Cultural Event Three: “As Seen On TV” Play
About:
The “As Seen On TV” production was entirely written, produced and acted out by the students in the Patriot Players. The play was performed Thursday, May 1st, 2008. Basically, it was a bunch of popular TV program and commercials—that you love or hate—that were made into parodies. There were twenty three programs or commercials that the Patriot Players performed. It lasted for about an hour so it was not that long. A couple of teachers were performing in the play as well.
Analysis:
I loved this performance so much! Almost every television show and commercial they put in the play I knew and a lot of them were hilariously funny. However, there were a few that I thought could have been portrayed better and a few that I did not understand at all.
The Verizon Wireless skit was hilarious. They actually performed two of these. The first one was about a guy asking a girl out to prom and after he does the called gets dropped so the girl is freaking out screaming “Yes, I’ll go with you!” but the guy thinks she does not like him because he cannot hear a word she was saying so he just says, “Okay, well nevermind. I’ll see you on Monday.” And you can see the girl start to cry about it. That was funny. The other one was a call to a suicide hotline. A kid was standing on a box—pretending it was a cliff—and told the girl on the phone that all he needed was someone to say they needed him and that they cared for him. Of course the call gets dropped so he could not hear the reply. So the kid gets angry and shouts, “I knew no one would care. Okay, I’m going to jump then!” And the kid rolls of the box. That was also funny but sad also.
The Scrubs skit was not memorable at all. I didn’t even know what was going on the whole time. So sadly, this is one that I really disliked. Also, the Unsolved Mysteries scene is a blur to my mind. I cannot even remember what was happening.
The Geico Commercial was hilarious. It was the one with the “real person” and then a “hired celebrity.” I could not figure out who the celebrity was but he had an English accent. But he ends up interrupting her when she explains her situation asking if she’s seen his dog.
The Survivor skit was funny, really funny. There were two teams—four wore red bandanas, the other four wore green—and one host on the stage. What was funny about it was the last immunity challenge was so long. He spent two minutes explaining the humongous task they had to perform. And once he finished, everyone completely forgot. Then it comes back to this skit and apparently everyone voted themselves off the island to free them from their misery. I found that hilarious.
The ESPN SportsCenter Commercial was alright. It was not as funny as I thought it would be. Two people in the office were talking—one of them apparently Sharapova—and the guy offered her a can of tennis balls. Believing they were what he said they were, she opened the can and out came a canned worm thing. She gets angry and throws the can at him and storms off.
The next few were really good. You had America’s Next Top Model, a Master Card parody—“with some teacher singing the entire country song,--and a weight loss infomercial featuring a girl who lost ninety three pounds but also lost a lot of her vital organs but does not care about it!
The CSI, Cash Cab, Blue’s Clues, and the Hannah Montana parodies were not memorable at all. They were dull and sometimes very stupid. You could not hear the people talking in a couple but the other ones were just not funny.
My favorite scenes were the Flirting Skit and the Movie: The Ring act. The Flirting Skit was a reenactment of a hilarious scene filmed on MadTV and the Movie: The Ring parody had white light flashing a girl with black hair reappearing under a screen crawling towards the audience. It was kind of creepy but it was awesome!
Overall, I loved this performance very much! It was really entertaining and kept me wishing it was much longer!
About:
The “As Seen On TV” production was entirely written, produced and acted out by the students in the Patriot Players. The play was performed Thursday, May 1st, 2008. Basically, it was a bunch of popular TV program and commercials—that you love or hate—that were made into parodies. There were twenty three programs or commercials that the Patriot Players performed. It lasted for about an hour so it was not that long. A couple of teachers were performing in the play as well.
Analysis:
I loved this performance so much! Almost every television show and commercial they put in the play I knew and a lot of them were hilariously funny. However, there were a few that I thought could have been portrayed better and a few that I did not understand at all.
The Verizon Wireless skit was hilarious. They actually performed two of these. The first one was about a guy asking a girl out to prom and after he does the called gets dropped so the girl is freaking out screaming “Yes, I’ll go with you!” but the guy thinks she does not like him because he cannot hear a word she was saying so he just says, “Okay, well nevermind. I’ll see you on Monday.” And you can see the girl start to cry about it. That was funny. The other one was a call to a suicide hotline. A kid was standing on a box—pretending it was a cliff—and told the girl on the phone that all he needed was someone to say they needed him and that they cared for him. Of course the call gets dropped so he could not hear the reply. So the kid gets angry and shouts, “I knew no one would care. Okay, I’m going to jump then!” And the kid rolls of the box. That was also funny but sad also.
The Scrubs skit was not memorable at all. I didn’t even know what was going on the whole time. So sadly, this is one that I really disliked. Also, the Unsolved Mysteries scene is a blur to my mind. I cannot even remember what was happening.
The Geico Commercial was hilarious. It was the one with the “real person” and then a “hired celebrity.” I could not figure out who the celebrity was but he had an English accent. But he ends up interrupting her when she explains her situation asking if she’s seen his dog.
The Survivor skit was funny, really funny. There were two teams—four wore red bandanas, the other four wore green—and one host on the stage. What was funny about it was the last immunity challenge was so long. He spent two minutes explaining the humongous task they had to perform. And once he finished, everyone completely forgot. Then it comes back to this skit and apparently everyone voted themselves off the island to free them from their misery. I found that hilarious.
The ESPN SportsCenter Commercial was alright. It was not as funny as I thought it would be. Two people in the office were talking—one of them apparently Sharapova—and the guy offered her a can of tennis balls. Believing they were what he said they were, she opened the can and out came a canned worm thing. She gets angry and throws the can at him and storms off.
The next few were really good. You had America’s Next Top Model, a Master Card parody—“with some teacher singing the entire country song,--and a weight loss infomercial featuring a girl who lost ninety three pounds but also lost a lot of her vital organs but does not care about it!
The CSI, Cash Cab, Blue’s Clues, and the Hannah Montana parodies were not memorable at all. They were dull and sometimes very stupid. You could not hear the people talking in a couple but the other ones were just not funny.
My favorite scenes were the Flirting Skit and the Movie: The Ring act. The Flirting Skit was a reenactment of a hilarious scene filmed on MadTV and the Movie: The Ring parody had white light flashing a girl with black hair reappearing under a screen crawling towards the audience. It was kind of creepy but it was awesome!
Overall, I loved this performance very much! It was really entertaining and kept me wishing it was much longer!
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