And the ImpOscar goes to…

And the ImpOscar goes to…

QIC: Beverly

Date: 3/3/18

PAX: Mutton, Cherry Pie, Zima, Van Gogh (WB), Roosevelt, Ziggy Stardust (WD)

Impossible Situation – 3.3.18

Cast: Mutton, Cherry Pie, Zima, Van Gogh (WB), Roosevelt, Ziggy Stardust (WD)

Director: Beverly

7 nattily-dressed pax arrived in limos, Beamers, and Toyota Tacomas to celebrate the 90th Academy Awards this weekend. It was a venerable group of pax, all battling for the Outstanding Achievement in Qing award. The festivities began in the parking lot with Ziggy Stardust looking a little starstruck as he attended his first Impossible Situation Academy Awards ceremony. We assured him the hardest part was still to come, and set off to pay tribute to the 9 Best Picture nominees this year.

Mosey to field at track

Warmorama

• SSH
• IW
• Arm circles
• Peter Parkers

The rest of the hour was spent reviewing the Best Picture noms. First up…

Dunkirk – Movie about the evacuation of Allied soldiers from a beach in France during WWII. We did a partial WWII conditioning workout  from the 1943 War Department Field Manual. 

10 of each in succession (no break)

• Squat thrust (burped with no merkin and no jump)
• Merkins
• Squat jumps
• Burpees (called an 8-count merkin in the Field Manual)
• One-legged merkin
• WWII sit-ups

Mosey to base of Clover

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri – Mother challenges local authorities to solve her daughter’s murder by publicly calling out the sheriff with billboards. We are going to reenact this movie with…

• Three signs outside Hanes Park (run up Clover)
  • First sign: 20 merkins
  • Second sign: 25 LBCs
  • Third sign: 30 mountain climbers

Mosey to field

Shape of Water – Cold War era film about a woman janitor who forms a relationship with an amphibious creature in a science lab. We became amphibious creatures…

• Frog hops
• Inch worms

Lady Bird – coming of age movie about a senior in high school. Great acting and screenplay, but not much action. 

• Plank-o-rama for 5 minutes

The Post – Vietnam war cover-up spanning 4 decades. In honor of Vietnam War… 

• Dan Taylors aka Lieutenant Dans (1 squat, 2 lunges, 2 squats, 4 lunges, etc., up to 6 squats, 24 lunges)

[Van Gogh exits stage left]

Phantom Thread – 50s London rich dressmaker and his sister have it all until their life is interrupted by a new muse. Sometimes three is a crowd.

• Teams of three
  • Three amigos
  • Ménage – 90 burpees

Call Me By Your Name – 1980s Italy a romance blossoms between a 17-year old student and the older man who is his dad’s research assistant. Not going there, not touching that. 

Instead we’re going to do a series of exercises that are named for a person. Hence, “call them by your name.”

• Del Brown: 10 merkins, 25 yard crab walk, 10 diamond merkins, 25 yard crab walk, 10 merkins.
• Joe Hendricks – backwards bear crawl to top of hill [Director’s Note: Omaha if needed and do regular bear crawl]
• Iron Mikes
• Makhtar N’Diayes
• Nolan Ryans

Darkest Hour – in early days of WWII, Winston Churchill must decide whether to negotiate with Hitler or fight against him

Repeat WWII conditioning workout + 5 – 15 of each in succession

• Squat thrust
• Merkins
• Squat jumps
• Burpees (8-count merkin)
• One-legged merkins
• WWII sit-ups

Get Out – Chris, a young African-American guy, goes with his white girlfriend to meet her parents at their secluded estate in the woods. It starts out normally but gets weird fast. As the night goes on, Chris decides it’s time to Get Out…

• Jailbreak back to parking lot for Mary/awards 

Mary/Awards Ceremony

• American Hammers
• Heels to Heaven
• Penguin Crunches

Lifetime Achievement Award – Given to the pax whose body of work is unsurpassed by others (also must be a respect)

• And the ImpOscar goes to…Mutton
• Pax perform Mutton crunches as he makes his way to the stage

In lieu of of a speech, Mutton was asked to lead the last 2+ minutes of Mary.

• Slow and low flutters
• Something else

[Cue exit music]

• Pickle pounders

Best Picture – There was a lot of confusion during this part, but it appears the biggest #crowdpleaser was The Darkest Hour 

Announcements

• Samaritan Inn is having a lunch for families next Sunday (3/11) directly after church. The idea is to raise awareness among kids who are too young to serve there. Planting the seed early! RSVP with Cherry Pie if interested.

Additional Awards

• Outstanding Achievement in Mumblechattering – 
  • The ImpOscar goes to: Van Gogh. Even though he was only with us for 30 minutes, he MCed enough to cover two workouts and a Saturday long run.
• Outstanding Newcomer –
  • The ImpOscar goes to: Ziggy Stardust. Stuck with a bunch of seasoned veterans, Ziggy held his own and will get back to running 10 miles a day in no time. Hope to see you out there again soon.
• The Extra Mile Award –
  • The ImpOscar goes to: Zima. Thanks for the ride home when YHC was not feeling the Run Out.
• Outstanding Achievement and Demonstration of Grit
  • The ImpOscar goes to: (tie) Cherry Pie and Roosevelt. These two guys always bring it. 100% effort, 100% of the time. Thanks for the push and inspiration.

Closing Credits

• YHC closed down the show thanking Him for getting us all out there in the first place.

And, SCENE!