Yay, Hypnotists!
So tonight, Megan and Tana and I went to see a hypnotist perform.
I REALLY wanted to go, so I talked them into it. ^__^
He explained that no one can REALLY hypnotize people, and that it's more of improv comedy than anything else. I knew that already, but I still wanted to go.
So he asked for volunteers to come onto the stage. Tana and I and maybe ten other people went. Megan watched. Party-pooper.
At this point I believe it is appropriate for me to explain that I love improv. I am an attention whore, and I love being able to make people laugh.
Rule One: Props are funny.
Rule Two: Unique expressions are funny regardless of what they are.
So there's twelve of us on stage, and maybe 50 or 60 people in the audience.
The first thing he made us do was this: Wake up, and imagine that you are at the beach. You're putting on sun screen. It's getting hotter.
So we started fanning ourselves. Some of us took off clothes. I took off my sweatshirt and slippers.
But then it got cold. So we all curled up together to get warm. We were all shaking and shivering...pretend, of course, but, apparently, Megan thought I might die. 0_o;
And then we noticed offensive odors coming from the person next to us. I got to hit a guy with my sweatshirt for that one.
And after that, we suddenly developed an infatuation for the person next to us. So this girl and I had to fight over this one dude, who was thrilled. And then we find out that the person next to us (with whom we are infatuated) is RICH.
Now, one thing I love about improv is that you can build off of what other people say. So one girl says of her new interest: "He's paying for his own college!"
So I grabbed the guy that I was supposed to love, and said, "HE'S paying for MY college!"
Fun times!
There were other fun parts. Tana got to be the manager of the show, and had to try to keep the audience quiet. And I had a question that I really needed to ask him, but kept forgetting it when I had his attention. So when I "remembered", and he was talking to someone else, I threw my shoe at him to get his attention.
And then we were "hypnotized" into thinking that he was fully dressed from the back, but completely naked in the front. And he's old and slightly fat...so everyone was like, "Ewww, gross!" and trying to back away.
But I smiled and winked and waved. And made the "Call me" motion. Only funny because no one else was doing it, but hey...if it works, it works. ^__^
So he made us all "go to sleep" again, and said 'If I tap you on the shoulders, you are the star of the show', meaning we did the best, I guess, since it was the end of the show.
He tapped my shoulder, but I figured it was one of those everybody get tapped things, since we couldn't see,a s our eyes were closed.
But Megan said only half of the people got tapped, so that's kind of cool. ^__^
It was so much fun. I'm SO glad I went! I want Megan to go up next time, though.
P.S. I love you WAY more than the guy I had to pretend to like, honey.
P.P.S. <3<3
I REALLY wanted to go, so I talked them into it. ^__^
He explained that no one can REALLY hypnotize people, and that it's more of improv comedy than anything else. I knew that already, but I still wanted to go.
So he asked for volunteers to come onto the stage. Tana and I and maybe ten other people went. Megan watched. Party-pooper.
At this point I believe it is appropriate for me to explain that I love improv. I am an attention whore, and I love being able to make people laugh.
Rule One: Props are funny.
Rule Two: Unique expressions are funny regardless of what they are.
So there's twelve of us on stage, and maybe 50 or 60 people in the audience.
The first thing he made us do was this: Wake up, and imagine that you are at the beach. You're putting on sun screen. It's getting hotter.
So we started fanning ourselves. Some of us took off clothes. I took off my sweatshirt and slippers.
But then it got cold. So we all curled up together to get warm. We were all shaking and shivering...pretend, of course, but, apparently, Megan thought I might die. 0_o;
And then we noticed offensive odors coming from the person next to us. I got to hit a guy with my sweatshirt for that one.
And after that, we suddenly developed an infatuation for the person next to us. So this girl and I had to fight over this one dude, who was thrilled. And then we find out that the person next to us (with whom we are infatuated) is RICH.
Now, one thing I love about improv is that you can build off of what other people say. So one girl says of her new interest: "He's paying for his own college!"
So I grabbed the guy that I was supposed to love, and said, "HE'S paying for MY college!"
Fun times!
There were other fun parts. Tana got to be the manager of the show, and had to try to keep the audience quiet. And I had a question that I really needed to ask him, but kept forgetting it when I had his attention. So when I "remembered", and he was talking to someone else, I threw my shoe at him to get his attention.
And then we were "hypnotized" into thinking that he was fully dressed from the back, but completely naked in the front. And he's old and slightly fat...so everyone was like, "Ewww, gross!" and trying to back away.
But I smiled and winked and waved. And made the "Call me" motion. Only funny because no one else was doing it, but hey...if it works, it works. ^__^
So he made us all "go to sleep" again, and said 'If I tap you on the shoulders, you are the star of the show', meaning we did the best, I guess, since it was the end of the show.
He tapped my shoulder, but I figured it was one of those everybody get tapped things, since we couldn't see,a s our eyes were closed.
But Megan said only half of the people got tapped, so that's kind of cool. ^__^
It was so much fun. I'm SO glad I went! I want Megan to go up next time, though.
P.S. I love you WAY more than the guy I had to pretend to like, honey.
P.P.S. <3<3