[MUSIC PLAYING]
ALL: [SINGING] La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la,
la, welcome to the Furchester Hotel.
FUNELLA: [SINGING] Your room is ready for you.
FURGUS: [SINGING] Just need to get the bed.
PHOEBE: [SINGING] The lamp, the desk, the rug, the sink.
PILLOW: [SINGING] A pillow for your head.
BOTH: [SINGING] The hotel's run by monsters and staff
beyond compare.
ALL: [SINGING] We've got the kind of service
you would find anywhere.
So welcome to the Furchester.
La, La, la, la, la, la.
La, la, la, la, la.
Welcome to the Furchester.
La, la, la, la, la, la, la.
La, la, la, la, la, la.
FURGUS: [SINGING] Dine in style.
FUNELLA: [SINGING] So genteel.
COOKIE MONSTER: [SINGING] Cookie come with every meal.
ALL: [SINGING] La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la.
ELMO: [SINGING] Here's your keys.
PHOEBE: [SINGING] And check right in.
ALL: [SINGING] Let your furry stay begin.
Welcome to the Furchester Hotel.
[THEME MUSIC]
NARRATOR: "Very Important Porcupine."
MAN: It's nice.
[DING]
FUNELLA: We welcome you with furry arms.
MAN: Thank you.
FUNELLA: Oh.
[DING]
FUNELLA: We welcome you with furry arms.
WOMAN: Oh.
[DING]
FUNELLA: We welcome you with furry-- oh.
Oh.
Uh, I'm sorry, Mr. uh--
PIERCE: The name's Pierce, Pierce the Porcupine.
MAN: Porcu-- what now?
ALL: Porcupine.
MAN: Porcupine?
[SHOUTING]
Oh, Porcupine!
FURGUS: Oh, hello there.
Can I help you with your-- ah.
PHOEBE: Welcome to the Fur-- whoa.
FUNELLA: Oh, I'm terrible sorry, Pierce.
I'm afraid I can't welcome you with furry arms.
ELMO: But why not, Auntie Funella?
PIERCE: Oh.
Well, it's because of my pointy quills.
They're very sharp.
And no one wants to get too close to a porcupine.
ELMO: Oh.
PIERCE: Oh.
But that's OK.
It doesn't bother me at all.
Not at all.
FUNELLA: We should give you the very best room in the hotel.
[LAUGHTER]
FURGUS: I'll get the room ready.
It might take a little while.
Oh, sorry.
I'll go this way.
PIERCE: Oh.
Well, take all the time you need.
I don't mind waiting.
FUNELLA: Oh.
PIERCE: It doesn't bother me at all.
Not one little bit.
PHOEBE: Please, have a seat whilst you wait.
ELMO: Oh, yeah.
PIERCE: OK.
MAN: [GASP] Porcupine.
PIERCE: Oh, there's a chair.
FUNELLA: Better still, Pierce, I would
like to offer you a free lunch in our dining room.
PIERCE: Are you sure?
Well, I don't have to eat.
That wouldn't bother me at all.
Not at all.
FUNELLA: But I insist.
The dining room is that way.
Enjoy your meal.
PIERCE: Oh, thank you.
ELMO: Is Mr. Porcupine OK?
PIERCE: Oh, dear.
I seem to be stuck.
FUNELLA: Oh, your quills.
Yes.
PIERCE: It's OK.
Happens all the time.
And I don't mind getting stuck in a chair at all.
Not one bit.
Now, if you'll excuse me.
Ah!
I'm all right.
PHOEBE: He really doesn't seem to mind a lot of things.
ELMO: Oh.
FUNELLA: What a nice porcupine.
PIERCE: Evening.
WOMAN: Oh.
Oh, porcupine!
[SHOUTING]
COOKIE MONSTER: OK, veggie platter ready.
ALL: Pork.
COOKIE MONSTER: No, this not pork.
This veggies.
Yeah, me got to bring them to table five.
ALL: Porcu--
[INTERPOSING VOICES]
COOKIE MONSTER: Look, there are no pork on menu.
But me can ask chef for a special order
after me drop this off at table five.
[GASPS]
Ugh.
What's the deal?
PIERCE: Oh, hello.
COOKIE MONSTER: Ah!
OK, there are porcupine in there.
Why you not tell me?
[SIGHS]
COOKIE MONSTER: Oh, uh, sorry about that, sir.
You OK?
PIERCE: Oh, well.
Well, I don't mind a bit.
Not a bit.
I can eat my meal like this.
I love shish kabob.
Excuse me.
COOKIE MONSTER: Yeah.
Uh, bon appetit.
[DING]
PIERCE: Excuse me, is my room ready yet?
FUNELLA: I'm afraid not.
You'll have to wait a little longer, Pierce.
PIERCE: Oh.
Well, thank you.
[GONG]
MAN: Tea.
MAN: Time.
MAN: Tea time.
Tea time.
Give me tea.
[INTERPOSING VOICES]
[SHOUTING]
ELMO: Oh, boy.
PIERCE: Oh.
PHOEBE: I'm sorry they ran away from you, Pierce.
That wasn't very nice.
PIERCE: Oh.
It doesn't bother me, not at all.
I don't mind one bit.
Not one bit.
I can take it.
I'm a porcupine.
It does not, I repeat, does not bother me.
ELMO: Yeah.
It would bother Elmo.
But Elmo thinks it would hurt his feelings.
PHOEBE: Yeah.
Me, too.
It would make me feel sad.
PIERCE: Well, maybe it does bother me
a teensy, weensy-- OK, it bothers me a lot.
And yes, it makes me feel sad.
Very sad.
I'm lonely.
I don't have any friends.
PHOEBE: [GASP] I know how we can make you feel welcome.
We could be your friends.
ELMO: Oh, yeah.
PIERCE: Really?
You'd do that?
ELMO: Now, come on.
Let's play something.
PIERCE: Oh.
Oh, but there is not much that you
can play with a prickly porcupine.
PHOEBE: I'm sure we could think of something.
ELMO: Oh, you're right.
PHOEBE: Yes.
Let's put our furry heads together.
ELMO: OK.
PHOEBE: What if--
ELMO: Elmo has an idea.
Look, look, everybody.
We could play catch.
PHOEBE: Oh, yeah.
Oh, that's a game where you have to stand far apart.
What do you say, Pierce?
Want to play catch with us?
ELMO: Yeah.
Come on.
PIERCE: Oh, now, I'd like to, but--
ELMO: Come on.
Go for it, Phoebe.
PHOEBE: Yeah.
PIERCE: Oh.
PHOEBE: Your turn, Pierce.
ELMO: Yay.
PHOEBE: Oh.
Oops.
ELMO: Well, that didn't work.
PHOEBE: Don't worry, we'll find something
that we can all play together.
ELMO: Yeah, that's right.
A Furchester never gives up.
[DINGS]
FUNELLA: [SINGING] La, la, la, la, la.
BOTH: [SINGING] La, la, la, la, la.
ALL: La, la, la, la, la, la.
A Furchester never gives up, never gives up, never gives up.
A Furchester never gives up.
We try our furry best.
Because we our monsters through and through
and so we do what monsters do.
We hug and puff and oof some more.
We oof even harder than before.
A Furchester never gives up, never gives up, never gives up.
A Furchester never gives up.
We try our furry best.
A Furchester never.
COOKIE MONSTER: Never.
BOTH: Well, hardly ever.
ALL: [SINGING] A Furchester never gives up.
PHOEBE: Fuzza-wubba, I've got a monster idea.
ELMO: Ah, does Phoebe know something
we can play with Mr. Pierce?
PHOEBE: Yes, I do.
And we don't have to get near his quills to play it.
ELMO: Oh, cool.
PHOEBE: Yeah.
[LAUGHTER]
PIERCE: Oh, this is fun.
PHOEBE: Yeah.
ELMO: Oh.
Is Mr. Pierce OK?
PIERCE: Oh, dear.
I seem to be stuck again.
ELMO: Oh no.
What do we do?
PIERCE: Well, it's OK.
Happens all the time.
Now, I can solve this problem, if I can just wiggle-- ooh.
ELMO: Is Mr. Pierce OK?
PIERCE: Oh.
Oh, yes.
I'm all right, thank you.
ELMO: Boy.
Good thing Mr. Pierce had his helmet on.
PHOEBE: [GASP] Fuzza-wubba.
ELMO: What?
PHOEBE: I've got another idea.
Oh, we've been looking at this problem all wrong.
ELMO: What does Phoebe mean?
PHOEBE: We keep trying not to get too close to Pierce,
but-- well, maybe we should find a way we can get close to him,
so that we can all play together.
ELMO: Oh, yeah.
PIERCE: But if you get too close,
my quills could hurt you.
PHOEBE: Not if you've got something to protect us.
ELMO: Ah.
Yeah.
Like the way the helmet is protecting Mr. Pierce's head.
PHOEBE: Exactly.
Come with me, Elmo.
I know just what we can use.
Come along with us, Pierce.
ELMO: Here we go.
ALL: [SINGING] Ring a ring o' roses, a pocket full of posies.
A tishoo.
We all fall down.
PHOEBE: Oh, it worked.
PIERCE: And nobody got hurt.
Oh, thank you.
This is the most fun I've had with anyone in well-- ever.
PHOEBE: And this is the most fun we've
had with a porcupine ever.
ELMO: Boy, Elmo's so glad that we
could be friends with Mr. Porcupine.
PIERCE: Oh.
FUNELLA: And I'm so glad I can finally do this.
We welcome you with furry arms.
ELMO: Now come on, everybody.
Let's play ring a ring o' roses together.
PIERCE: Yes, yes.
[INTERPOSING VOICES]
ALL: [SINGING] Ring a ring o' roses.
A pocket full of posies.
A tishoo.
CACTUS: This looks like a cactus-friendly hotel.
Oh, yes.
I think I'm going to feel very welcome here.
Very welcome, indeed.
FUNELLA: [SINGING] You really can't be going.
Say it isn't true.
BOTH: [SINGING] The Furchester will never
be as furry without you.
BOTH: [SINGING] So.
BOTH: [SINGING] Don't check out.
BOTH: [SINGING] Please, please, please, please don't go.
BOTH: [SINGING] Don't check out.
COOKIE MONSTER: [SINGING] Don't check out.
ALL: [SINGING] No, no, no, no, no, no, no, please,
please don't check out.
ALL: [SHOUTING]
HOTEL STAFF: Farewell from the Furchester Hotel!