INT. MUPPET LABS
Dr. Bunsen Honeydew and his assistant Beaker are standing behind their desk, working on a new invention. It's a sort of a metal box with a chute. It looks connected to a TV, a radio and a computer.
HONEYDEW:
Dr. Bunsen Honeydew here at Muppet Labs, where the future is being made today.
BEAKER:
Oh!
HONEYDEW:
People are using more energy these days and fossil fuels are getting less and less. So this device has found a new way to create new energy. Show them our new energy resources, Beaker.
With Beaker beaking, he shows them a pile of rubbish – apple cores, peeled carrots, dusts, cloths and everything that is non-recyclable.
HONEYDEW (CONT'D):
Yes, I know what you're thinking, but once we've put this in, it will reduce landfill and use plenty of energy without increasing global warming. Pour it in, Beaker.
Beaker puts the bag of rubbish in the machine.
HONEYDEW (CONT'D):
As you can see, it's all connected to the TV, the radio and the computer. If I turn this machine on...
He turns the machine and the TV comes on, the radio plays Mozart's "Symphony 40" and the computer screen comes on.
HONEYDEW (CONT'D):
Ho ho! It works! We did it, Beaker!
But then the TV, radio and the computer screens explode!
HONEYDEW (CONT'D):
Turn the machine off, Beaker! (Beaker does so). What's the problem? I tested it before.
Honeydew opens the machine and the rubbish falls out and something living in it. It's Flik the ant! He looks up and screams.
FLIK:
Oh, I'm sorry. Princess Atta sent me to find food and I went to find some and found some in the landfill and I thought I'd take some for my colony but I got picked up by in a sack and then I nearly got crushed by wires and stuff!
HONEYDEW:
And that's all we have today at Muppet Labs, I'm afraid.
CUT TO: THE THEATRE BOX.
QUEEN ANT:
I know that ant. He's Flik! What is he doing?
WALDORF:
Wait! He's got the right idea.
STATLER:
What idea is that?
WALDORF:
He should get the rest of his colony and bring this whole theatre down!
The boys laugh, but the Queen gives them a mean stare.
QUEEN ANT:
That's my colony you're talking about!