How to Play the Improv Alphabet Game

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JAYNE ENTWISTLE: Hi. I'm Jayne Entwistle with expertvillage.com. ANDREW STUBBLEFIELD: And I'm Andrew Stubblefield. Welcome back. JAYNE ENTWISTLE: We're going to teach you a great game today. This is called the alphabet game. What I love about this game is anyone can play this. You, at home, can play this. You can play this with your kids; kids can play it with each other. Anyone--you could play it walking down the street. It's a very simple game, and how it works is we get a suggestion of a letter in the alphabet--let's say, 'D.' We're going to start with the letter 'D.' I'm going to start with my sentence. The first word of my sentence has to begin with the letter 'D,' then Andrew is going to say a sentence. His sentence has to begin with the letter 'E,' and then I do 'F' and then he does 'G' and we keep going on and on until we've gone all the way through the alphabet. So this is a game that anyone can play and this is called the alphabet game. Andrew, what can we use to start off this game? ANDREW STUBBLEFIELD: Okay. How about the suggestion of furniture? JAYNE ENTWISTLE: Furniture. All right, seeing this is going to be something about furniture and, remember, it's the alphabet game and let's start with the letter 'D.' So you follow along and make sure we're doing the alphabet right. Doug, I need you to pick up this couch and move it on down the stairs. ANDREW STUBBLEFIELD: Enough, Felice. I'm sick of you bossing me around. You want me to lift that up? You gotta tell me something nice about me. JAYNE ENTWISTLE: Fine. I'll tell you that I really like your hair. ANDREW STUBBLEFIELD: Good enough. JAYNE ENTWISTLE: How easy was that? All I had to do was compliment you about your hair. I thought you'll lift that thing up! ANDREW STUBBLEFIELD: I thought that you did that lovely. JAYNE ENTWISTLE: Just because we're married doesn't mean that we have to forget about giving compliments to one another. ANDREW STUBBLEFIELD: Killing me with words has always been your nicest ability. JAYNE ENTWISTLE: Well, loving you is the easiest thing I ever did. ANDREW STUBBLEFIELD: Mmm-umm, those are some fine words. JAYNE ENTWISTLE: Now we better get to moving this furniture. ANDREW STUBBLEFIELD: Oh, okay. JAYNE ENTWISTLE: Please, help me just gather up all these boxes. ANDREW STUBBLEFIELD: Listen, don't rush me. I can do this. JAYNE ENTWISTLE: I believe we're on the letter 'Q.' ANDREW STUBBLEFIELD: Quite so. JAYNE ENTWISTLE: Right you are. ANDREW STUBBLEFIELD: So, how did you come across this? This is nice. I never knew you had a pillow made of Elvis' likeness. JAYNE ENTWISTLE: Took that from my grandma, I did. ANDREW STUBBLEFIELD: Ugh. Never thought something could be so grand. JAYNE ENTWISTLE: Very well. Just put it in the box. ANDREW STUBBLEFIELD: Woowee doggie. You got some heavy stuff. JAYNE ENTWISTLE: Xylophone's the heaviest thing I got. ANDREW STUBBLEFIELD: Zounds. Kinda skipped a letter there. JAYNE ENTWISTLE: All right, it's okay. We're just teaching a lesson here. ANDREW STUBBLEFIELD: Bet it may. True enough. JAYNE ENTWISTLE: Compliments to you ANDREW STUBBLEFIELD: And that's the alphabet game, a roundabout way to play. As you could see, I mean we always didn't necessarily keep to it and that's the fun of improv is not everything has to be done with the exact format that it's set up to be as long as it's entertaining and you're having fun doing it. JAYNE ENTWISTLE: And following the rules.

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