Humor

The Humor Project is assigned to Freestyle Seniors and is meant to challenge students and allow them to explore different comedic mediums and styles. In English we read and discussed many of these different comedic styles such as stand up, satire, and improve. After gaining a solid understanding of these concepts we then had the opportunity to select a style and create a performance to show our own take on the topics.

After gaining a comprehensive understanding of the different types of comedy I decided that preforming a skit would be a good fit for me. I enjoyed the improve exercises we practiced in class as well as story telling aspect that a skit allows. Although a skit is planned out I still felt challenged when having to play off each others idea to see what flowed well together. Our final product ended with a skit about a mom, tween, and young child and some awkwardly timed questions on their car ride home.

Script

Narrator: It’s a sunny day in a random state. A mom and her two children, an obnoxious tween and tiny, annoying child are driving home.
Kid: Where are we going?
Mom: Home.
Kid: Are we there yet?
Mom: No, sweetie.
Kid: How about now?
Mom: I’ll tell you when we are close.
Tween: If you keep talking, we might just leave you on the side of the road.
Kid: … *eats cheerio*
Mom: *death glare at Tween*
Tween: I said might.

Pause*

Kid: Are you and Dad going to get a divorce now?
Tween: *makes excited face*
Mom: Why on earth would you think that?
Kid: Steven at school says that if parents fight they get divorced.
Mom: We don’t fight he just needs to realize I’m right.
Pauses…..*eats cheerio*
Kid: How are babies made?
Mom: Umm well you see, when a mom and dad really love each other-
Tween: Sex makes babies.
Mom: Hey! She’s only 6!
Tween: I thought she turned 8.
Kid: 6 and a half.
Mom: That’s the other one.
Kid: What’s sex?
Tween: Amy’s Saturday night (What Amy does in the Janitor’s closet every 4th period)
Mom: IT’S NOTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW RIGHT NOW

Pauses*

Kid: Are we going to be homeless?
Mom: Why would you think that?
Kid: Steven has the new nintendo switch and we don’t, which means we’re poor. We’re so poor that I only have the Wii U. Poor. *eats cheerio*
Mom: Not getting a toy does not mean we’re poor.
Kid: And Steven has TWO rooms. And TWO houses.
Mom: But your mom and dad live in the same house with you, isn’t that nice?
Kid: I don’t got no Nintendo Switch though.
Tween: When – I mean if Mom and Dad get a divorce, we’ll both get what we want.
Mom: Do you really want to live in a house where there are only 3 meals? scrambled eggs, poached eggs, and sunny-side up eggs?

Pause*

Sweetie we’re almost home,about five minutes
Kid: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 –
Tween: 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19-keep up-
Mom: OKAY LET’S PLAY THE QUIET GAME

Pause… *eats cheerio*

Tween: Hey, give me one.
Kid: No, you have cooties.
Tween: Why is it different all of a sudden? ( I’m a girl too) (Is it because Amy sits next to me 5th period?)
Kid: You’ll spread the old disease. Mom’s already infected you.
Tween: Old? I do not have as many wrinkles as that woman.
Mom: Hey! In some cultures, the old people are considered beautiful for their wisdom.
Kid: Yeah I don’t think that’s here.
Tween: Yeah here we have plastic surgery, or you’re kicked to the curb.
Kid: Steven’s mom has big lips.
Tweens: Steven’s mom has bigger-
Mom: OKAY NO ONE IS WINNING THE QUIET GAME RIGHT NOW.
Tween: Doesn’t matter, she’s not going to get her Nintendo Switch anyways.
Kid: Rude. *throws cheerio*
Mom: Oh thank gosh- We’re home! Everybody get out of the car and leave me alone!
Tween: (turns to kid) Try asking Dad for that Switch. Yesterday he gave me $20 for ice cream.  


Final Humor Preformance