![]() Harry Potter, and iconic old-school “retro” cartoons and movies. Suggestions come from a particular thread of pop culture that includes things like Star Wars, Star Trek, This left others confused, and wanting to know just what was so funny. Of the audience would laugh at a reference to something that seemed to have happened at some other Where they find new members), and as a result some of the jokes seemed a bit internal. Purdue Improv Club, they hold open improv forums in which anyone can come play improv. It did seem that much of their audience came from their weekly open forums (as part of the Their show is marked by a certain type of humor though, which is great for some, but may be off-puttingįor others. Three Things in particular is a strong game for SoF. Telephone with a murder twist, and “Three Things”, a favorite of the Ship of Fools in which an action isĬarried out with mundane objects replaced with fantastical ones supplied by the audience(for example,īrant “Rubble” Bell was parachuting, but instead of a parachute, he was saved by Jesus popping out of Mystery”, an improv regular in which three or four participants play a mime and gibberish game of The last line of the one before it to carry on chronologically with a different timeline, “Chain Murder Eric “Beard” Talbert was quite entertaining in this final role.Ī few other memorable games were “The Clap”, in which several scenes are carried out, each using It is a very effective game, though a lot of work for whoever is left standing at They thenĮliminate one person, and redo the scene with only 3, and then so on until it’s just 1 person left Games SoF performed is called “Eliminator”, where a scene is acted out with four people. (Think Who’s Line Is It Anyway?) One of the more successful – they performed an hour and a half long set of short-form improv games, led by their moderator andįor those who may not know, a short-form improv show consists of games that have some sort of rule (yes we can have crepe sundaes!) to perform in front of a packed house.Īmid the shouts of “Huzzah!” and slow-clapping that are the trademarks of the SoF – and it’s audience ![]() It was standing-room-only on AprilĨth, as the performing arm of the Purdue Improv Club (known as the Ship of Fools) took the stage at The Ship of Fools certainly knows its audience, and caters to them. This review is brought to you by the talented Tim Franklin!
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