Pun Games
These games involve coming up with jokes and puns from the backline one at a time based of a simple suggestion.
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Description
- Improvisers get a suggestion and one at a time step forward and deliver a joke or pun with the format below.
Example
Suggestion: Banana
- 185 bananas walk into a bar.
- The bartender says, we don't serve bananas here.
- The 185 bananas say, what? are we too unappealing for you?
Alternate Version:
- 185 bananas walk into a bar.
- The bartender says, we don't serve bananas here.
- The 185 bananas say, why not?
- The bartender says, you're too unappealing.
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Gossip
Description
- Improvisers get a suggestion and one at a time deliver a pun or joke as if it were gossip about one of the other improvisers in the circle.
- This pun game is a little more conversational. Improvisers deliver their puns to each other instead of directly to the audience.
- This pun game is also very character focused. Improvisers should put on their valley girl or stuck-up kind of gossipy character.
Example
- Suggestion: Car
- Example 1
- Brad: Hey tina, did you hear about Greg?
- Tina: No Brad oh em jeee what about him?
- Brad: I heard that he contracted Chev-VD
- Tina: Oh no I hope it's not carmydia!
- Example 2
- Greg: Hey Brad can I talk to you please?
- Greg: I have to break up with Shirley.
- Brad: Oh no, how come?
- Greg: Last night she got drunk off en-gin & tonics and kissed my dad!
- Brad: Oh no gross! Kick her to the curb!
Tips
- Really play up and commit to your character choice.
- Normally in pun games, one improviser steps up and delivers their pun then returns to the back line. For this one it's more conversations and it's okay for each bit to be almost a qucik little scene.
- It's also okay to address multiple improvisers at once or to call someone in the group out(within the game).
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Performance -
Pun -