Below is a photo of our self inflating balloon gag. This was a great gag in my solo show but when I did it in our Two by Two Show it never got much of a response. So I stopped doing it.
Then we needed a gag with the coat worn by a volunteer from the audience. Now it's one of the best jokes in the show getting 6 or 7 laughs in one minute!
The audience laughs when:
They see a balloon start to inflate out of his pocket.
They realize he doesn't see the balloon inflating from his pocket.
They see Muriel notice the balloon inflating from his pocket. (She freezes.)
They see him finally notice the balloon inflating from his pocket.
They see Muriel just continuing to stare at the balloon inflating from his pocket.
They see her telling him to blow at it and immediately it flies away into the audience.
And it only took me (and our machinist) one year to perfect the mechanism to do this. (Thank You, Marinus!!)
Photo Credit: Domenico Conte
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