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Hold Your Tongue - a skit for 2 speaking clowns, illustrating the meaning of "He who holds his tongue is wise." Original by Raynbow the Clown.

Skit begins with Clown 1 walking on stage, looking around for Clown 2.

Clown 1: Hello everyone! My partner and I are here to demonstrate how to be wise, but I don’t see him anywhere…

Clown 2: (walking on stage, holding his tongue) Whay! Hea hi ham! (trying to say "wait! here I am!" while holding his tongue—assume that Clown 2 speaks ‘muddled’ every time he speaks, while holding his tongue)

Clown 1: (does a double-take) What are you doing?

Clown 2: (still holding his tongue) I’m holding my tongue!

Clown 1: Sorry, what was that?

Clown 2: (slightly louder, mildly impatient—trying to make himself understood while holding his tongue) I said, I’m holding my tongue!

Clown 1: Still can’t understand you. Maybe if you let go of your tongue…

Clown 2: (perturbed) That would defeat the purpose! (realizing that Clown 1 still can’t understand him, he angrily releases his tongue) I SAID, releasing my tongue defeats the entire purpose! (quickly grabs tongue again)

Clown 1: (with confused look) How is holding your tongue helping you?

Clown 2: The Bible says, "He who holds his tongue is wise." (realizing that Clown 1 cannot understand him again, he releases his tongue, repeats himself, and quickly grabs his tongue again)

Clown 1: (as the metaphorical light bulb comes on above his head) OHH… so you think that by holding onto your tongue, you’ll be wise?

Clown 2: (vigorously shakes his head up & down—straining his tongue in the process, as he neglects to move his hand along with his head)

Clown 1: You realize, that eventually you’ll get tired of holding onto your tongue like that… (Clown 2 pantomimes this sinking in) and, of course, your hand’s getting covered with ... clown drool! (Clown 2 pantomimes shock, disgust, etc.—possibly pantomimes wiping his hand on either his or Clown 1’s shirt)

Clown 2: (releasing his tongue) But how am I supposed to be wise then?

Clown 1: By controlling your tongue—not saying things you shouldn’t, that Jesus wouldn’t say. By not talking more that you have to…

Clown 2: Ooh! I can become a mime!

Clown 1: (reacting) No! The idea’s not to stop talking, but to know when to talk, and when to be quiet!

Clown 2: Oh, I understand. Not to not talk, but also not to talk more than we need to—‘cause sometimes when we just keep talking & talking, we get all wrapped up in our talking, and say more than we should, or say things we shouldn’t! (Clown 1 smiles—the message is getting through) Because I know some people love to talk—they talk and talk and talk, and even talk about talking. They don’t know when to be quiet. Not me, boy, when I’m asked to be quiet, I’m like a mouse! Nope, not a peep out of me! When I’m asked to be quiet, you can hear a pin drop! Yessir, when I’m quiet, the silence is deafening! Why, as a matter of fact… (as Clown 2 says this, he gradually starts speaking faster & faster, as Clown 1 visually realizes that he hasn’t quite gotten the message)

Clown 1: Excuse me, but how is that "holding your tongue?"

Clown 2: (starting to reach for his tongue, & then realizes what Clown 1 meant) Oh… was I talking too much?

Clown 1: (kindly) A little bit, yes.

Clown 2: Ohhh....

Clown 1: Glad we’ve got that settled…

Clown 2: So, would it be wise to tell you that we need to get off the stage now?

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Tom Raymond, aka. Raynbow the Clown, is a professional clown working out of Madison, Wisconsin, and is available for ministry events, conventions and conferences.

Posted by Tom Raymond, aka Raynbow on 02/26 at 08:45 PM
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