After watching a lot of Stand Up comedy shows, and Improvisation Television shows, I have come up with an idea, which I shall be pitching on Monday. It is a Stand-Up/Improvisation show, which I shall be calling 'Funny People'
The show will feature the host, and 4 semi pro comics/improvisations/contestants if it were. It will start with the host coming on, and doing a short Stand-up set, lasting a couple of minutes. Then as he introduces the comics that will be playing, very short VT's about each contestant will be shown.
The show will then feature a series of rounds, all improvisation games and stand-up games. For example, one round may feature the contestants being given objects or items, and they must come up with a series of uses to use them as different props in little skits, or even create a joke based around the prop they get.
Others may include being given a topic, and the contestant must tell a short joke based on that topic, or a short improvisation skit based on those topics.
Audience participation will also be included, where the host will ask the audience for an opening line, to set a scene, etc. and the contestants will have to act out that scene.
I shall post up later a detailed list of all the rounds :)
I think this idea of mine is very good as it will be original, people don't see improv shows on television anymore after Whose Line is it Anyway ended years ago, and I would like to bring it back, but with a modern twist of stand-up, which is all the rage at the moment!
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