Get off the Couch

Prep:

• Divide unit into 3 teams (however best suits the needs of your kids)
• Get supplies/props
• Set up the room with the table at the front by the stage.
• 3 couches in a semi-circle around them.
• Props available on display on the table.
• Sign up in visible spot: “Get off the Couch”
• Assign a M.C.
• Music (TV tunes) on CD

How to play:

• Each round volunteers from the team compete for the “Couch Potato” item of their choice.
• Rotate volunteers so that everyone gets a chance to participate.
• Some rounds include the whole team.
• To start each round everyone must yell “GET OFF THE COUCH!!!”
• ***Note: If the program is going to late you can eliminate rounds.***
• The winner gets to watch a T.V. show in the staff lounge/video with tv (To be arranged with the Unit head)

Items towards becoming the ultimate couch potatoes:

1. T.V.
2. Converter
3. Bag of Chips
4. Bag of Pretzels
5. Bottle of pop/Jug of Juice
6. Pillow
7. Blankie
8. D.V.D. player
9. T.V. Guide

T.V. Questions

(*Note: Depending on the unit feel free to change or eliminate shows as appropriate)

(*Note: You may only pick one of each type of item)

Round One:

• Each team has 5 minutes to create the opening of one of the following shows:
• Judges judge the most realistic.

· The Simpsons

· Friends

· Scooby Doo

· Zac & Cody

· Cory in the house

Round Two:

Name that T.V. tune

• Play a song
• The first team to have their hands up gets to guess.
• The team with the most songs wins the round.
• If the team guesses it wrong another team can steal.

Round Three:

• How many Couples can you get right?
• You read out the first name and they write out the other.
• The team/s with the most couples right wins.
  • Ross & Rachel (Friends)
  • Fred & Wilma (Flinstones)
  • Ned & Maude (Simpsons)
  • George & Jane (Jetsons)
  • Daphne & Fred (Scooby-doo)
  • Will & Grace (Will & Grace)
  • Bree & Rex (Desparate Housewives)
  • Seth & Summer (OC)
  • Spencer & Heidi (The Hills)
  • Derek & Merrideth (Grey’s Annatomy)

Round Four:

List as many characters as you can. (With paper and pen) choose a show.

The team with the most for each character wins an item.

OC Friends Simpsons Jimmy Newtron Sponge Bob

Round 5:

T.V. Trivia (Write down answers and the team to get the most wins)

1. What is the name of the coffee shop from friends (Central Perk)
2. What is Spongebob’s best friends name? (Patrik Star)
3. What does the “J” stand for in Homer J. Simpson? (Jay)
4. Who runs the Kwik – E- Mart? (Apu)
5. What is Maggies catch phrase on the simpsons (She doesn’t have one)
6. Where does Fred Flinstone Work (The quarry)
7. Where does George Jetson work (Spacey Sprokets)
8. What is spiderman’s name (Mary-Jane Watson)

Round 6:

• Sharades
  • Ask for a volunteer from a team their will be one for each character
  • Give the first volunteer a character to impersonate and the team has to guess it! When the team guesses it then the next volunteer gets the next word…and so on.
  • The first team who gets through all of the characters wins the round.
  • Give
    • Bart Simpson
    • Teletubbie
    • Care Bear
    • Braceface
    • George Kastanza
    • Scooby Doo
    • Power ranger

Bart Simpson Teletubbie Care Bear Braceface Barny Scooby Doo Power ranger	Bart Simpson Teletubbie Care Bear Braceface Barny Scooby Doo Power ranger
Bart Simpson Teletubbie Care Bear Braceface Barny Scooby Doo Power ranger	Bart Simpson Teletubbie Care Bear Braceface Barny Scooby Doo Power ranger

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