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- This file is part two of skits and yells. Introductory text is contained
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- Part 2 has been completely replaced by a contribution by Daniel Moss.
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- the old part 2 (which has been circulating on rec.scouting for over a year)
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- -- Jack Mortimer jemorti@relay.nswc.navy.mil
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- There is a large songs file at ftp.ethz.ch (path: rec.scouting/songs/)
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- Date: Thu, 23 Sep 93 13:35:06 -0600
- From: mott@oodis01.hill.af.mil (GS-12 Daniel R. Mott Mr)
- Subject: skits
-
- Well, here are some skits that I compiled together for a project in
- my council. I have more as well.
-
- I also have information on other topics, ghost stories, storytelling,
- applauses, advancement etc. If you are interested let me know.
-
- Daniel R. Mott
-
- Skits
- - Compiled by Daniel R. Mott District 23 Roundtable Staff
- Great Salt Lake Council
- REFERENCES:
-
- Skits Vols 1 & 2 More Ideas From Young Life;Young Life
- The Omnibus of Fun Vol 1; Larry & Helen Eisenberg
- Funny Skits and Sketches; Terry Halligan
- A Treasury of American Folklore; Edited by B. A. Botkin
- Cub Scout Pow Wow Books
- The Skit Book 101 Skits From Kids; Margaret Read McDonald
-
- These skits are known as "Camp Skits" because that is where they are
- most often performed. They are also used a lot in such things as pack
- meetings, troop meetings or troop court of honors. Here are some general
- characteristics of "Camp Skits":
-
- 1) Short 5) Performed for those you know.
- 2) No lines to learn; ad lib. 6) Can use any number of actors
- 3) Performed with little or no 7) Based on a humorous idea or
- rehearsal. line.
- 4) Little or no props. 8) Often based on ideas from a skit
- performed elsewhere.
-
-
- All Face: An Indian and a white man are traveling together. It's cold
- and the white man is shivering. The white man is all bundled up and the
- Indian has very little on (i.e. pants, no shirt) and his blanket. The
- white man complains about the cold and doesn't understand why the Indian
- isn't. The white man asks the Indian how he stays so warm. The Indian
- asks if his face is cold. The white man says no it isn't. The Indian
- replies, "Me all face."
-
- Artistic Genius: The scene is an art show where judges are inspecting
- several canvases are displayed. They comment on the brightness, color,
- technique, that is used on the different pictures. They select one for
- the prize and comment additionally on the genius, imagination, and the
- beauty of the picture. The artist is called up and the winning picture
- is shown to him. The painter exclaims, "Oh, my goodness, that got in by
- mistake. That's the canvas that I clean my brushes on.
-
- Balloon Orchestra: The players in the orchestra each hold a balloon.
- They blow up their balloons in unison, then let out the air in a squeak
- at a time to the rhythm of some easily recognized rhythm such as "Blue
- Danube" or "Jingle Bells". To end the skit all fill their balloons with
- air and let go at the directors signal.
-
- Big Game Hunting: Two to four hunters talking together each says that he
- is packing a heavier and more powerful gun to shoot with. The first
- starts out with a small handgun and the last ending up with a very
- powerful rifle, shotgun, whatever. Two others come over who have
- overheard the hunter and want to settle a bet. Are the hunters going
- after wolves or moose. One of the hunters relies," "Why no, we are going
- after mosquitoes!!"
-
- Black Bart: There are several Black Bart skits, all revolving around the
- basic plot of the hero chasing Black Bart. The hero and BB come face to
- face. BB is cornered, building up the tension. Destroy it with the
- anticlimactic line of: "You get the ping pong ball and I'll get the
- paddles and I'll meet you in five minutes." Or "Oh, all right, Black
- Bart, you use that one and I'll use the one upstairs." Use the latter
- one when BB is trapped in some room.
-
- Bonfire: A leader begins to explain how to lay a campfire. The leader
- decides to use members of the audience to represent different pieces of
- wood. The bonfire builders bring up various volunteers. Some of the
- volunteers are bunched in the center for tinder with others placed for
- kindling with the "big" logs stacked on top of each other in increasing
- larger sizes. The leader then says that the fire is ready to light,
- strikes a match, whereupon, several accomplices yell out that its ON
- FIRE and dash several buckets of water on the fire.
-
- Candy Store: The leader gives instructions for playing candy store. He
- asks that one person take a long string and hold on and then adds others
- until there is a long line of people holding onto the string. Then the
- leader explains that this is a candy store because there are some
- suckers hanging on the line.
-
- Candy Store: (variation): A candy store owner enters carrying a long
- pole. He asks two members of the audience to hold the pole, draping a
- blanket or sheet over it, explaining that this is the candy store. One
- by one customers come in asking for different types of candy, to each,
- the owner replies that he doesn't have any. Finally, a customer asks
- what he does have. The owner states he doesn't have any candy left
- except for these two suckers on a stick, pulling the blanket away at the
- same time.
-
- Change Underwear: Have the boys march in, single file, with one boy
- leading them like a drill sergeant. The sergeant tells them to stop and
- addresses them. He tells them he has some good news and some bad news.
- The good news is that they get a change of underwear. The boys cheer and
- he cuts them off. The bad news is that they have to change underwear
- with one another. The boys groan.
-
- Chief Shortcake: Pick a "volunteer" to be the dead Chief Shortcake
- (adult leader) and have him lie down covering with a towel/sheet except
- for his head.
- Have each boy repeat a line on what to do with Chief Shortcake such as:
- burying the Chief with all his worldly possessions, should be burned in
- a great ceremonial fire, put in a cave and seal him up, and so on for as
- many as you need. The last Indian says that they are all wrong, "i bury
- Shortcake" and squirts whipped cream on Chief Shortcake's face.
-
- Chin Faces: Performers arrange themselves with their heads hanging
- upside down over the edge of a table with a sheet or other drape
- covering their body with holes cut out exposing their mouth and chin.
- Place sunglasses just below the chin in front of the neck for "eyes."
- The chin becomes the nose, the mouth is the mouth - but upside down, so
- to smile you need to actually frown. The "chin face" makes a short silly
- speech or sings a harmonious song. Several "chin faces" in a row can
- form a singing group or mime a recording. Variation: Have the "chin
- face" be a chicken instead of a person.
-
- Contagious Disease Ward: The scene takes place in the waiting room of a
- doctor of contagious and communicable diseases, Dr. Ringworm, M.D.,
- l.s.d., v.i.p., l.c.b. Have four chairs and a stand for magazines or
- books. In walks a fellow (a) with an itch which he scratches
- periodically in different places. He grabs a magazine and attempts to
- read but is disturbs periodically by his itch. After a while , a second
- fellow (B) comes in with a serious hand twitch. B sits next to A. B
- gradually starts to scratch with the itch, while A's hand starts to
- twitch. When it has been well established that they have contracted each
- others' disease, a third person enters with a serious leg twitch. Pretty
- soon all three have the hand twitch, leg twitch, and itch all over. a
- fourth guy comes in bouncing all over the place and shaking every muscle
- in his body. The actions of the four guys become more frantic and are
- bouncing around in their chairs. Then a boy dressed like a pregnant lady
- strolls in casually and the other four scramble for their lives. If
- possible or desired have some jazz music playing in the background for
- the scouts with the diseases to keep the beat to.
-
- Court Case: Second person walks in with a suitcase. First person already
- on stage asks where he is going and the first person's reply is that he
- is going to court. A little while later he comes in with the case and
- also a ladder. This time he says that he taking his case to a higher
- court.
-
- Court Scene: Guy brought in - "I'm Innocent! I was just picking up
- pebbles on the beach!" Two or more with similar stories. Last person
- comes on stage either dressed like a guy dressed like a girl or a girl,
- saying, "Hi, I'm Pebbles", in an alluring manner.
-
- Crazy Charlie: The scene is set up so that Crazy Charlie is portrayed as
- being in a mental institution. It's dinner time and before he can ask
- for anyone to pass the meat, someone calls out 37 and the room bursts
- into laughter. Moments later 57 is called out and more laughter results.
- Crazy Charlie asks the guy next to him what is going on. He is told that
- everyone knows each others jokes so well that they have numbered the
- jokes.
-
- After a while Charlie decides to give it a trial and call 52, but no one
- laughs; there is complete silence. Charlie asks his friend what is wrong.
- He friend tells him not to worry that there isn't anything wrong, some
- people can tell jokes and some people can't.
-
- Dancing Knee Dolls: Paint faces on the knees of the performers. Use
- dresses (or pants and shirt) to dress the legs as dolls with the arms
- bulging out. The clothes can be made out of crepe paper, cloth, or real
- clothing. Cover the upper legs and body with a sheet. Direct a
- flashlight (spot) onto each knee.
-
- Doctor's Office: First patient comes in hiccuping and asks to see the
- doctor. The second patient comes in cross-eyed, with a silly look on his
- face. The third person can't control his muscles and is all jittery.
- They are all asked to sit down. The first person is asked to go in.
- There is a real commotion and the patient comes out fine. The same thing
- happens to the second and third patients. The nurse tells the doctor it
- is time to go home. The doctor emerges with the symptoms of all his
- patients and goes offstage.
-
- Doggie Doctor: A person comes to a psychologist and says that he needs
- help, he thinks that he is a dog, holding up his hands like a dog
- begging. Through out the skit the person acting like a dog, does doglike
- things, like scratching behind his ear, whining, etc. Doctor asks how
- long he has had this problem. Ever since he was a puppy is the reply.
- The doctor asks if he will lie on the couch but the person says that he
- can't since he can't get on the furniture. Doctor's advice is to make
- sure that he gets all his shots and don't go chasing any cars.
-
- Easter Bunny: The Easter Bunny is out delivering his eggs and the police
- arrest him for breaking and entering a house. The police don't believe
- that he is the Easter Bunny, but finally decide to believe him and let
- him go. He decides to finish delivering and tries to enter another house
- where an old lady or man accuses him of stealing. The Bunny says, "Oh
- no, not again!" and is run off the stage by the old lady swinging a
- stick or umbrella.
-
- The Echo: The club leader announces during the singing that he has
- noticed an echo in the room and he is going to try it out (also could be
- on a hike overlooking a canyon). The following is a dialogue between the
- leader and the echo - a person out of the room or out of sight.
-
- Leader: Hello
- Echo: Hello
- Leader: Cheese
- Echo: Cheese
- Leader: Bologna
- Echo: (silence)
- Leader: (to group) It must not be working now. I'll try again. (to echo)
- + This leader is great.
- Echo: Bologna
-
- Elevated Gum: A boy enters chewing gum, acting like a business man, with
- a briefcase etc. Walks up and enters a elevator, sticks gum on the wall.
- A kid listening to rock & roll on his portable stereo, dances into the
- elevator, leans on wall, hands sticks to gum. Tries hard to pull hand
- off the wall. The kid looks at the gum, stretches it, picks his nose,
- sneezes, etc.; all getting on the gum. Throws the gum at the back of the
- elevator where it sticks. Dum, spacey, jock stereotype enter the
- elevator, leans on the back wall and the gum gets stuck to the following
- places: first head and elevator, then head and hand, both hands, foot
- and both hands, both feet and hands, hands, knees, and hand to face. He
- finally gets free and sticks gum back on side wall. Businessman enters
- the elevator after the Jock leaves, see gum and decides to chew it
- again; then leaves.
-
- The Elevator: The scene opens with an elevator operator intoning "Ground
- Floor". A passenger gets on and begins to jiggle slightly.
- The elevator operator intones each floor with a description of what's on
- that floor. A passenger gets on at each floor and begins to jiggle as
- well. As the elevator gets higher the passengers begin to jiggle more.
- When the top floor is reached the passengers begin to jiggle like mad,
- the operator intones bathrooms and they all rush quickly off. The
- operator suddenly looks funny, begins to jiggle, shouts "ME TOO!" and
- runs off the stage.
-
- Flea: Boys standing in a line, first boy scratches, then second on down
- the line, last boy feels it and says "Oh there you are Marvin, I've been
- looking all over for you. You've got to stop hopping around, Marvin (boy
- acts as though Marvin has hopped away) you come back here.(goes out into
- the audience looking and touching people) There you are Marvin, you've
- got to stay here (looks at pretend speck) Hey you aren't Marvin, (puts
- it back into the audience) Oh Marvin where are you?
-
- The Firing Squad: A firing squad lines up with a prisoner. The leader of
- the firing squad calls out "Ready ... Aim ..." The prisoner shouts,
- "Tornado!" The soldiers all run for cover and the prisoner escapes. A
- Second prisoner is brought out, the leader calls out "Ready ... Aim ..>"
- and the prisoner shouts, "Landslide!", the firing squad runs for cover
- and the prisoner escapes again. Repeat this for other natural disasters.
- The last prisoner is brought out and having seen the other prisoners
- escape decides to do the same thing except he yells "Fire" and the
- firing squad does.
-
- Fish Market: Two people, one a fisherman and the other a fish market
- managar come on stage and hold a long cord between them. The fish market
- man attempts to call the fisherman on the telephone to see if he has any
- fish today, the fisherman acts as if he can't hear him. Volunteers are
- brought out of the audience and hold the cord between the fish market
- man and the fisherman one or two at a time with the market man
- attempting to call each time. When several people are holding the line,
- the market man is able to communicate with the fisherman. The fisherman
- says that he doesn't have any trout but he does have a lot of suckers
- hanging on a line showing the line the volunteers are holding up.
-
- Flying High: Boys on a flight to Germany or other destination. They act
- up and really give the stewardess or steward (den leader, 11 year old
- patrol leader etc.) a hard time. Finally, one of them bumps into her/him
- and knocks a tray on him/her. The steward/stewardess smiles and says,
- "Why don't you boys just run outside and play."
-
- Four Leaf Clover: A person finds a four leaf clover. He feels sure that
- it will bring him good luck. Another person runs into him. They accuse
- each other of running into each other. They start hitting each other. A
- policeman comes along, the other guy accuses the lucky person. The lucky
- person is hauled off to jail. The lucky person reappears, disgruntled
- and unhappy. Garbage is dumped on him as he walks along and gets fined
- by a policeman for littering. The lucky man throws away the four leaf
- clover. Another finds it. The former lucky man comes back on stage. The
- person who found the four leaf runs on stage saying he just won a
- million dollars and has good luck since he found it. The former lucky
- man slumps down, groans, and begins to cry.
-
- Friends of Years - Three guys are sitting on a park bench. Goober is
- quietly reading, Gomer is pretending to swim in a lake (jumps off bench
- and swims around). Gopher is pretending to be fishing, reeling fish
- after fish. Policeman comes in and watches them. Policeman asks Goober
- if he knows the other two men. Goober says they are his friends. The
- policeman thinks Goober ought to take care of his friends. Goober says
- okay and asks the others to climb into his boat. Goober pretends to row
- off stage (the policeman staring after them, shaking his head in disbelief).
-
- Gathering of the Nuts: An announcer asks if the audience will help with
- the squirrel's harvest. Several boys dressed up like squirrels with
- paper ears, tails, and brown clothes go out into the audience bring back
- people known for their crazy behavior. They are gathered on the stage
- and the announcer says that the title of the skit will be, "The
- Gathering of the Nuts."
-
- Ghostcatchers: Two guys start a ghost catching business. They go to this
- house and can't get rid of the ghost. The ghost finally leaves because
- one of the guys sings very badly and off key. The ghost can't stand it
- and leaves.
-
- Glass of Water: There is a glass of water in the middle of the stage.
- First scout crawls across the floor crying for water. He dies
- dramatically shortly after beginning his crawl. The second person dies
- just short of the glass of water. The third person on his last bit of
- strength really hams up his desperation as much as he can. He reaches
- the water, takes out a comb, grooms his hair with the water, sighs with
- relief and goes off stage.
-
- Granny's Candy Store: Paint a verbal picture of the various scouts
- acting as a cash register (person says ching, ching), popcorn machine
- (goes pop, pop), door (person holds arms horizontal,swinging saying
- creak, creak), tree, chair, etc. Have three guys standing there with no
- parts to play. Have several scouts come in one at a time, as customers.
- They ask Granny for various items of candy; licorice, gum, etc. Finally
- disgusted, a customer asks what she does have, and she says all she has
- left is these three suckers standing in the corner.
-
- Hairy Hamburger: A man sits down in a restaurant and orders a hamburger.
- The waiter bring out his hamburger. The man starts eating his hamburger
- and finds a hair in it; complains to waiter and another one is brought
- out. The second hamburger has a hair in it and is taken back. The third
- hamburger also has a hair in it. The man gets upset and demands to see
- the cook. The cook comes out and the man asks him how he makes his
- hamburgers. The cook says that all he does is roll the meat and
- demonstrates making patties by placing the meat under his arm and
- squeezes.
-
- Herman, The Trained Flea: The trainer has a flea various tricks, when
- suddenly he loses Herman, his trained flea. He searches around for
- Herman, calling for him, eventually a person is brought forward with a
- flea in his hair. The punch line is, "This isn't Herman!"
-
- Hiccup for Me: A boy comes out and says something like, "Hic - I can't -
- Hic - get rid of these Hic-ups". Another person comes out and asks what
- wrong. He is told and yells "BOO!" to help the boy get rid of his
- hiccups. It didn't work. Several more people try various methods to get
- rid of the hiccups and they are fail. Last method is tried and seems to
- work, but just as he leaves the stage starts hiccuping again, so he
- falls to the floor in despair.
-
- How to Make the Team: Two boys, one eats vegetables, exercises,
- ballerate (ballet & karate), runs (gets a kid to chase him home-school
- bully). The other kid eats candy bars, plays baseball with guys. First guy
- (vegetable eater) makes the team and the other kid doesn't. The other
- kid says; "What did I do wrong? Whaaa ! ! !"
-
- The Important Papers: The setting can be either a king or a boss in his
- office who beckons to a courtier or assistant that he wants his royal or
- important papers. The person runs in with a sheath of papers, the king
- or boss quite agitated tosses them aside and demands that they bring him
- his important papers. Other people bring in other things one at a time
- such as a Boy Scout Handbook etc. the king throws them aside and gets
- more and more upset demanding that he have his important papers. At last
- the some one comes in with a roll of toilet paper (court jester, office
- boy etc.). The king knights him or the boss promotes him thanking him
- profusely and runs off the stage in visible relief.
-
- Is It Time Yet?: Have several boys standing in a line (facing the
- audience) with one arm on the next boys shoulder. The first boy in line
- looks at the second and asks the second boy, "IS it time yet?" The
- second boy asks the third boy the same question and so on down the line.
- The boy at the end of the line looks at his watch and says to the boy
- next to him, "No, its not time yet," and this continues on up the line
- to the first boy in the line again with each boy saying it in turn. This
- can continue a couple times; then when it gets to the last boy, he says,
- "It's time!" and when the message gets back to the first boy each boy
- moves his arm from the other's shoulder and puts his other arm on the
- boy next to him.
- Variation: Everyone is sitting down instead of sitting up with their
- legs crossed the same way. When the time comes all they do is switch
- legs simultaneously.
-
- Mr. Kerplunk: Announce him as Mr. Kerpluk the world renown spitter. He
- could be French, German, etc. with the appropriate accent. He says he
- will demonstrate several of his famous spits for the group. An assistant
- holds a bucket across the stage for Mr. Kerplunk to spit into (tap on
- the bottom of the bucket to create the special effect). Here are some
- examples of spits to use but be creative in creating your own:
-
- 1) Short Shot: He spits; sound effect comes immediately.
- 2) Riccohet Shot: He spits for a side wall (tree etc. if outside) and
- watches it bounce around before it hits the bucket.
- 3) Long Shot: He spits and follows the long arc with his head; sound
- made after a long pause.
- 4) Fast Shot: Sound effect is made before he spits.
- 5) Super Shot: Advertised as the most famous. Spends a minute getting
- mouth full of spit, checks bulge out and finally spits. Guy in
- front stands up and wipes water or raw egg from eye.
-
- Knot Demonstration: A person comes out with a length of rope. He
- proceeds to give a knot demonstration some of which do not turn the way
- he expects. He has creative and imaginative names for his knots such as
- the double hitch back loop tie, clove hitch with a triple loop bight,
- etc. The last knot he ties is one that he says that a person can't
- loosen. The more they try to loosen the knot the more it tightens. He
- demonstrates a temporary version of this around his neck. He pulls on
- the knot when he is finishes and exclaims, "Oh no, I've tied the wrong
- knot, I,ve tied the permanent version, and leaves the stage choking.
-
- Lawn Mower: One person bends over pantomiming a lawn mower. This "mower"
- rumbles and shakes, sputtering, as the gardener tries to start it. It
- doesn't start. Other members of the skit try to start it with no luck.
- The gardener chooses a volunteer out of the audience to try and start it
- and it starts up right away chugging along. The gardener explains all it
- took was a bigger JERK.
-
- Lie Detector: A transparent container (i.e. an old vase) and a coin with
- a string attached. The container sits on a table with a cloth over it.
- Have two guys start up a conversation where one tries to convince the
- other that the container and coin is a lie detector. The coin jumps up
- and down pulled by another person below the table when somebody tells
- the truth. The second guy doesn't believe the first guy that the vase is
- a lie detector. Punch line is that the boy with the container and coin
- says he isn't lying and that he hasn't lied in his whole life where the
- table falls over with the container revealing the boy underneath.
-
- Listen at the Wall: One person goes along a wall listening and
- listening. Others come along and ask him what he is doing. He says
- dramatically, "Listen," and the others do. One of them says, "I don't
- hear anything", in a disgusted voice. "LISTEN", he says more
- dramatically and they listen some more. Again someone says, "I don't
- hear anything." The original listener says, "You know," with a faraway
- look, "its been like that all day."
-
- Living Xylophone: The instrument consists of several kneeling
- performers. The player strikes each on the head with a fake mallet or
- his fist as if playing a xylophone. Each player utters a single note
- when struck. Simple songs such as "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" can be
- played this way.
-
- Lost Item around Campfire: First boy searches the ground around the
- campfire. Second boy: "What are you looking for, maybe I can help you
- find it.
- First boy: "I dropped my neckerchief slide."
- Second boy: "Where were you standing when you dropped it."
- First boy: "Over there." (He points into the darkness."
- Second boy: "Then why are you looking over there."
- First boy: "Are you kidding? It's too dark over there. You can't see
- a thing."
-
- Mad Reporter: The scene is a bridge where a very depressed reporter is
- about to jump off (the end of the stage or a platform could be the end
- of the bridge). The reporter says that he has had it, can't get a big
- story, all washed up and wants to end it all. He calls out, one, two,
- swinging his arms when another person shows up and asks what is going
- on. He tells him his sad story which encourages him to tell him his;
- they both get depressed and decide to jump. They call out, one, two, and
- another person shows up. They each tell this person their sad story and
- he decides to jump to. Once more they call out One, ... Two, ... Three !
- All the people jump except for the reporter who runs off saying; "I've
- got a great story, two people jump off the bridge. Wait until the boss
- sees this." A building could be used as well as a bridge.
-
- The Magic Bandana: Two guys come out, one is the magician, one his not
- so smart assistant. The magician introduces his act and sends his
- assistant to a table behind him. The magician facing the audience tells
- Herkimer to do exactly as he says. There is a table by Herkimer which
- has a bandana and a banana. The magician asks Herkimer to pick up the
- bandana and to perform various actions such as put the bandana in his
- right hand, fold it in half, fold the four corners together, stuff it in
- his left fist and upon one, two, three, it will disappear. However,
- Herkimer, picks up the banana, not the bandana and performs these
- actions. At the end when Herkimer is supposed to show his fist, for the
- disappearance of the bandana, he throws the mashed up banana at the
- magician instead. The magician chases him offstage.
-
- Martian Mamma: Mamma is washing dishes, back to baby. Baby says that he
- wants a drink. "Right in front of you dear", says mamma. Baby picks up
- green drink. Baby says that he wants Martian Cream Pie, getting real
- pushy, aggressive, and bratty; throwing the drink on the floor. Baby
- tells mamma that he spilled his comet juice. Mamma turns around putting
- out two fake arms telling the baby that she only has four arms.
-
- Medical Genius: Setting is the office of a famous psychiatrist. He is
- seated behind a table. Nurse brings in a patient with a flowerpot on his
- head. Another patient enters and runs around, waving his arms as if
- flying. Next patient keeps brushing his clothes and complains about
- bugs crawling on him. Doctor says: "For heaven's sake, don't brush them
- off on me.!"
-
- Military Genius: Sergeant is drilling a group of uniformed men, who are
- a pretty sloppy lot - shoestrings untied, shirt tails out, collars
- unbuttoned, hats at odd angles etc. Sergeant drills in a march, but they
- go in the wrong directions, trip while turning, and so on. Finally, he
- has of the group marching left and the other half marching right. He
- instructs them to reverse direction and turn and march toward each
- other. Instead of passing between each other, they meet head on and all
- fall down. Sergeant weeps bitterly into a large handkerchief, steps
- among the prostrate bodies and pretends to jump up and down on them.
-
- Mixed Body Acting: Fasten a shirt backwards around the first person's
- neck, leaving the sleeves empty. Have a second person stand behind the
- first and put his arms through the shirt sleeves. A sheet is held by two
- others behind the head of the singer hiding the second person. As the
- first person sings, the second person gestures with his hands. This can
- be done with more than one singer. Variation 1: Instead of singing have
- the second person trying to do various ordinary acts such eating from a
- bowl, tying shoes, cooking such as cracking eggs (on the narrator as one
- possibility) etc.
-
- Mixed Up Magic: Child is told to clean room. The child hates to clean
- his room so he gets out his book of magic spells and use one to clean
- the room. Unfortunately, the room gets worse with clothes etc. thrown in
- >from offstage. This happens again twice. The child decides he might as well
- clean up this mess and proceeds to do so. When the room is finally
- clean, the child is ready to throw the magic book in the garbage. The
- child talking to himself says, "Enough of this Hocus Pocus". More stuff
- flies in. The child moans not again !
-
- Musical Genius: The announcer makes a flowery introduction about how
- fortunate the audience is to have the opportunity to hear the splendid
- vocal group about to perform. After the introduction, the group marches
- onto stage and lines up across the front. The announcer states that
- their first number will be that appealing ballad "The Little Lost
- Sheep". Following a short musical introduction, singers open their
- mouths and produce a long, loud "Baa-a-a".
-
- The Nurses: The scene is an emergency room at a hospital. The nurse is
- totally self absorbed, combing hair, looking in mirror etc. Whether you
- have a male nurse or a boy dressed up like a girl is up to you. A guy
- runs in, a skier with a pole stuck in his stomach ( a branch could be
- used also for a hiker). He is screaming in agony. the nurse insists that
- she must ask him some questions before anything can be done. The patient
- screams that he is losing blood. The nurse continues asking questions
- such as where he lives, past illnesses, type of house, how he got there
- etc. A phone rings and a Dr. Killjoy asks the nurse out to lunch. The
- nurse runs off leaving the wounded man writhing on the floor. A stupid
- looking janitor with a broom wanders by and pulls the pole out. The
- patient stands up, says thanks and leaves.
-
- Offensive Bus Passenger: Players are pretending that they are riding a
- bus. There is a bus driver and several passengers. Every time the bus
- stops, the passengers holds their nose, coughs, etc. looking at a
- specific passenger as they get off the bus. The bus driver complains to
- the offensive passenger that he is driving everyone off his bus. The
- passenger says that it isn't his fault. The driver accuses him of a
- peculiar smell and asks if he has taken a bath, washed his shirt, socks,
- feet, etc. The passenger claims that he has. Irritated the passenger
- pulls a pair of dirty, smelly, socks out of his back pocket, as proof.
-
- Oh-Wa-Ta-Goo-Siam: A guru with a turban on his head comes out and sits
- down in the middle of the stage. Members of the audience are solicited
- to take part in the session. They are told to repeat the magic phrase
- after the guru. When ever this phrase brings enlightenment, they may
- return to the their seat in the audience. All sit cross-legged on the
- guru repeating the guru's actions and words. The guru moves his arms and
- chants "Oh ... Wa ... Ta ... Goo ... Siam ..." All chant with him. Keep
- it up for a long while. Eventually everyone catches onto the fact that
- they are really saying, "Oh, what a goose I am."
-
- Old Movie Scene: Run through a short movie scene. Use jerky motions,
- flashlight flicker, etc. Just as the scene is about to end, the narrator
- says, "Oh no! Something's wrong; it's going backwards!" Then run through
- the whole scene backwards. Keep the scene short to only a minute or two.
-
- OOOOOO A Bug!: Have a huge wag of chewing gum (or homemade modeling
- clay), green and black, lying on a plate in the middle of a table on the
- stage. First boy walks in, looks at the table and comments on how gross
- the bug is. Other boys come in one at a time commenting on how terrible
- the bug looks, that someone needs to step on it, not sure if it's dead
- etc. The last boy comes in asking if anyone has seen his gum, sees the
- gum on the plate and tells the other boys never mind picks up the gum
- and pretends to put it in his mouth and walks away. The the other boys
- comment on how disgusting and sickening that was.
-
- Painting the Walls: In the middle of the singing a person wearing two
- coats, holding a paint bucket, paint brush, and a step ladder pushes
- through the crowd. He excuses himself saying he is a painter and needs
- to do the next room. The leader asks him why he is dressed for winter.
- The painter replies that he was told to paint the room with two coats.
-
- Pencil Salesman: A sales manager is trying to teach a dumb salesman how
- to sell. The manager tells the trainee to listen to him carefully and he
- will teach him how to sell. He gives him the following instructions:
-
- 1) Hold pencils in your hand and say, "Pencils for sale." Practice
- saying that.
- 2) Next people will ask how much they are so say, "Ten cents. Three for
- a quarter."
- 3) Then they will ask what color so you tell them yellow.
- 4) Now they will either buy them or they won't. If they don't buy say,
- "If you don't, someone else will."
-
- The manager has him repeat the instructions back and leaves him on his
- own. What happens is that the trainee is left on his own and starts
- calling out pencils for sale when another person rushing by and the
- trainee doesn't notice him and they collide falling to the ground. They
- have the following dialogue:
-
- 1) The customer asks if he knows how much the suit cost and the trainee
- tells him ten cents, three for a quarter.
- 2) The customer getting mad asks the trainee who do you think I am, to
- which the trainee replies, "Yellow."
- 3) The customer really mad says, "Do you want someone to punch you in
- the nose." To which the trainee replies, "If you don't, someone
- else will."
-
- At this point the customer beats up the trainee salesman and they leave
- the stage.
-
- Pickpocket: "Freddy Fingers and Hands Harry" meet and embrace each
- other. They Tell where they've been in the last few years, and as they
- say good-bye, one says to the other, "on you may want this." He gives
- back his watch. This exchange of articles continues until one hands back
- the other person's pair of underwear. Variation: This can also be done
- as a contest with one of the finalists ending up with the underwear. The
- other finalist looks into his pants yelps and runs off.
-
- Poison Spring: One by one the boys drag on stage crying for water. Each
- reaches a bucket with a ladle and takes a drink, splashing some water to
- show there is really water in it and dies. Ham up the dying as much as
- you want. More than ladle may be needed so that there is plenty of
- water to slosh around. The next to the last person starts to drink from
- the bucket, when the last person comes in sees all the dead bodies and
- yells for the other guy to drink from the bucket, that it is poison. The
- last person throws the bucket in the audience which really only contains
- rice or confetti; only the ladles had water.
-
- Pie in the Face: This skit requires pie plates, shaving cream, towels, 3
- plastic raincoats, or something similar (i.e. plastic bags). At least
- five people need to be involved. There is the narrator, the three
- members of the pie in the face team, and the person(s) who delivers the
- pies to the pie in the face team. This skit works best if everyone in
- the skit is serious, official, and ceremonious. Ply up the ceremony and
- the official part of he skit.
-
- The skit starts off with the narrator about the history of the grand art
- of pie throwing. He introduces the three members of the team who will
- receive the pie in the face. The team marches out and stands at
- attention.
-
- As the narrator continues to talk a person comes out with three pies on
- a tray and hands them to the three members of the pie in the face team.
- The narrator describes the various pie in the face throws that have
- evolved thru the centuries. In every case the person in the middle
- receives the pie in the face. Examples of pie throws are the classic pie
- in the face, the pie on the top of the head, the double pie in the face,
- the pies on the side of the head, and the swing, miss and hit. You can
- have the person in the middle change places and still get a pie in the
- face. The last thing that happens is that the guy in the middle who was
- getting all the pies in the face gets the other two members of the pie
- in the face team.
-
- During all this keep the members of the pie in the face team supplied
- with pies. This can go on as long as you would like. Another thing is
- wipe off the pie in the face team faces once in a while. Be original and
- creative with skit.
-
- Plane Landing: Pilot and control tower voice are located on opposite
- sides of the stage area. A out of sight on the pilot's side makes engine
- noises. Another person starts the skit by saying, "I think that there is
- a plane overhead."
-
- PILOT (yelling loudly): "Pilot to control tower - "I'm coming in. Give
- me landing instructions!"
- CONTROL TOWER (in loud monotone as if through a microphone): "Control
- tower to pilot - why are you yelling so loud!"
- PILOT: "Pilot to control tower, pilot to control tower-I haven't got a
- radio !"
-
- Play Ball: The scene is set with an umpire, a catcher, a pitcher, first
- baseman, second baseman and third baseman. The players run out to their
- positions, start talking and acting like they're ready to play ball. The
- Umpire tells the players to play ball. Then the pitcher looks around
- with a worried expression and starts to cry. The catcher goes out to see
- what is matter and starts to cry as well. Follow the same routine with
- First, Second and Third Baseman. The Umpire finally asks in expiration
- what is the matter. The pitcher replies that they don't have a ball.
-
- Pop Commercial: Have one fellow standing, holding an unopened pop
- bottle, the next holding a bottle opener (or stands ready to open the
- container, one hand as if holding the container and the other hand
- raised over it), the other two doing nothing. The first guy examines the
- bottle real close and passes it to third guy who guzzles it, pretend or
- for real, and passes the empty container to the last guy. This guy looks
- at the empty bottle or container with a sick look on his face and then
- burps as loudly as he can.
-
- Potted Plant: A scout pretending to be a delivery boy comes wandering
- through the meeting with a potted plant which he says is for Mrs.
- Mergertroid. He comes back through the meeting several times each time
- saying, "Potted plant for Mrs. Mergetroid." Each time the potted plant
- gets bigger. The last time he comes in carrying a small tree. Finally
- the leader says there isn't any adults here, just kids. Delivery boy
- looks at the card and says. "Oh for heaven's sake. I've been reading it
- wrong, the plant is from Mrs. Mergetroid For ; Name of some one in the
- unit."
-
- Presents for the Teacher: Kids bring in presents for their teacher on
- the first day of school. The teacher can tell what the child's parents
- does by the present he brings such as apples from parent's fruitstand,
- baker's child brings rolls, candymaker candy. The last person brings in
- a crudely wrapped package, with yellow liquid leaking out. The teacher
- tastes the liquid and states that his father must run a bottling
- factory. The child replies that no his dad is a dogcatcher and that it
- is a puppy in the package.
-
- Prisoner: A prisoner is brought before a judge. The policeman says that
- he caught him red-handed. Judge asks if it is true and the prisoner
- says, "Well, maybe so and maybe not". The prisoner is asked if he has
- stolen before and he replies, "Mmmm ... now & then". Judge, impatient
- now, asks where he stole these things and the prisoner replies here and
- there. Judge tells the policeman to lock him up ! Prisoner asks when he
- will get out of jail. Judge smugly says, "Oh, sooner or later."
-
- Reggie and the Colonel
-
- Characters: Reggie, big, dumb, Bermudas, high socks, safari hat,
- glasses, down on nose, moustache, carries gun in front of
- him. Colonel:short, limp, monocle, no gun, just small
- knapsack, has cane.
-
- Scene: Walking in place through darkest Africa, speaking pronounced
- English accent.
-
- Colonel: (excited, jumping and pointing with cane) Reggie, look... Did
- you see it, Reggie ??????
- Reggie: See what??! No, no, where, where ??
- Colonel: Oh, Reggie, It was a beautiful condor, 8 foot wing span,
- beautiful colors.
- Reggie: No. I didn't see it.
- Colonel: Wish You'd pay closer attention. (They continue walking).
- Colonel: Did you see it, Reggie?
- Reggie: No, what?
- Colonel: A spotted Zebra...Wish you'd pay closer attention.
- Colonel: (later) Did you see it, Reggie?? Did you see it?
- Reggie: No I missed it ... what was it?
- Colonel: An ooh-aah bird.
- Reggie: Ooh-aah bird. What's a ooh aah bird??
- Colonel: An ooh-aah bird is a 2 pound bird that lays a 3 pound egg, like
- this: Ooooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhh-aaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
- (face lights up). (continue walking).
- Reggie: Whispers to audience: Next time I'll say yes - pretend like I
- saw it. I'll fool him.
- Colonel: Reggie, Reggie did you see it! (excited)
- Reggie: I saw it, I saw it!
- Colonel: Then why in heaven's name did you step in it? !!!
-
- Restaurant Minutes: The scene is two guys enter a greasy spoon type of
- restaurant that has a customer and a grill type cook with a stained
- apron. The cook says that all they have is soup and a hot dog. The first
- man says he will take the soup and the other man says he wants the same.
- The cook tells them if one wants the soup the other has to have the hot
- dog. The second man agrees and asks to have mustard put on the hot dog
- and the waiter leaves. The third asks if they steal, referring the cook.
- The first man says the cook will steal your shirt off your back if he
- could. The first & second man get their order, the cook dropping the
- silverware, then wiping them off with his dirty apron. Second man tells
- the cook that he wanted mustard on his hot dog. The cook squeezes
- mustard off his apron onto the hot dog. First man says that there is a
- fly in his soup. The cook retrieves the fly out of the soup, squeezing
- it, telling the fly to spit it all back. The third man disgusted, makes
- a comment and walks out without his pants. His pants have been stolen.
-
- Russian Pianist: The world renown Moresofi Vodka is introduced to
- perform his original composition Chopinsky Stickovich. He plays
- Chopsticks.
-
- School's on Fire: Scout wanders through area several times holding a
- glass of water: When asked what he is doing, he replies that the school
- is on fire. Leader: How do you expect to put the fire out with a tiny
- glass of water?" Boy answers, "this ain't water, it's gas.
-
- Scientific Genius: The scene is the launching pad of a large rocket
- which can be cut from a large piece of cardboard. There is an elaborate
- countdown, but the rocket fails to go off at zero. All those present
- inspect it and check on a number of highly-scientific-sounding devices -
- the supersonic sector wire; the exhaust fin fanstand; the sub-stabilizer
- exidizer, etc. All seem perfect. Finally the smallest boy says: "I've
- found the trouble. Somebody forgot to put in the fuel.
-
- Singer: A guy comes on stage singing in a terrible voice. He acts
- pompous to a friend saying how is such a great singer. Friend says that
- he had better quit because of poor health, not the singers, but everyone
- elses.
-
- Six Wise Travelers: The six wise travelers came to a river and discuss
- ways to get across. One of them sees a boy with a boat and asks him to
- take them across. the boy says they can use the boat, but he will not
- take them across. The travelers all get in the boat and it sinks. They
- scramble out of the river and count themselves, but do it wrong and come
- up short a person. This can be done more than once. They tell the boy if
- he can find the missing traveler they will give him a bag of gold. The
- boy counts them. gets it right, they give him the gold telling the boy
- how good he is and that maybe he will grow up to be as smart as they
- are. The travelers then jump in and swim across the river.
-
- Sour Notes: The director tunes up the orchestra or chorus and they begin
- to make music. One by one each player hits a sour note. Each time the
- director gets upset and throws the player offstage. Repeat until only
- the accompanist and the director is left. The director then turns to the
- accompanist and begins a solo. The director hits a sour note and the
- accompanist jumps up and throws the director off stage coming back on
- stage with a smug look on his face, bows to the audience and exits.
-
- Slug Trainers: Several slug trainers bring on their trained slug and
- deposit it in the stage center. The slug is a person encased in a
- sleeping bag. On command the slug performs various trick such rolling
- over, leaping in the air slightly, etc. A volunteer is brought from the
- audience and is told that the slug is trained to crawl over the human
- body. The volunteer lays down and the slug crawls across him leaving a
- dribble of water or brown cotton balls. The trainers apologize and
- exclaim, "Sorry, but our slug isn't potty trained."
-
- Soldier In the Battlefield: This skit can be played by just one person,
- or you can use two. A person in battle dress falls on the ground moaning
- that he is about to die. The orderly kneels over him frantically trying to
- record his name for the records. He keeps on asking his name, but he is
- in too much pain to bother with his name and keeps on asking for help.
- In desperation the orderly tells the soldier that he is dying and that
- he needs his name to tell his mother. The soldier reply that his mother
- already knows his name.
-
- Spelling Contest: Contestants have numbers on their shirts and the
- judges have badges to distinguished them from the contestants. Need a
- list of spelling words, toy guns (or hand if necessary) and a trophy.
- There are two judges and four contestants. Judge #1 asks are you ready
- for the annual spelling contest. The contestants say yes and Judge #2
- tells them good luck and let's begin. The first contestant steps forward
- misses the word and is shot by the judge. Second contestant steps
- forward, spells the word, the judges confer, answering right. The third
- contestant spells the word wrong and is shot. Contestant #4 comes
- forward spells his word, the judges confer, say he is wrong and one
- raises the gun to shoot him. Contestant #4 tells the judge wait, he is
- sure the word is spelled right. The judges confer again, say the
- contestant is right and they are wrong and shoot themselves. Contestants
- #2 and #4 say that they guess that means they both win and walk off
- together with the trophy.
-
- SPRING: Gather to the front of the group some people to be trees, birds,
- and babbling brooks. Then ask for a volunteer to be the most important
- part, the hero. When he comes to the front, have him run among the
- trees. Have a little narrative and then say; "Maybe the rest of you
- wonder when we know it's spring; that's easy, because the sap is running
- through the tress."
-
- Statues in the Park: The scene opens with a statue (boy, standing still)
- posed as a famous statue such as The Thinker or The Discus Thrower.
- Another person introduces himself as Dr. Arthritic Kneecap of the
- University of Amputation and Mutilation. He talks about having
- discovered a formula to revitalize calcium deposits; even would work on
- this statue he says. The doctor pours the bottle on the statue and it
- slowly comes to life. The statue and the professor talk about being
- alive. The doctor then asks the statue what is the first thing you want
- to do. The statue says that he wants to kill 5,000 pigeons with his bare
- hands.
-
- Submarine (Version 1): Get one volunteer from the audience and the
- den/patrol lines up sitting in a straight line with the volunteer at the
- end. The scout in front (Captain) looks through his periscope and yells,
- "Enemy Ship!" which is repeated down the line. The Captain then issues
- the following commands which are repeated down the line: "Fire Torpedo
- One!...."We Missed!"...."Fire Two!"..."We Missed!"...."Fire
- Three!"...."We Missed Again, You Blockhead"...."Enemy Torpedo Coming our
- Way!"...."We've Sprung a Leak"....as the last command is repeated the
- next to the last person throws hidden confetti on the last person in
- line; the volunteer.
-
- Submarine (Version 2): This version uses a similar format to format one
- with the same commands being given, but the following changes occur: The
- scouts are standing in a row instead of sitting. When the command comes
- to fire the torpedo one comes, the last person in line says, "I don't
- know how" which is repeated upline. The captain says, "Pull the red
- chain, push the blue knob" and pulls on the person's nose for pulling
- the chain and pushes his chest for pushing the knob. This is repeated
- down line. This procedure is repeated for each torpedo firing. When the
- captain exclaims "We missed again you blockhead" the crew jumps up and
- down and cheers. The captain says, "No, that is bad", to which the crew
- hang their head and groan. On the last command, when the captain finds
- out they have failed and have been hit, he takes out a gun (hand like a
- fist with thumb up and first finger out) and shoots himself, falling
- down dead. This is repeated down the line to the last person who looks
- at the gun with a confused expression and says, "I don't know how !"
-
- Thar's a Bear: the object is to set up a bear warning system. One at a
- time set up five to eight fellows standing shoulder to shoulder. The
- warning system is set up by having each of them repeating the following
- message:
-
- Leader: "Thar's a Bar." (correct pronunciation is important)
- Bear Warner: "Whar?" (be certain that he pronounces it correct, if not
- correct him.)
- Leader: "Over Thar." (pointing with his right hand and arm extended)
- A to B: "Thar's a Bar." (at which point he will probably point, so
- correct him.)
- B: "Whar?"
- A: "Over Thar." (now he should point with the arm extended for the rest
- of the skit.)
- B - C: "Thar's a Bar." ... and so on until the last one says it to the
- leader.
-
- Go through the same procedure with the left hand. The third time have
- both hands extended, right leg extended, bent down. Last time the leader
- goes through the ritual, he pushes the guy next to him so that the rest
- will fall like dominoes.
-
- Three Against 1000: Three guys all bandaged up and smeared with dirt and
- blood come dragging into the meeting with the disbelieving tail the
- fantastic battle that they had just gone through. "what a battle, what
- fantastic odds, we never should have attempted it in the first place, 3
- against a 1000, unbelievable; hamming it up. Finally, one guy says,
- "Yeah they were the toughest three guys I've ever seen.
-
- Ticket Line: Fans are standing in line waiting to buy tickets for the
- big game, movie, or concert. Four fans are standing in line, saying how
- much they want to attend the event and wondering when the ticket window
- is going to open to sell tickets. A person walks up to the front of the
- line. The fans get upset telling him to not butt in line and to go to
- the end of the line and began to shove him back. This person tries once
- more to reach the front of the line and then gives up and says something
- to the effect; "I'm giving up, they can get someone else to open this
- ticket window.
-
- Toothache: A boy with a toothache complains to another boy. The other
- boy says he will help and pulls out tooth with a pair of pliers. The boy
- with the toothache says wrong tooth. Another person comes along and
- gives him some apples saying that will cure his toothache. Boy ends up
- with a stomachache.
- Another person says to tie a string to his tooth and tie the other end
- to a door. The door slams in the face of the boy with the toothache. He
- now has a toothache, headache, and a stomachache. Another person enters
- with some hedge clippers or a axe or something. He says, "I hear you
- have a toothache". The boy with the toothache says, "Not that !" and
- runs off the stage.
-
- Toothpaste Skit: In this you need two cups of water and four or more
- people. The people in the skit all line up in a row in front of the
- audience. The first person in line has water in his cup and the last
- person in line has an empty cup with some water hidden in his mouth.
-
- The skit starts off with the narrator saying something about this is a
- demonstration of how a person can brush his teeth when there is a
- shortage of water. The first person takes a drink of water from his cup
- and proceeds to brush his teeth with his finger. After a few seconds he
- stops and places his head against the ear of the next person in line and
- that person's cheeks begin to bulge out as the first persons deflate.
- This person (the second person brushes his teeth with his finger for a
- few seconds and then puts his mouth against the next person's ear with
- the same results and son on down the line until the last person in line
- in reached. This person upon finishing brushing his teeth releases the
- water he has in his mouth into the cup in his hand.
-
- Tracks: Two boys enter as if following a trail. They begin to argue over
- what kind of tracks they are: "I say they are raccoon tracks" "No
- they're wolf tracks" "No they're badger tracks ...". The argument
- continues until they are suddenly run over by a train. (Several boys
- linked together making chuga choo sounds, boy in front has a flashlight.
-
- Trick or Treat: A child comes home with a bag full of treats. The parent
- says that he needs to inspect the candy. Gives excuses for not giving
- most of it back. After the child leaves, the parent says that he must do
- what he has to do to protect the child and proceeds to eat some of the
- candy.
-
- Turkey Contest: Four guys dressed up like turkeys waiting for the Best
- Turkey Contest with one turkey really strutting his stuff. Feathers can
- be made from construction paper and brown type clothes worn. The one
- turkey who is strutting his stuff, really wants to win, he preens, even
- leaves for a minute coming back with additional stuffing sticking out.
- Comments are made about this turkey by the others. The contest begins
- and the strutting turkey wins only to find out that the winner gets to
- be Thanksgiving Dinner. The turkey starts to run and the judge chases
- after him telling the audience how he loves a happy winner.
-
- Twist Mouth Family: A mother and a father had several children, now all
- the children had their mouths twisted out of shape except their son
- John, who they had sent to college and had just returned. They all got
- ready for bed and Mother asked Father to blow out the light. "Yes I
- will," was his reply. "I wish you would,"said she. "Well I will," said
- he. Father blows upward due to the twist in his mouth. Father asks
- mother (use the same sequence of phrases as in the previous sentence),
- she blows downward. Mother asks daughter, daughter blows to the right.
- Mother asks son (not John) who blows to the left. Finally, John, the
- college son is asked. He blows straight and blows out the candle. Father
- then says, "What a blessed thing it is to have a son with an education."
-
- Up Harold: Mad Scientist and a monster named Harold. The mad scientist
- talks about his greatest creation Harold. The scientist asks for a
- volunteer out of the audience. The mad scientist tells Harold to rise
- up, walk forward, and then the monster gets near the volunteer to kill
- him. Harold grabs the volunteer and kills him and returns back behind
- the scientist. The mad scientist goes on about how great his monster is,
- repeating his commands for Harold to stand up, move forward and kill.
- What the mad scientist doesn't realize is that Harold is reacting to his
- commands. The mad scientist continues to gloat as Harold comes forward
- and kills him. Harold continues walking toward the audience as the stage
- blacks out.
-
- Upside Down Singers: The singers are on stage. An announcer explains
- that they are going to sing upside down! They duck out of sight behind a
- curtain (a sheet held by two accomplices will do). Placing their hands
- in their shoes, they wobble the shoes above the curtain top looking as
- they are having trouble standing on their heads and are about to topple
- over while singing. They requires practice and the assistance of someone
- to direct them. To end the skit let one of the curtain holders become
- distracted and accidently drop the curtain revealing the "upside down
- singers" in action."
-
- Vampire Snack
-
- Scene: One vampire, standing onstage, takes a can marked "blood", pours
- tomato juice from it into a glass and drinks it. The second
- vampire enters.
-
- Vampire #1: Mmm. Delicious. Vould you like some?
- Vampire #2: no, thanks. I couldn't drink another bite.
- Vampire #1: So vat's new.
- Vampire #2: Nothing much. I just saw a poor old bum begging on the
- street corner.
- Vampire #1: You did. Vat did he say?
- Vampire #2 He vanted me to help him. He said he hadn't had a bite in
- days.
- Vampire #1: So what did you do?
- Vampire #2: Vat else? Naturally, I bit him!
-
- The Viper is Coming: An office setting with a boss and an assistant who
- runs in and tells the boss that his just received a message that the
- Viper is coming. The boss get's very agitated and upset repeating the
- assistant's message. Several others come in repeating the same message.
- They are all in a state of panic when the last person comes on stage
- with a squeegee and a sponge announcing, "I'm the vindov viper. I've
- come to clean your vindovs. Vhere do I start."
-
- Washington's Farewell: It is announced that a member of the troop has
- memorized Washington's Farewell Address and is about to do a dramatic
- portrayal of it. A boy emerges dressed as Washington and delivers his
- farewell address, "Bye Mom!"
-
- Whistler Precision Drill Team: Acquire an album such as Mitch Miller's
- choir whistling the theme song to "Bridge Over the River Kwai", the
- "Colonel Bogey March", or one of Sousa's marches. Use as many guys as
- you would like to involve. Each boy provides a shirt and tie, a jacket
- and slacks, and a pair of gloves. Stuff the arms of the jacket and
- attach the gloves to the arms. Arrange the shirt, jacket and tie around
- the hips. A face is painted on the boy's naked chest and stomach. A hat
- is made where the brim is three feet in diameter with a hole that will
- fit over the shoulders. The bowl of the hat can be made out of some
- cheap cloth, large enough so that a guy can hold his hands over his head
- and yet have the brim of the hat come just below his shoulders. The brim
- can be made out of cardboard. The overall effect is that of some very
- short guys with very big heads. They march around the stage like a
- precision team to one of the above tunes, acting as if they're whistling
- by sucking their stomachs in and out. If desired, the shirt, tie, and
- pants can also be easily substituted with a scout shirt, neckerchief and
- pants. The hat can be made to resemble a scout hat.
-
- Who Sneezed: One boy plays sergeant and the rest line up in a row facing
- the audience. The sergeant tells them to come to attention for
- inspection. The last boy in line sneezes. The sergeant asks who sneezed
- and doesn't get an answer. He asks the man who sneezed to step forward
- in a threatening and commanding tone. The sergeant asks the first boy if
- he sneezed and he denies it. The sergeant shoots him. The next boy in
- line is asked if he sneezed and he replies, "Not since I was 10 years
- old." The sergeant shoots him. Each boy has a different answer as to why
- he didn't sneeze and the sergeant shoots each one until the last boy is
- reached. This boy really worried and shaking, admits that he sneezed but
- pleads to the sergeant not to shoot him. The sergeant says that he isn't
- going to shoot him but just wanted to say GESUNDHEIT !
-
- Woman/Man Disrobing: A woman throws a whole extra set of clothes over a
- screen that she is standing behind. She throws them over a piece at a
- time until the screen starts to fall over. She screams and as the screen
- falls the audience see her standing behind it, fully clothed.
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