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Summary: Learn how to play the improv comedy game 'Gibberish' in this free video clip.
Les McGehee is a working, award-winning comedian and improvisation pioneer, who has entertained and trained millions of people throughout the US and the world for 20 years. He has...read more
"You want to give me my first? I’ll give you the word first; I’ll give you a word, oh, okay. How about glutstach. Glutstach, is the residue the bread-maker has to scrape off the table. It’s that really sticky dough residue that has to scraped off. Could you tell me the definition of burglesplatter? That would be the leftover remnants of a McDonald’s Happy Meal. Oh, and sometimes even the residue of a toy from China. Ah, cool and scary. It’s a Chinese toy. Current events joke, don’t know when you’re watching this, but that’s a current events joke. I like those toys. That’s uh, give me a word. Oh, how about whatnot? Whatnot? That’s a word; well it’s not actually. Well it is now. Whatnot is a category in a Dillard’s department store that they get a royalty on whenever anyone else uses the word so you owe them a quarter. Okay? Very good, like an icecap. Upperlandcritis? Oh, that is one of those really painful gas attacks that you get after a colonoscopy. Oh, I really don’t want to go any further with that. Okay, I’ll do one more definition though. Okay, you’re going to give the definition for this work, let’s see, going deep into my; redashedtiwation? Redashedtiwation, is the retrospective repetition aspect that becomes the original motion because of the law of double negatives. Whew, I’m very impressed. There’s the game of gibberish definitions, some pointers about that game; you need to assume you’re right, you need assume that you’re idea is a really great idea, and also don’t plan on what you’re going to say, because if you wait the word will imply some possible meanings to you and that makes it’s extra good, extra funny to us playing at is if you can kind of tell why they made up what they did, it’s kind of a sub text of their choices. Now, what is another pointer? It went that way. Now, do we have another pointer about that game? No, now give me one more. Okay, let’s see, spitonyfleck? That’s the that’s the illusion in astrophysics that you’re seeing a planetary collision but in fact you’re not. Oh, very many people have been fooled by the spitonyfleck. I know. Another fringe benefit, who Spitony was, that’s right, that’s why they named it after him, huh? Well, don’t be flecked, like Mr. Spitony did, instead have some fun, fellows. We’ll play more games in other clips. You’ll find us, go play and come back. My names Les, my names Murray, play well with others. "
eHow Article: Play the Improv Game Gibberish: Part 2