These Improv Games Get Physical
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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.'
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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
"You know, every morning when I get here, fitting into the slot, you're really tight."
"Please let me wake up as a weird little dog tomorrow."
"Please, please bless that my curls are as bouncy as my ass."
"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."
"Booty Guy is not to be confused with Booty Hole Man. Two different..."
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