Howdee all.
First, thanks to all of you who read, comment and contributed to the Dr. Doppemhiyer's Clinic thread. So far, it's had 1289 hits in less than a month!!!
Last year in my city, our mood disorder support group needed someone to play Santa and hand out gifts at our Christmas dinner.
We had no one and so I got an idea.
People with mental illness often feel different from those who don't. So what if Santa showed up depressed? What? Jolly ol' Saint Nick himself suffers from depression? Well yes - and it's so common, there's even a manual - the DSM (Depressed Santas Manual).
And so I did a 10 minutes skit as a depressed Santa and it went over really well.
Our support group asked if I would play Santa again this year.
I said yes, but that this year, Santa was not going to be depressed. He was gonna by high as kyte due to being over medicated.
And so Santa is going to make his entrance like Tom Cruise in Risky Business (sliding on the floor), slip and fall on my back (do a break fall which I know how to do) and behave during the party, in such a (high) way that you would think Jim Carey in The Mask was in the santa suit...minus the long tongue of course...lol
So here's where I need help.
One thing I will do is jump (unexpectedly) on someone's lap, kiss them, and get up and run all over the room. I'll also talk about how "wonderful I feel since going on meds.
So if you have any one liners, ideas, suggestions that a very over-medicated Snata could say or do in front of a crowd of 100+ people, I'd love to hear your ideas!
Thanks all!
Johnny
First, thanks to all of you who read, comment and contributed to the Dr. Doppemhiyer's Clinic thread. So far, it's had 1289 hits in less than a month!!!
Last year in my city, our mood disorder support group needed someone to play Santa and hand out gifts at our Christmas dinner.
We had no one and so I got an idea.
People with mental illness often feel different from those who don't. So what if Santa showed up depressed? What? Jolly ol' Saint Nick himself suffers from depression? Well yes - and it's so common, there's even a manual - the DSM (Depressed Santas Manual).
And so I did a 10 minutes skit as a depressed Santa and it went over really well.
Our support group asked if I would play Santa again this year.
I said yes, but that this year, Santa was not going to be depressed. He was gonna by high as kyte due to being over medicated.
And so Santa is going to make his entrance like Tom Cruise in Risky Business (sliding on the floor), slip and fall on my back (do a break fall which I know how to do) and behave during the party, in such a (high) way that you would think Jim Carey in The Mask was in the santa suit...minus the long tongue of course...lol
So here's where I need help.
One thing I will do is jump (unexpectedly) on someone's lap, kiss them, and get up and run all over the room. I'll also talk about how "wonderful I feel since going on meds.
So if you have any one liners, ideas, suggestions that a very over-medicated Snata could say or do in front of a crowd of 100+ people, I'd love to hear your ideas!
Thanks all!
Johnny