Scouting: Skits p12
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This article is from the Scouting FAQ, by Bill Nelson nelsonb@nospam.aztec.asu.edu, Soaring Golden Eagle eagle@rangernet.org and Alan Houser troop24@emf.net with numerous contributions by others.
Scouting: Skits p12
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.
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