The Balderdash Project

"Balderdash, the classic bluffing game, has gone beyond hilarious." We took it one step further. Welcome to our compilation of Balderdash shenanigans. We dedicate this to the alcohol and the Friday nights that have been spent perfecting our succinct masterpieces of rhetorical genius. Anna is the only one with an account, so that's why she "posted" all of them. In actuality, it was Mandy and Sara, too. Mallori was doing other things, and Bryant was dying on the floor of his apartment.

Friday, December 08, 2006

It Fell From the Sky: Florida houseboats turn into strange creatures and go on a wild rampage.

The plot follows a black dog that can cause birds to fall dead from the sky simply by looking at them.
-Anna

Frank Silver: He co-wrote the song "yes, we have no bananas"

Developed his own system of sign language based on stomping and blinking after Cherokees cut off his arms and tongue.
-Anna
Trapeze artist who would entice his audience by managing to undress in the air little by little.
-Mallori

In Tranqulity, Vanuatu, a policeman's wife is legally allowed to burn: her husband's old fishing clothes and tackle.

on a stake
-Anna
her adulturous husband
-Bryant

Buta Buta: a poisonous tree native to southern Asia.

In the Congo, this is what lovers yell as they climax.
-Anna

Hips, Hips, Hooray: Two salesmen are hired to sell flavoured lipstick to a beauty parlour chain.

A group of Hippos Travel to an African oasis where the zebras and giraffes meet them for the final throwdown.
-Sara
There's hips, there's more hips, and there is jubilation. Lots of jubilation.
-Bryant

Cracked Nuts: a country bumpkin wins cash in a contest but almost loses it to a fast-talking robot.

A Christmas thriller where nutcrackers spring alive and wreak havoc at the Jones' house. Christmas will never be the same.
-Mandy
A boy who is an obsessive-compulsive eater finally eats a handful of broken pecans at his mother's funeral as an affirmation of his love for her.
-Anna
Mr. Peanut is traumatized when he realizes he is in the real world and people want to eat him and not laugh at his antics.
-Bryant

The Sin of Harold Diddlebock: a mild-mannered accountant goes on a drunken rampage then buys a circus.

Herald Diddlebock is in cahoots with the devil and holds Lakeside Elementary hostage until a dove saves him.
-Mandy

Black Shampoo: really low-budget "B-movie" about an African-American hairdresser who takes on the mafia with a chainsaw.

A woman collects poodles on her Utah ranch until a tornado comes and annhilates her unusual flock.
-Anna

Son of Oklahoma: Western featuring a boy, a lawman, and a bartender, all to the tune of a Yiddish soundtack.

Martin Best becomes the first crossdresser to rise in the ranks of the conservative political system of Oklahoma.
-Mandy
A parody of "Son of Sam" where a serial killer eliminates his victims by sending them to Oklahoma.
-Bryant
A musical director travels to Kenya and puts together a native version of Oklahoma! that has instant success.
-Sara

The Man Who Laughs: A child with a permanent grin on his face is sold to gypsies, then joins the circus and becomes a clown.

Toby of Region 11, citizen of the totalitarian country Nation 37, realizes after decades of imposed silence that there is such a thing as laughter as a vocal response to humor after he is exhiled to the Wastelands for coughing.
-Anna
A man's journey through clown college ends with the realization that he wants to be a woman and a lounge singer. With the help of his Indian friends, he achieves his goal.
-Sara
A modern movie filmed in complete silence except for one man who intermittently laughs whenever the wind blows.
-Mandy

Max Kiss: Hungarian inventor of Ex-Lax

The first person to have two successful sex-change operations.
-Mallori

The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom: a brazzier-maker's wife falls for a sewing machine repairman who she ends up hiding in her attic.

Mrs. Blossom is a wife and mother of three children when she has her sexual awakening and has an affair with the garbage man.
-Mandy
An elderly nun is seduced by a mute farmer and eventually commits suicide.
-Anna
Three-legged alien kindergarteners attack Earth in order to please their teacher, Mrs. Blossom.
-Bryant

Wild Women of Wongo: Beautiful cave women living with ugly cave men discover an island of handsome cave men living with ugly cave women.

Female artists during the Dada movement create an experimental film consisting of empty wagons slowly rolling down hills.
-Anna
Two women from Wongo, Louisiana embark on an alligator hunt and become lesbian lovers.
-Mandy

Peddlin' in Society: a banana vendor gets rich in the black market but poor investments cause her to lose her shirt.

A documentary on the life of the night walker, beginning with the downward spiral into the prostitution ring.
-Sara
John Hariston's license is revoked after a string of bad luck and is forced to ride his bike around town and become involved with Lacy, the local hooker.
-Mandy
A beggar is unable to raise enough money to support herself until she begins riding around the city on a discovered unicycle in the nude. Soon, the trend spends and the streets are full of naked, yet mobile, homeless women.
-Anna

The Day the Fish Came Out: Sci-fi satire starring Candice Bergen about a plane that crash lands on a Mediterranean island.

This five hour film follows a fish hatching out of its egg.
-Bryant
Inspired by environmental groups, this movie tells the story of mutant fish rising out of the Louisiana swamps. The fish become killers and big corporations are the first to go.
-Mandy

P.U.F.F.: People Unified to Fight Frustrations.

Proud Ukranians Feel Feelings
-Anna
Protection Under Friendly Furries
-Mallori
People Unified For Flan
-Bryant

The Dummy Talks: A little person goes undercover as a dummy to find the killer of a ventriloquist.

A spoof on the Helen Keller story using puppets as the main characters.
-Mallori
Imagine a world where the ventriloquist is ruled by the ventriloquisty. That my friend is The Dummy Talks.
-Bryant
A crash dummy awakens and goes on an adventure at Hillsdale Mall when he meets a manequin and falls in love.
-Mandy

Chittarone: A large double-necked string instrument.

A raunchy puppet show.
-Mandy
A breed of horse that continuously chatters its teeth and has an abnormally long tail.
-Anna

Adam and Six Eves: A guy named Adam is looking for gold with his donkey in the desert and sees a mirage of women.

God makes an accident in this film where he creates six future brides for Adam who have to battle to the death for his love.
-Bryant
Instead of the traditional Adam and Eve story, Adam is a Mormom who is given six wives. Chaos ensues.
-Sara

The Appointment: People start acting strange after a supernatural force enters their bodies.

The newly appointed Chief Justice has a strong stance on crime. This includes going after the criminals himself with his machete and gay lover.
-Sara
Every week, Mr. Rawley meets his favorite prostitute until he finds her dead in his oven. This time the appointment is cancelled!!
-Mandy

The Terror of Tiny Town: Western movie featuring an entire cast of little people.

Tiny Town, a town of peaceful toys, is invaded by aliens at Christmastime.
-Mandy
A modern day spinoff of the Dickens' classic, A Christmas Carol, where Tiny Tim clones himself to create an unstoppable tiny army.
-Bryant

Wongawonga: An Australian pigeon

British slang for a dancehall.
-Bryant
A popular comic strip during the 80's, featuring a gorilla lost in New York.
-Anna

Spizzerinctum: Cheap, tacky decorations

A toy popularized during the Great Depression, comprised of an empty glass bottle, a yo-yo, and a common field mouse.
-Anna
A sacred belt worn by leaders in scientology.
-Mallori
A condition that causes people to produce too much saliva.
-Mandy