Get a Grip on Anger

A comedy look at learning to control anger.

Message:  Learning to control anger

Bible Reference:   Proverbs 22:8

Cast:   3 m or f

Set: none

Costumes: Jim Bob would have a track suit with short sleeves, others just regular clothing

Props:  empty soda can

Special Instructions:
Jim Bob is quick to anger and as he gets angry he curls his lip in a threatening way.

Arch is just along for the ride, never appearing very interested in what goes on.

Time:  6

Script Sample:

Jim Bob comes on stage, doing exercises, could be lifting weights, or whatever is convenient. Squashes a soda can in hand, very proud of muscles.

Arch and Norman come on stage, watch Jim Bob

Arch:  Wow, Jim Bob, you are some strong guy, I am some impressed!

Jim Bob, proud:     
Well, what can I say Arch? I did win the Intercontinental “Get a Grip” competition in Monrovia last year.

Norman: The “Monrovia Get a Grip” competition?

Jim Bob: You’re surely not saying you haven’t heard of it Norman? Was in all the Grip magazines, “Grip International”, “Gripping for Health”, “Grip for Greatness”, “Gripping Real Good” . . . . .

Norman:  No, I can’t say I have heard . . .  (pause, unbelieving)  . .  .What?  “Gripping Real Good”?

Jim Bob:  Yes, the official publication of Good Grippers International.

Arch:  Think that’s the magazine I was reading at the library last week.

Jim Bob, to Arch:    
So you are a Gripper too?

Arch:  Gripping is my life I tell ya.

Jim Bob:   Hey awesome! Lay the old Grippers salute on me bud!

Arch:    Ummm, lets see, I think I missed that class.

Norman:  So what do Grippers do?

Jim Bob, annoyed:   
Do? Give me a break, what would Grippers do?

Arch:   Yeah, not a real “heady” kinda question there, Norman, I mean like hoo hoo, in like la la land!

Norman:  Well, I was just trying to get it straight, so I could understand . . .

Jim Bob, more annoyed:    
You know, buddy boy, I got only one nerve left and you are getting’ on it, understand?

Arch:  Yeah Norman, don’t go messin’ with the mind of a Gripper, if you know what's good for you!

Jim Bob, increasingly annoyed:     
Exactamondo! Us Grippers, we have a way of dealing with hicks and hecklers, make an example of you low-life types.

Arch:  Down with hicks and hecklers I always say.

Jim Bob: You guys think you can just come in here, make fun of the Gripping that us guys have fought and died for over the centuries!

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