Bippity Bippity Bop
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Bippity Bippity Bop is an improv game played by the Ship of Fools to warm up for Improv Shows.
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[edit] Origins
Bippity Bippity Bop is a standard improv structure that has been altered slightly by the Ship of Fools. Exactly who taught the structure to the fools is unknown.
[edit] Setup
[edit] Necessary Equipment
No special equipment is necessary for this game.
[edit] Performers
This game is for the entire Ship of Fools.
[edit] Leaving the Room
No one must leave the room, though typically this game is played in a sound proof room where the fools warm up.
[edit] Audience Suggestions
There are no audience suggestions for this game, ideally there is no audience.
[edit] Rules
The entire Ship of Fools will stand in a circle, on person will be placed in the middle and be designated to be "it".
The person who's it can point to an arbitrary person and issue a command to be acted out. The person selected, and the 2 people adjacent to them will have 5 seconds to act out said command. If any of them fail to do so, that person becomes it. The person in the middle can also say "bippity bippity bop," and if the person pointed to doesn't say "bop" before the middle person does, then that person becomes it.
[edit] Traditions
This game steeped in tradition of the Ship of Fools as commands are customized to certain fools and even to aspects of Fool Lore.
Brief descriptions of commands may follow if the fools will allow, though they may wish for them to remain unknown.
[edit] Standard Commands
- Kamikaze
- Elvis
- MC Hammer
- Hula Girl
- Cow
- Nurse
- Nursing
- Hot Dog Vendor
- Monkey
- Elevator
- Elephant
- Lumberjack
- Pimp
- Fractal Carousel of Death
- Kansas City Shuffle
- The Beatles
- The Eagles
[edit] Special Commands
These are usually targeted at specific fools:
- Save A Horse, Ride Cowboy--Cowboy
- Pole vaulting--Bottle Opener
- Death By Quicksand--T-Rex
[edit] Memorable Games
One game of Bippity Bippity Bop resulted in the nicknaming of Renee "Kamikaze" Leyburn. Typically, new members are thrown into the hectic, fast paced environment of this particular warmup and left to sink or swim. Renee held her own during the first few rounds, doing her best to catch on to the commands as fast as they were thrown at her. Kamikaze, however, threw her for a loop and she often forgot her position as the propeller on the side of the pilot. Sometimes she would mime goggles, or spin the wrong direction, or even combine it with the Pimp command, throw her arm around the pilot, and start circling her arms. This was more akin to "big pimpin' " than any sort of kamikaze, and her repeated failure at this command led to her nickname.
[edit] Variants
This game has no known variants.
