How to Play the What Are You Doing Game

Video Transcript

"LES MCGEHEE: So, we'll try quick round of this and that will be a great game that you can play with your friends. This is another game that's fun to do in the car. You don't have to do the physical activity. It's fun to take themes. Like for instance it's November, I know what month it is. It's November while we're standing here taping this for you and so in November, we're coming up on a holiday. Let's make Thanksgiving a theme here. So all of our ideas have to have something to do with Thanksgiving. Let's give it a try. You got the act of [PH] activity first? JOE PARSON: Okay. LES MCGEHEE: Alright. What are you doing? JOE PARSON: Basting a turkey. What are you doing? LES MCGEHEE: Inviting all of my Indian friends over. JOE PARSON: Hey you all! Come on over! We've got all kinds of [INDISCERNIBLE]. LES MCGEHEE: What are you doing? JOE PARSON: Buying celery at the grocery store. LES MCGEHEE: I would like a large head of celery for the large turkey that I'm going to be baking for my entire family. JOE PARSON: What are you doing? LES MCGEHEE: Planting maize with a fish at the root of all my crops. What are you doing? JOE PARSON: Wishing I had a shovel so that I could harvest my crops. LES MCGEHEE: Technology [PH] JOE PARSON: What are you doing? LES MCGEHEE: I don't know. I would be out. The host would say "He is out of there" and somebody else would take the challenge and try and take Joe down. He gets to keep the stage as long as he can. It goes like that only better. So, here is a great game you can play with your friends. And we have a parting message for you to close out this Improv 101 course based on the book Les McGehee Plays Well With Others brought to you by Les and his good friend Joe Parsons. We'll be back for that last clip in just a minute. But don't time us. "