For shriek reaction from kids, the pants business has it, also the pratt-fall finish. For this idea an active type act is best so that performer can work himself into a lather, get a good reaction from the audience only to find the answer to all his efforts is No Soap. The making up angle has good sales possibilities to the principal while booking as well as creating audience interest in schools. The first is to get out of class and the second is to laugh. To have just the set and do a dumb act is not the idea.
Lines are the thing.
These bring out the simple plot and transform the performer into an actor, thus making him doubly appealing. In this act idea will be found one of the strongest, sock finishes in the entire realm of show business - for school kids, of course. This is for a trio, working in western wardrobe. The pay-off close is action galore. Announcement is made that a scene will be enacted from a western picture, mentioning the name of a well-known cowboy star.