From the Random Scenes in my Head Dept.

[jeriendhal]

Setting: A Sliders type universe, where Our Heros can visit alternate universes, but have to leave after a set period of time (whether or not they can return is unknown, but at minimum it isn't easy.)

Scene: Our heroes are about to leave after dealing with the A Plot. Meanwhile, one of them has befriended Old Jimmy, a man helping with the local children's show at the TV station (the primary AU in this universe is that cable TV stayed a novelty and the consolidation of independant UHF stations never happened).

Our Hero: Goodbye, Jimmy. I don't know if we're ever meet again, but it was good to meet you.

Jimmy: Thanks, man.

TV Producer: Henson! The show starts in five minutes!

BEAT. The other heroes realize the meaning of this just as the main hero does, and make a grab for him to drag him back to the portal.

Our Hero: He's Jim Henson! You don't understand, he's alive in this universe! I don't wanna go!

Comments

[drhoz.livejournal.com]

*sniffles*

[khavrinen.livejournal.com]

I'm sure I'm not the only one who, when asked the hypothetical question "What would you do if you had a time machine," replies with some variation of "Jump Jim Henson with a fistful of antibiotics, when he's thinking this 'flu' is no big deal."