These Improv Games Get Physical

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Quick Read

Smosh Pit Theater delivers a high-energy improv showcase featuring physical comedy, rapid emotional shifts, and wildly unpredictable scenarios.
"Party Quirks" challenged players to embody and guess eccentric character traits at a baby shower.
"Stunt Doubles" introduced physical comedy through stand-ins, executing actions like lat pulls and treadmill falls.
"Emotional Roller Coaster" forced actors to rapidly switch through bizarre emotions during a funeral scene.

Summary

This episode of Smosh Pit Theater features the cast engaging in four distinct improv games: 'Party Quirks,' 'Stunt Doubles,' 'Emotional Roller Coaster,' and 'Scenes From a Hat.' The games challenge the performers to embody eccentric characters, execute physical actions through stand-ins, rapidly switch emotions mid-scene, and create quick-fire sketches from audience suggestions. The episode is a display of spontaneous humor and physical comedy, with highlights including a 'horny' funeral attendee, a 'Booty Guy' award, and a TED Talk on 'rare vegetable shares.'
This episode demonstrates the dynamic and often chaotic nature of live improv comedy, highlighting how quick thinking and physical commitment from performers can transform simple premises into memorable comedic moments. It showcases the Smosh cast's ability to adapt and build upon each other's contributions in real-time, creating unique and entertaining content.

Takeaways

  • The improv games emphasize physical comedy and quick reactions, often leading to absurd and hilarious situations.
  • "Party Quirks" involved guests entering a baby shower with secret, quirky roles like an "intruding popup ad" or a "person trying to get on the jumbotron."
  • "Stunt Doubles" featured actors performing a scene while stand-ins, wearing wigs, physically executed actions like gym workouts and circus tricks.
  • "Emotional Roller Coaster" required actors to rapidly change emotions during a funeral scene, creating humorous tonal shifts from 'playful' to 'horny' to 'disgusted.'
  • "Scenes From a Hat" generated rapid-fire comedic sketches from audience suggestions, including 'Least popular TED talks' and 'Worst ways to impress your partner.'

Insights

1Party Quirks: Guessing Eccentric Characters at a Baby Shower

One player hosts a party, and other players enter one by one, embodying secret, eccentric character traits that the host must guess. The game's humor stems from the exaggerated portrayals and the host's attempts to decipher the quirks.

Angela played a 'girl who needs to charge her phone' (), Tommy an 'intruding popup ad on a website' (), and Trevor a 'person at a baseball game trying to get on the jumbotron' (). Courtney's character, 'Jumbo,' was identified early by the host ().

2Stunt Doubles: Physical Comedy with Stand-ins

Two main actors perform a scene, but whenever a physical action is required, a bell rings, and two designated 'stunt doubles' (wearing wigs) step in to physically execute the action. This creates a humorous disconnect and exaggerated movements.

During a gym scene, stunt double Court (Trevor) performed a lat pull () and aerobics (), while stunt double Angela (Chance) acted as a spotter () and helped on a treadmill (). The game culminated in stunt doubles performing a 'soaring over California' circus trick ().

3Emotional Roller Coaster: Rapid Emotional Shifts in a Funeral Scene

Three players begin an organic scene, and the host periodically rings a bell to assign different emotions to individual players, which they must immediately adopt. This leads to abrupt and often absurd tonal shifts within the narrative.

During a funeral scene, players cycled through emotions such as 'playful' (), 'grouchy' (), 'horny' (), 'afraid' (), 'cranky' (), 'embarrassed' (), 'jealous' (), 'disgusted' (), 'frantic' (), 'skeptical' (), and 'marvelous' ().

4Scenes From a Hat: Quick-Fire Sketch Comedy

All players participate in short, rapid-fire scenes based on comedic suggestions pulled from a hat. The game encourages quick wit and diverse character portrayals.

Suggestions included 'Things you don't want to be saying when the music suddenly stops' (), 'Weirdest fortunes to find in a fortune cookie' (), 'Things you wouldn't want to be given an award for' (), 'Things you can say about the new Smosh office that you can't say about your partner' (), 'Nightly prayers of other Smosh cast members' (), and 'Least popular TED talks' ().

Quotes

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"You know, every morning when I get here, fitting into the slot, you're really tight."

Chance
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"Please let me wake up as a weird little dog tomorrow."

Angela
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"Please, please bless that my curls are as bouncy as my ass."

Arasha
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"You've got to get in on your rare vegetable shares, okay? It's bullish. You got to get on the rare vegetables. I'm talking about celery corn hybrids. Rare vegetables are the market."

Trevor
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"Booty Guy is not to be confused with Booty Hole Man. Two different..."

Tommy

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