New Zealand, May 31 1995

Rob Tapert, executive producer of Argonauts had invited everyone to dinner at the Skyview Restaurant for a big announcement.

When Lucy Lawless picked Robin up from the beach where he'd been enjoying a spot of surfing, she looked at him quizzically. "Robin why are you wearing a wetsuit?"

Robin looked down at himself, as if just noticing it. "I don't know." he admitted. "It's just what you wear when surfing isn't it?"

Lucy just rolled her eyes affectionately. Muppets could be so funny about clothes. Her young cast-mate was the only person she knew who actually put on more clothing to go swimming.

"Do you know what the announcement is? Mr. Tapert wouldn't have invited us to dinner if the pilot did badly would he?"

She shrugged. "Dunno, maybe it's a consolation party."

It wasn't.

"Congratulations everyone!" Rob Tapert grinned. "We've got a full season commitment from the studio!"

Humans and Muppets alike cheered, and the Penguin crew members popped up into the air, as Muppet penguins did.

"No more stressing about how the pilot did," he continued, "Time to start stressing about whether or not our first season does well enough to get a second."

"Hooray for different stress!"

[Open for correspondence.]