hey people well i have a need 4 ideas. i dont have alot of money and i have a try out 4 a job. i have a possome, and a drawing board. i do some what of magic and i need a routen. sorry 4 my spelling im not so good. i have a chick pan, a silk caddy, a handkerchief pedestal, and a sorcerer's assistant gag. well thanx people and i aprechiat it alot. i need to do a hour show.
oh and i can do different characters. scientices, wizerd, detective. thanx

You don't have enough visuals for a one hour show, so you are going to have to turn your audience into characters as well to help entertain.

You could start off with a skit with the possum (there is one listed in this column) and at the end of the skit the opossum appears to be dead. That is when you decide to call in the detective! Put the opossum into a container, and get out your props as a detective, such as a magnifying glass, "dusting powder", trench coat, or gangster hat. Also swear in an assistant detective. Use the pink panther theme in the background (or something similar).

Now you are going around looking for clues, which you have previously hidden in the area. They could be notecards with jokes. "Why did the chicken cross the road? Answer: To show the opossum it could be done!"

Where would you find a opossum? In a tree! It's his favorite hangout!

You finally decide that the "clues" aren't enough. You are going to need a scientist, so you send your assistant back to his seat, turn yourself into a scientist and choose another assistant. Use the chick pan to mix some chemicals and turn them into a clue.

But not even the scientist and the detective can find what killed the opossum. So you need the help of a wizard. Do the wizard's assistant. Use the silk cabby to tell about Merlin the magician's ability to hide himself or to disappear from one place and appear in another. (With a small silk you could also do this with a thumb tip).

Finally you go back to being yourself and you decide to say a few last words over the opossum. When you bring him out again (with your hand inside) you say lots of nice things about him and you don't notice that he keeps nodding his head in agreement! Finally, you notice and have a conversation with him about playing opossum! He thought it would be okay since he has seen you die many times on stage!

Note: This will not last an hour, so you will need to come up with stories, balloon twists, or something else to fill the time. Think of your other areas of talent:
Simple cartooning? Singing? Pantomime? Competitive game?

P.S. Use the drawing board to draw a picture of who you think may have committed the crime, or to draw a picture of the opossum and offer a reward for anyone who knows anything. Then it comes to life...