WMA BOSS (O.S.)
Bernie, have you heard of Jim Henson and the Muppets?
BERNIE
Heard of him? Yes, I have. Say, wouldn’t it be great if I could tell you that I had just signed him on with our company? Wouldn’t that be an amazing coincidence? Pretty unrealistic though.
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GOBLINS
Will you listen to that rubbish? It doesn’t even start with “I wish!”
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BERNIE (CONT’D)
Boy, I wish I had a deal with Jim Henson right now!
LIGHTNING FLASHES. Little fuzzy creatures scurry around the room. Bernie looks around in horrified confusion. The doors burst open and a silhouette of a hairy man with a frog puppet on his hand rises into frame.
Bernie uncovers his eyes to see Jim Henson now standing in the room with him, contract in hand. Glitter is everywhere.
BERNIE
You’re him, aren’t you? You’re the Muppet King!
JIM
Actually, it’s “Muppet Man.”