Funny / Romeo and Juliet, but without any rehearsals

"Is it that time of the month?"

Considering how this is Romeo and Juliet but without any proper rehearsals, laughter is basically inevitable.

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• The entire play, thanks to the premise: in addition to having no rehearsals, there's also no script, with Jo writing down just a one-sentence description for each character in each scene describing the very basics of what they're doing therein, and they improvise their lines from there, which naturally makes for a ton of hilarious dialogue and Corpsing throughout.
• The very start of the play has Lord Capulet performing a monologue about the fate of the two lovers, and by God, it is comedic gold. Sadly, the recorded version of the play cuts out most of the monologue, but what we do hear is a completely improvised ramble session by a presumably drunken Lord Capulet that mostly comprises of stuttering and Capulet questioning why the opening monologue spoils the ending of the play. At one point, he even compares the whole thing to Titanic of all things.

  "Spoiler alert; die the- I don’t know why they say that in the beginning. They die and then- uhh- but- it’s like Titanic, you know tha- you know tha- you know that shit’s gonna sink but you still get to watch it, uhh- so…"

  • Also, at the very start, there’s this gem:
    "TWO! Households! Both alike, in dignity. (Beat) Shit."
  • Speaking of which, the entirety of Lord Capulet is one gigantic Funny Moment. Jules plays Lord Capulet like a drunk, Large Ham frat bro with No Indoor Voice, such as calling the party he throws near the beginning "a rager" for his "hot daughter" Juliet, enthusiastically telling her that her new betrothed Paris has a "huge schlong" and stating her (fake) enthusiasm to marry him is "pretty poggers," and later discovering her fake-dead body. "NOOOOOO! FUCK! MY GODDAMN DAUGHTER IS DEAD!"
• Continuing Ross's Running Gag of dying early (started in Among Us sessions where he was frequently killed in the first round), he plays a nameless background character who gets killed immediately by Jacob-Romeo in the opening battle scene between the Capulets and Montagues without even getting any lines, as he himself lampshades in the comments:
  Rubber Ross: I made it through about 20 seconds of this video and died. It's among us all over again.
• Jaiden-as-Benvolio's response to Jacob-as-Romeo telling his friends about his failed romance with Rosaline.
  Romeo: So I was with this girl Rosaline, right? And she ended things!
  Benvolio: ...Bitch.
• This line from Mercutio (as acted by Anthpo).
  Mercutio: Listen, I understand how much you like feet, but you can't open with that, Romeo.
• The Running Gag throughout of every single character verbally shitting all over Peter (played by CJ) whenever they speak to him.
  Peter: Can I come [to the party]?
  Everyone: No.
• Romeo and Juliet (Deanna) having their awkward first meeting, with Romeo's Epic Fails at flirting that somehow still works.
  Romeo: You go to therapy with that ass? (She flirtatiously sticks her ass out)
  (Later, as Juliet admires Romeo's sword)
  Romeo: Yeah, you know what they say about swords. I fucking murdered a person today.
  Juliet: (Twirling her hair and giggling flirtatiously) That's hot~
• For Mercutio's dying speech, Anthpo instead recites the famous "to be or not to be" soliloquy...from Hamlet. Complete with melancholy music in the background. Doubles as an Awesome Moment due to reciting almost half the speech just from memory.
  • And then Romeo recites his own sonnet in return, which segues into the video's sponsorship, while Benvolio stands solemnly saluting nearby.
    Romeo: Hath thou heard of Raid: Shadow Legends?
  • Tybalt (played by Cristina Vee) reacts with increasing annoyance and sulks in a corner while being told to wait for first Mercutio and then Romeo to finish their speeches before fighting the latter. When Tybalt is fatally wounded by Romeo, he begins reciting his own death monologue—Cristina's segment from Jacob's Copypasta Theater video—before he abruptly cuts him off with a coup de grace.
    Tybalt: To be fair...you have to have a very high IQ to-- (Romeo smacks him with his sword)
• Meanwhile, PointCrow goes hard into the Prince Charmless portrayal of Paris that some productions give him, playing him as an inappropriately-horny incel with no tact. A standout is the one scene he shares with Juliet where she threatens suicide over marrying him, and he responds with:
  Paris: Is it that time of the month, uh, Juliet?
  Juliet: Did you really just fucking say that to me?!
• Benvolio using a knock-knock joke to tell Romeo that Juliet is "dead". And Romeo decides to travel the world to buy poison from an apothecary so he can join her in death...only for one to suddenly appear, dressed all in black with a bird mask and strumming a guitar.
  Romeo: Oh holy shit.
• In this version, Romeo kills Paris by complete mistake via accidentally impaling him with his sword while trying to give him advice on how he could’ve prevented Juliet’s death.
• Romeo's last words, and then Juliet waking up to find him dead.
  Romeo: That's all, folks. (dies)
  Juliet: Babe? (realizes he's dead) Are you breaking up with me?! Are you...are you serious?!
• Friar Laurence (played by well-known troll and gadfly Altrive/Dash) discovers Romeo and Paris dead and Juliet awake, and realizes he forgot to fill Romeo in on her faked suicide. He sums up the situation thusly to Juliet:
  Laurence: I think I did a little too much trolling.
• And then the whole play somehow wraps with Prince Escalus, Peter, Benvolio, and Mercutio's ghost having a Dance Party Ending, despite three people being dead on the ground nearby.