How to Play the "Slideshow" Party Game

Video Transcript

"Hi, I'm Teri Lynne, and I'm here on behalf of Expert Village, and in this segment we're going to showing you a game called Slideshow. Now this is a greater physical improv game, and you need a minimum of four people to play this game. We're going to play it with two to demonstrate it, but it's good to have at least four. You choose one person in the group who's going to be the expert on something. And choose something that they're not actually an expert on. Just any topic or subject, anything from rubber bands to architecture, it doesn't really matter. The other two to three people are going to be the slides for the expert. Anyone else that's there, they'll be the audience that the expert is giving the lecture to. And, it's a nice physical game for the people that are the slides, because every time the expert goes click, they're just going to take a shape or a movement, and the expert has to explain what this slide is, and how it pertains to what they're an expert on. The audience can also ask questions to the expert about the slides, which kind of keeps the expert on their toes as well. So it's a really nice, creative game. So, Dave's going to be my slide--I'm going to show maybe two or three slides. You do this game, the expert might want to choose four or five slides to show. Are you ready? Oh, we're going to need a topic that I'm an expert on. Producer? Underwater basket weaving. Underwater basket weaving. Excellent choice. All right, well thank you all for coming folks, I've prepared a nice little slide show on underwater basket weaving. I'm sure you'll find it riveting. My first slide. All right, as you see, this is a man getting to his--he's in his snorkeling gear getting ready to participate in the giant underwater basket weaving competition of 2007. Now this was held in the Cayman Islands, deep in the depths of the waters. It was such a phenomenal success. We raised thousands of dollars for the underwater associations around the world, and this man actually came in second--it's remarkable. We're going to move on to the next slide--click. This is a finished product of what the basket looks like. Of course, it's not weaved with regular basket weaving stuff, it's seaweed, and coral, and sponge, and silver dollars, and all sorts of underwater type things in here. It's really quite beautiful. The thing is, they're meant to be left underwater. You don't take them above, because they will crumble and die and not really hold their shape, so they're made to be kept in and admired underwater such as this one. Click. So, again, you can play as many slides as you want, and keep choosing different experts and different people to come up and be the slides. The more people the better for the slideshow as well. And that's how you play Slideshow."