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Need Help for Party for 50-Year-old
I just booked a gig for a birthday party for a woman who is turning 50. It's in three days. I said I would do a magic show and then balloons. Any ideas for the magic show? What do you do differently for an adult party than you do for a child's? There will be guests from age 2 1/2 to sr. citizens and quite a few teenagers.
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02-03-2010, 10:18 PM
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O.K. I will be watching this thread too as I may have an adult gig coming up this summer. The only thing I can think of for you Pickles is can you tie into some old time songs for her era to play off of?
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02-03-2010, 10:59 PM
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Old time songs like from the 60s and 70s?! HEHEHE!
Ummm. . . If you are going the "Over the Hill" route, you can do medical gags:
"Prescription" Glasses
"Discharge Paper" (a roll of TP)
etc. . .
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02-03-2010, 11:15 PM
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Oh, now I understand, at first I thought the party was for you..
(Boy I'm glad today isn't a "pie the avatar" day!)
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02-04-2010, 12:06 AM
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I was hoping she meant me
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02-04-2010, 08:08 AM
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Seriously, clowns, I NEED HELP!!!!! We have many many many years before you have permission to poke fun of my advanced age.
I asked the daughter (who booked the show) how she felt about "over the hill" jokes, and she said a little of that was fine.
Also, since the birthday "girl" has no idea a clown is coming to her birthday party, I need to think of some grand entrance.
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02-04-2010, 08:21 AM
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Wrinkly aged pickles?
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02-04-2010, 10:37 AM
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What I have done in similar situations is treat just like any other birthday party. Sure you can sprinkle in some over the hill jokes but is that truly in character? When I do balloons at a party I bring the b-day person up front and make them all the balloons they can handle. Doing this with a 50 year old is more fun and funny. I wouldn't change your show to much, if it works for kids it will work for adults.
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02-04-2010, 11:13 AM
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I think it would be kinda funny if you exaggeratedly treated her like a 5 year old. Just like you would any other child, it would be funny.
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02-04-2010, 11:27 AM
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Thanks, guys. I was kinda starting to think the same thing -- treat it pretty much like any other kid party. I always bring along a crazy giant hat for the birthday kid to wear. I'm definitely envisioning this 50-year-old lady wearing my humongous "party animal" hat. It has a large stuffed dog on top -- it's outrageous.
I think it would be funny to turn her into a bunny rabbit (the wand that unrolls into a rabbit). I have a big mooing cow flashlight, so I can hypMOOtize her first, so she doesn't feel anything.
I think I'll also have her help me bake a birthday cake. Maybe, in addition to wearing the tiny bakers hat and apron, I should also have her wear some prescription glasses, so she can see what she's doing. I agree that too much of the over-the-hill stuff isn't really in Pickles' character, but a tiny bit might be funny. Can you think of any special ingredients that we should add to the cake batter for a 50-year-old's cake?
Ooo, I think I'll use my new magic drawing board too. The birthday girl can be my model, and I will draw her portrait.
I'll do the Vanishing Banana too, just cuz it's fun. And I'll bring kazoos for all, so we can serenade the birthday girl with Happy Birthday.
Now, any ideas for my grand entrance? Or maybe instead of handing out tons of kazoos (another expense) I should enter the party playing Happy birthday on a kazoo. What do you think?
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