PUPPET SKITS

 

TITLE: I Ain’t Got No Body

 

CATEGORY:

Song

(Bible Story; Social Issue, Comedy, Song, Black light, Shorts, Misc.)

 

STORY SUMMARY:  This is a black light song.  Black light puppet sings song.

 

CRUX OF STORY/LESSON:  Just for fun.

 

PUPPETS

PUPPETEERS

Black light puppet:

1.      Black light puppet Head (Fluorescent face on black wood block attached to a long black stick.  The mouth can be a hair scrunchie painted with fluorescent paint.  Attach a long metal rod (black) to give mouth movement.

2.      Hands (Another Puppeteer’s hands in white gloves)

3.      Feet (Bright fluorescent shoes or feet on a black rod).

 

·        Three puppeteers

o       Head

o       Right hand and foot

o       Left hand and foot

 

 

PROPS

PROPS

PROPS

Fluorescent clothes

1.      Shirt

2.      Pants

3.      Tie

4.      Music of song, “I Ain’t Got Nobody”.  Louie Armstrong has a good version.  Tape words over song or sing live.

 

 

 

OUTLINE OF STORY:

PROPS / ACTIONS:

·        Puppet face comes up

·        Hands and feet enter and dance toward face.

·        Black lights are turned up

·        Music begins (long intro)

·        Puppet face enters center stage

·        Left hand and foot, Rt. Hand & foot enter on opposite sides of stage and dance toward center.

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·        Puppet’s hand (left or right) goes down and returns with a shirt.

o       Other puppet hand reaches over and the two puppet hands hold the shirt below the head of the puppet like he was trying it on.

o       Hands let go and shirt falls

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·        Puppet’s hand (left or right) goes down and returns with pants

o       Other puppet hand reaches over and the two puppet hands hold the pants below the head of the puppet like he was trying it on.

o       Hands let go and pants fall.

·         

Puppet sings:

·        “I ain’t got no body.  No body cares for me.”

·        “I’m so sad and lonely.  No body you can see.”

·        Puppet face mouths words to dubbed tape or sings words along with song, karaoke style

·        Hands can make like they’re rubbing tears in puppet’s eyes

·        “I’ve got happy feet.”

·        Feet dance wildly

·        “I’ve got snappy hands!”

·        Hands snap and move together.

·        “But, I ain’t got no body.  No body you can see!  No body!  Noooo Booody!”

·        Hands can make like they’re rubbing tears in puppet’s eyes

·        Puppet’s hand (left or right) goes down and returns with tie

o       Other puppet hand reaches over and the two puppet hands put the tie over the puppets head

o       Hands let go and tie falls.

o       Repeat with other clothes

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Puppet sings:

·        “No body cares for me!”

·        Lights go down.

·        Music stops and lights go out.