Have you ever been traveling in your car listening to the radio when you suddenly reach an area in which stations begin overlapping each other's signals? The is the premise of this skit performed by the Boy Scouts of Troop 68 during their 2006 Laughs For Lunch Show. Each of the five Scouts represent a radio station that keeps getting interrupted by another station's programming. The five radio stations include Fantasy Land, a Twins baseball game, a cooking show, a gangster show, and an advertisement for the Boy Scouts of America.

 

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This is one of my favorite skits, but does take a little practice to get the timing done well. The script for the show can be found on Troop 68's website: http://melrosetroop68.org/campfavskits.html#RADIO

I first saw this done at one of our troop campfires. I took a copy of it and we did this skit for the WB participants when the staff demonstrates a campfire program during the first weekend. It was me and my 2 AQM's and the Scribe and Assistant Scribe. Rain was threatening, so the campfire had been moved to an alternate location that has a high cathedral ceiling and giant flaps that open up to the outside. Part of what made this fun was while the participants were inside, we stood outside the flaps in the dark so they got a real feeling of listening to the radio without any visuals. It was a huge hit.

I first saw it performed over 30 years ago at Camp Hi-Sierra. It was hilarious and we have done versions of it over the years. Last time was three years ago with a bunch of den leaders in an end of year pack meeting.

 

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