Kiddin' Silks
You're watching "WOW"
THE WIZARD do a kid show. He has called up a
young man from the audience to assist him. He
has shown a top hat empty, and then proceeded
to pull many large, 36-inch square, silks and
streamers from it. As the silks are produced,
they are at first handed to the kid to hold
and then draped all over him. They are hung
from his shoulders, his arms, wrapped around
his neck etc. As the kid is loaded with the
silks, the "wizard" keeps admonishing him to
stand still and quit moving around so much,
or the "wizard" will MAKE HIM DISAPPEAR!
The "wizard," still annoyed
at the (apparent) moving around of the kid asks
his juvenile audience, "Should I really make
him disappear?" Yes, they shout. "O.K. I will,"
chortles the "wizard" and he produces a thirty-six
inch square, white silk, and with a grand gesture
DRAPES IT OVER THE KID'S HEAD.
"WOW" says, "Well, HE'S GONE!
Now should I bring him back (?) or CHANGE HIM
INTO A RABBIT?" "Change him into a rabbit" shout
the kids (and if you don't believe they will,
you haven't done enough kid shows). "Wow" lifts
the edge of the silk that's over the kid's head,
and slips his own head under it, shouting "Do
you mind if I change you into a rabbit? He says
fine, so here goes."
"Wow" removes another 36-inch
white silk from the top hat. Holding it by the
diagonal corners, he twists it into a loose
tube. The center of the tube is placed under
the kid's chin, the ends are brought up over
the sides of the kid's face, and THE TWO ENDS
ARE TIED INTO A KNOT ON TOP OF THE KID'S HEAD.
"Wow" holds one end in each hand, and holds
them up as ears, as he says "JOHNNY IS NOW BUGS
BUNNY!" The rabbit silks and all the others
are quickly removed from Johnny and he is sent
back to his seat, ending the sequence.
P.S. Leave the silk on the
kid's head, and tie the second one right over
it.
