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Small-Cast Comedy Skits
by CAROL GLADSTONE
Ten comedy revue sketches for teens
Cast: 2 to 5 players each skit, mixed
Age level: Junior High to High School
Playing time: 2 to 4 minutes each
Complete playkit with 10 scripts and
rights to reproduce copies: $20.95
Order #R-P1251
Hilarious short skits, sure-fire gags and situations for
both performers and audiences. Each with a big laugh
at the end. Includes: 1. Interactive TV — Cooking
show offers taste test. 2. The Audition — Wife
upstaged by husband. 3. Voice Mail — Woman can’t
get real person. 4. The Waiting Room — Jealous pet
owners in vet’s office. 5. Videomania — Weekend movie
fight at video store. 6. Oh Mother! — Four generations of
nags. 7. Technology — Home’s automatic systems go
haywire. 8. Marx Busters — Mom thinks she’s
Harpo. 9. I Quit — Saleslady won’t model clothes.
10. Body Parts — Organs complain to brain. Good
for variety shows.
TV Commercials
Hall of Fame #1
by BILL MAJESKI
Collection of TV commercial spoofs
Cast: 20 parts, mixed
Age level: Junior High to High School
Playing time: Varies, 2 to 3 minutes each
Complete playkit with 5 scripts: $19.95
Order #R-P292
Spoofing TV commercials is great fun and a sure-fire
way to lots of laughs. This parody collection of
commercials presents the ten top “winners” at the Hall
of Fame in Hard Sell, California. Assign one or two
“pitch persons” per commercial and you have
performing parts for almost everyone in class. The
product pitches are outrageously funny. Kit includes
commercials for: Fallen Arches, Roaring ‘20s
Records, Realistic Toys, Ecology Institute, New
Breakfast Cereal — Slush, Assert Yourself
Booklet, Good Neighbor Pamphlet, Triple-Dent
Chewing Gum, Super Monster Airlines and
Fallrite Parachutes. These short pitches make
topnotch rehearsal or contest material.
20 TV Commercial
Comedy Sketches
by CHRISTINA HAMLETT
Humorous satires of TV commercials
Cast: Varies, 1 to 5 players, 42 parts total
Age level: Junior High to High School
Playing time: Varies, 1 to 3 minutes each
Complete playkit with 5 scripts: $19.95
Order #R-P812
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Here are twenty short, outrageously funny pitches for
unbelievably absurd products. Commercials included are
for: Italian Express, Parts-R-Us, McRiches,
Exaspirin, Oil of Calais, Character’s Court, Time
Lapse Photos, The National Gossiper and twelve
more. Together they make a great, fast-paced comedy
show. Can also be used as stage fillers or videotaped for TV
production classes. All have small casts, minimal props and
sets. Most have one or two parts. Excellent contest or
classroom material.
20 More TV Commercial
Comedy Sketches
by CHRISTINA HAMLETT
Funny spoofs of TV commercials
Cast: 1 to 15 players each
Age level: Middle School to High School
Playing time: Varies, 2 to 4 minutes each
Complete playkit with 10 scripts and
rights to reproduce copies: $20.95
Order #R-P1684
Everyone enjoys performing comedy TV commercials.
They can be used so many different ways. Use them for
a total comedy variety show. Or use them individually
as “station breaks,” fillers or contest scripts. The
casting is totally flexible for male and female roles.
Included are: Alchemy Tech, The Germinator,
Camp Fashionista, The Rotissaphone, The iCod,
Stirbucks, Titanic Home Loans, In ‘n’ Out
Surgery, Icarus Airlines, Biff Notes and ten more.
This collection offers great character roles for all
performers. Can be videotaped for TV production classes.