Easy, crowd-pleasing one-shot gags recommended for new employees. Fun routines that get everyone hyped.
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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Quick and crowd-pleasing one-shot gags recommended for new employees. Hype-boosting bits (31–40)
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.
whiteface impersonation
For those who want to go all-in from the preparation stage, we recommend Kukki from Wild Bomb’s white-face impersonations.
You don’t need elaborate props, so anyone can easily copy them! Kukki does impressions of a lot of celebrities, so it’s a good idea to find someone whose hairstyle or style suits you.
It’s always nice when the room lights up with a “You look just like them!”
pretend idol
A classic crowd-pleaser for company parties and the like: impersonating an idol! Whether you’re a man or a woman, put on a cute frilly costume and sing and dance—you’re guaranteed to be a hit! Flash a beaming smile you don’t usually show, throw in the occasional wink, and strike those heart-melting idol poses, and the room will erupt in laughter and applause.
Singing while dancing is trickier than it looks, but what matters is performing with confidence, not perfection.
Channel your inner idol and turn the venue into a fever-pitch live concert!
Swallowing a balloon whole
It’s a quick gag where you “swallow” one of those long, thin balloons commonly used for balloon art while it’s fully inflated.
At first glance it looks unbelievable—how is that even possible?—but of course you’re not actually swallowing it; there’s a trick.
You make a small hole with a safety pin or similar tool a little above the opening where you blow air in.
Then, when you put the balloon in your mouth, you let the air escape through that hole, which makes it look like you’re swallowing the entire balloon.
Since all you need is a balloon, it’s perfect for anyone who doesn’t want to spend much time or money on preparation!
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.
Easy, crowd-pleasing one-shot gags recommended for new employees. Hype-boosting bits (41–50)
Give someone a nickname on the fly
Starting with Hiroiki Ariyoshi, more and more comedians and TV personalities are doing the bit where they give people nicknames.
How about trying that kind of improvised nickname-giving as a quick gag? Regular nicknames aren’t funny, so add a twist—make it a little biting, or cleverly compare their traits to something else.
Try to put some kind of creative spin on it.
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.