May 31st Cross Keys Thame
2 old friends from school, Dave and Graham meet at their 17th annual school reunion, and by a stroke of luck, this one actually is at their old school (after 16 previous years of somehow managing to turn up at the wrong school each time) so much to reminisce and re-live, as they tour the old classrooms Graham spots something, surely not, it can’t be, behind the back of one of the seats, it’s only the old half-eaten chewing gum he stuck there, it would be horrific, disgusting, unhygienic to eat it surely, but then, that was the best chewing gum he’s ever had…….quite the decision awaits him, but what did Graham Choose?
World 1 – A Tasty Treat a Tricky Trachea
Graham eats that gum, what’s the worst that can happen……..well, it turns out the worst that can happen is that the hyper-aged gun develops intense stickiness and lodges in Graham’s throat.
As he gasps for air and tries frantically to communicate his distress to Dave they try all the classics, yoghurt, marmite, sulfuric acid but nothing seems to work, until Dave remembers the awesome dissolving power of vinager.
His life saved Graham recounts the horror of the near-death experience, the horror, mixed with overwhelming delight, that gum, aged like a fine wine, was even more delicious than he remembered it.
Armed with the knowledge form the countless schools they have visited having gone to the wrong re-unions all those years, our 2 friends embark on a quest to track down the finest blend of chewing gum, market it, and make their millions.
But was this the world our audience chose to save, or was it…………….
World 2 – A foot Fastened, a friend forgotten
Of course Graham isn’t going to eat that gum, what a ridiculous idea, Graham throws that gum back down, onto the chair.
The conversation quickly moves on, and the two friends discuss what else might be left in the school, maybe their secret stash kept behind a loose ceiling tile might be there.
Mike climbs up, using chair, blissfully unaware of the gummy fate awaiting his foot as he steps, being disturbed from it’s dormant state has activate the gums sticky properties, and Mike finds his foot stuck fast. After a fevered debate about whether the use a Bunsen burner for foot liberation purposes is appropriate, Graham abandons Mike to his fate.
Later, after searching for over a week, Mike’s wife Sarah arrives to rescue him, but it’s too late, prolonged exposure to the gum has left Mike warped, changed, he has become one with the gum and as Sarah goes to hug her husband, hoping to re-kindle his humanity a hideous merging happens and a 2 headed gum monstrosity is born.
But Was this the world our audience chose to save?
WE…..ARE…..GUM!
The audience chose a world doomed, a world where the first gum-human hybrid monster has been unleashed, first it tracks down Graham, seeking revenge for his part in it’s own Hideous creation, after merging with him and becoming now a 3 headed monstrosity the abomination strides confidently out into the wide world………..seeking her victims!
Carried Away Improv 