Scouting: Skits p19
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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 p19
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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