About 20 pairs of eyes were fixated on two members of the comedy group - Sketchy People. Under control of the audience, the comedians prepared to perform an impromptu skit based on the crowd's recommendations.
The people screamed, "Five, Four, Three, Two, One!" To appease the audience, chemistry junior Jason Alt and MSU graduate Brandon Bautista interacted with each other, which led to a skit of Alt simulating a Muppet masturbating.
The audience laughed hysterically, with some people nearly falling to the floor.
Dressed in white and black shirts that read "Sketchy People" on the front and their names on the back, Alt and Bautista, are a third of the group's members who performed several skits Friday at McDonel Kiva.
"We don't know what we're going to do in a scene," Alt said. "We have to make everything up on the spot. Everything we do is based off what they (the audience) suggest. So, if they suggest you being 'Inside Out Boy,' we have to make jokes about being inside out."
Alt said the games and performances could be compared to the television show "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" because there is no concrete way Sketchy People could prepare for a skit or scene.
Although their acts are completely improvisational, there is a format group members follow.
Sketchy members design various games before the show such as, "Dead Celebrity Dinner," which some members performed during their skit Friday.
The rules behind "Dead Celebrity Dinner" began with group members choosing who will perform the skit. The chosen member is asked to leave the room while the audience selects a dead celebrity the performer will become, without the comedian knowing what actor he or she is trying to portray.
After calling the sketchy performer back into the room, the audience counts down from five to one and the game begins.
The performer is given several hints about whom he might be through extremely vague jokes by his comedian comrades.
Once the dialogue is complete, the Sketchy member is given the chance to guess the celebrity's identity.
To fill about two hours of comedy time, Sketchy People played and performed a plethora of games that included, "World's Worst," "Say it Again," "Returns Department," and "Five Things." The games abide by the same rules as "Dead Celebrity Dinner."
Compared to past shows, student attendance is rising, some audience members said.
"I think they're finally getting their act together," said human biology junior Robert Hartwig, who attended the show.
Alt said because many of the group's members have graduated, the group is constantly looking for new members.
"We got our eye out for some new talent," he said. "We're looking to recruit."
Alt added that students who are interested in the group do not need previous acting experience.
"I've never done anything improv before, but I gave a good audition," he said. "We basically look for people that have sting in their character and that could move the scene along."
