Equipment
11+ foot rope 2 people An audience consisting of eight or more people
Preparation
A person to talk as Bill, A person to assist Bill, Bill must talk in a different voice. Bill and another person at the end of the line both holding the line as a phone
Action
This guy is having a party and he runs out of food. So he calls up the seafood place which is High Fry Fish Fry and he gets: Bill: High Fry Fish Fry Bill speaking how may I help you?
Other person: Hi Bill, do you have any lobster?
Bill: Mobster? Mobster? We have none here. He hangs up and says: Bill: That must have been the FBI.
Other person: Wow, that must be a bad connection, we need some help. How about you from the audience? He chooses someone and they walk up to the rope and helps hold it up. He dials again and he gets:
Bill: High Fry Fish Fry, this is Bill how may I help you?
Other person: Hi Bill, do you have any Salmon?
Bill: No, no, we do not play Back Gammon here. He hangs up and says: Bill: He is just crazy. Do the same thing as you did before take a person from the audience. Other person dials up again and says:
Bill: High Fry Fish Fry, this is Bill, how may I help you?
Other Person: Hi Bill, do you have any cod?
Bill: No, no we do not have any sod here! He hangs up and says: Bill: That must have been the paper mill. Do the same as before, he dials up again and says:
Bill: High Fry Fish Fry, this is Bill how may I help you?
Other Person: Hi Bill, what do you have? Bill: Hold on let me check. He walks away… comes back and says:
Bill: Nothing but a couple of suckers on the line!! And both Bill and the other person walk away leaving the other audience members holding the line up.