My friend Marie Harrop and I had fun this morning with a little improv session. Be prepared to witness silliness. 🙂
I’m Curious
What do you think of improv in general or our little improv in particular?
Transcript
Dr. Stephie:
Hey. It’s Doctor Stephie here and my dear friend Marie Harop.
Marie:
Action. Okay. So here we are. It’s Sunday.
Dr. Stephie:
Sunday is Fun Day! We’ve got some cool, silly improv for you just to torture or entertain you. You take a pick.
But, anyway, we were talking about the word “trying.”
You were saying you were trying to buy a condo?
Marie:
Trying to buy a condo!
Dr. Stephie:
And what did I tell you?
Marie:
Well, “trying” seems to be open to failure.
Dr. Stephie:
It has failure backed in.
Marie:
Yes, it does.
Dr. Stephie:
So, we were thinking that maybe we should come up with something that gives you credit for…
Marie:
… the action, for the effort, for the intention.
Dr. Stephie:
Then, somehow, we got to (talking about) Switzerland. How did we get there?
Marie:
We got to Switzerland because we had a grumpy audience.
(both laughing – we were referring to my 14-year-old son, who had shown up on the scene)
Dr. Stephie:
We did have a grumpy audience.
That’s easy to come by when a teenager lives in the house with you. Yes. Sometimes, things happen that cause instant grumpiness.
Marie:
Right. And you never know why sometimes. They’ll never tell you.
Dr. Stephie:
We were just sitting around and doing our silly sassiness.
Marie:
Yeah.
Dr. Stephie:
And, then he (my son) was sitting there sort of not smiling, but not being grumpy anymore. So, that’s how we came up with Switzerland.
Marie:
Being neutral. He does not have to be super up, but we also did not want him to be super down.
Dr. Stephie:
Switzerland has a lot of good things about it in addition to being neutral. Swiss army knives?
Marie:
Yes. Swiss army knives. Those are famous all over the world.
Dr. Stephie:
Swiss cheese.
Marie:
Swiss cheese.
Dr.Stephie:
Although it has big holes in it. Sometimes, you wonder: Are you really getting your money’s worth?
Marie:
Yeah, you wonder how smart the Swiss are because they sell this in pounds, yet they keep all the cheese (from the holes) for themselves.
Dr.Stephie:
Hmm…
Marie:
Good marketing.
Dr. Stephie:
Maybe there is special air in those holes.
Marie:
It could be.
Dr. Stephie:
That makes me think of fondue. I am fond of fondue.
Marie:
I have not had fondue in a long time.
Dr. Stephie:
You need to be around here more often because we had it recently. Did you know you can have it not just with bread but with broccoli?
Marie:
Well, Vegetables would be a great addition.
Dr. Stephie:
And what else? Okay. Back to Switzerland.
Marie:
We were wondering what their negatives are because they can’t be all positive if they’re neutral.
Dr. Stephie:
Right. So, if they’re neutral, just so you can follow us here… overall, they are well known for being a neutral country. So (for example), if they have positive thinking, there has to be something else that is negative. We need to try to figure that out…
What? I said, “Trying!” Let’s say “attempting.” It’s a word where you give yourself some credit… giving yourself a pat on the back – or shoulder.
(laughing)
Marie:
Yeah, shoulder! …it’s too strenuous (to pat yourself on the back)
Marie:
Yeah. We might have to work up to it.
(laughing)
Dr. Stephie:
Back on track.
Marie:
Okay, back on track!
Dr. Stephie:
We are attempting to figure out the negatives that balance out the positives to get to the neutral total. You know, it’s just physics.
Marie:
Right!
Dr. Stephie:
Positives and negatives in the right amounts.
So, what did we go ahead with?
Marie:
Well, we were thinking that perhaps they have very few children. Maybe their population…
Dr. Stephie:
That could be positive or negative depending on … whether the kids are grumpy!
(both laughing)
Marie:
Yeah. Maybe they have some rotten apple kids, and maybe that one is enough.
Dr. Stephie:
We were thinking earlier that maybe the Swiss didn’t have enough children. And so it could be that Switzerland, as we know it, is shrinking. It might vanish at some point. Yes. Although that is a problem that afflicts a lot of countries in industrialized nations.
Marie:
First world. In Europe especially, not in America. I think we are overpopulated, aren’t we?
Dr. Stephie:
I think it is immigration. It is not Americans having two kids on average… (?)
Marie:
And there’s Dr. Stephie keeping us fact-checking.
Dr. Stephie:
I’m not sure. I feel your response is crushing. It’s “Sunday is Fun Day;” there is no fact-checking going on!
(both laughing)
Dr. Stephie:
No. We just have no idea how many children the Swiss have. We have no idea whether it’s, you know, one child and three dogs or one child and one cat, we have no idea.
Marie:
Or if it is .9, less than one. Less than a whole. Does that mean that some people have very small children?
(laughing)
Dr. Stephie:
Don’t they grow up?
Marie:
They do grow up.
Dr. Stephie:
Okay. So, I think we should finish this nugget off. Keep it short.
Marie:
Yes, keep it short.
Dr. Stephie:
If we took the word “grow” as an acronym, what would it be?
Marie:
Okay. Very good. So G would be…
Dr. Stephie:
Gorgeous.
Marie:
Very good. R would be … Rambunctious?
Dr. Stephie:
Oooh…
O would be…
Marie:
Ostentenious?
Dr. Stephie:
I was going to say “organic.”
Marie:
“Organic” is better.
Dr. Stephie:
W…. wonderful!
Marie:
Wonderful!
Dr. Stephie:
That brings us to: You are wonderful! Thank you for watching this very silly episode of “Sunday is Fun Day.”
Marie:
Yeah. Sunday is Fun Day with Dr. Stephie
Dr. Stephie:
And Marie Harrop.
Marie:
Thank you!
Dr. Stephie
P.S.: I appreciate you commenting and sharing this with others. Thank you!
