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:
- T.V.
- Converter
- Bag of Chips
- Bag of Pretzels
- Bottle of pop/Jug of Juice
- Pillow
- Blankie
- D.V.D. player
- 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)
- What is the name of the coffee shop from friends (Central Perk)
- What is Spongebob’s best friends name? (Patrik Star)
- What does the “J” stand for in Homer J. Simpson? (Jay)
- Who runs the Kwik – E- Mart? (Apu)
- What is Maggies catch phrase on the simpsons (She doesn’t have one)
- Where does Fred Flinstone Work (The quarry)
- Where does George Jetson work (Spacey Sprokets)
- 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 |
List as many characters from The Simpsons as you can:
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