Engine Trouble
| Props: | pan and something to hit it with for sound effects; chairs arranged like airplane seating |
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| Notes: | set chairs like an airplane cabin. place the pilot's seat up front and the sound effects scout off to the side but visible. |
[Pilot:] Welcome passengers. We have now departed and should be arriving in our destination in about 4 hours.
Sound effects person - *hit pan or other big crash noise*
[Scouts:] look around confused* [Pilot:] I regret to inform you that we have lost engine number 1. Don't worry, because this is a four engine plane. We can still Zake our journey, but it will take 8 hours.Passengers complain and then finally get used to it*
Sound effects person - *hit pan or other big crash noise*
Passengerscouts look around confused. Panic yells
[Pilot:] Uhhh... I have a bit more bad news. We have just lost engine 2. We can still make our journey, but it will now take us 16 hours.scouts start complaining more, but learn to deal with it*
Sound effects person - *hit pan or other big crash noise*
[Pilot:] (sighs) Folks, we just lost engine number 3. Don't panic though; we can still make it even if we don't have all four engines, so it will work. But... it is going to take 20 hours.Passengers look around confused. no yells
Sound effects person - *hit pan or other big crash noise*
[Pilot:] (in a panicky voice) Uhhhh.... We, uhhh, just lost engine number four... [Passenger:] (Interrupting) Great! Now we are going to be stuck up here all day!