Jooniper
12-12-2008, 11:06 AM
Has anyone used this skit before?
You get your case, lift it up, and it decides it doesn't want to go anywhere else.
You pull, push, kick, drag and sulk, but your case doesn't budge an inch.
When you eventually fall over and give up, take the case with you :)
It usually gets some laughs!
I use a version of that pantomime. Basically, after a bunch of finnegeling, I give up in frustration, find a couple of little kids to assist me, and get them to lift the case onto a table, then praise them for how strong they are in moving that terrible case which I couldn't get to go anywhere.
Sveety Pie
12-13-2008, 10:31 PM
Heulyn, thanks for the suggestion. I'm just now starting to use a suitcase, so will use that. I've seen it, but now that I'm an official funny person, everything is in a new perspective. If you know who Red Skeleton was, this sounds like something he would have done. He was a great comic here in the states.. around the 1950's. He's probably on uTube somewhere.
SuitcaseSam
12-13-2008, 11:55 PM
The suitcase gag sounds like a great one. When it comes to that kind of pantomime, I can only suggest you talk to Forum member Chance Marmalade. Perhaps he can help.
He's an anti-gravity mastermind.
Good Luck with it.
~Sam 8-)
Jooniper
12-14-2008, 09:17 AM
Tim, that sounds like a better ending than falling over! (Although it's a good excuse to practise your tumbling!)
Sveetie Pie, I wish you all the best luck performing this one - I know I found it hard to keep the case still while I was acting the fool!
And Sam, I shall go and message him as soon as I get the chance... uh.. no pun intended. xD
OkiDoki
01-13-2009, 03:21 PM
A well known but very need gag
YouTube - Martin Forget - Kofferman (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xc9M-GulQ6I)
YouTube - Vaudevillian Mikael Rudolph in "Swim Home" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOjE6ltf3oY&feature=PlayList&p=95FB833244906ADC&index=8)
YouTube - Gamarjobat 1 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rZzOoLb8po&feature=PlayList&p=71DF1E60CD8C4EF8&index=0&playnext=1)
And I know there are more you tubes with suitcases like these when you keep looking. I'm practicing on it myself at the moment