HI EVERYONE
HOPE ALL IS WELL WITH YOU ALL....BUT I AM HAVING A LITTLE DIFFICULTY WITH A NEW CHARACTER I JUST GOT ...ITS A GOAT AND I NEED A 3-5 MIN DIALOGUE FOR KIDS,IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE RELIGIOUS, BUT I AM GOING ON A CRUISE WITH A GROUP OF KIDS AND NEED TO ENTERTAIN THEM WITH THIS CHARACTER... COULD SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME WITH IDEAS OR EVEN A SKIT... AND A WALK AROUND AS WELL BECAUSE I KNOW THAT I WILL PROBABLY BE STOPPED AND THE CHILDREN ON THE SHIP WILL WANT TO MEET AND GREET WILLIE..I AM THINKING AN AN NANNIE AND A COUSIN BILLIE.....SO SOMETHING TO SAY IN A WALK AROUND...THANKS ALL HAVE A SAFE HOLIDAY WEEKEND...
There is a song, possibly at www.thebutterflysong.com that goes like this...
I don't wanna be a goat, nope. (The kids learn to sing it and to shout out nope.)
I don't wanna be a goat, nope.
Live my life without a hope, nope!
I don't wanna be a goat, nope.
I just wanna be a sheep. Baaa!
I just wanna be a sheep. Baaa!
Pray the Lord my soul to keep. Baaa! (or I just wanna eat and sleep. Baaa!)
I just wanna be a sheep. Baaa!
Goat: You know I'm not the only goat on this boat.
Vent: Really? I haven't seen any others.
Goat: I haven't seen him yet, but I heard a lady say that she was on this cruise with her old goat.
Vent: I think she was talking about her husband.
Goat: OH! Is he the one with the goatee?
Vent: Are you a nanny goat or a billy goat?
Goat: I'm a billy goat. I have a cousin Billy who is also a billy goat. And I have a cousin, Suzanne.
Vent: Is she a nanny?
Goat: She's a ninny.
Vent: Boys and girls, this goat used to be very mean. If I bent over he would come up behind me and push me with his head. But now he's much nicer. I think he likes me now.
Goat: That isn't why I stopped.
Vent: Then why did you stop?
Goat: I was afraid I would get arrested.
Vent: Why would they arrest you for pushing me from behind?
Goat: They might think I'm a DOPE pusher! (goat laughs)
For walkaround it is always good to have the kids pet the animal. You can worn them not to put their hand in his mouth because he eats anything! He especially likes finger food! However, that will only encourage them to try.
One way to come up with a routine for an animal puppet is to research it on the internet. Do a search for goat jokes. Also, look up information about goats. Often you can say a serious line and the goat will follow up with something funny.
Vent: Boys and girls, a goat can put all four feet into one small spot.
Goat: That's because of all the other goats. I don't want to step in anything.
Hi Tony
Thank you for the short skit and few jokes but can you take it a step further adding something like butting in or something about the childrens maaaa maaaa or I was asked to leave the ship at the next port because I keep butting in...
Songs come to ming like
Where are you going Billy (or need I ask)
or
Where have you gone Billy Boy Billy Boy
or
Billy Don't be a Hero
Please Tony help me fill in the blanks, because thats what I feel like I am shooting I am new to walk arounds and need to make this right. I know you have been there for me before...
V: Boys and girls, I am happy to be with you today. I'd like to introduce myself.
G: Wait! It's my turn! I want to go first!
V: This is Billy Goat...
G: You can call me Bill Gates for short.
V: And my name is...
G: NOT IMPORTANT! Okay, I want to sing a song.
V: Wait a minute! Will you please slow down?
G: (real slow) O--o--kaay. I'm going to sing a S-L-O-W song.
V: We talked about this.
G: About what?
V: We talked about your butting in. Now I was talking and then you started talking. Do you know what that is called?
G: When you talk and then I start talking?
V: Yes.
G: That's called Ventriloquism.
V: It is called Butting In, or interrupting. If you want to say something you should wait your turn. Or you could say, "Excuse me."
G: Accuse me.
V: Not ACCUSE me.
G: Well, it sounds like you're accusing me! I just don't want you to forget me!
V: I haven't forgotten you, Ninny.
G: I'm not a Nanny goat. I'm a Billy Goat.
V: Never mind. Now what song would you like to sing?
G: I'd like to sing a duet with you. You start it off.
V: What's the name of the song?
G: Where have you been Billy Boy?
V: Oh. I get it. You're a billy goat, so you are Billy Boy and I'll ask where you've been.
G: Sure. Go ahead.
V: Where have you been Billy Boy, billy boy. Where have you been
G: HANDSOME BILLY!
V: Stop. You're butting in again! I sing the question and then you answer it. And the word is not Handsome it is ...
G: DON'T SAY IT!
V: Stop butting in. The word is ....
G: NOOOOOO!
V: Charming. Not handsome. Charming.
G: Shakes his head and tries to hide.
V: What's the matter.
G: Charmin is toilet paper!
V: (laughs) Oh. The word is CHARMING. That means that you are very nice and people like you.
G: Really?
V: Yes.
G: It doesn't mean that I'm squeezably soft?
V: No. Now let's start over. Where have you been Billy boy, billy boy? Where have you been Charming Billy?
G: I was hungry for some trash, so I took all of your cash.
V: What? You took my money?
G: I was hungry!
V: (to boys and girls) Should we find out what else he has been doing? Where have you been Billy Boy, billy boy. Where have you been charming billy?
G: I went to get some food, and I pushed some little dude.
V: Where have you been Billy Boy, billy boy. Where have you been charming billy?
G: I was getting really hot, so I drank out of the ...
V: OKAY! Okay!
G: You're butting in!
TONY YOUR A GENIUS AND YOUR ARE SO APPRECIATED, NOW WHAT IF THE GOAT WASN'T RUDE, BUT CUTE AND SWEET, EVEN THOUGH HE BUTTS IN SOME TIMES, HE WAS TAUGHT BETTER MANNERS BY HIS NANNIE, WHO RAISED HIM FROM A KID...HE EVEN LIKES TO SING, WHICH WOULD BE A COMPLETE OPPOSITE.
TONY YOUR A GENIUS AND YOUR ARE SO APPRECIATED, NOW WHAT IF THE GOAT WASN'T RUDE, BUT CUTE AND SWEET, EVEN THOUGH HE BUTTS IN SOME TIMES, HE WAS TAUGHT BETTER MANNERS BY HIS NANNIE, WHO RAISED HIM FROM A KID...HE EVEN LIKES TO SING, WHICH WOULD BE A COMPLETE OPPOSITE.
You could give him most of the same lines, but his voice will tell his personality. Also, add the Excuse Me before he butts in because he would already know it.
Try writing a poem with goat rhyming words:
Goat boat moat coat wrote afloat
Dear Norman Joseph. One idea for writing in this forum is to use capital letter for proper nouns(names); titles, and at the beginning of sentences.
Tony, has given you a valuable tip..if you're writing about stoats..say the "oat" with all letters of the alphabet in front of it.
Also haunt used bookstores and yard sales and buy a paperback, rhyming dictionary.
Also on the Internet call up some of the song lyrics of Noel Coward and see what a master rhymer can do. I'd first suggest the song, Mad Dogs and Englishmen. Another option is one of the incredible patter songs in a Gilbert and Sullivan light musical comedy like He Is An Englishman.
ALL.
He is an Englishman!
BOAT.
He is an Englishman!
For he himself has said it,
And it's greatly to his credit,
That he is an Englishman!
ALL.
That he is an Englishman!
BOAT.
For he might have been a Roosian,
A French, or Turk, or Proosian,
Or perhaps Itali-an!
ALL.
Or perhaps Itali-an!
BOAT.
But in spite of all temptations
To belong to other nations,
He remains an Englishman!
Its close but not quite correct Its Norman Jay but I do wish to thank all of you who have lent your asssist to a newbie vent, who as of yet doesn't deserve the mantle ventriloquist, to be a vent is to master the entire spectrum of voice, breathing technique, yes it seems like I am hard on myself and so be it...A comedian an actor who can handle 2 roles at the same time a singer a producer, director, choreographer, and that is just the tip of the ice berg... so i rely on the knowledge of those with the experiernce and I want you all to know how much it is appreciated.. so much kudos to you all.