She was killed because she moved someone's cheese..uh...

Part of the standard format of a SAC show is a guessing game. The guessing game involves the audience giving three different pieces of input while one of the improviser leaves the auditorium so they don't hear the information. There are tons of scenes where a guessing game can be set up.

Some examples:

Fortune Teller & Client - the client would be the guesser and the fortune teller would have to give clues as to what to guess. Three pieces of information : what will be there dream job? where will it be located? what celebrity will they mysteriously meet?

Airport attendant & passenger - passenger would have to guess that item they are not allowed to bring on the plane? where are they flying to? what celebrity are they flying with?

Police & Suspect -> the suspect would have to guess what crime they have committed, where did they commit the crime? what historical figure helped them in the crime?

Now I have never been the guesser in a guessing game for a show. In fact, I have only even guessed once before and that wasn't even in SAC practice, it was at an improv class I took this summer. Guessing is a lot of pressure. If the other improvisers are giving you clues and you are just not getting it...the game can go on foreeeevvverrr.

Ricky has asked me to be the guesser a couple times, but I always decline. I don't want to mess the game up for the group and thinking about it gets me kind of nervous. This past show... Ricky asked again, and I said..ok! The theme for the guessing was Crime Scene. There is a pretend dead body on the floor and one cop tries to give the other cop clues to guess the three pieces of information.
The information is as follows:
What object was used to kill the victim? (answer: pencil sharpener)
Where was the victim killed? (McDonalds)
What the motive behind this crime? (she moved someone's cheese)

Now things were sailing pretty smootly...pencil sharpener was a bit hard to guess but I didn't take that much time getting it. I breezed through the McDonalds answer. Then came...."moved someone's cheese." Oh my gosh, those words were just not coming out of my mouth. I guessed Goodah cheese, moving company, towing company but not specifically...moved the cheese. In the end i said "moved cheese," and that just concluded the game even though it wasn't exactly correct. My cast members said that it was hilarious, but I felt kind of bad that I couldn't get the answer for such a long time. Oh well, at least I conquered my fear of being the guesser in a guessing game!