Remember When Part 2-Drama Skit

Remember When Part 2-Drama Skit

Themes: Remembering times past, honoring senior citizens, a comparison of the present and the past, family values
Categories: Senior Citizens, Family 
Summary:

If you liked the nostalgic feeling you got remembering the "good old days" in the appropriately titled skit "Remember When," then you may also enjoy this sequel.  This skits picks up a few years later after the wedding of Jack and Melissa, who are now expecting their first child.  Since Melissa has been feeling a bit down, due to hormones and anxiety over becoming a new mom, Jack decides to throw her a "cheering up" party, in which he has gathered their parents and grandparents to attend. Through a series of events, talk drifts back and forth about what life was like "way back when:" when catching fireflies on the front porch took up a whole evening; when indoor plumbing wasn't heard of; and when having a weapon at school meant you were caught with a slingshot. 

Whether you use this skit by itself or in conjunction with its prequel "Remember When," it will have you reminiscing about your own childhood and the days of yore.   

 
 
Style: Comedy

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Characters: 10 (5 Male, 5 Female)
4 Elderly grandparents, 4 middle-aged parents, and a young adult couple.
Length: 8-10 minutes
 
Excerpt (Sample)

Setting: A living room.  On a nearby table sits one large wrapped gift, along with several smaller ones.

As the scene opens, Cliff & Sue and Gran & Gramps (Jack's parents and grandparents), and Mike & Pat and Pa Pa & Nana (Melissa's parents and grandparents) are standing, awaiting the arrival of Jack and Melissa. As Jack and Melissa enter, Melissa is wearing a blindfold and is very obviously pregnant. Jack slowly leads Melissa on stage.

Jack:

All right Melissa, you're doing great; just a few more feet.

Melissa:

Can I take this blindfold off yet, Jack? I want to know where we are.

Jack:

Just a few more steps. (he leads Melissa closer to the others) Okay, now you can take it off.

As soon as Melissa takes off the blindfold, everyone else yells "Surprise!"

Melissa:

(smiles) Hi everyone. What are you all doing here?  What's going on?

Sue:

It was Jack's idea.

Melissa looks at Jack questioningly

Jack:

I know you've been feeling pretty down lately, so I wanted to do something to cheer you up. 

Melissa:

You thought I was down just because I've been crying all the time for no reason; complaining about how fat I'm getting, while stressing out about how much I still have to do before the baby comes, and worrying about what kind of mom I'm gonna be?

Jack:

Exactly.

Melissa:

Well, you were right. 

Nana:

Don't worry about it, dear. It's perfectly normal. 

Melissa:

It is?

Pat:

Of course. You sound like every new mother-to-be I've ever known.

Pa Pa:

(instantly concerned) Bee?  Where?  (looks around wildly)

Nana:

(shouts to Pa Pa, who is hard of hearing) Mother-to-be!

Pa Pa:

Eh?

Nana:

(shouts louder) Mother-to-be!

Pa Pa:

(confused) Smother the bee?  How can I smother the bee if I can't even see it?  I'm allergic to 'em, you know.  Face swells up like a big, red balloon. 

Nana:

(talking loudly) We're talking about Melissa.

Pa Pa:

Melissa's allergic to bees too?

Mike:

(speaks loudly) No, Dad.  We're talking about Melissa being nervous about becoming a new mom.

Pa Pa:

Oh.  (dismisses the idea with a wave of his hand) Every woman is nervous about that.

Pat:

(smiles at Melissa) See. 

Jack:

So, consider this a stress-free night out, spent with your family who loves you.

Gran:

And don't forget the gifts.

Melissa:

(her interest is piqued) There's gifts?

Jack:

Yes, picked especially for you.

Melissa:

(claps her hands excitedly) Ooh, I love presents! 

Sue:

Then sit down and let's open them.

Everyone but Melissa sits down

Melissa:

Actually, I think there's one other place I need to sit down first before we begin.

Jack:

Again? You already went twice on the way over here and we only live 15 miles away.

Melissa:

I know but...I don't have time to explain.  Gotta go! (she runs off stage in the opposite direction she and Jack entered)

Jack:

She's been like that a lot lately.  I'm thinking of buying stock in Charmin.

Gran:

You try putting 8 pounds directly on top of your bladder and see how often you have to go!

Pa Pa:

(stands up) It's time to go already? 

Nana:

(shouts) No. Melissa!

Pa Pa:

Why does she have to go? She just got here!

Nana:

(shouts) She went to the bathroom!

Pa Pa:

Oh. (sits back down) You know, when I was growing up we didn't have indoor plumbing; all we had was an outhouse. 

Gramps:

Same here. 

Sue:

(to Pat) Can you imagine being pregnant back then? 

Pat:

(shakes her head "no") It must have been miserable!

Gramps:

I know my mother was.  As the oldest of 6 kids, I remember it pretty well.  She'd get tired of running to the outhouse so often in the middle of winter, so she started using the bedpan. 

Cliff:

It might not have been ideal, but at least it kept Grandma out of the cold.

Gramps:

Hmmph! Easy for you to say-you weren't the one who had to empty it. 

Jack:

(makes a "gross" face) Oh, you're kidding!

Gramps:

Nope.  My dad didn't want my mother doing it and he sure didn't want to do it, so it became a chore for us older kids.  We'd try everything we could to get out of it when it was our turn. 

Jack:

I don't blame you!

Melissa enters

Melissa:

For what? (she sits down)

Jack:

Gramps was just telling us about how they didn't have indoor plumbing when he was growing up.

Cliff:

You didn't either, did you Mom?

Gran:

No sir, we sure didn't.

Melissa:

I can't imagine having to use an outhouse on a daily basis.

Cliff:

I can't imagine bath times, especially with 8 kids in the family.

Melissa:

Why?

Cliff:

(to Gran) Tell her.

Gran:

Well, back then you didn't take showers every day like you do now.  We only took them once a week.

Melissa:

(shocked) Once a week?  Are you serious?