"I need eleven volunteers for this skit."
"This skit is called the Four Seasons. You three are trees. You
three are leaves
in trees, get up in the trees. You're poison ivy, cling to the roots of
one of the trees.
You're tree's blood, you run through the trees. You two are birds, flit
from tree to
tree and sing. And you're the babbling brook. You have to babble."
"Babble babble babble babble ..."
"In the spring, the leaves come out on the trees. The birds flit from
tree to tree."
"In the summer, the leaves open up and the sun shines down on the forest.
The
birds form flocks"
"In the fall, the leaves drop from the trees. The birds fly away south."
"In the winter, the brook freezes and stops babbling. All seems still
in the forest.
But beneath it all there is still life. Look! The sap is still running!"
The Skit
The Storekeeper introduces himself. He explains that this is his store
and his Son helps him to run it. He is very proud of how hard he works
to satisfy every customer, no matter what the customer wants.
A customer enters, walks up to the counter, and asks for a hat. The Storekeeper
turns and calls out, "Hey Son, I need a hat." The curtain moves, and a
hand reaches through with a hat. The customer admires it, and they agree
on a price. The customer pays, puts on the hat, and walks out acting pleased.
Other customers repeat the process for a jacket, a shirt, shoes, socks, and
a pair of pants. Each time, there is more movement of the curtain, and
a longer delay before the clothing is handed through the curtain. There
are sounds of grumbling, and the Storekeeper reminds his son about their commitment
to sell whatever the customer needs.
The last customer walks in hesitantly and asks in embarrassed tones for underwear.
The Storekeeper does not hear him, and makes him repeat it until everybody can
hear clearly. Finally he says, "Oh of course. Underwear! Son,
we need some underwear." Nothing happens. The Storekeeper repeats his request
several times, each time emphasizing the word, "Underwear." There is no
answer. He apologizes to his customer for his lazy son, and says he will
get the underwear himself. He stomps off behind the curtain. The curtain
shakes, and we hear, "No, Pa! No, Pa! No!" The Son runs through
the
curtain and across the stage wearing only underpants.
Contractor (inside house): Okay, we need a color for the wall in the
living room.
(walks to space that is living room).
Wife: I like white.
Husband: No, how about blue?
Wife: How 'bout tan?
Husband: Okay.
Contractor: Okay...(writes down on paper) um.. wait just a second.
The
contractor goes to the window looks out, he opens the window leans out and shouts,
"Green side up!"
This repeats for two more rooms. Each time after the Contractor says "Green
Side
Up", couple converses between themselves and are not sure about the sanity of
the
contractor.
After the last room:
Husband: Mr. (whatever you want his name to be), why do you keep
yelling
"Green Side Up!" outside the window? We didn't order any green wall paper!?!
Contractor: Oh. I am sorry folks. The Boy scout troop is being
lead by the Scout Master
and we just want to make sure the sod gets laid down right.--
The little scout climbs over all the other sleeping scouts, who try to remain
asleep, and shakes the patrol leader. "Hey! Hey! I gotta go wee!"
"Huh? Wha? Go back to sleep." The little scout crawls back over everyone and
goes back to sleep for 5 seconds.
The little scout climbs over all the other sleeping scouts, who try to remain
asleep, and shakes the patrol leader. "Hey! Hey! I gotta go wee!"
"Huh? Wha? Go back to sleep." The little scout crawls back over everyone and
goes back to sleep for 5 seconds.
The little scout climbs over all the other sleeping scouts, who try to remain
asleep, and shakes the patrol leader. "Hey! Hey! I gotta go wee!"
"OK! OK!", says the patrol leader, "If you've gotta go, then go."
The little scout stands up and waves his hands in the air: "Weee!!!!"
Scout, turning off radio: "I hope that Land Shark doesn't show up here."
Three loud knocks are heard. "Who is it?"
Offstage: "Pizza delivery"
Scout: "Oh, great! Come on in!" He reaches offstage to open the door.
Hands
reach out and pull him off with a loud growl. Curtain closes.
Curtain opens on another Scout: "I've heard so many rumors about that
Land
Shark. I'm curious." (Three loud knocks.) "Who is it?"
Offstage: "Luke Paterson from Metropolitan Life."
Scout: "What do you want?"
Offstage: "I need to review your policy. Your never know when something
might happen!"
Scout: "Come in." Opens door. Loud growl. Grabbed and pulled
offstage. Curtain closes.
Curtain opens on an older Scout. He hears three knocks. "Who is
it?"
Offstage: "Pharmacy delivery."
Scout: "I didn't order any medicine."
Offstage: "Candygram."
Scout: "From whom?"
Offstage: "Plumber."
Scout: "My pipes are fine! Say, I know who this is. It's that nasty
Land Shark!"
Offstage, in a small voice: "I'm only a guppy, sir."
Scout: "Oh, all right. Come in, then." Opens the door and is pulled
offstage. More
growls. Curtain closes.
Curtain opens on an old, sharp Scout. He hears three knocks. "Who
is it?"
Offstage: "Boy Scout Troop 144. Would you like to buy some fertilizer,
sir?"
Scout, looks at the audience and smiles knowingly: "Just a minute." He
gets a
large stick and prepares to hit the Shark. "Come in."
He swings the stick offstage. There is a loud thump. A very young
Scout in full
uniform stumbles onto the stage and dramatically falls, face first.
The Skit
The Master of Ceremonies is presiding over a Court of Honor or a campfire.
A
Scout runs onto the stage and interrupts him dramatically, " I have a long distance
telephone call for you!"
The Scout has a length of rubber tubing. He hands one end to the MC, explaining
that this is the phone line. "I'll get the line straightened out and connect
you. When
I say 'Ring-Ring', you hold it up to your ear and say 'Let me have it', and
you'll get your call."
The MC looks skeptical, looks at the Scout, then at the tube, then at the Scout
again and finally agrees. The Scout stretches the line and says, "Ring-
Ring". The
MC looks at the audience, then at the Scout, and plays dumb. "What was
I supposed to say?"
The Scout walks back and repeats his instructions very patiently. He rehearses
the MC, making him repeat the lines. They try again. The Scout stretches
the line
further than before. He says, "Ring-Ring". The MC forgets again.
The Scout goes through it all again. This time he gets the audience to
help by
saying the key phrase, "Let me have it!" With a big grin for the audience,
he repeats
this several times.
This time he stretches the tube to its limits, turning his back to the MC, bending
over, and holding the tube over his shoulder. He looks at the audience.
"Ready?"
"Ready!" "Ring-Ring."
The MC looks at the audience and grins. Now he understands. "Wait.
What am
I supposed to say?"
The Scout frowns at the audience, loses his temper, and calls out, "Let Me Have
It!" The MC lets go.
Scott: (Enters) Gee, it's always nice to get a letter from home
when you're atcamp.
Robin: (Enters) Hey, look, I got a letter from my Mom.
Scott: Me too. Listen, my Mom says she's writing this letter slowly,
because she
knows I can't read fast.
Robin: Mine says I won't know the house when I come home.. They've
moved !
Scott: Oh, my Dad has a new job with 500 men under him. He's cutting
the grass
at the cemetery.
Robin: Our neighbors started keeping pigs. Mom got wind of it this
morning.
Scott: Oh, my goodness. My little brother came home from school
crying because
all the other boys had new clothes and we can't afford any for him.
Mom says she
got him a new hat and lets him stand in the window.
Robin: There was a washing machine in the new house. But my Mom
put four
shirts in it, pulled the handle and they disappeared. Guess it doesn't
work right.
Scott: My Mom had her appendix out and a dishwasher put in. And,
oh, my sister
had a baby this morning. Mom doesn't know if I'm an Aunt or and Uncle,
because she
doesn't know yet if it's a boy or a girl.
Robin: Oh, dear, there's a P.S. It says, I was going to send you
$ 10.00, but I had
already sealed the envelope.
Scott: Well, it's nice to know things are normal at home.
Robin: Yep. (Both exit)
(With this skit it is possible to put each boy's script on a sheet of paper,
and they
can read it out, as though they were reading the letter. They should rehearse,
of
course, to make it sound natural.)
This is set in the western era in the 1800's. Characters:
An Out Law, Partner, swinging doors(that squeak when opened), One person
playing Wife of the Out Law, the Son of the Out Law, Camera person, Very Outgoing
Director with German accent.
ANY MISSPELLINGS ARE INTENTIONAL, THIS IS HOW IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE
PRONOUNCED
Director: Pleses(Places), Pleses, evedybody. Now do we haave thees
down?(Be
creative)
(Every one nods)
Director: Aaalrright aand aaction.
Out Law: Say there pardner, got a match.
Pardner: Yep.
Out Law: Can I have it.
Pardner: Nope.
Out Law: I think I'm gonna take it, what are YOU gonna do about it.
Pardner: I'ma gonna shootcha. (quickly pulls out gun and fires)
Out Law: (Falls to ground)
Son: Daddy, daddy. (Huddling over Out Law)
Wife: OH! MY POOR HUSBAND!(Huddling over Out Law)
Director: (in a perterbed and angry voice) Cuuuuuuuuuuut! Thaat was terrible,
were do we get these aactors. Let's do it again, do eet slowwwwer / faaster
/ like an
opra.(CHANGE WORDING AROUND EACH TIME, it will sound repetitive if you don't)
(look of question in faces)
(repeat slower)
(repeat really fast)
(repeat like opra)
The End
This skit is hilarious, you can have fun doing it and adding your own episodes
onto it.
Second squire, "Here are raisins, sire, from the vineyards of France!"
The King, "They are hardly worth sneezing at. Bring me my raisins!"
Third squire ,"These raisins, sire, were hand-picked with tweezers by Benedictine
Monks in Germany! "
The King, "These are the worst yet! Bring me my royal raisin supplier!"
Two guys drag in the royal raisin supplier
The King, "Why have you not brought me my raisins?"
Royal raisin supplier, "My rabbit died!"
Preparation
The Wizard and the lone Scout need to rehearse their lines, and everybody should
practice a few times. The practice is as much fun as the skit. Encourage
all
participants to ham it up. The Wizard should wear a long bathrobe.
The Skit
A lone Scout rushes onto the stage and screams that the enemy is coming.
He
has no weapons to fight with! What should he do? "I know.
I'll have to ask the
Wizard. It's my only chance to save humanity from the terrible enemy."
The Wizard enters the stage, and the Scout rushes to him begging for help.
The
Wizard tells him not to panic, and hands him a secret invisible sword.
The Wizard
explains the sword, and tells him to say, "Stabety Stab!" when he uses it.
The Wizard
assures the Scout that this magic sword will protect him.
The Wizard retires to a quiet corner of the stage.
The Scout is delighted. He waves the sword around, and tells everybody
about
it. He boasts about what he will do with it. He moves to one end
of the stage.
Several enemy soldiers sneak onto the other side of the stage, saying, "There
he
is" and "Let's get him." The Scout panics as they approach, worries aloud about
what
to do, and finally remembers to use the magic sword. Yelling "Stabety
Stab!" over
and over, he kills all of the enemy in a mighty battle. He is very proud
of himself, and
boasts of his ability.
More enemy soldiers begin to enter. The Scout starts forward, yelling
"Stabety
Stab!" but the enemy keeps on coming. The Scout rushes back to the
Wizard for
more help. The Wizard gives him an invisible gun, telling him to yell,
"Bangety Bang!"
Again the Scout boasts about his weapon, goes into battle, and kills all the
enemy. Again he boasts that he can defeat any enemy with the Wizard's
magic
weapons.
The situation is repeated, and the Scout tries "Bangety Bang!" and "Stabety
Stab!"
without success. This time the Wizard gives him a magic laser, for which
the Scout
yells, "Zapety Zap!" Again he kills all the enemy and boasts. The
Wizard quietly
disappears.
A single enemy soldier enters the stage. He is the biggest Scout in camp.
He
creeps slowly forward, as our Scout boasts about how easily he can defeat the
enemy. The enemy soldier ignores the "Stabety Stab!", "Bangety Bang!",
and "Zapety
Zap!", as the Scout tries them several times. The Scout looks desperately
for the
Wizard.
The enemy moves faster across the stage. As he knocks the Scout down and
runs
over him, he yells, "Tankety Tank! Tankety Tank!"
The Skit
The Weather Man stands in front of the map, and presents a parody of the
television evening news report. He reads from a script in his hand.
As he announces
each kind of weather, it appears, aimed straight at him from off-stage.
He announces that the South will have wind. The backdrop shakes and a
large fan
blows the papers in his hand.
The Weather Man reports that there will be snow in the North. White confetti
drops from the sky, or over the map. He reports hail in the Midwest, and
small white
objects pelt him. (Plastic packing makes good hail.)
Each time the weather reacts to his report, the Weather Man acts more scared.
Finally, he turns the page, stops, and protests that he can't do this any more.
He
needs a brave person to read the last forecast for him, and asks for a volunteer
from
the audience. With the help of the audience, the 'volunteer' is selected
and pushed forward.
The Scapegoat is handed the script, and reads, "And tomorrow this area will
have
heavy rains." Instantly, he is hit by a bucket of water from offstage.
Variation
The Weather Man and the Scapegoat will clearly expect something. In fact,
the
Weather Man will usually have a hard time hiding his anticipation. Without
warning
him about the actual outcome, get him wet instead of the Scapegoat.