A sure-hit party trick to fire up the company crowd for new hires [2026]
Isn’t it common for new employees to be asked to do a quick party trick at company drinking parties and the like? Your heart probably races every time you attend, wondering when it’ll be your turn.
Even if you want to prepare something in advance, you might worry, “What if it doesn’t land?” In this article, we’ll introduce some classic one-shot party tricks.
We’ve picked a wide range—from timely comedy bits to sure-fire, crowd-pleasing standards.
If you’re unsure what to do, please use this as a reference!
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One-Hit Gags to Liven Up the Company for New Hires [2026] (21–30)
A one-shot gag in a commercial
These are one-liner gag ideas based on commercials everyone’s heard at least once.
It introduces five bits that include themes like “chocolate,” “a female doctor,” and “clam digging.” Each piece is easy to follow, and they all end with a signature pose timed to a familiar line from a commercial, so beginners to one-liner gags should find them approachable.
While this material is designed for a solo performer, expanding the dialogue into a sketch-style exchange could also make it entertaining.
body percussion
As a quick performance idea, let me introduce body percussion, which creates rhythm using your body.
Basically, you express it by clapping your hands or stomping your heels.
Even beginners will find it easy to try with songs at a slower tempo, and performing with multiple people rather than solo can make even simple rhythms feel powerful.
It’s also recommended to add visual elements—such as dancing or changing formations—rather than relying on sound alone.
It does require practice, but it’s a great one-off act that strengthens the bond among performers.
One-Hit Gags That Liven Up the Office for New Hires [2026] (31–40)
One-Minute Challenge (as it feels)
The One-Minute Challenge: Use your internal clock to measure time and stop the stopwatch when you think a minute has passed! It’s simple and requires no practice, so it’s perfect as a quick party trick.
If you stop it at exactly one minute, it’ll definitely get everyone excited, but being close is good enough too.
If spending a whole minute in silence is tough, try chatting while you do it.
In this example, they’re reciting “Jugemu” as they go.
Inviting someone to compete and turning it into a game can really liven things up!
baseball gag
If there are a lot of sports fans, how about trying some baseball jokes? This article introduces a total of 10 bits, including gags that use players’ names.
Many of the jokes feature famous players, and there are also bits that even people who don’t know much about baseball can understand.
Some routines use well-known anime songs, so they should appeal to a wide audience.
Each bit is short, which makes them easy to remember—another nice plus.
If you only rely on one routine and it doesn’t land, you’ll be in trouble, so memorize plenty of short gags!
Self-introduction of PecoPa’s Taiyu Shoinji
Pekopa became instantly famous as 2019 M-1 finalists.
Shoinji Taiyu’s self-introduction in the opening always makes everyone chuckle.
If you’re at a drinking party in a suit, you can quickly transform yourself by changing your tie and hairstyle! If you have time, visual-kei makeup is also recommended.
The trick is to speak with a bit more breath.
Without using your hands ○○
When we eat, get changed, or play games… we use our hands for just about everything, right? This party trick is all about deliberately doing things that normally require hands—without using them! The easiest example is putting on pants.
Prepare a pair with an elastic waistband, lie down, scoot your body along the floor, wiggle your hips hard… the sight of you “somehow managing to put on the pants” is guaranteed to get laughs! It could also be funny to have a straight man ready to chime in: when you deliberately use your hands, they can go, “Aren’t you using your hands?” and you reply, “Nope,” as a back-and-forth bit.
Performance with 100-yen store instruments
It’s a classic party trick for people with musical experience to show off their instrument playing, but intentionally performing with items sold at 100-yen shops can be fun too.
If you have musical experience, you might be surprised at how well you can play even inexpensive instruments—it’s pretty entertaining.
Getting a group of musicians together and trying a band performance using only instruments from a 100-yen shop is also highly recommended.
