Jason Sandford
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Local TV anchorwoman Victoria Dunkle and her new squeeze, Kermit the Frog, got swept up in controversy earlier this week when the frog’s posse had a run-in with a rival gang, according to an upcoming page-turner in Muppet Magazine.
Dunkle has experienced a meteoric rise in unprecendented media stardom since she confessed her undying love for the famous frog last Friday, live on a local TV news broadcast. But it’s been a rocky road.
Dunkle and “Special K,” as she calls him, have been distancing themselves from new reports surfacing about K’s philandering ways. A number of x-costars of the Muppet TV show have come forward to accuse the frog of fondling, sexist comments and generally demeaning behavior. “Hey, wanna go back to my trailer and do it froggy-style?” the frog asked one celeb co-star, according to an affidavit revealed by the Smoking Gun Web site.
The latest dust-up involved a run-in between Kermit’s posse, which included Animal, Fozzie Bear, Dr. Bunson Honeydew (who knew he was such a party animal?) and The Great Gonzo, to name a few, and a rival Fraggle Rock crew that included Mokey Fraggle, Morris Fraggle, Noodlenose Fraggle, Skenfrith, Wrench Doozer and Cave’s Oldest Fraggle.
Both crews were hanging out at separate posh Miami villas, then hit the thrumming town’s party strip. Honeydew reportedly spilled a glass of Kristal on one of the Fraggles and refused to apologize for the perceived dis. “Whatcha gonna do, punk? Make your move,” Honeydew taunted.
The Fraggles, a clannish bunch if ever there was one, didn’t back down. What happened next is unclear, except that an all out melee ensued. Dunkle hopped into an Escalade with Bear and ‘Zo, but was pulled over just a few blocks away by the local cops. She was found in possession of several bunson burners, some baking soda and vinegar and a a few firecrackers, which she tried to explain as some of “crazy Honeydew’s equipment.”
Police charge that the material could be possible bomb-making materials and are considering charging the Muppet crew under new federal anti-terrorist laws.
No word on any arrests, or how this whole mess will affect reported upcoming nuptials between Kermit and Dunkle. (Read earlier posts.)
