Rubber chickens or plastic vomit???

lousybassplayer · #1 07-31-2009, 07:44 AM

So which is the more timeless gag? How are they best implemented in daily use? Do you prefer the soft flexable rubber chickens or the hard plastic ones?

I had one that when squeezed a blob of goo came out its hindquarters to simulate laying an egg, and used to put it in a noose and wear it on my belt at bars to show a cock that hung below my knee. Never found a good use for the vomit, particularly when I was so qualified at producing the genuine article.

Thoughts?

Absentia · #2 07-31-2009, 07:51 AM

Rubber doggie poo

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lousybassplayer · #3 07-31-2009, 08:00 AM

See, I am alsos a fan, but only of the variety that has a secret compartment for keys. Due to the lack of authentic odor, I don't find the normal stuff to be that amusing. YMMV and so forth

bassteban · #4 07-31-2009, 08:03 AM

NOT to derail this ever-so-serious & important thread, but once my then-3-yr-old son handed me a warm cat turd. What a guy. I don't think he was kidding, though.

lousybassplayer · #5 07-31-2009, 08:07 AM

Now that's prop comedy.

So on with the serious discussion. I have George Foreman and Peter Gabriel coming buy later for a debate on the topic.

Phalex · #6 07-31-2009, 08:18 AM

Rubber vomit, poo, and chickens are all classic gags. I got my dog in trouble with fake poo when I was a boy and as a result have a great respect for it's power. In the wrong hands it can be a powerful weapon!

My favorite is the rubber chicken. A rewarding way to get kicked out of a hockey game is to sit behind the opposing teams penalty box and dangle one over the wall and play keep away with the guys inside.

lousybassplayer · #7 07-31-2009, 08:20 AM

I must try that.

JimB52 · #8 07-31-2009, 08:23 AM

The rubber chicken is far richer in comedic possibilities.

L-A · #9 07-31-2009, 08:36 AM

The rubber chicken doesn't get old.

lousybassplayer · #10 07-31-2009, 09:06 AM

do you think Fozzy bear may have put the Swedish Chef onto the whole rubber chicken thing?

WalterBush · #11 07-31-2009, 09:07 AM

While the rubber chicken has many uses, such as demonstrating the Ronco in-the-chicken-egg-scrambler to a room full of people, or showing 16 different ways to choke a chicken in public, I've gotten far funnier reactions from fake vomit...strategically placed, and properly timed, say right after the victim gets off of work, watching one's victim scramble for the paper towels and question bystanders doesn't get old for me...

I also like the newer spilled milkshake and other variations I've seen. My mom's face and her immediate interrogation of her grandkids was hilarious.

lousybassplayer · #12 07-31-2009, 09:10 AM

A dissenting opinion. Very good. While I myself prefer the chicken, you are correct about one thing. Effective use of the vomit can be the perfect trick. Using it correctly is a sign of true mastery of novelty objects, something I myself cannot demonstrate.

Mr 600 · #13 07-31-2009, 09:19 AM

What isn't funny about a rubber chicken?

lousybassplayer · #14 07-31-2009, 09:25 AM

My friends mother nearly died when a rubber chicken became lodged in her throat during a botched trick involving a donkey, a blind ostrich, three well hung men in gas masks and conquistador helmets, and said chicken one night in Idaho (wild place believe it or not). Other than that they are always funny.

Phalex · #15 07-31-2009, 09:31 AM

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Originally Posted by lousybassplayer

My friends mother nearly died when a rubber chicken became lodged in her throat during a botched trick involving a donkey, a blind ostrich, three well hung men in gas masks and conquistador helmets, and said chicken one night in Idaho (wild place believe it or not). Other than that they are always funny.

It's always funny!! Just maybe not when it's your moms.

hbarcat · #16 07-31-2009, 11:07 AM

Whoopee cushion.

Hey, I think outside the box.

Hoover · #17 07-31-2009, 11:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Absentia

Rubber doggie poo

When I was about 10 or 11 years old I bought the "Mixed Variety Three-Pack" from the Johnson Smith catalog: one each rubber doggie poo, rubber vomit, and rubber bird poo.

Yeah, that's right, rubber bird poo. Betcha don't see that around these parts very often.

To be honest, it was the least realistic looking of the three; didn't so much resemble bird poo as it did some horrid residue from a Which Came First, The Chicken Or The Egg? experiment gone wrong. Then again, I suppose if a full grown albatross subsisted on a diet of saffron and cockroaches, its poo just may have resembled this.

But the rubber doggie poo was still the most effective at faking out my mom. That never got old!

BartmanPDX · #18 07-31-2009, 11:59 AM

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Originally Posted by hbarcat

Whoopee cushion.

Hey, I think outside the box.

Along those same lines, one of the best tricks we had was when flarp (or whatever they call the slime that comes in a cup and you push it down to make astonishingly realistic flatulent sounds) was first on the market and few people knew about it.

Some friends of mine and I would sit in a nice quiet restaurant or the like and gradually ramp up the noise while we casually sat around and talked. The hardest part was keeping a straight face. We would have the attention of the entire place within a minute or two, then we'd lay low for a while, all along never giving away the secret. Classic.

The first time I tried it at my mom's house, I thought she was going to take me to the ER for gastrointestinal issues she was so worried.

lousybassplayer · #19 07-31-2009, 12:12 PM

Ahh, prop comedy..look out Carrottop (you dongleberry), TBers are gunning for your crown.

Joe Gress · #20 07-31-2009, 12:22 PM

The fake lizard. The one with the suction cup on the outside. Take lizard press on glass. Instant spit beverage all over.