Hey Fred Schneider, Why Are We Doing This?

[Sammy]

I call it "I Kazumba" and depending if you learned it as an improv warm-up, this is the typical cadence:

I kazumba zumba zumba
I kazumba zumba zay
I kazumba zumba zumba
I kazumba zumba zay

Hold him down
You Zulu Warrior!
Hold him down
You Zulu Chief - Chief - Chief
Hold him down
You Zulu Warrior!
Hold him down
You Zulu Chief - Chief - Chief

(repeat cycle)

Anyways, I've googled it and it seems that's something that campers or rugby enthusiasts might be familiar with (although with differing lyrics).

 

[goldfish boy]

You Zulu Warrior!

I've always heard it as "You Zulu Lawyer." They must somehow contract "warrior" to two syllables.

 

[drewtarvin]

czech and aye gazimba are 2 of my favorite warmups. they are silly, high energy, and help with group mind. does anyone know of any other warmups that are similar?

 

[Hawkins]

czech and aye gazimba are 2 of my favorite warmups. they are silly, high energy, and help with group mind. does anyone know of any other warmups that are similar?

The Hokey Pokey

Martin De Maat would say it teaches you to "put your whole self in"

 

[drewtarvin]

i never even really thought about that, but the hokey pokey really is what it's about.

 

[scorwitz]

Fred Schneider = Improvisation

Ok, my title gives a little too much importance to this game, but I see the Fred Schneider warm-up as one of the few chances we get to actually improvise.

Too often, we are so busy thinking about game and the next three possible directions the scene could go, and, unfortunately, trying to be funny, that we don't improvise.

This gives you the opportunity to truly say whatever comes to your mind in the moment, that is, if you are able to to keep it blank until someone points at you. :banana:

 

[Hal Phillips]

I went to a B-52s show on Sunday night and Fred Schneider said the phrase "group mind" during between-song banter, so I would like to enter that into the record as his response to the titular question.

Also, I've decided what a team of eight mes would be called.

 

[Improv On Tape]

I'm 4-5 years late to the party but my group does a version of Fred Schneider that might address some of the "issues" people have with it.

Instead of chanting "Hey, Fred Schneider! What are you doing?!" we will, as a group, chant "Hey, Fred Schneider! What are you-" and then one of us will finish the sentence with a different activity/verb ("-painting?!") and the next improviser will answer that question ("I'm painting a store front cause I'm a teenage vandal!") then said improviser will be next in line to finish the Fred Schneider question with their own verb/activity.

It helps us keep from pre-planning & it's much more fun/engaging. Naturally, once finished, we immediately do a low energy, intellectual deep-theory warmup to make up for our silly Fred Schneidering!