Kermit (talking to off-stage person): That's the sound of the letter P. See the sign right See those big P's there. Piper's Pickled Peppers. No that's Piper's Pickled Peppers. What's that Charlie? Wipe off the microphone?
( he rubs mike on trench and looks into camera) Oh, oh, hi ho there! This 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, me sir, but are you indeed Peter Piper?
( dumping bushel, here on known as a peck, of at Kermit's flippers) Nope. Nope, I'm his brother Porter Piper. Kermit: Ah, ah, Piper, ah, ah, I see, but you have also picked a peck of pickled peppers? Porter: all we Piper's pick pickled peppers. We're pepper pickers. I see. Uh huh. Porter: Pete the publicity. Oh. Porter: Excuse me I gotta go a peck. Oh okay, alright. Pardon. Kermit: Yeah, okay, so ah, so that was Porter Piper. But...ah...oh, oh, 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. see um...what do you call this place we're standing on sir? Potter: Oh it's we put the pickled peppers after picking. Yeah it's our pickled pepper pile. Excuse me I gotta go pick a peck. A pickled pepper pile? I see. Oh ah ah...pardon me sir or madam I suppose. I guess you're not Peter Piper? ( dumps a peck of peppers ) Oh positively, I'm his sister, Piper. Piper Piper? Piper: Is there an here? Kermit: Ah but ah listen after you pick pickled peppers, what do you do with them? Piper: Oh we them. Kermit: I see. So sometimes you're picking peppers and sometimes you're packing peppers. What do you pack them in Piper? Paper. Kermit: I should have guessed. Ah well, let's see....ah....oh pardon me sir you, YOU be Peter Piper? ( a peck of peppers) Nope. Nope I'm his father Poppa Piper. Kermit: Poppa Well you certainly 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 entered with pepper in his which he deposits at Kermit's flippers) Poppa: our dog, Pepper Popper. Ah....Pepper Piper, right. Kermit: Pepper Piper, I thought that's what you meant. And who's this thing Poppa: That's our pig, Piper. Yep and we got a parrot. A parrot? Poppa: Yep a parrot, called Piper. Kermit: Piper I should have known uh huh. She pecks pickled peppers. Kermit: She them oh ho! Very good uh huh, uh huh. Poppa: gotta go pick a peck. ( indignant ) Right! This is ridiculous!
( more peppers are on poor Kermit) Now wait a second, 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 Peter Piper! I've met Porter Piper, Potter Piper, Piper Piper, Poppa Piper, Pepper Piper, Porker Piper and Pepper all picking peppers, now WHERE IS PETER PIPER???!!!!! Parker: Oh he's in Portland, pressing pants. ( peck on Kermit ) Kermit: Oh phooey. Well from the pickled pepper pile at Piper's Pickled Pepper Patch, this is Kermit the Frog you to the program in progress. Anybody got a letter Q? ( ends with Kermit in peppers with empty peck basket on head)