Kermit (talking to off-stage person): That's the sound of the letter P. See the sign right there? See those big P's there. Piper's Pickled Peppers. No that's Pickled Peppers. What's that Charlie? Wipe off the microphone?
( he rubs mike on coat and looks into camera) Oh, oh, hi ho there! is Kermit the Frog and I'm speaking to you from the pickled pepper patch of Peter Piper who's famous for picking a peck of pickled peppers. As a matter of fact here comes Peter Piper now. Excuse me, pardon me sir, but are you indeed Peter Piper?
( bushel, here on known as a peck, of peppers at Kermit's flippers) Porter: Nope. Nope, I'm his brother Piper. Kermit: Ah, ah, Porter Piper, ah, ah, I see, but you have also a peck of pickled peppers? Well all we Piper's pick pickled peppers. We're pepper pickers. I see. Uh huh. Porter: gets the publicity. Oh. Porter: Excuse me I gotta go a peck. Oh okay, alright. Pardon. Kermit: Yeah, okay, so ah, so that was Piper. But...ah...oh, oh, Peter Piper I presume? ( dumps peck of peppers) Sorry pal I'm Potter his other brother. Kermit: Oh I see. Porter Piper and Potter Piper but no Peter Piper. Let's see um...what do you call this place we're on sir? Potter: Oh it's where we put the pickled peppers after picking. Yeah it's our pickled pepper pile. Excuse me I go pick a peck. Kermit: A pickled pepper pile? I see. Oh ah ah...pardon me sir or madam I suppose. I guess not Peter Piper? ( a peck of peppers ) Oh positively, I'm his sister, Piper Piper. Kermit: Piper Is there an echo here? Kermit: Ah but ah after you pick these pickled peppers, what do you do with them? Oh we pack them. Kermit: I see. So sometimes you're picking pickled peppers and sometimes you're peppers. What do you pack them in Piper? Paper. Kermit: I have guessed. Ah well, let's see....ah....oh pardon me sir you, YOU must be Peter Piper? ( dumps a peck of peppers) Nope. I'm his father Poppa Piper. Kermit: Poppa Piper? Well you have quite a family here. Poppa: Oh yep, yep, yep. There's Peter Piper and Porter and Potter Piper and Piper Piper. Kermit: And who's this here? ( dog has with pepper in his mouth which he deposits at Kermit's flippers) That's our dog, Pepper Popper. Ah....Pepper Piper, right. Kermit: Pepper Piper, I thought that's what you meant. And who's thing here? Poppa: That's our pig, Piper. Yep and we got a parrot. A parrot? Poppa: Yep a parrot, Polly Piper. Kermit: Polly I should have known uh huh. Poppa: She pickled peppers. Kermit: She pecks them oh ho! Very uh huh, uh huh. Poppa: gotta go pick a peck. Kermit: ( ) Right! This is ridiculous!
( peppers are piled on poor Kermit) Now a second, pardon me, are YOU Peter Piper or what? No, no, don't tell me you're his nephew? No I'm his cousin, Parker Piper. Kermit: Now wait a minute! I came here to meet Piper! I've met Porter Piper, Potter Piper, Piper Piper, Poppa Piper, Pepper Piper, Porker Piper and Parker Pepper all picking peppers, now WHERE IS PETER PIPER???!!!!! Parker: Oh he's in Portland, pants. ( dumps peck on Kermit ) Oh phooey. Well from the pickled pepper pile at Piper's Pickled Pepper Patch, this is Kermit the Frog returning you to the program in progress. Anybody got a letter Q? ( ends with Kermit covered in peppers empty peck basket on head)