Need Help w/ Short Skit for Packed Audience in 2 Weeks

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The discussion centers on the urgent need for a short, funny skit suitable for a solo performance in front of a large audience, with a preparation time of two weeks. The performer expresses anxiety about stage fright and a lack of experience in performing. Suggestions for skit ideas focus on humor, with a preference for light-hearted content rather than serious themes. A comedic routine inspired by Brian Doyle-Murray's stand-up from the 1970s is shared, featuring a series of humorous exchanges and absurd scenarios involving a nightclub setting, mistaken identities, and witty banter. The skit emphasizes improvisation and comedic timing, making it a potential fit for the performer's needs. Overall, the discussion highlights the importance of humor and creativity in crafting a memorable performance.
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Im in a bit of a fix. I've got to perform a short skit of under 5 minutes infront of a packed audience. I've got about two weeks to prepare it, but I have no idea what to perform. I'm looking for a short, funny skit that I can do alone. Perhaps with two or three characters at the most. I've never done anything like this before and I absolutely can't get out of it. PLEASE Please, please, for the love of god, please help me! I don't even know where to begin! I'm not even on stage yet and I have stage fright!
 
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Will this do?
http://www.tommcmahon.net/2006/06/brian_doylemurr.html"
 
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I can't access that link. It won't open up.
 
Is there a theme or genre you're aiming for?
 
Anything funny. I've never done this sort of thing before, but I think I'd rather do somehting funny than serious. Even if I mess it up a bit, I can improvize...
 
chaoseverlasting said:
I can't access that link. It won't open up.
Brian Doyle-Murray's Stand Up Routine From The 1970s
Brian Doyle-Murray said:
A man walks into a nightclub with a beautiful girl on his arm
The show begins and the comedian comes out for his first show of the evening
The comedian says "A man walks into a nightclub with a beautiful girl on his arm
The show begins and the comedian comes out for his second show of the evening.
The show begins and the comedian says "A man walks into a nightclub with a beautiful girl on his arm"
Just then a man in the front row stands up and says "I think I've heard this before"
The comedian says "Well maybe you caught my first show of the evening"
The man says "No, I just walked in here"
The comedian says "Well it was a guy looked just like you walked in with a beautiful girl on his arm could have been your twin brother"
The man says "My twin brother's dead"
The comedian says "What is this, a wake?"
The man says "I don't have to stand for this"
And he stands up and he walks outside
And the comedian says "Are you out there? I can hear you breathing."
The man says "I'm holding my breath"
The comedian says "Well I'm holding you wife"
Just then the man says "That's not my wife"
And he walks back into the nightclub with another beautiful girl on his arm
"Who's that lady I'm seeing you with" the comedian says
The man says "This is my wife. That other lady is my dead twin brother's wife
You can take her if you want her"
And the comedian says "Not unless you say please"
Just then, a man walks into a nightclub with a tatoo of a beautiful girl on his arm eating elbow macaroni.
The comedian says "Is that girl from Italy?"
The man says "No just hungry"
Just then a man walks into the nightclub, he comes riding into the nightclub, on a pony, with a feather stuck into his hat
"What do you call that?" the comedian asks
"An entrance" the man says "But forget that"
Just give me a beer and give my pony a jockey"
The bartender says "I think that pony's had enough already"
"Well make it a short jockey" the man says
"And while you're at it give that lady's lawyer some briefs"
The lady stands up and says "I can defend myself, your Honor"
And the lawyer says "But I'll defend her honor, your Honor"
The judge says "Well on her or off her, make up your mind"
The comic says "Definitely on her, that's the best offer I've had all day"
"Well take it or leave it" says the Judge
"Couldn't we just drop it?" says the comedian
He says "You better drop leaflets before you bomb"
And the comedian says "I'm already bombing"
He says "Maybe it's your material"
He says "You don't think it fits?"
He says "Well it could be let out a little"
The comedian says "How much do you think it will cost me?"
He says "It'll cost you an arm and a leg"
The comic says "Well listen, could you put it on the cuff?"
The tailor says "I'll tell you what I'll do. We'll forget the leg and I'll just charge you an arm"
And a beautiful arm it is
"OK" says the comedian and the tailor cuts off the comedian's arm and gives him the suit
The tailor calls his girlfriend and asks her to go out on the town with him in order to celebrate
He calls on his girlfriend and gives her the beautiful arm as a gift
She wears it around her neck just like a stole and they go out on the town
The man walks into a nightclub with a beautiful arm on his girl
The show begins and the one-armed comedian comes out for his last show of the evening.
He does his act, and the audience stands up and gives him a hand
 
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