FADE IN
EXT. SESAME PLACE – DAY
We open on Sesame Street, USA, in Sesame Place at The Muppetland Resort. We DOLLY IN toward the iconic statue of Jim Henson and Kermit the Frog, with the Goblin City Castle behind it. Children pass by carrying Kermit balloons, eating Kermit ice cream bars, and wearing Fraggle tails.
MICHAEL EISNER, 56, walks into frame.
EISNER
Hello, I’m Michael Eisner, Chairman of The Jim Henson Company. On tonight’s program, we have two special treats for you. The first is a new film called, ‘A Bad Jim Henson Biopic,’ in which the Muppets try to tell the story of Jim Henson, but all their information is wrong. It’s kind of a science fiction story that takes place in an alternate universe where Jim Henson never bought The Walt Disney Company, and he dies at the age of 53. It sounds far-fetched, I know – especially the part where the second-billed co-star of ‘How I Met Your Mother’ gets to make his own Muppet movie – but Jim says we have to air it. After that, stay tuned for a sneak peek of our newest ride, Journey into Imagination Illustrated, featuring over a dozen animatronic Karen Falks singing together.

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.”

ORIGINAL TWEET

JIM
Hello there, my name is Jim Henson, and you probably know me as the award-winning director of the films The Dark Crystal and Labyrinth.
JON STONE (O.S.)
Um, Jim, you know you’re better known as the creator of the Muppets.
JIM
Please just let me have this.

ORIGINAL TWEET

For a moment, the theater is silent. Sweat is running down Jim’s forehead. George Lucas gulps. Then, on the screen, LABYRINTH BEGINS PLAYING. The audience CHEERS for the opening credits as a CGI owl flies around on the screen. George Lucas smiles. As the credits end, the CGI owl is replaced with a real one. George Lucas frowns.