Buttered Niblets bring new talent to showcase
They acted out a scene in which two people were having sex, had to run from the police, one got stuck on a fence, and then a Harvard med school representative caught them.
They continued with several other parodies of that story and ended with a bear, about which Mallipudi had no more anecdotes, so another audience member talked about his fascination with bear skin rugs. Needless to say, the monologue skits were hilarious.
The monologues were followed by the new Niblets again, this time fighting freshman Danny Kaplan's fear of groups. In order to do this, they broke the fourth wall again and had the Niblet talk to the audience, which was strange. They ultimately resolved everything with a group hug.
The fifth sketch was called "Scripts" and it consisted of two people interacting, but senior Oleg Shik could only speak his character's lines in order from a script (that was carefully chosen by an audience member). This all took place on a "playground" and it was a dialogue between two eight-year-olds.
However, the script was very dramatic for elementary school students, so as the lines from the script progressed, the other "kid" got more and more angry. The final sketch was based on some German play and consisted of two people on stage where one would leave and be replaced by another. Each change was linked by one character. In this sketch, they made fun of Russian novels, bad accents, the economy and more.
Finally, they three new Niblets resolved to help freshman Ian White get over his fear of Eli Whitney. They take "time travel pills" and try to stop Whitney from stealing Ian's great-great-great-great-grandfather's (plus or minus a few greats) giant chicken. However, they were really just taking drugs and ended up crashing a costume party.
Overall, the Buttered Niblets broke the fourth wall and had fun doing it. They introduced some new members, tried them out, and had some fun with that too.
They have another show in December, and it's sure to be a riot.
You can't even rent a movie for a dollar anymore, but you can see the improvisation of the Buttered Niblets right here on campus, and you may even get to be part of the joke.
They continued with several other parodies of that story and ended with a bear, about which Mallipudi had no more anecdotes, so another audience member talked about his fascination with bear skin rugs. Needless to say, the monologue skits were hilarious.
The monologues were followed by the new Niblets again, this time fighting freshman Danny Kaplan's fear of groups. In order to do this, they broke the fourth wall again and had the Niblet talk to the audience, which was strange. They ultimately resolved everything with a group hug.
The fifth sketch was called "Scripts" and it consisted of two people interacting, but senior Oleg Shik could only speak his character's lines in order from a script (that was carefully chosen by an audience member). This all took place on a "playground" and it was a dialogue between two eight-year-olds.
However, the script was very dramatic for elementary school students, so as the lines from the script progressed, the other "kid" got more and more angry. The final sketch was based on some German play and consisted of two people on stage where one would leave and be replaced by another. Each change was linked by one character. In this sketch, they made fun of Russian novels, bad accents, the economy and more.
Finally, they three new Niblets resolved to help freshman Ian White get over his fear of Eli Whitney. They take "time travel pills" and try to stop Whitney from stealing Ian's great-great-great-great-grandfather's (plus or minus a few greats) giant chicken. However, they were really just taking drugs and ended up crashing a costume party.
Overall, the Buttered Niblets broke the fourth wall and had fun doing it. They introduced some new members, tried them out, and had some fun with that too.
They have another show in December, and it's sure to be a riot.
You can't even rent a movie for a dollar anymore, but you can see the improvisation of the Buttered Niblets right here on campus, and you may even get to be part of the joke.
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