For those of you who have been so deprived as to not have seen "Whose Line is it Anyway?" in the past, I'll give some basic information about the show. The show has been on for 14 seasons, which is a lot. Ten of those seasons were the British version hosted by Clive Anderson and the other three are the American version hosted by Drew Carey. And yes, Drew Carey already has a show-"The Drew Carey Show". The show puts four comedians against each other in a competition for points, but as they always say on the show-"the points don't matter, they're just a gag to keep the show together".
They're just kidding, don't worry. These comedians are very good at improvisational comedy, as you'll see if you decide to watch the show sometime. The cast is not the same on every episode, but some appear more than others do. For example, a regular on the show (and he has been for about 13/14 years) is Ryan Stiles who also appears on "The Drew Carey Show" as Lewis. Actors should stick to one show, I think. Ryan is around 6 foot 6 inches; so to say the least-he's tall. He's my favorite comedian and I have an autographed photo of him too.
Just to mention it. Another regular on the show is Greg Proops. You may remember him from the show "Versus". I still say that actors should stick to one show. Greg has also been on the show for a while and has recently helped host the TV Guide Awards. Also another very funny regular is Wayne Brady, who also co hosted the TV Guide Awards. If you see the show, he's always the one singing whether it is a singing stripper telegram or an African chant.
Another regular who appears on the show is Colin Mochrie (the one in the orange shirt). Colin happens to be Ryan's best friend and they have been for a long time, even before they appeared on the show. Colin is on other a few other shows, why don't actors listen? Also another regular that appears on the show is Wayne Brady. The singing sensation who is one of the funniest cast memebers on the show. Wayne used to host some shows on VH1 and played a role in the musical, Geppetto (which also starred Drew Carey). There are many different skits on the show. Some of those skits include:
Questions-this skit is where the comedians take turns, in pairs, acting out a scene. The trick is that you can only say questions, or you'll be buzzed out and someone else will take your place.
Questionable Impressions-this skit is just like questions except with one exception. You have to do an impression, a good one or they'll buzz you out of the game, throughout the whole skit.
Superheroes-this skit starts out with one comedian who gets their "superpower" from the audience. Examples include: Captain Obvious, mispronounciation boy, etc.. The audience also decides the world crisis the team will have to solve. Examples: the world has run out of corn flakes, dry skin, etc.. After the first comedian starts, another comedian shows up to help the other. Then the first gives the second his/her superpower. This continues until all the comedians are out and have their weird powers.
They then solve the problem, or just leave the stage, and end the scene. It's kind of confusing, so watch the show.
Helping Hands-This is a scene where two comedians have to act out a scene except one comedian has his/her hands replaced with a third comedian's hands. They then act out a scene with one actor/actress using someone else's hands and one using their own hands.
Scenes from a Hat-this skit is for all of the comedians. The audience suggests scenes they'd like to see and Drew selects the best and puts them in a very patriotic hat. Drew then procedes to pick random scenes out for the actors/actresses to act out. When the actors/actresses want to act out a scene, they step foward and act it out.
Hoedown-the four comedians, or three and Drew, line up. The audience suggests a topic for the the comedians to sing about. Examples are Halloween, exams, reading of the will, etc... Then the comedians go down the line making up lyrics for the hoedown.
Props-this skit is where the four comedians split up into pairs of two. Each pair gets an unusual prop and have to make up four or five uses for it.
Film Trailor-this scene is when the audience thinks up a name for a new movie. One comedian then becomes the voive-over describing all the action and the other three act out what the narratoris saying. This comes along with some theme music too.
Wacky Newscasters-This is a very popular skit on Whose Line is it Anyway. One comedian is the anchor, he's completely normal, another is the co anchor who has some weird quality. Examples are thinking the anchor is a witch, being the anchor's spoiled teen daughter, deciding right then to become a nudist, etc.. Then there's sports, this comedian also gets an interesting quality (whatever it may be). The last comedian is the weatherman who also gets another interesting quality. These traits are supplied by the host.
Party Quirks-this scene starts off with one comedian as the host of a party. One by one the other comedians enter displaying a weird quirk. The host then guesses what the quirk is and if he/she gets it, the other comedian(who's trait was discovered) sits down. This continues until all comedians are sitting or they run out of time.
Whose Line-this scene between two people is acted out normally with an exception. Each actor holds two prepared lines which they have never seen and must pull the lines out of their pocket and incorporate it into the scene. It's usually very funny.
90 Second Alphabet-this involves three people, usually at the end of the show, who start on a certain letter of the alphabet and must go in order until they reach that letter again. The host provides the scene and it must be under 90 seconds.
Three Headed Broadway Star-this song has three people making up a broadway song together, but they can only say one word at a time. The audience provides the name of the musical and the song.
Awards-
I recently recieved an award from the Colin Mochrie Corner and I'm very proud about my first "Whose Line is it Anyway?" award for this particular page. Then I have just won another award from the Colin Mochrie fan site. Both of their links are located below, I recommend that you check out the sites-they're pretty cool.
Show Times-Thursdays on ABC at 7 P.M. and 7:30P.M.(CT). Also on comedy central at 9:30A.M and 2 P.M.(CT) and on Monday nights from 7-9:00P.M(CT).
For those of you who have been so deprived as to not have seen "Whose Line is it Anyway?" in the past, I'll give some basic information about the show. The show has been on for 14 seasons, which is a lot. Ten of those seasons were the British version hosted by Clive Anderson and the other three are the American version hosted by Drew Carey. And yes, Drew Carey already has a show-"The Drew Carey Show". The show puts four comedians against each other in a competition for points, but as they always say on the show-"the points don't matter, they're just a gag to keep the show together".
They're just kidding, don't worry. These comedians are very good at improvisational comedy, as you'll see if you decide to watch the show sometime. The cast is not the same on every episode, but some appear more than others do. For example, a regular on the show (and he has been for about 13/14 years) is Ryan Stiles who also appears on "The Drew Carey Show" as Lewis. Actors should stick to one show, I think. Ryan is around 6 foot 6 inches; so to say the least-he's tall. He's my favorite comedian and I have an autographed photo of him too.
Just to mention it. Another regular on the show is Greg Proops. You may remember him from the show "Versus". I still say that actors should stick to one show. Greg has also been on the show for a while and has recently helped host the TV Guide Awards. Also another very funny regular is Wayne Brady, who also co hosted the TV Guide Awards. If you see the show, he's always the one singing whether it is a singing stripper telegram or an African chant.
Another regular who appears on the show is Colin Mochrie (the one in the orange shirt). Colin happens to be Ryan's best friend and they have been for a long time, even before they appeared on the show. Colin is on other a few other shows, why don't actors listen? Also another regular that appears on the show is Wayne Brady. The singing sensation who is one of the funniest cast memebers on the show. Wayne used to host some shows on VH1 and played a role in the musical, Geppetto (which also starred Drew Carey). There are many different skits on the show. Some of those skits include:
They then solve the problem, or just leave the stage, and end the scene. It's kind of confusing, so watch the show.
