Worst skit you ever had to perform in?

[AGDAlum]

Agreed! This will be a good thread!
(I escaped dreadful skits by being Panhellenic v.p. and then president, but I'm sure many GCers will have tales to tell.

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QUOTE: "Worst skit you ever had to perform in" would be a good thread. I remember one year, back in the 80s, we did a Best Little Whorehouse in Texas lip-synch skit. It boggles my mind that anyone involved in recruitment planning thought THAT was a good idea! I remember wondering "how did I get roped into doing THIS?", and also having some serious concerns about the possibility of a wardrobe malfunction! Hmmm...I wonder if I still have that feathery boa?
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I'll get some popcorn, sit back, and wait for you all to chime in.

[NutBrnHair]

I was Wink Martindale in a "Tic Tac Chi-O" skit.

(and yes, amazingly, we did pledge quota)

[JayhawkAOII]

Not a skit, but horrid none the less. Years ago (close to 20), someone higher up in the organization thought it would be a good idea to issue a rush video and instructions. The video was introduced at Convention for all to see. Sounds good so far, right? The video was done by one of our southern chapters who held rush during the winter months. It was thought, at the time, that all of the chapters would incorporate this theme into their rush plans.
The video was a Christmas theme rush party. Complete with velvet dresses. Complete with Christmas songs rewritten for the rush party.
At this time, I was a collegian, and our chapter advisor was Jewish. Strike one. She was horribly offended, and I couldn't blame her.
Kansas has rush in August. Ever been to Kansas in August? Not the time you want to wear a velvet dress. Strike two.

The video was sent out to all of the chapters, but it died a quick death, thankfully.

[HQWest]

I was a dancing fish in a Gilligan's Island theme party which included the history of the sorority set to the theme of Gilligan's Island. This would have been funny in the 60s or 70s when Gilligan's island was on TV - in the 90s it was just awkward and weird.

[TSteven]

Originally Posted by HQWest

I was a dancing fish in a Gilligan's Island theme party which included the history of the sorority set to the theme of Gilligan's Island. This would have been funny in the 60s or 70s when Gilligan's island was on TV - in the 90s it was just awkward and weird.

Too bad YouTube wasn’t around then.

[LAblondeGPhi]

Transferring from the other thread, although I wasn't in this skit:

My sophomore year we did a skit based on a PNM going through recruitment and having a hard time deciding which chapter to join. That night, she has a dream sequence where she is visited by her Rho Chi/stylist who brings a rack of clothing that represents different aspects of sorority life: a sisterhood scarf, community service something, and my favorite: GOOD TIMES PANTS.

It wasn't funny. It didn't really make any sense. It made a weirdly sexual reference that the writers clearly didn't get, but the rest of us did. It did have some good dance interludes, though.

[MaryPoppins]

Any hackneyed Broadway sampler you have ever sung or viewed.

[TriDeltaSallie]

Originally Posted by JayhawkAOII

Not a skit, but horrid none the less. Years ago (close to 20), someone higher up in the organization thought it would be a good idea to issue a rush video and instructions. The video was introduced at Convention for all to see. Sounds good so far, right? The video was done by one of our southern chapters who held rush during the winter months. It was thought, at the time, that all of the chapters would incorporate this theme into their rush plans.
The video was a Christmas theme rush party. Complete with velvet dresses. Complete with Christmas songs rewritten for the rush party.
At this time, I was a collegian, and our chapter advisor was Jewish. Strike one. She was horribly offended, and I couldn't blame her.
Kansas has rush in August. Ever been to Kansas in August? Not the time you want to wear a velvet dress. Strike two.

The video was sent out to all of the chapters, but it died a quick death, thankfully.

We did do a Christmas-themed round and it was one of our best rounds. We had a few Jewish women in our chapter and we specifically talked with them about it before making the decision to run with it. I do think I lost a rush crush over it (she was Jewish), but overall the response to the theme was overwhelmingly positive. We didn't wear velvet though.

[carnation]

I was thinking about how in the seventies, almost every rush skit was about a clueless rushee who was trying to discover a home and after meeting several wonderful ABCs or XYZs, she finds her real home. Think Alice meeting various Wonderland characters who show her why she should be an ABC or Dorothy doing the same in Oz. If it wasn't that, it was a takeoff on a musical like Carousel or Showboat with sorority terminology inserted.

I did play a cancan dancer in Pi Phi Showboat my senior year (a certain photo of that kept showing up on Facebook last year ). What on earth the cancan had to do with Pi Phi, I can not remember; that's just what you expected with skits back then.

33 is right, philanthropy should be replaced before skit is but I have no clue what they could replace either one with.

[Sciencewoman]

Every skit I was in left a lot to be desired. Don't ask me why I never learned to stay in the audience.

Sophomore year we did South Pacific. I was not even familiar with that musical, and I'm pretty sure none of the PNMs were, either. I remember bending over and mussing up our hair while we sang, "I'm gonna wash that man right outta my hair!" Which only served to leave us all with bad hair.

Junior year I transferred and had already made affiliation/move-into-the-house arrangements. The first night on campus, the overzealous Rush Chair tells me, "We're doing a Disney theme. We've all been working all summer to put our costumes together. You need to come up with a Disney-themed costume NOW!!!" I paired a black formal dress with Snow White Evil Queen make-up. I carried a basket with a "poisonous" apple. We all came down the stairs in our crazy Disney get-ups. I distinctly remember who was dressed as Alice in Wonderland, Snow White, and Peter Pan. They all looked GREAT...the rest of us, not so much. There are only so many Disney princesses to go around. Some people got stuck being the dwarves, cute animals, etc.

Senior year was the aforementioned Best Little Whorehouse in Texas theme...a 180 degree turn from Disney the year before.

[KSUViolet06]

I've heard a lot of "omg the skit that year was SO bad" stories from my sisters who went to other schools. So funny. Then I promptly thank God that my alma mater didn't (and still doesn't) have them. lol.

In terms of what we have instead, we have House Tours/Sisterhood. They're like 50 min long, you tour the house and watch some sort of slideshow/video from that chapter.

We do however have Philanthropy day, and I have heard of and experienced some pretty bad craft projects in my day. So it evens out.

[aephi alum]

At the start of my junior year, we did a fairytale-themed skit during open houses. I was a fairy and had these stupid cardboard "fairy wings" taped to the back of my shirt. Before each party started, I was to put a handful of glitter in the palm of my hand, make a fist, and keep my hands behind my back as the PNMs came in and the skit began. Then came my big line - something like "This is a magical land! Would you like some fairy dust?" at which point I was supposed to bring my hands out from behind my back, open my fist, and blow the glitter towards the PNMs. Only problem was, my hands were so sweaty that the glitter stuck to my palm! After the first party, the rush chair took me aside and said, "Lose the fairy dust." (The PNMs got a good chuckle, though. I think it drove home the point that we were just as nervous as they were.)

[Cheerio]

I had only to 'perform' as a rushee in this skit by watching it. XYZ sorority members dressed like Ronald McDonald, the Burger King, Wendy from Wendy's, and the clown from Jack-in-the-Box. I believe each character represented a house on campus: one house had colors resembling a character's burger home (there's one on every corner nationwide); one had a rep as very flirtatious women (have it your way); one house pledged mostly redheaded women (and perhaps silly hair-dos?); and the house performing the skit was lots of funfunfun (please join us, we make poor jokes about other houses in our skits). Quite an unusual method of rushing potential members. Oh, and the Ronald McDonald NEVER smiled the WHOLE TIME she performed/spoke with individual rushees.

[PeppyGPhiB]

Originally Posted by Cheerio

I had only to 'perform' as a rushee in this skit by watching it. XYZ sorority members dressed like Ronald McDonald, the Burger King, Wendy from Wendy's, and the clown from Jack-in-the-Box. I believe each character represented a house on campus: one house had colors resembling a character's burger home (there's one on every corner nationwide); one had a rep as very flirtatious women (have it your way); one house pledged mostly redheaded women (and perhaps silly hair-dos?); and the house performing the skit was lots of funfunfun (please join us, we make poor jokes about other houses in our skits). Quite an unusual method of rushing potential members. Oh, and the Ronald McDonald NEVER smiled the WHOLE TIME she performed/spoke with individual rushees.

Someone needed to show these girls this clip from Elf!

[ForeverRoses]

Originally Posted by JayhawkAOII

Not a skit, but horrid none the less. Years ago (close to 20), someone higher up in the organization thought it would be a good idea to issue a rush video and instructions. The video was introduced at Convention for all to see. Sounds good so far, right? The video was done by one of our southern chapters who held rush during the winter months. It was thought, at the time, that all of the chapters would incorporate this theme into their rush plans.
The video was a Christmas theme rush party. Complete with velvet dresses. Complete with Christmas songs rewritten for the rush party.
At this time, I was a collegian, and our chapter advisor was Jewish. Strike one. She was horribly offended, and I couldn't blame her.
Kansas has rush in August. Ever been to Kansas in August? Not the time you want to wear a velvet dress. Strike two.

The video was sent out to all of the chapters, but it died a quick death, thankfully.

Um, I totally remember that Christmas skit! That was the skit they performed when I went through rush. In September. In a tent outside.

The next year we switched to a Brady Bunch themed skit.