The 2005 Zalumni Reunion Show Skitlist
There will be a series of posts to look forward to over the next week or so. People should post pictures, thoughts, impressions, and whatever else they like.
To kick it off I thought I'd post the skit list (as faithfully transcribed as my feeble HTML skills will allow). Seems a good thread to celebrate and critique the skits.
ZA 20th Anniversary Hoe-Down
Opening?
First Line - Felipe? 2 otha brothas or sistas
Z Force - H - Rich, H - Randy, V - Keith, F - Ben
Concussion - Jeff, Ricardo
Gibberish - CeCe, Ben, Schwab, Pete
Roshomon - Chris, JJ, Sam - Soul - LaVonna
Scrabble - Keith, Pete - C - Steve
World's Worst - LaVonna
Shoulda Said - Sean, Steve, Greta - C - Chris
Altered - Randy, Magary
Movie - Actors - Julia, Emily - Reviewers - Toby, Winch
Conscience - D - Brendan, A - Spike, M - Sarah
60-30 - Goose, Betsy, LaVonna - F - Spike
Evil - J-Ice - Winch, Jeff
Beastie - someone current will start, yo
To kick it off I thought I'd post the skit list (as faithfully transcribed as my feeble HTML skills will allow). Seems a good thread to celebrate and critique the skits.
Opening?
First Line - Felipe? 2 otha brothas or sistas
Z Force - H - Rich, H - Randy, V - Keith, F - Ben
Concussion - Jeff, Ricardo
Gibberish - CeCe, Ben, Schwab, Pete
Roshomon - Chris, JJ, Sam - Soul - LaVonna
Scrabble - Keith, Pete - C - Steve
World's Worst - LaVonna
Shoulda Said - Sean, Steve, Greta - C - Chris
Altered - Randy, Magary
Movie - Actors - Julia, Emily - Reviewers - Toby, Winch
Conscience - D - Brendan, A - Spike, M - Sarah
60-30 - Goose, Betsy, LaVonna - F - Spike
Evil - J-Ice - Winch, Jeff
Beastie - someone current will start, yo
posted by (d)avid at 1/23/2005 10:51:00 PM
1 Comments:
Chris, you undervalue the benefits of education: "Degree says I can." Any hillbilly can have a sign, but Goose's redneck had a diploma.
Let's see opening? Um ... it didn't exist. Maybe it would have been nice to craft one because twenty-seven people slowing milling through the crowd is not exactly hot comedy chili starter. The opening used to be the best part of our show and get the crowd into it. I think we should definitely start writing one for 2010 on the blog in the next couple of weeks. After five years, it should be fairly impressive (though, I hope the Paris Hilton jokes I have in mind don't age well).
First Line -- good prop: a furry purple butterfly chair cover. Can't think of any one joke that really cracked me up, but lots of good ideas floating around. My only complaint was that some of the claps were a little too fast, so the initial joke got thrown out there, but no return volley was possible. A clear example of a group that had not practiced together.
Z-Force -- solid. Faigin was conquering the world through an all you can eat Buffet and proceeded to rattle off an impressive list of foul foods commonly found in buffets. The superheroes mode of travel to the secret lair were extremely good. I think Randy had been practicing for Rubik's Cube for the last five years. And he calls it improv.
Concussion -- Jeff McMahon, ladies and gentleman, in all his various guises. You could tell he is older now, because all that running around made him visibly tired. It was funny because he's old and fragile. And who would have thought low energy could work so well in the skit, but Ricardo and Jeff played off each other well.
Gibberish -- who would have thought "Holocaust Museum" could work so well? The audience was groaning because it was inappropriate, but couldn't blame the guesser, who had no clue. "Scribble, waffle, scrabble." Dan Schwab, ladies and gentlemen. And Cece can hoola-hoop like it is noone's business. So, that's why they let women into the group now.
Roshomon -- Fagan reprises the asshole roommate and Chris Green creates a creepy dentist. Sam, our newest alum, holds his own with two legends. And you can buy Sam's hilarious Za t-shirt at cafepress.
Scrabble -- I don't remember any of the particular letter combinations. I do remember being entertained. Dude, I'm blanking. Rewind the tape ... oh, there is no tape (which is a shame, especially since the group now has amazing video equipment, those movies were kick ass).
World's Worst: Dog catcher and Executioner. Props to Greta for recycling the tying bacon to the front bumper joke for Executioner. What was the Executioner joke that received such a big laugh to close out? My memory is hazy.
Shoulda Said -- Chris got into the calling. I think he longs for this type of power in daily life. Very funny. Sean and Steve had real father/son drama going on. I felt like I was watching an ABC After School Special. Greta looked like she belonged on a tight rope.
Altered States -- The show might have been the only time that we didn't screw up the suggestions (maybe because the audience was offering them, rather than us). Popsicle stick salesmen in a bowling alley. I was "bowled over" by Randy and Magary's "schtick" (sorry folks, but the puns don't get any better). The clap in clue got laughter. Never really understood that phenomenon, but it exists.
Movie Review -- Toby and I talked afterwards and discovered that our rocky start was the result of differing skit structures. The older generation fronted the skit straight and then went into character. We always fronted the skit in character, but forgot the movie and had to ask the audience. So, in 2010, be sure to agree on how the skit is performed beforehand. I thought Julie and Emily did a great job working with scenes that were not well set up. I was never sure how much detail to put in as a reviewer, because as an actor, it was frequently easier to create your own scenes. Again, working together more than once every five years might help. I think we need to schedule yearly practices in a major metropolitan are like New York or DC or Boston. I'm not blaming rustiness, because I clearly have had the improv portion of my brain lobotomized during graduate school. Emily Christiansen knows a huge number of 17th Century chores. Time to salt the pork and prepare to sell our canned bats to the Mormons in 200 years.
Conscience Conflict -- I really like the newbies' alterations to the skit. It works much better. Interacting with Captain Ahab is funnier than having someone scoot up and speak in a falsetto. Not sure about Spike's Chief Wahoo-esque way of getting on stage, but the single tear joke was definitely funny. An old cultural reference and he's not even an alum yet. Welcome, Spike. You're one of us! You're one of us! You're one of us!
60-30 -- Defying all expectations, the skit that requires the most teamwork (in part because there isn't a formula for each scene) exhibited the most cohesive pairing. The skit worked precisely because the actors didn't step on each other's lines. Goose's gas station owner just kept getting bigger and bigger to hilarious effect. GOOOOSE!
Evil Avenger -- Replace rifle with big ass stick and the result is almost the same. I wonder if Dodd has seen anything quite that disturbing since Fagan and Hedgehog allowed a "Satanic Cult" themed party and didn't allow the hosts to take down the decorations until AFTER the Williams Christian Fellowship had their meeting the following Sunday night. Jeff adapted the skit well for the alumni show when he recognized the Evil Avenger. I thought about defending Jeff, but decided against it -- not wanting to garner the wrath of the Evil Avenger. Yes, I am a coward.
Beastie -- Two people had a great back and forth where each line built upon the other. I think it was Ben and Sean. Worth the price of admission all on its own (unless you take seriously opportunity costs, but what the hell else are these college kids gonna do?).
All-in-all, I thought it was a pretty solid show for a bunch of old farts who spend their day thinking about law or statistics or film or law -- did anyone else notice that Za has generated a HUGE number of lawyers? I had a great time and I think the audience was amused. And to think that some of us (me included) were wondering about the utility of the show.
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