Human Se...
(SIGH)

But it's real funny...
Graphic too.

Beaker:
(Puts on a face)
Meep?

Bunsen:
(Beckons him to come closer)
Well...

Beaker:
(Nods)
(Eyes go wide)
Me....MEEP?

Bunsen:
I'm afraid so.

Beaker:
(Looks to him again)

Bunsen:
I'm serious.
Take a look at her book.

Claudia:
(Frowns)
Immature clowns.

Beaker and Bunsen:
(Giggling side by side)

Claudia:
(Rolls eyes)
Human Se....it's just a class.

Dr. Van Neuter:
(Rolls over in laughter)

[The Count]

Yeah... It was an important class to take. Now be nice to Claudia or we'll just have to draw the lot of you into our nafarious monsterizing plans.
*Evil grin.

[BEAR]

*A basket is left on the doorstep of Room #3 with a few packages wrapped in pretty pastel colored tissue paper. The first one is sort of framed mosaic picture of the Fraggle Five made out of colorfully shiny bottlecaps. Also in the basket is a wrapped pair of drumsticks (for Red) and a birdseed rainstick (for Mokey). A note is attached reading "Happy Fraggle birthday, Red and Mokey! Love, Room #29*

[BEAR]

...

[BEAR]

Bryan: Okay, gang! Now we gotta get to some of the other Fraggle gifts.
Bert: Let's see...there's Boober, Wembley, Gobo...anyone else?

[Beauregard]

Bo: Hey, guys, yesterday was the birthday of Fraggle Rock.
Beau: Can rock's have birthdays?
Bo: Of course! And they can be burgled.
Beau: ...what?
Bo: Haven't you ever heard of Rockin' Robin?
Mildred: Don't you have any new material?
George: I did, but I'm saving it for a new flannel shirt.

[redBoobergurl]

Red: Did you see these awesome sticks! Now I just gotta get a drum
Beth: And we'll have to get some earplugs
Mokey: Well I just love this rainstick, listen to how relaxing it sounds *she turns it so we can hear rushing sound of rain*
Wanda: It is pretty nice. I think this picture is pretty neat too
Abby: Are you gonna hang it up?
Mokey: I think we will. Come on Red, I'll make a thank you card for the residents of room 29 and we both can sign it
Red: Sounds good

[The Count]

*Sneaks out of Room #1 and deposits a couple of momentos for the Fraggles at Room #3 and 19's doorsteps.

For Mokey: A weather-proof cloak died of a rocky granite gray with a few blasts of bolting at the edges and a resplendant reddened radish pendant.
For Red: A batch of radish bars (along with the recipe for Beth) and a floatie innertube with colorful streamers for when she's playing at the pool.
For Boober: A cookbook of vegetarian Fraggle delicacy recipes an a small pebble-carved charm to ward off the superstitions of the day.

Happy 25th anniversary and birthday to all Fraggles!

[Muppet Newsgirl]

Erin: All right, everyone, let's go.

(Packages start to appear at the appropriate doors.)

For Red: one bio of Rock Hockey Hannah, from Erin, and a brand new rock hockey stick, from Scooter.
For Mokey: one volume of poems, from Nora, and one necklace of polished pebbles from the Glitter Caverns, from Beige.
For Boober: one new cookbook (containing Storyteller's recipe for radish-potato bisque with tarragon and rosemary), in a new mixing bowl, both from Storyteller.

The senders also leave freshly baked Doozer stick crunch cakes with the presents.

[Skeeter Muppet]

Kim: So Boober, now that you have those new cookbooks, can we expect any Fraggle delicacies for dinner sometime?
Boober: *flipping through the book from Storyteller* Just say the word.
Tosh & Mimzy: Word.
Kim: *snickers* Cute girls, real cute. *phone rings* Hello, Room #19, Kim speaking... GILLIS! Gillis, where have you been; we've been going nuts around here... you're where? Good grief, how did you... Never mind. Just...stay put. I'll come get you, okay? Okay. *hangs up*
Mimzy: Was that Gillis?
Tosh: Where was he?
Boober: Is he okay?
Kim: *grabbing her coat, purse and car keys* He's fine; I'm going to go get him right now. You guys just hang tight here, okay?
Tosh: But where is he?
Kim: *running out the door* He's in New Jersey!
Fraggles: ...New Jersey?
Mimzy: What would Gillis be doing in New Jersey?
Boober: Beats me. Just as long as he didn't catch any lung infections.
Tosh: Boober, please.
Boober: Sorry.

-Kim

[Muppet Newsgirl]

Erin: As long as Gillis steers clear of Secaucus, he'll be okay.
Nora: Isn't that kind of blunt? I mean, someone on the forum could be from Secaucus.
Erin: Okay, fine, the city's cleaned up a bit in the last several years, but it still has a bad reputation of sorts. My parents went to med school in Newark; they'll know all about it.
Storyteller: But what is Gillis doing in New Jersey?
Scooter: Maybe he's in Closter.
Beige: Why, what's in Closter?
Scooter: Richard's mother, some of his ashes, and I think one of his sisters as well.
Storyteller: Well, we'll find out once Kim brings Gillis back.

[Beauregard]

Bo: Do you ever get that feeling you are being watched?
Beau: *puts down night vission goggles* Huh?

[Katzi428]

leaving message on Room 6's answering machine:
Hi girls,it's Kathy.Don't think I'll be around for the next few days.The others'll help you out if you need it.Or if you want to go home for a bit,I'll talk to you when I get back.

[BEAR]

*A basket is left on Kim's doorstep for Boober. The basket has various packages in it wrapped in beautiful orangy tissue paper. The first is a mosaic picture of a radish made with colorfully shiny (and clean) bottlecaps, generously donated from Bert's collection; also in the basket are a set of purple dish towels, a Sesame Street cookbook containing favorite recipe's from the whole Sesame Street gang, and a small Snuffleupagus idol from Hawaii that is said to bring goodluck...though it has not yet been proven. There is a tag that says, "Happy Fraggle birthday, Boober! Love, the gang in Room #29*

[Skeeter Muppet]

*on the road back from Closter, NJ*

Kim: So...wanna explain how in the world you ended up in Closter?
Gillis: Do I have to?
Kim: It'd be a load off of my mind. You had us all worried sick, you know, Tosh most of all. Boober almost had her convinced you'd met some terrible end.
Gillis: He's good at that.
Kim: Yeah, I know. So what happened?
Gillis: *sighs* I'd gone down to the Rock, to the T. Matthew Fraggle room. No one uses it save for Matt and his nephew, so it was quiet enough for...for what I needed. And while I was down there I accidentally...
Kim: I gotcha. Those tunnels can be tricky. So I guess my next question would be, why wait so long to get in touch with us? You were gone for almost four days, Gil. That's around 72 hours.
Gillis: I...I don't know. Maybe it was something I needed to do, being there, visiting his home. I can't really say for sure.
Kim: Well...I guess I can accept that, for now. But next time, if you want to go up to Closter and pay your respects, let the rest of us know? You don't have to go it alone.
Gillis: I know. Thanks.

-Kim

[Muppet Newsgirl]

Scooter: I knew it. He'd ended up in Closter.
Erin: (quietly) He misses Richard as much as you do, Scooter.
Scooter: I know.
Beige: What about you - weren't you going to go there, too?
Scooter: I did - I went there a few days ago.
Nora: You know, about those vases of peonies we had on the table...
Scooter: I gave them to Mrs. Hunt when I dropped in. And I told her the rest of you said hello.
Erin: Very good...I'll bet she appreciated them. After all...Richard was her son.
Storyteller: (suddenly wipes eyes and clears throat) Someone needs to post a map in Matt's room - not every Fraggle has a built-in GPS system, and I don't think Kim would like another car ride through north Jersey.

[tvlistingman]

PETER: Guys, did you see Oscar in 1 .vs. 100

BABY BEAR: Yeah

LITTLE BIRD: He knew some things but he got knocked out

ZOE: Oscar was on 1 .vs. 100 the game show

PETER: Right, Zoe!

[BeakerSqueedom]

Claudia:
(Does a straddle)
EEEEEE!

Bunsen:
It's a good thing women are more flexible than men.
(Shudders)

Beaker:
(Twitch)

Dr. Van Neuter:
Oh my gosh!
So...um...anyone up for a sci-fi flick?

Bunsen:
Yes. Take me with you?

Beaker:
(Nods)

Claudia:
(Stretches)
I WILL NOT GO DOWN, MAN!

Dr. Van Neuter:
She's talking to herself again.

Bunsen:
Give her a shock?

Beaker:
(Shakes head)

Dr. Van Neuter:
Nah, brain probe.

[BEAR]

Snuffy: Is it on yet, Bird?
Big Bird: Not yet.
Bryan: It won't be on for a while, Snuffy. I'll let you know.
Ernie: It's so exciting that Oscar is going to be on TV tonight!
Cookie: What show?
Ernie: 1 vs. 100.
Cookie: What show about?
Ernie: It's a big wrestling match where the number 1 and the number 100 battle it out for champion of the Number World!
Bert: (Lowers brow) Not exactly...
Ernie: I'll go get the popcorn!
Bryan: It's actually a television gameshow, Cookie Monster.
Cookie: Oooh! Me know about gameshow! Me was on Beat the Time starring Guy Smiley.
Bryan: Oh that's right. Guy Smiley doesn't host this one though.
Big Bird: Too bad. He's "America's favorite gameshow host"!
Bert: And he hasn't been doing much hosting lately. I wonder why.
Bryan: (Laughing) He probably went the way of Bob Eubanks and Dick Clark.
Roomies: (All look at me strangely as if to say "Who?")
Bryan: Nevermind...

[The Count]

Heh... Saw that meself. You'll have to pay attention, cause Oscar's segments are brief. And I heard Guy Smiley will be hosting a few games in the future, a DVD release in March, some the gang played back on Play With Me Sesame.

Oh well... *Settles for a night's sleep.

[Muppet Newsgirl]

Scooter: (reading notes) Is Skeeter okay?
Erin: Yeah, she's fine. She just twisted her ankle a bit when she kicked away from the bridge piling. No one gets seriously hurt in this.
Scooter: Good...she was looking a little dizzy when we pulled her in.
Nora: So what happens now?
Erin: I'm turning the narration back over to Camilla for the last chapter. (looks) Let's see...well, the mysterious stuff is over, so all there is to do is get you guys picked up by the rescue train and to get the Albatross on display at the museum.
Beige: So what are you going to do after you finish this one up?
Erin: Hmmm...well, I was thinking of one about you, Beige.
Storyteller: Oh, interesting...but do finish "Albatross" first; it won't do to have them all stranded on that rickety old rail line.

[BEAR]

Bryan: Oscar really was great on the show tonight. What a wonderful appearance. (leaves a full trashbag by Oscar's can with a note saying "Congratulations on a great show! Love, Bryan") He'll love this stuff. (goes back to room #29) Muppet Dorms were brought to you today by the numbers 1, 100, and by the letter B. Muppet Dorms are a production of the the Muppet Central Forums. Goodnight.

[Beauregard]

Bo: *types a quick e-mail to Ed* Dear Ed...I spent all day yesterday singing "Count It Higher!" and had no idea why...and then realised I had been subliminally reading it in your signiture here! Thanks, it's been fun! Bo.
Beau: *whistles* Higher...count it higher...

[The Count]

*Types quick Email to Bo: Dear Bo: I've been thinking about MopFam and all the craziness there and didn't know why... And then it hit me, we need to get that back to glory! Or wrapped up with it's fifth season at least. Then again, I think maybe we should... Pick Wembley. And it was all because of your sigline. Thanks.
Ed.

[Beauregard]

Bo: *sends an e-mail back* I think MopFam may just need wrapping up...not that I want to give up on it, but it's really only you, me, Kyle and sometimes Nell...I e-mailed CB and she doesn't plan on coming back. Harv, Tabi and Vibs are too busy. Did you say once that MopFam Wiki doesn't work for you, because some of us were concidering changing the format of MopFam to talking 'about' the show as if it still existed on MopFamWik.

[The Count]

*Sends another Email to Bo: You know, I haven't really gone back to check if I can get in and edit articles. Then again, I pretty much forgot my log-in info. Actually, I think the format for the Wiki works pretty well. Would like to see maybe two big changes: 1) episode-by-episode synopses. If transcribing the posts that make up a particular episode; cleaning up typos both spelling and grammar-wise, putting them in story format proves too much... Then mayhaps a sort of review going over the storyline and additional events of interest; and 2) whenever changes are made to an article, would like to see this handled like Muppet Wiki, where there's a conversation as to what it is said article needs changing and how it's been changed rather than just "x" number of words deleted or added.
Just some suggestions... It's your baby so it's yours to tinker around with as you see fit. Hope this helps though.

[Beauregard]

*responds with e-mail swiftly* Yes, we did add a rule somewhere saying to explain changes. An episode guide would be great. Maybe I can find some time to work on that. Not sure if I can do transcripts till the summer, though they are the best way to do the guides. A short guide would also work well. You could aways log in with a new name if you wished, sir!

[The Count]

*Answering Bo's message: Yeah I know. But other duties press upon my days. Namely ideas bubbling over and trying to get them typed up. Wish you luck with the endeavors to get MopFam the resolution it needs.
Your friend, Ed "The Count".

[Beauregard]

*replies* No problem. I'm pretty busy at present anyhows so probably wouldn't get a great deal done for a while yet anyways.

[BeakerSqueedom]

Bunsen:
Twiddle deedle tweet.
(Talking to a caged bird)

Bird:
(Does a face, looks to Beaker's camera)

Bunsen:
Unsuccessful--as usual.
Oh, look at that.
No batteries!

No wonder.

Claudia:
OH MY GOD!
D< ANIMALS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE FREE!

Bunsen:
We'll free it once we...

Claudia:
(Takes the cage and runs out of the room)
BE FREE LITTLE BIRD!

Bird:
(Puffs up in fear)

Bunsen:
She's ridiculous.
Honestly.

Beaker:
(Slaps forehead)

Dr. Van Neuter:
Can't live with her, can't live without her.
Actually, we can.

Bunsen:
Mhmm.

[Erine81981]

Oscar: *pokes head out of trashcan* It's looks to be trash? *grabs the trashbag and pulls it into the trashcan* This looks to be from Bryan. *reads the note* What? That is no congrates! I'm a grouch and don't like to be.....*remembers he's in his can*....oh well. No one will hear me. Thanks Brayn. This trash will lovely in here. *throws it all over his living room* There. Looks trashy. *sighs a sigh of pleasure*

[redBoobergurl]

BULLETIN ANNOUNCEMENT:

A reminder for all Dorm residents to please PM Beth by Monday, January 14th with your intentions to stay in the dorms for Winter term 08 and if all of your roommates will be staying as well. Thanks to those who have already responded.

Now back to your regularly scheduled Muppet College Dorms: The Next Semester day.

[The Count]

Ah... Finally sent Steve what I wanted to tell him for the Richard Hunt podcast later tonight. OK, now to grab some finger-food munchies and watch some football.
*Sends Beth a PM thanking her for her help, asking her for some in return, and congratulating her on reaching the 6K mark.

[BEAR]

Ah... Finally sent Steve what I wanted to tell him for the Richard Hunt podcast later tonight. OK, now to grab some finger-food munchies and watch some football.
*Sends Beth a PM thanking her for her help, asking her for some in return, and congratulating her on reaching the 6K mark.

Hey, Ed! I didn't think Steve was airing the Richard Hunt episode for another week or so. Oh well, I could be wrong. I hope not though. There were some things I wanted to offer. Guess it's too late.

[The Count]

Hmmm... By the tone of what he said during his talk with Jocelyn Stevenson, I thought it'd be this week's show. Send him whatcha got, it's not too late. Besides, if it doesn't get used this week, he might refer to it in the next episode. C'mon buddy, you ain't got nothin' to lose. And hey, we've got some more episodes of 1 vs. 100 with Oscar to look forward to next week.

[Muppet Newsgirl]

What's this? They're doing the Richard Hunt tribute later tonight?

[The Count]

Yep. At least, that's what I believe. Might be wrong... But go and send him your contributions. Oh, and since his addy's on the fritz, try the alternate one he provided in the MUP3s thread or LMK if you'd prefer I send it to you privately.

[The Count]

Hey guys... Just got confirmation from Steve. The Richard Hunt podcast will be next week's episode, so you still have time to send him thoughts or stories or song requests or general observations.

*Goes off to plot some wardrobe consultations with Beth, Claudia and maybe Melissa.

[BeakerSqueedom]

Claudia:
I'm so happy I could kiss myself!

Bunsen:
Modest, are we?

Claudia:
Passed the teeeesssttt!
WHOOHOO!

Dr. Van Neuter:
Grade?

Claudia:
B+....I was SOOO nervous.
I did not even eat!
(Sees food on the table)
YES! FOOOODD!
COME TO MAMA!

Food:
OMG! RUN FOR YOUR DARN LIVES!

[Muppet Newsgirl]

Scooter: Let's have a moment of silence for that food on Claudia's table.

(silence)

Nora: So, Erin, what were you doing in Coming Unbound today?
Erin: Picking up a book on the basics of yoga.
Nora: You're taking up yoga?
Storyteller: It's about time - maybe it'll make you a little less of a worrywart.
Beige: Hey, I'll show you a few of my own asanas if you want - here's one; it's called the Dancing Dodo. (starts to wriggle into some bizarre position)
Scooter: Beige, I think that's more contortionism than yoga. (pause) But maybe Gonzo would like it.
Nora: Mm. (to Erin) Any more story ideas?
Erin: Hmmm...well, there's one involving you guys, a theater festival and a haunted house, but it's not concrete yet.
Storyteller: Good...well, think it over a bit. (oven timer goes off) All right, dinner's up!

[The Count]

Well... Just waiting to hear from Beth to know where we stand as to the new term's register. As for Count and Uncle Deadly? They're off counting potential spooks to add to the castle's roster while listening to Electric Mayhem music.

[The Count]

Mmmm... Sure has been quiet here lately.
*Notices Count just sort of playing with a bunch of bat cards and Uncle D copping himself a quiet nap on the couch. Heh, he'd better be careful, some spook might just decide to come and...

*Grizzled grayish smoke billows out of the fake furnace in our room, parting to reveal eventually—
Guest: Is it all fright if I...
Me: Well, seeing as how Sara and I are good fiends...
Guest: Thank you.
She cozies up to the drowsing dreaming dragon, careful not to rouse him from his rest in peace repose, twining tails amongst them.

[BeakerSqueedom]

Bunsen:
How many fingers am I holding up, dear?

Claudia:
(Gives a wacky smile)
Twelveteen!

Beaker:
Meep?

Dr. Van Neuter:
No, that's not an actual number.
She's out of it.

Beaker:
(Pats Claudia's back)
Meep. Mee, meee meee meee.

Claudia:
Yes, I am tired from today's activities.
I missed lunch...
I just ate dinner...

I'm so tired---hope you don't mind, mom.

Bunsen:
Beaker is not your mother...
This is severe.

Claudia:
Oh, yeah, I know who he is...
Joscar, when did you get here?

Mr. Jones:
Poor woman lost her mind!

Claudia:
D: Omg, a talking microphone.
KILL HIM!
(Chases her microphone dude)

Bunsen:
I've the tranquilizer!

[The Count]

Tranquilizer? Just pull his cord out. *Takes walking cane and goes out to the coffee shop as my roomies are currently enjoying a night-in with their respective ghoulfiends.

[The Count]

Returning to the Scene of the Crime.

Couple of hours have passed, Ed delighted at sampling a slice of the coffee house's newest specialty, Mississippi mudball pie with a glass of frosted milk that would send shivers down any spook's spine. The knob to Room #1 turns ever so slowly, as he doesn't wish to disturb the creepy couples inside. The television airs a long-ago forgotten monster movie noone quite knos the name of, but thrall to watch for the umpteenth time. Popcorn has been popped and black batty cherry soda served in glasses litter the armrests on either side of the casting couch. Satisfied at finding the scene, Ed swipes some casual clothes and sneaks out for a second time.

Returning changed and brushed and thoroughly ready for a good night's sleep, the sponsors are read in hushed tones.

Me: MC Dorms have been brought to you by the letter M for monster and movie... And by the number 4.
*The camera moves away to show two phantomly dragons and two violet vampires (one wearing her heirloom numbered necklace from 1 to 10) before fading out of focus.

Me: Good night... And don't let the batty bats bite.

[Muppet Newsgirl]

(gang is having clam chowder and garlic bread in the kitchen of room 7)

Nora: Sounds like it's movie night over at Ed's place...but who all is in there?
Scooter: Well, the other dragon has got to be Auntie Eleanor...and I think the other vampire is the Countess.
Erin: Which one? I mean, there were several: there's Countess Dahling von Dahling, and one simply called "the Countess," and...
Storyteller: Oh...Ed sent by a message that the tribute show for Richard will be up this weekend.
Erin: Excellent - it'll make the startup of classes a little more bearable.
Beige: I sent in a little blurb for them...I said that Richard once told me a bunch of jokes that were guaranteed to freak out the Cave's Oldest Fraggle.
Scooter: Did he tell you the one about the weasel, the chainsaw and the prune Danish?
Beige: He did.
Nora: How did it go?
Storyteller: (snapping fingers) Whatever it is, save it for after dinner.
Erin: Oh, is this one like the "world's deadliest joke" sketch that Monty Python did?

[theprawncracker]

Ryan: *yawns* So glad tomorrow's Friday...
Gonzo: Yeah! You only have to get through a test and a quiz before you get to enjoy a three day weekend!
Ryan: ...Thanks for reminding me.
Gonzo: *puts hand on Ryan's back* No problem, pal.
Ryan: *smirks* So have you been sticking to your New Year's resolution Gonzo?
Gonzo: I made one?
Ryan: Yes! You resolved to stop blowing up the kitchen!
Gonzo: Oh, that one! Sure, I've kept it!
Ryan: Great!
Gonzo: I've just blown up the couch instead!
Ryan: ...Fantastic...

[BeakerSqueedom]

Claudia:
Saturday...I dread it!

Bunsen:
You dread everything, Claudia.

Claudia:
Nuh-uh! That's not true!
Hip is feeling painful...it's been like that for years!
Chores are real heavy in the weekends.
-Sniffles-

Dr. Van Neuter:
Someone's being lazy.

Claudia:
(Turns the page of her book)
Whatever.
I'm an old geezer now.

Beaker:
Meep meep meep.
(Nods head)
Mee meee meee meee.

Claudia:
Wow, you're right, you've probably had more than 20 operations and an impressive collection of fractured bones.

I might not have a fractured hip...but the pain isn't nice.
It just feels like it's being ripped off. X_X

Speaking of ripping off limbs...
I'mma watch a gory horror movie. :D
(Giddly walks to the sofa and turns on the TV)

Bunsen:
I get queasy watching those...
(Shudders)

[The Count]

*Sneaks up and honks Squeeky's nose before disappearing back downstairs.

[BEAR]

Ernie: Hey, Bryan. Whatcha doin'?
Bryan: Watching 1 Vs. 100.
Bert: Is Oscar still on that show?
Bryan: Yeah, I guess so.
Cookie: No wonder he not around much. Me miss him.
Bryan: Me too. The trash is piling up.

[Erine81981]

Wonder if Oscar is back from the show?

Murray: I thought i saw him a few hours ago.

Then let's go and see him. He'll enjoy all the trash that's piling up.

Me and Murray head out to the hallway to Oscar's can

*knocks on the trashcan* Hey Oscar! You here?

Oscar: *pops out* What? Can't you see i'm redecorating my can.

Murray: That's why you're throwing all that trashy, dingy stuff away.

Oscar: What? I wouldn't ever throw this stuff away. It's my pride and joy. So what do you want?

We just wanted to stop by and see how things were going?

Oscar: Just grouchy.

That's good.

Oscar: Not really.

Me and Murray look at each other with a surprised look

Murray: What's wrong, Oscar?

Oscar: My mom is coming to visit tomorrow. And i still haven't got this place lookin' trashy. I need some.....oh there's nothing that i can do. She'll just complain about how this place looks to clean for her taste. *groans and sits had on hand*

Maybe me the guys and girls and things here at the dorms can help you out.

Oscar: But i'm a grouch.

We know.

Me & Murray: Grouches don't take help from no one.

We all know. But you could tell us how to do it. Like your bossing us around.

Oscar: You know. That might work. Come on. We have alot of work to do before she gets here.

Me and Murray head out to all the dorms rooms and ask for some help with Oscar's trashyness.

[BEAR]

Big Bird: Hey! Hey, Everybody!
(Me, Cookie, Bert and Ernie come out from our respective rooms)
Bryan: Big Bird, what's wrong?
Ernie: Yeah, what's going on?
Big Bird: Hello!
Bryan: Big Bird! (holds Big Bird's beak) We're here.
Big Bird: Oh, sorry. I didn't hear you. Well, I'm glad you're here.
Bryan: What's the problem?
Bert: Yeah. I was in the middle of reorganizing my sock drawer.
Big Bird: Well...Oscar's mother is coming to visit.
Ernie: Oh really? That's wonderful.
Bryan: Yeah, what's so awful about that?
Big Bird: Oscar's trashcan is too clean.
Bert: Well, it's about time.
Big Bird: You don't understand. His can is too clean. And Kyle said that Oscar said that he needs to mess up his can so that it's nice and trashy for when his mother comes.
Bryan: That's right. Oscar's a grouch. His idea of getting ready for company is to make his home even more messy.
Big Bird: Yeah, but he needs help.
Cookie: How we going to help?
Big Bird: Umm... gee, I don't know.
Bryan: Well, we can always ask Kyle. Come on, guys!
Bert: No, thanks. Not me. I'm staying right here in our clean and tidy room.
Ernie: But, Bert...we'll be helping our friend. Don't you like to help?
Bert: (trying to justify but doesn't want to be seen as a hypocrit)Well...I...(sigh) You're right. (walks out)
Ernie: Khekhekhe!
(the gang from room 29 goes to find Kyle and Oscar)

[Erine81981]

Grover: *sees everyone from Bryan's room* Hello guys. I just got out of work at Walmart. What is everybodieees hurry?

After Bryan explain to Grover he joins in the fun too

Grover: This is going to be fun helping old grouchie.

Out in the hallway near Oscar's can.........

Grover: Hey Kyle babieeeee! *slaps on the back*

Hey Grover. *looks to see Grover and sees Bryan and his gang* Whoa! You brought everybody didn't you Grover?

Grover: Well....i was just getting home from work. And then i saw Bryan, Ernie, Bert, Big Bird and Cookie here. I was wondering what was going on.

I see. Good to see that Murray and Herry got the word out.

Oscar: *pokes his head out of his trashcan* Alright....*sees everyone there* (whispers) What are they doing here?

They are all here to help you.

Oscar: But... (whipsers) i thought it was just going to be you and the monsters.

Grover: We all want to help grouchie.

Murray and Herry run up just around that time

Herry: We got everyone's notice.

Good work guys.

Oscar: But i don't want any...

Murray: Come on Oscar. If your mom arrives and sees your trashcan not messy well we all know what will happen then.

Oscar: *thinks a while* You are so right. I hate when anyone's right.

Then lets get to it everyone.

[BEAR]

(In the common room...)

Bryan: Okay, everybody! So, Oscar's mother should be here soon. So, we better get started.
Bert: So where do we start?
Bryan: We just start making a mess, I guess.
Bert: (Sarcastic) Great...
Ernie: Hey, I know how we can make this even more fun. We can sing a song!
Big Bird: That's a great idea, Ernie! What song?
Ernie: What else...
(sings)
Oh, he loves trash!
Anything dirty or dingy or dusty
Anything ragged or rotten or rusty
Yes, he loves trash

(As we sing, we dump different pieces of junk around the common room)

Big Bird: I have here a sneaker that's tattered and worn
It's all full of holes and the laces are torn
Grover: A gift from his mommy the day he was born
He will love it because it is trash

All: Oh, he loves trash!
Anything dirty or dingy or dusty
Anything ragged or rotten or rusty
Yes, he loves trash

Bert: I have here some newspaper thirteen months old
I've wrapped fish inside it; it's smelly and cold
Ernie: But he wouldn't trade it for a big pot o' gold!
He'll love it because it's trash

All: Oh, he loves trash!
Anything dirty or dingy or dusty
Anything ragged or rotten or rusty
Yes, he loves trash

Bryan: I've a clock that won't work
Herry: And an old telephone
Cookie: A broken umbrella,
Murray: A rusty trombone
Kyle: And Oscar's delighted to call them his own!
He'll love them because they're trash

All: Oh, he love trash!
Anything dirty or dingy or dusty
Anything ragged or rotten or rusty
Yes, he loves, he loves, he loves trash!

Ernie: Boy, it sure is messy. I can't wait til my mother comes to visit.
Bert: Don't even think about it.
Ernie: Khekhekhe! Just kidding, Bert.
Bryan: Well, I hope it's "trashy" enough for Oscar. I wonder where he is anyway.

[Muppet Newsgirl]

Scooter: (reading update on RH tribute show) Wow, look at this!
Nora: (coming over) What's going on!
Scooter: It looks like there's going to be an interview with Richard's mom!

(chorus of oohs and "way cools" all around)

Beige: Wow...Steve's got connections.
Storyteller: Mm, yes...and oh, we'll be hearing from Kevin Clash, and Frank Oz...
Erin: In that case, everyone, either tomorrow night or Monday night, you know where we're all going to be. (points thumb in direction of radio, which is configured to play MuppetCast episodes)
Beige: Can we have cocoa?
Storyteller: Don't see why not.
Beige: And popcorn.
Erin: Let's make it garlic and peanut butter popcorn. Junior's favorite, after all.
Nora: Blurgh...that would kinda clash with the cocoa, wouldn't it?
Storyteller: Well, we'll make a few kinds of popcorn, the garlic peanut butter one, and a sweet one that'll go better with cocoa...

[The Count]

*Slips recipe card for peppermint popcorn under Erin's door... *And leaves a pint of nuvouxrich nectarine vanilla ice cream upon her doorstep.

[Erine81981]

We did a messy job.

Grover: We did great.

Herry: Oscar's mom should love it.

Oscar: *pops out of his trashcan* *looks around the hallway* I'm i dreaming?

Grover: You are not dreaming Oscar.

Herry: We did this all for you.

Oscar: What for?

Your mom is coming. Rememer?

Oscar: Oh yea. Almost forgot to mention it won't be till.......

Just about that time an Airplane is heard from outside the dorms. As the dormers stand outside the hall and scream is heard from outside as some old lookin grouch comes crashing into the dorm window right beside Oscar's can.

Oscar: If it isn't....

Oscar's Mom: Hello there son of mine.

Oscar: Mom!

[BEAR]

(Everyone looks up from ducking/covering their faces and dusts themselves)
Bryan: (a bit annoyed) Oscar! You're mother just flew a plane through the window!

[theprawncracker]

Ryan: *coughs as dust flies everywhere from the airplane* Gonzo, what did you DO?
Gonzo: Nothing! I swear!
Ryan: Bry, what's going on?

[The Count]

What's going on Prawnidew... Is we be boogieing in the dormyard! Post post, said the countin' man. Write write, said the literature fan. Nag nag nag, said the little white hen... Let's boogie in the dormyard!
*Prods Ryan with nagging stick just a little jazzily. Yeah, dig it!

*From one of the upper rooms...
Boo boo.
Said the men in the balcony suite.
Don't boogie in the dormyard!
Heh heh heh.

[theprawncracker]

Ryan: I come out of my room for three minutes and this happens...
Gonzo: So that's why you're such a hermit.
Ryan: *double take* Someone say Kermit?
Gonzo: *shakes head*

[BEAR]

Bert: Ed, this doesn't phase you? There is an airplane in the common room!
Bryan: What's going on, Ryan, is that Oscar's mother has come for a visit.
Cookie: (waves in Gonzo's face) Hi.

[theprawncracker]

Ryan: Oscar's... mother? Oh good grief... Maybe I'll stay in my room...
Gonzo: *looks at Cookie Monster* Oh hey there Cookie Monster! Isn't this new... new plane GREAT?
Clifford: *walks out of dorm room* ... *walks back into dorm room*
Sam: *pokes head out of dorm room* Well... at least it is American Airlines.

[BEAR]

Ernie: (snickers at Sam's pun) Khkehkekhekhe!
Snuffy's voice: Bird? Oh, Bird!
Big Bird: In here, Snuffy!
Snuffy: (sticks head through hole where there was a window) Hi, Bird! I heard a loud crash. (looks around) What happened here?
Big Bird: Oscar's mother arrived.
Snuffy: Oh...how do you do, Mrs. Grouch? My name is Aloysius Snuffleupagus, but my friends call me "Snuffy"!

[theprawncracker]

Ryan: *shakes head* And I think that's my cue to go to bed... Prawn out.
Gonzo: I'm gonna stay out here, this is really entertaining.
Sam: Yes, I believe I shall stay too... it seems very... interesting.
Link: I think it looks fun.
Ryan: When did you get here?
Link: Huh?
Ryan: That's what I thought... Well, good night everybody.

[Erine81981]

Oscar's Mom: Uh sorry 'bout that. We grouches like to make an entrence.

Oscar: When my mom makes an entrance.

You can say that again.

Oscar: I thought you weren't arriving till tomorrow.

Oscar's Mom: Well, i thought i would drop in sooner.

You can defiantly say that again.

Oscar's Mom: So hows my grouchy son?

Oscar: Grouchier then ever.

Oscar's Mom: *looks around at the mess that the plane made plus the mess we had made* You didn't have to go through with making me feel at home.

Grover: We just wanted to Mrs. Grouchy.

We all wanted to. I guess i'll get on the phone with Biff and Sully to come and fix the hole in the wall. *walks off to make the call*

Herry: So Mrs. Grouch. How are you?

Oscar's Mom: I never felt grouchier in my life. And i see you still aren't doing much with your trash here latey.

Oscar: But mom. I haven't been home latey. And then with all these guys always making me go places i don't want to go.

We don't always make you go. We just think you need to spend more time with us.

Oscar: See what i mean.

Oscar's Mom: Come on. Let's go talk about this in the can.

Oscar and his mom decend down into the can as everyone goes on back to their rooms for the night. Wonder what Oscar's Mom has in for him and the rest of the dormies. Let's find out later tomorrow.

[BEAR]

Cookie Monster's Voice: Muppet Dorms brought to you by letter T for tasty, and by number 0. Oooh, look like cookie! Muppet Dorms is production of Muppet Central Forum. Whatever that is.

[The Count]

Hmmm... Wonder what plane Bert was talking about. There was a plane last night... But that plane was flying high overhead. And Mrs. Grouch dove out from it to the dorms below. And she crashed through one of the common room's windows to get to her grouchy son. But there was no plane stuck in the common room. Unless he was talking about a toy airplane with an A banner, or a paper airplane, or in one of the books...
Oh well, at least Kyle's taking care of the repairs.

*Moves off to get some breakfast at Jim's Coffee House.

[Erine81981]

(OCC: Yes that is what really happened but i didn't want Bryan's quote to be wrong about it. So i just went ahead with the whole thing Ed)

Oscar's Mom: *walks into our room* Hello there Mr. Kyle.

Hello Mrs. Grouch. How's the stay?

Oscar's Mom: It's ok but i would rather be somewhere at a pigsty.

Why not use your son's?

Oscar's Mom: Because his is to clean.

To clean? You must be out of your mind Mrs. Grouch. He's always been dirty and dingy down in his can.

Oscar's Mom: Not from what i've seen.

Never mind. You'll never expect your son. He's always playing tricks on me.

Murray:*comes out of room over hearing everything* Me too. Why just the other day. He played the old rubber snakes in a candy can. And it really got me.

Herry: Just a few days ago he got me with a box full of trash. I pulled it thinking it was something else and it went all over me.

Bruce: I know that. I had to help clean Herry up.

Boy was it smelly.

Oscar's Mom: Really? He did that to you?

All the time. He's always pulling tricks and making me so angry.

Oscar's Mom: You mean he's been grouchy every since he's been here?

Yep.

Herry: Uh huh.

Bruce: *nodding head while answering* Oh yea.

Oscar's Mom: Maybe i did underestimated him. *leaves without saying bye and slams the door*

Murray: She sure does act just like him.

Yep, she sure does.

[Muppet Newsgirl]

Scooter: (getting off phone) That was Steve. Richard's tribute's going to air tomorrow night, 'cause there's a lot of stuff to sort through.
Erin: Wow...maybe we were a little too enthusiastic in sending in our thoughts.
Storyteller: (stirring a pot of stew on stove) Now, now, Richard never did anything half-heartedly.
Nora: Except performing a certain fuzzy red character, but we won't go there.
Beige: Good point. (looks at stove) What's the stew for? We've already eaten.
Storyteller: It's for Kathy and her roommates - Kathy's not been feeling well lately.
Erin: I know - she's had lots of headaches and stuff.

(four portions of stew are soon sent off to Kathy and co.)

Scooter: So, if the show's airing tomorrow...when do we get going on the snacks?
Nora: In the afternoon, I guess - we've got to make the cocoa and popcorn, and there's an ice cream recipe Ed sent over...

[The Count]

No worries Kyle, is okay. Feeling a little under the weather... Guess I've been thinking of U... And the number 11. Which are tonight's sponsors. Night all.

Edit: The recipe card was for the popcorn Erin. The pint of ice cream is stored in the common room's freezer for when you wish to retrieve it. Hope this helps clear up any confusion.
*Falls into restful slumber in his bed.

[Erine81981]

*blushes red from what Ed said* Awwwww.....to kind....to kind.

Herry: Uh Kyle?

Yes?

Herry: He meant the letter "U."

Oh? Oh yea. Ok. I see.

Letter U: Please no blushing around me.

No U.

Letter U: Me.

Nooooo. U!

Letter U: Noooo! ME!

Herry: Oh bother. *walks away*

Me and the Letter U keep arguing all through the night

[BEAR]

Cookie: (next to me at the computer, begging) Oh pleeease, Bryan!
Bryan: I'm trying!
Cookie: You need to find answer to that riddle so me can get cookies! It very important!
Bryan: I'm doing my best, Cookie Monster, but I can't seem to get to the podcast right now to listen.
Cookie: Technology so frustrating on me tummy.
Bryan: I know.

[Erine81981]

Guys i just got though downloading the new Muppet PodCast. It's about Richard Hunt.

Grover: Who is that guy?

One of the members of the Jim Henson Company.

Herry: I think i have heard of him.

Murray: I don't think i have before.

Bruce: But the "Naked Brother's Band" movie is coming on.

Alright. We'll watch that then listen to the podcast. Oh by the way. Foods ready!

All four monster trample me as they fix their plate and run back to the living room

*dazed* Did anyone get the fur color on those monsters? *falls over*

[The Count]

All in Room #1 nod their heads in agreement, sipping at their double bubble toil and trouble hot chocolate.
That was quite possibly one of the best Muppetcast episodes of all. Sure hopeErin got to listen.

[Muppet Newsgirl]

(kitchen table has been moved out to common room, where it is set with a kettle of steaming hot chocolate, bowls of popcorn (peppermint and garlic-peanut butter), pitchers of orange juice and plates of chocolate-covered donuts - the five occupants are huddled around Erin's radio, mugs of chocolate and cups of popcorn at the ready)

(final notes of "It's In Every One of Us" play out)

Storyteller: (sobbing noisily) It...it was...beautiful...(sobs louder)
Beige: (slight grimace) Someone want to get the lady a tissue already?
Erin: (tossing tissue box to Storyteller) Here ya go, Storyteller. (sips cocoa) Wow...so Richard went hiking in the Andes with David Rudman, and they went up to see Machu Picchu...
Nora: I didn't know Richard had a paper route in middle school...(glares) And those boys went up and stole his papers when he wasn't looking. (looks at Scooter) Well, Scooter, what do you think?

(no answer from Scooter, who is gazing silently at the radio)

Erin: Scooter?
Scooter: (taking a shaky sort of breath) It...it was all good. I mean...just hearing everyone share their memories of him, and...(deep breath) On one hand, I miss him a lot more, but on the other hand, I feel like some of him's come back to us.
Beige: (squeezing Scooter's hand) We know, man...we know. (looks at Scooter's mug) Hey, are you going to drink that cocoa or can I have it?
Scooter: Oh, no you don't. (gleefully swipes up mug and swigs contents down)
Erin: Want some ice cream, Storyteller?
Storyteller: (sniffle, sniff) Oh...that would be nice.
Nora: Wonder what Richard would say to all of this? I know he hated sentimental stuff...
Scooter: Oh, I think he'd have secretly liked this...he just wouldn't admit it in public.
Erin: Ice cream's up!
Beige: Oooh! I'm putting chocolate chips and butterscotch on mine!
Nora: Uh, Beige, that's nectarine ice cream...
Beige: Nora, I've been putting chocolate chips and butterscotch sauce on my nectarine ice cream for years and it hasn't killed me yet.

[The Count]

You know... It's funny, that's always been one of my fave songs. Thought Steve was going to do an unplugged version. But it was even better to hear John Denver's original voice singing it.

We all go out to find and either shake or hug Scooter in memory of all the great things Richard stood for.
Hey Erin. Guess those stories were true... Just now we know they went so far as to even give him a tour guide's hat.
UD: Most touching indeed lad.
Count: You have our deepest gratitude and earnest admiration.
Come on guys... Let's let Erin's company have some breathing room.

*Herds his roomies back to Room #1, secretly swiping a chocolate doughnut from the stack.

[BEAR]

Bryan: (clicks the computer mouse) There!
Big Bird: Is it going to work now, Bryan?
Bryan: It should!
Cookie: Oh boy oh boy! Quick, get it started!
Bert: Relax, Cookie Monster. Can't we just enjoy listening to the podcast without you getting so hysterical over a cookie?
Bryan: Hey, he's excited about the tribute in his way and we're excited in ours.
Bert: But even if you do answer the riddle correctly and win the cookies, they aren't going to get here for a while.
Bryan: Bert, your logic is true. Obnoxious sometimes, but true.
Bert: (Lowering eyebrow) Thanks.
Bryan: Here, Cookie Monster, have some Oreos. (tosses a package of cookies to the Monster)
Cookie: Thank you!
Ernie: (finger to mouth) Sssh. It's about to start!
(We all listen to the Richard Hunt tribute with excitement)

[Muppet Newsgirl]

Scooter: Aw...thanks, you guys.
Nora: Woof...too much garlic-peanut butter popcorn.
Beige: Aw, come on, you just had a little bit - Junior could eat enough to fill this room.
Erin: But if you look closely, Beige, you'll see that Nora is not a Gorg, but a standard-sized Muppet.
Storyteller: (still eating ice cream) It was all so beautiful...(suddenly breaks into a plaintive wail)
Scooter: Storyteller! What's wrong? (pause) Is it the show?
Storyteller: No...I've got an ice cream headache. (clutches head)
Erin: Ouch...for me, it's really bad when the ice cream touches one of my fillings. (grimaces and rubs jaw)

[redBoobergurl]

Beth: Hey girls, sorry I've been so MIA recently
Abby: What does M-I-A mean?
Mokey: I think it means Missing in Action right?
Beth: Yep
Abby: Oh! So you mean you haven't been here
Beth: Right
Red: It's ok, we're still here
Wanda: And we know between work and your church show you're a little crazed. You always get busy at this time of the year
Beth: Yep, it's almost worse than the holidays for me! It will all be over after next week and then things will get back to normal
Red: Normal?
Beth: Ok, nothing is normal here, but you know what I mean!

[Skeeter Muppet]

Gillis: So when are we going to get to hear the podcast?
Kim: Hold your horses, Gillis. It's downloading onto iTunes right now. We'll tune in when I get home from work tonight.
Tosh: Tonight? Why not right after it's downloaded?
Kim: For one thing, I'm running the virus scanner on the computer today and I don't like running iTunes when that's going. Second, if you guys listen to it without me, I'm going to smack all of you.
Mimzy: When you put it that way...
Boober: I could do without a smacking.
Gillis: Yes, I agree. Very well, we'll wait then.
Kim: Thanks. If you want, you guys can get the appropriate refreshments together while you're waiting.
Boober: That means we might have to go shopping...
Kim: *sighs* Fine. Here's some cash; it should be enough to get you what you need. Just promise you won't cause any mass destruction while you're out?
Fraggles: Who, us?
Kim: Why does that not make me feel better?

-Kim

[theprawncracker]

Ryan: Gosh, Seinfeld is just one of those shows you can never get tired of.
Gonzo: You know I went to college with Jason Alexander.
Ryan: Gonzo, we're supposed to be in college now.
Gonzo: I mean first college!
Ryan: You honestly expect me to believe you went to college with the Jason Alexander?
Gonzo: You've got all of Muppets Tonight on DVD! You watch the episode and tell me! I'll be in my cot reading our marvelous play. *walks off*
Ryan: *shakes head* Clifford?
Clifford: *walks in carrying a soda can* Hey man, what's up?
Ryan: Did Gonzo go to college with Jason Alexander?
Clifford: Yeah man, that's how we booked 'im for the show!
Ryan: ...*goes to find Muppets Tonight DVDs*

[Skeeter Muppet]

Kim: (as Gillis enters, humming) Well, you certainly seem in better spirits this morning.
Gillis: Yes! Listening to that podcast last night, it...well, it definitely helped. Steve did a marvelous job.
Kim: Yeah, he certainly did. He deserves extra karma points for putting all of that together.
Gillis: So, what are you up to?
Kim: Pre-ordering the DVD of Twitches Too for the girls.
Gillis: (raising an eyebrow) Just the girls?
Kim: ...Okay, for me too.
Gillis: Why not wait until its released, and then buy it the next time you're at Barnes & Noble?
Kim: Because the coupon I got in the mail expires two days before the DVD is released, and this way it gets sent to me instead of me having to go out and get it. Especially if the weather is really stinky. Plus, it'll be a nice surprise for Mimzy and Tosh.
Gillis: That makes sense.
Kim: Exactly.

-Kim

[BEAR]

Bryan: Where are you going, Big Bird?
Big Bird: I'm going to visit Oscar and his mother and them some of these birdseed cookies.
Bryan: Say hi for me!
Ernie: Is Mrs. Grouch still here?
Bert: Yeah, can't you smell the garbage? This place is filthier than ever!
Ernie: Bert, relax. You really need to loosen up about all this. Oscar's a grouch.
Bert: I'm sorry. You have to understand that I like to be in a clean and healthy environment. It's a hygenic thing. You see...

(Bert sings accompanied by Anything Muppets dressed as maids and janitors singing backup)
I wash my hands whenever I eat
And in the bath I wash my ears,
My elbows and feet

I gotta to be clean!
I gotta be clean!
It's healthy and keen!
I gotta be clean!
Yes sir!

I start each day
By brushing my teeth (brush, brush)
Gettin' the plaque and stuff off
The smile underneath
I gotta be clean (clean)
And I floss in between (tween)
Like a tree must be green (green)
I gotta be clean (he's got to be clean!)

Each day's a fight
With the forces of dirt (dirt, dirt, dirt)
Battling the smudge
And the smear and the squirt (squirt, squirt, squirt)
What do I do when spaghetti's all over my shirt? (shirt, shirt, shirt)
Huh?
(Does he just wear it and wear it and wear it for weeks?)
No!
(Not Bert)
I wash it, THEN I wear it!

I may be sad
I may be beat
I may be cross or tired or mad
But I'll always be neat
I gotta be clean (he's got to be clean)
Like all pigeons I've seen
Or a fresh nectarine
Or some laundry's that's been
Through a washing machine
I gotta be clean!

Bert: So you see. That's just the way I am. Cleanliness is healthiness, and healthiness is happiness.
Ernie: ...Pigeons are clean?

[The Count]

*Waking up, still in bed. Mmm, what a wonderful dream... Sitting there, watching the stage show combining my Sesame and Muppet friends. There was a number with Gordon and David and Ruthie at Finders' Keepers trying to figure out who worked where and then where to find Big Bird's nesting area from the spot they were at. There was a version of "The Entertainer" sung by Milton Berle before that with Kermit that segwayed to Berle using the frog in a mock-ventriloquism act. Piggy came out to take the spotlight, fouling up Kermit's reluctant escape. Elmo showed up, leading to a sort of tubtime song. Statler and Waldorf were the last to appear just before rendering a Vaudeville sketch interrupted by Fozzie and Rowlf to deliver the punchline and start up "There's No Business Like Show Business". It all ended with my roomies at the organ/piano rolling into "The Gambler. Funny thing is, I was watching it all unfold as if I were high up in the seats and the Muppet characters were acombination of the actual puppets and stageshow costumed characters.

Think I'll go enjoy myself a bowl of cold cereal.
*Smiles and hums a few tunes.

[BeakerSqueedom]

Claudia:
(Emerges from the closet, bonded by wire)
How dare you lock me in there!
It's filthy!

Bunsen:
Claudia, dear, you're alive!
Oh, how joyous!

Claudia:
I'll show you joyous, you lunatic!

Dr. Van Neuter:
I missed that temper of yours!
Oh, how prissy!
Come here!
(Tries to give her a hug)

Beaker:
MEEP!
(Clings to her)
Meep, meeep meep meeep....

Claudia:
(Bewildered)
What on earth is going on here?

Bunsen:
We missed you so!

Dr. Van Neuter:
We kinda forgot where we had yah.

Claudia:
This calls for some hardcore glomping.

Bunsen:
...Gentlemen, we must face the dire penalty.
(Lowers head)

Dr. Van Neuter:
Oh...no...just got my hair done!

Beaker:
(Braces himself)

Claudia:
YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSS!
(Tackles them)

[The Count]

*Wakes instantly. Huh? Is that my Squeaky I hear? Oh, she's probably gotten out of the closet by now. About time. Wonder if she knows she's been wanted for MC award designs. Eh, she'll pop in and hear the replies.

[Erine81981]

Mrs. Grouch: *outside of Oscar's can dirtying up more of the place* Oh this place needs lots of help. *starts hitting the side of the can* There. That should help Oscar's look of dirtyness. *sees Big Bird* You must be that eight foot canary that my son talks about.......alot.

[BEAR]

Mrs. Grouch: *outside of Oscar's can dirtying up more of the place* Oh this place needs lots of help. *starts hitting the side of the can* There. That should help Oscar's look of dirtyness. *sees Big Bird* You must be that eight foot canary that my son talks about.......alot.

Big Bird: (Excited) Really? Oscar talks about me to you? What does he say?

[redBoobergurl]

Beth: Hmmm....
Wanda: I can see the wheels a turning in your head
Beth: Yep, Ed gave me an idea
Wanda: Oh yeah? About what?
Beth: You
Wanda: ME?
Beth: You and all the other craziness I like to write about
Wanda: Uh-oh
*Beth just smiles*

[BeakerSqueedom]

Claudia:
Oh, I am so honored!
Of course I'll make the awards.
>_> Maybe I can make myself one.

(Demonic smile)

Bunsen:
Don't be selfish.

Claudia:
Can't help it!
I was born greedy!
D: It's in my blooodddd...

Dr. Van Neuter:
Just get working on those awards!

[The Count]

*Leaves cookies for CM, Claudia Monster, Kathy, Beth, and everybody who'd want some.