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fandom.1000points | # Music Lyrics/Not WLiiA/Improv All-Stars
This is Whoserpedia's page for Drew Carey's Improv All-Stars lyrics. These came from two specials that aired in 2001.
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fandom.1000points | # Music Lyrics/Not WLiiA/Improvaganza
This is Whoserpedia's page for Drew Carey's Improv-a-Ganza lyrics. These are from the short-lived 2011 GSN show.
Greatest Hits.
Big Game Hunter - "I Killed It in Kenya" (Irish Ballad).
Jeff: A long time ago
Far far away
I was out on the plains
Hunting all day
When what should happen to pass me
But a hippo I did see?
I killed him in Kenya
Brad: Fiddle-dee-dee
All: Fiddlee-dee-dee
Jeff: I killed him in Kenya
All: Fiddle-dee-dee
Chip: There was an elephant
I killed it so (Brad/Jeff echo: so)
How it got in my pajamas I'll never know (Jeff echo: I'll never know)
It had to be him
For it could have been me
I killed him in Kenya
All: Fiddle-dee-dee
Dietitian - "Saturated Fat" (Bob Marley).
Chip: Oh yeah! Oh no! <scats> Ow! Ow!
Jonathan: <growls>
Jeff: Growing up, laying in the yard
I can't do no exercise, my arteries got hard
Chip: Too hard!
Jeff: I got so damn fat
From too much, from too much
All: Saturated Fat!
Chip: Fat is the fat that you...
Jeff: Saturated Fat!
Jonathan: Satur! Ated! Satur! Ated!
Chip: Polyunsaturated fat! Woooooah.
Jonathan: Oh, daddyumdah when the saturated fat is not that good
Cause it make you not feel good, you don't it want it, you know you should.
And that is right, it's right, you eat it and you know you strollin'
Don't need no saturated fat cause you want a line from mouth to your colon
All: Saturated fat!
Chip: 1, 2, 3, 4, Woah! Hey Hey!
Don't eat so much mayonnaise! Everybody!
Jeff: I ate too many potatoes and yams
Not too many saturated fat grams
But if you go to the Krispy Kreme's
You're going to have so much fat in between!
Chip: So, don't eat the fat, the fat that's in you.
Jonathan: Don't eat the fat, the fat that's in you.
Chip: Can you give me one stop!
Jonathan: Don't eat the fat, the fat that's in you. Don't eat the fat, the fat that's in you.
Jeff/Jonathan: Saturated, saturated, saturated
Chip: Two times!
Executioner - "Lethal Injection" (Old School Rap).
All: Yo! It's a lethal injection! What what! <repeat ad libs>
Jeff: MGM, get your hands up! Come on, let me see your hands up!
I committed crimes in this town
And now they're gonna try to lay me
All: DOWN
Jeff: I killed a young girl, her name was Mabel
They're gonna put me on the big flat
All: TABLE
Jonathan: That is right, there's no intersection
Ouch! My arm! A painful injection
Coming at you, gonna roll a seven
Uh oh, my a*** ain't going to heaven
Chip: Some people are lucky, some people are not
You're the kind that's not, 'cause you're 'bout to get a
All: SHOT
Chip: I got a new injection, it's not gonna feel good
I think if you do the other kind you feel REAL good
Jeff: Now the first big needle puts you out to sleep
The second injection's one you don't want to keep
That's the injection that tires your brain
The third injection makes you feel insane
Slowly, slowly you start to die
The lids go down over your eye
The people from the glass, watching your a**
Why you getting killed? You don't have to ask!
Jonathan: It's a lethal injection!
Chip: What!
Jonathan: It's a lethal injection!
Chip: What!
All: It's a lethal injection!
Chip: In your butt!
Jonathan: Lethal... check it check it check it check it check it!
<Chip pretends to scratch records>
Jonathan: L to the ethal, I to the njection
Uh oh! Get an erection
Chip on the table, that's not nice
Give it to me once!
Chip: 400 CCs, 400 CCs
Jonathan: TWICE!
All: Lethal! Lethal! Lethal! Lethal!
Chip: What you gonna do? It's a Lethal Weapon 2!
Jeff: Lethal injection, you're 'bout to die.
Why you gonna die? Yo, don't ask
ALL: WHY
Jeff: You killed 40 people and you didn't even care
You mother***er, just lie down there!
Chip: Shot for shot, that's the shot I got! (x2)
All: Shot for shot, that's the shot I got!
Chip: You think you are the lucky one, but you are not.
All: Lethal injection! Lethal injection! Lethal injection! Lethal injection!
Jeff: Peace!
Farmer - "Dust Storm" (Jazz Ballad).
Chip: Thank you all for coming down to the feed barn
Jeff: Hay is half-off while we're on stage
Chip: Hey!
Jeff: What?
Chip: Half-off!
Jeff: Oh.
<Chip prepares to sing.>
Jeff <interrupting>: Dust STOOOOOOOORM!
Dusty dusty wind.
Sand... in my shoes.
I can't grow a goddamn thing.
Ooo what... do I dooooooooo??
Chip: DUST storm!
<Jeff scats>
Chip: Windy windy dust.
Jeff: Sandy teeth!
Chip: Trumpet solo!
<Jeff mimes trumpet and plays a single note>
Jeff: Dust STOOOOOOOOORM!
Sandy, sandy airrrrrrrrr...
Chip: We should probably wear some kind of ventilating mask.
Jeff: A tumbleweed just went from there... to THEEEEEERE!
DUST STOOOOORM! <begins miming trumpet>
Chip: Here comes a cyclone, just look at them
I'll never find my Autie Emmmm!
Jeff: There is no place like... <in falsetto> home
And no matter how far my wanderlust may roam
Chip: There's something in my heart that keeps me safe and warm.
It's a du...
Jeff <interrupting, again>: DUST STOOOOOOOORM!
DUST STOOOOOORM!
Chip: It's your old trusty
Not damp and musty
Jeff: <interrupting> Gonna make your tractor tires all rustyyyyyyyy
Both: It's a...
Jeff <attempts to muffle Chip>: DUST
Chip <seizes both microphones>: DUUUUUUUUUUUUST STOOOOOORM!
Hog Farmer - "Our Love is Like Pork" (French).
Jeff: Our love is like pork
Brad: <mimes harmonica>
Jeff: That's what I say
First you eat it, you crave it You digest it, your love goes away
I fell in love with you, my pig, you were the only one for me
When I said, "Do you want me,"
You would say, "Sooo, oui oui!"
Sooo, oui oui!
Chip: Sooo, oui oui!
Jeff: Sooo, oui oui!
Chip: Sooo, oui oui!
Our love was so nice, our love was so sweet
Our love was the other white meat
I know you think I'm a jerk
But I love, I love my little pork
Brad: Tell me... <Chip echoes> what you want me to do.
Jeff: He's singing! Shut the f*** up!
Brad: I want you to be my barbecue!
Chip: My barbecue...
Brad: Your love comes dripping off my fork
For you are the love that I love and I truly love pork
Jeff: Oh, love is like pork!
Chris: Oh!
Jeff: It's your one and your all
It's seems so right and yet it's filled with so much cholesterol!
Chris: And what will I do when my piggy is gone?
Au revoir, la petit cauchon!
Brad: <fake French>
Jeff: And when love, like pork, is finally through
I'll just say, "that'll do, pig!"
All: "That will do!"
Lumberjack - "Flap My Jack" (Tunes for Tots).
Jeff: Good evening, boys and girls.
Chip: <in an Australian accent> G'day!
Jeff: We've got a song to sing for you, and if you know the chorus, you can sing along.
Chip: This one's a cracker, so everybody's gonna have a good time! Am I right?
Jeff: Where are you from?
Chip: I don't know.
Jeff: <whispers> Wow!
What's the name of the song? I've already forgotten, because I have been drinking!
Chip: Can you kids say drinking?
Jeff: Oh, "Flap My Jack?"
Chip: Oh yes!
Jeff: "Flap My Jack!"
Flippity flap, flippity flap
Put a pancake on the stack
Everybody flap my jack!
Flippity flap, flippity flap
<Chip joins> Put a pancake on the stack
Everybody flap my jack!
Jeff: Ker-flop!
Chip: We've got one cake on the bottom
On top and in the middle
You pour a little batter
And you put it on the griddle
And then you're all done
If you want more you can come back
So everybody flippity flap
And you can flap my jack!
Chip and Jeff: Flippity flap, flippity flap <Chip forgets the words>
Jeff alone: Put a pancake on the stack
Everybody flap my jack!
Chip: Oh yes!
Both: Flippity flap, flippity flap
Put a pancake on the stack
Everybody flap my jack!
Jeff: Everybody now!
Both: Flippity flap, flippity flap
Put a pancake on the stack
Everybody flap my jack!
Chip: That's right!
Jeff: Just you, sir! <points the microphone at an audience member>
Audience Member: Flippity flap, flippity flap, flippity flap
Jeff: NO! WRONG! Flippity flap
Put a pancake on the stack
Everybody needs a good breakfast in the day.
Flippity flap, flippity flap
Put a pancake on the stack
And don't take my butter away!
Chip: The batter, the batter
Soft as silk
The batter, the batter,
Is buttermilk!
The batter, the batter,
The better the batter, the bitter the batter, the batter the bitter, the batter, the batter...
PLAY BALL!
Jeff: Flippity flap, flippity flap
Put a pancake on the stack
Everybody flap my jack!
Everybody now!
Jeff/Chip/Greg/Ryan: Flippity flap, flippity flap
Put a pancake on the stack
Everybody flap my jack!
Stockbroker - "Bailout" (Memphis Soul).
Jeff and Chip: <alternating> Huh! Yeah!
Jeff: I gotta fix the stand!
Hey! Scream and shout!
Let me hear you wail "bailout!"
I said, hey! Scream and shout!
When I stay "wail," you all gonna bail me out.
I gotta fix the stand!
Chip: Well, Imma gonna go to a fancy jail
And my company's too big to fail
The government will help me, no no doubt
Uncle Sam is gonna bail me out.
Bail me out!
Jeff: Baby, I know most of you's poor
A guy named Madoff made off with your door
Oh baby, when it rains it can hair
Come on and bail!
Chip and Jeff: You've got to bail! Bail me out!
You've got to bail! Got to bail me out!
Chip: I know that life can be risky
When you put your money down
There's a lot of people that you can cheat
Hollywood all around!
<dance break>
Jeff: Chip, let me see you go all the way down
Bail it out, Chip! Bail it out, bail it out to the ground!
Chip: <wails and does a split>
Jeff: Let me hear you wail and shout
When I say "bail," you say bail me out!
Chip: I said "bail!" "Bail me out!
I said bail! Bail me out!
One more, I said bail! Bail me out!
Jeff: <pointing the microphone at an audience member> Just you! Bail!
Audience member: "Bail me out!"
Jeff: Very special!
Chip: Listen, I've gotta go to prison now. We don't want to go to prison. But we've got to go to prison! You've been a great audience! One of these days you're gonna send your money; you're gonna send your taxes; and you're gonna bail me out!
Jeff and Chip: You're gonna baaaaaail... Bail me out!
Stripper - "You Gotta Tip Me a Twenty" (Elizabethan).
Chip: Hey nonny nonny and a yo ho ho
Jonathan: Sha la la la la
Jeff: With a nonny nonny hey and a shonny nonny na
Chip: Nonny nonny
Jonathan: Sha la la la la
Jeff: Hey there, Mr., hey there, son
Don't give me nickels, don't give me a one
If you want to tip me, you'd better give me plenty
Tip me twenty
Chip: If you want me to lose these pantaloons
You'd best go get your gold dubloons
I know that you haven't got any
So be gone cause you can't tip... me... twenty
Jeff and Jonathan: Nonny nonny nonny nonny hey ho
Jonathan: Well you've definitely got something going on
And I hate to say that stripper is his mom
All: Hey nonny nonny nonny
Jeff: If it's gold and it's money that you all lack
Don't throw it on the stage; you can stick it in my crack.
Everybody out there give me many many
If you're going to tip me, tip me...
Chip and Jonathan: Twenty
Jeff: Sha la la la la la looo la laaa!
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fandom.1000points | # Music Lyrics/One-time Games
This is the Whoserpedia's page for lyrics to musical games that have only been played a single time. This will cover both the UK and US series.
Remember That Song.
Ryan's sex change song.
Ryan Stiles:<br>Is there nowhere I can go to hide?<br>
How do I bring out this woman inside?<br>
I have to make a choice.<br>
Thinking about it makes me moist.<br>
My friends tell me,<br>
"Don't worry. Put those days behind you."<br>
I'm quite different now.<br>
They took away my penis and gave me a vagina.
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fandom.1000points | # Music Lyrics/Prison Visitor
This is the Whoserpedia's page for Prison Visitor lyrics, covering entire British series. If the song you're looking for is not here, check Bartender or Psychiatrist.
| Music Lyrics/Prison Visitor |
fandom.1000points | # Music Lyrics/Psychiatrist
This is the Whoserpedia's page for Psychiatrist lyrics, covering entire British series. If the song you're looking for is not here, check Bartender or Prison Visitor.
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fandom.1000points | # Music Lyrics/Rap
This is the Whoserpedia's page for Rap lyrics, covering the entire British run, as well as the radio series.
Animals.
Lenny Henry:<br>
"Feel good!"<br>
I went to the zoo, walked down the street,<br>
Opened the door, and guess who I should meet.<br>
A tiger came and bit off my leg,<br>
And now I'm going to walk back home again.<br>
It's the animal rap.<br>
Dawn French:<br>
I like animals. I like Pekinese.<br>
I like them a lot 'cause their stupid knees.<br>
I like everything. I like a snake.<br>
And it, I don't, if it's a fake.<br>
Stephen Fry:<br>
"Eh, um, oh. I find it rather hard to get to sleep,"<br>
"So I tend to spend my time counting sheep."<br>
"Um, I've got plenty in the bedroom, uh, one on the walls,"<br>
"Um, one in bed, and one curled up on my lap."<br>
John Sessions:<br>
I like the man from UNCLE, like the man from Atlantis,<br>
But I like to make love to a praying mantis.<br>
Get down on your leg, down on your feet,<br>
Go after those sheep 'til they bleat bleat bleat.<br>
I say, damn.<br>
Lenny Henry:<br>
Aww yeah! Feel good!<br>
Aww... "I'm sorry, I'm enjoying this too much."<br>
I like to go hunting. There's no denying.<br>
I like to stick my gun into a big lion.<br>
I'd like to get down with the big fat sheep.<br>
I like to do something else and then go to sleep.<br>
Dawn French:<br>
I like all sorts of animals, especially cats.<br>
I like them if they're thin. I like them if they're fat.<br>
I like other animals. I like a dog,<br>
But one thing I wouldn't do with a dog is snog.<br>
Stephen Fry:<br>
"I once went to bed with a baby llama,"<br>
"But it didn't matter because he didn't tell his mama."<br>
"I then went to bed with a bird from Carolina,"<br>
"But it did matter, because it was a mynah."<br>
Banking.
Lee Simpson:<br>
Working in a bank has made me a wreck.<br>
I keep bouncing things. I especially bounce checks.<br>
I hadn't had a good day since I worked this bank.<br>
To pass the time, I just have to do a crossword puzzle.<br>
I try to do things to help pass the time,<br>
But the manager doesn't like me. He doesn't like my rhyme,<br>
So I said to him, "You can stuff your job".<br>
He said, "Get out of my bank. You always were a slob".<br>
Jan Ravens:<br>
When you're choosing a bank to go to, it is really hard to find the best,<br>
Which are the ones that are in South Africa. The ones from which you have to disinvest.<br>
Tony Slattery:<br>
Banking is a subject close to my heart.<br>
Me and my current account are never far apart.<br>
You go to the manager, on closer inspection.<br>
He's really dishy. He gives me an erection.<br>
Mike McShane:<br>
"The man has the morals of a German Shepherd."<br>
Sperm Bank! That's what I run.<br>
I have to admit it's a lot of fun.<br>
The customers always come in real glad,<br>
And when they leave, you know they're sad.<br>
I like to deposit, but most of all,<br>
When the shop closes down, I can make a withdrawal.<br>
Burgundy Handbags.
John Sessions:<br>
You know about America. Amerigo Vespucci.<br>
Was he wearing his leather, man? He was carrying Gucci.<br>
He was the kind of guy that could go out so high<br>
With his leather bag.<br>
He ain't no drag. Fag, fag, fag.<br>
Tony Slattery:<br>
"Get down!"<br>
I went to a party just down the street.<br>
I walk inside, and guess what I did see.<br>
I saw a hangbag and it looked kind of fun.<br>
I was feeling pretty perverted, so I stuck it up my bum.<br>
Josie Lawrence:<br>
I fill my pockets up and I make them sag<br>
So I really need to buy a hangbag.<br>
I'd have it in maroon or I'd have it in peuce,<br>
But that kind of colour just ain't no use.<br>
The only colour for me<br>
Is bur-b-bur-b-burgundy.<br>
Mike McShane:<br>
I've got a handbag. I like to fill her.<br>
When I fill it up, my bag's a thriller.<br>
I take cosmetics all the time<br>
And I load them in the bag all the time.<br>
My bag's really red, can't you see?<br>
It's more than red. It's burgundy.<br>
Not rose. Not that. Not all, my friend.<br>
And here's where the bag rap's got to end.<br>
Clive: "Rhyme again, though".
John Sessions:<br>
I like my chicks wild. I like my chicks wild.<br>
I like them wild like a nuclear reactor.<br>
I like them to carry all kind of stuff in their bag<br>
Like lipstick, maybe a max factor.<br>
Like a rip in across the face and make them red and hide.<br>
And I like to go out with them and say, "Hi".<br>
Tony Slattery:<br>
I was walking with my bag the other day,<br>
And my friend saw me with it, and he said, "Hey".<br>
He said, "Hey, hey, h-hey, hey, hey, hey".<br>
He was really repetitive, so I shot him.<br>
Josie Lawrence:<br>
My bag won't make any animals sick<br>
Because it is made out of plastic.<br>
It has a shoulder strap.<br>
You can hear me sing this rap.<br>
I love my burgundy handbag. I love it so.<br>
And if a mugger comes, I won't let my handbag go. No.<br>
I won't let my handbag go. No. I won't let my handbag...<br>
Mike McShane:<br>
I got the bag. It's got a latch.<br>
When I close it tight, it's tight. Cold natch.<br>
They think I'm funny because I'm so big.<br>
They say, "Is that bag made out of a pig?"<br>
I say, "No, my friend. It's made out of a cow.<br>
If you make fun of me, my fist will go pow<br>
Right in your face, knock you on your butt,<br>
Then you'll be on the floor and in a rut.<br>
They'll scoop you up, and put you in my bag.<br>
And then you'll be a stone butt drag."<br>
Cooking.
Mike McShane:<br>
I'm a master chef. I'm in your kitchen.<br>
When I whip up an omelette, Lord, it's bitchin'.<br>
I crack the eggs and lay them in the pan.<br>
Spread the cheese and go goin' on it, man.<br>
I flip it over with my hand.<br>
It lands right back in the aluminum pan.<br>
I serve it up and it's really hot.<br>
If you don't like an omelette, I say it a lot.<br>
Tony Slattery:<br>
Cooking is my obsession.<br>
So what's going to happen now is a cookery lesson.<br>
It's where it's at. Food is where it's been.<br>
I'm a pissed chef. I'd like a large gin.<br>
Josie Lawrence:<br>
Hi everybody. My name is Josie.<br>
I'm going to teach you how to eat spaghetti.<br>
You can do it in a lot of ways,<br>
You can chop up the garlic, make bolognaise.<br>
You can make it slow or make it faster.<br>
There's lots of ways that you can do pasta.<br>
Greg Proops:<br>
Well, I'm a groovy chef. I'm totally illin',<br>
And when I make a dish, it's way way thrilling.<br>
The girls come in the kitchen. They hop like a frog,<br>
'Cause they want to taste my big hot dog.<br>
Dental Hygeine.
John Sessions:<br>
Gotta floss those teeth. Gotta floss those teeth.<br>
Go around inside. Get down underneath.<br>
Go around the top. Go back to the bottom,<br>
And then you're just peculiar.<br>
Tony Slattery:<br>
Paul Daniel's Magic Show. Terry and June. Sky Television.<br>
"Oh no, I thought it was "crap". It's "rap". Sorry."<br>
I love dentists. I love them every day.<br>
I love them in lots of special ways.<br>
I love my hygienist. He is great.<br>
I want him to have my baby. I want him to be my mate.<br>
"Hey!"<br>
Josie Lawrence:<br>
Come on, dentists. Get off of my back.<br>
I want you to scrape away my plaque.<br>
Come on, now, and hear me sing.<br>
I want you to make my mouth a bright thing.<br>
Do the bright thing!<br>
Greg Proops:<br>
Yo, yo. I'm your dentist. I'm Doctor Gain.<br>
I'm here to cause you a massive amount of pain.<br>
Sit down in your chair, I'll pull on your hair,<br>
And drill right down to your underwear.<br>
DIY.
John Sessions:<br>
DIY is often done by a guy called Brian.<br>
He makes naff kind of banisters out of wood and plywood and wrought iron.<br>
Now and again, he breaks off and goes talk to the wife.<br>
Most of the time, he's happier with a stanley knife.<br>
Jon Glover:<br>
The guy next door is driving me mad.<br>
He's really all hamming and he really is sad.<br>
He's trying to build himself a house,<br>
But the guy just ain't as quiet as a mouse.<br>
Rory Bremner:<br>
Well, you get yourself a hammer and you get yourself a drill,<br>
And you save a lot of money on the decorator's bill.<br>
You can drill all night, you can drill all day.<br>
And you really save a lot of money that way.<br>
"You know what I mean? You know?"<br>
Stephen Fry:<br>
"Well, oh. Oh, yes. Oh, I shouldn't wonder."<br>
"No, uh, DIY is, uhh, well, it's uhh, it's um, it's injurious to the health."<br>
"Um, it stands, for those who are interested, for "Do-it-Yourself"."<br>
"Um, I had, I had a terrible time with all these, uh, all these, you know, brackets and fixtures."<br>
"Um, I tried to put a picture on the wall the other day, uh, ha ha. And essentially I put, I put the wall on the picture."<br>
"Went horribly wrong."<br>
John Sessions:<br>
Chubby Checker and Desmond Decker,<br>
They need a Black and Decker for the breaker.<br>
And everyone knows they like any kind of tool.<br>
Go back to see the Marley's ghost on the island.<br>
Finding a rhyme scheme. That's simply the rule.<br>
Jon Glover:<br>
Well, I went on down to MFI<br>
To see if I could find something for I.<br>
I couldn't find nothing that would fit together,<br>
But now I'm making something out of leather.<br>
Rory Bremner:<br>
But the guy next door, he's going to do it a lot faster,<br>
'Cause he's going to get himself a huge ghetto blaster.<br>
He's got himself the fuses and he's got himself the wires.<br>
He's going to do himself up in electrical fires.<br>
"Nearly."<br>
Stephen Fry:<br>
"I, um, I, I, I do a bit of, um, bit of, uh, bit of DIY now and again."<br>
"Uh, well, it's a lot cheaper than, you know, well, paying the men."<br>
"Um, I, uh, ha. I uh, ha ha. I, uh."<br>
"I supposed you could call me, you know, something of a self-inflator,"<br>
"But I'm, uh, I did it, myself, to myself. And I'm a self-made man who worships his own creator."
Dustmen.
Josie Lawrence:<br>
You know that throwing litter is a sin.<br>
You should pick it up and put it in the bin.<br>
What I am is what I am.<br>
Because I am a d-d-d-dustman.<br>
I like my job so well,<br>
But nobody ever can tell.<br>
I pick up the bins and then, what more?<br>
I spill the rubbish all over your floor.<br>
Arthur Smith:<br>
Yes, I spill that rubbish on the floor.<br>
I kick the dog and I scratch the door.<br>
I deal in rubbish, horrible and green.<br>
I'm like the captain of the English cricket team.<br>
"Get down!"<br>
Sandi Toksvig:<br>
They call me "garbage". They call me "trash".<br>
They call me a dustman, which is a little dash.<br>
But I'm telling you now and I'm telling you here,<br>
Actually, I'm a sanitary engineer.<br>
Mike McShane:<br>
("Barks")<br>
I'm a dog. I love getting in<br>
Anything that looks like a big trash bin.<br>
They got the bones and they got the goop.<br>
I can't get enough and then I take a little scoop<br>
Of some bad food, three days old.<br>
It's got a nice heavy thing of mold.<br>
It tastes really good to someone like me,<br>
'Cause, bitch, I ain't got no pedigree.<br>
Fish.
John Sessions:<br>
When you're swimming in the water down by Bermuda,<br>
You're going to bait yourself, wash with a barracuda.<br>
You're going to see every type of fish, you're see every type of fin,<br>
Then you're going to get in the water and you're going to get out again.<br>
Nonny Williams:<br>
If you want to stay young and don't want a wrinkle,<br>
You should eat your haddock, you should eat your winkle.<br>
If you want to keep a lodge of space,<br>
Eat your halibut. Eat your plaice.<br>
'Thank you! Woo! Woo!"<br>
Jimmy Mulville:<br>
I don't like chops and I don't like ham.<br>
I don't like lamb and I don't like spam.<br>
I don't like anything. I don't like gammon.<br>
So just give me a nice piece of salmon.<br>
"Yeah!"<br>
Stephen Fry:<br>
"Well, I rather like the weatherman. Um, uh, they're so fiercely cool."<br>
"There's Ian McCaskill. He's no fool."<br>
"But, uh, the one man in Britain I think is really delish,"<br>
"And that's that super sexy person, Michael Fish."<br>
Jimmy Mulville:<br>
"Fish! Fish!"<br>
You go down the deep to have a look around.<br>
You swim and swim and poke, poke around.<br>
You don't know what to do or say,<br>
And then you see a very big stingray.<br>
"Not very funny, but it rhymes."<br>
Stephen Fry:<br>
"I saw a man the other day dangling his rod."<br>
"Uh, and, uh, then he started fishing, by God."<br>
"I, I saw what it was that he was landing."<br>
"It was a piece of cod that passeth all understanding."<br>
Fruit.
John Sessions:<br>
I like Orson Welles. I like any type of crime.<br>
I like oranges, apples, and Harry Lime.<br>
I like to make myself go "Toot, toot, toot"<br>
And then I hit myself with a drop of fruit.<br>
Ow!<br>
Enn Reitel:<br>
I like peaches. I like pears.<br>
I like oranges, and I don't cares.<br>
I eat them plain. I eat them with the peel on.<br>
And then I throw up all over the place because I don't really like fruit.<br>
Hugh Laurie:<br>
While I was walking down the street just the other day,<br>
I was looking good. I was feeling okay.<br>
I was feeling fine but I couldn't think of anything to rhyme with<br>
...Melon!<br>
Stephen Fry:<br>
"I like fruit. I eat it more than I oughter."<br>
"Uh, uh, I find fruit makes your mouth water."<br>
"Uh, but I quite like pears and I like apples."<br>
"Um, I like the fruits that they sell. Uh... Oh, that was apples, wasn't it? I'm sorry, I got that rhyme completely wrong."<br>
"I like bananas. I like figs."<br>
"Um, I quite like bacon. Uh, it comes from pigs."<br>
Hangovers.
Mike McShane:<br>
Oh, oh, oh.<br>
I drank too much last night.<br>
I drank too much. My head is a fright.<br>
I look in the mirror. My eyes aren't any clearer.<br>
And now I look like a big ugly reindeer.<br>
I got the horse sitting on my head.<br>
My tongue's covered with fur. I wish I was dead.<br>
I can't relate. Lord, I just can't think.<br>
I know what I need is another drink.<br>
Tony Slattery:<br>
I like hangovers. They're really ace.<br>
I love it when the vomit dribbles down my face.<br>
I take some paracetamol. Woo, Lord, save us.<br>
I wanna make love with Dicky Davis.<br>
Sandi Toksvig:<br>
I lay on the floor. I felt quite sick.<br>
My head, it was incredibly thick.<br>
My mouth tasted like it was full of beans.<br>
I looked up. There was a man in tight jeans.<br>
I said, "Hey. This song shouldnt've been sung,<br>
But boy, you're sure well hung".<br>
Paul Merton:<br>
Last night I had some cake and... "No start again."<br>
"I just can't do this game at all, not even at my damn best. Uhh..."<br>
Last night I had some beer, some cake.<br>
Now I have a great headache.<br>
I am what you call an alcoholic<br>
And my nature is bucolic.<br>
Josie Lawrence:<br>
Hello. Hello.<br>
Hello. Hello. Hello, everybody. My name is Anna.<br>
Last night, I got drunk on tequila slammers.<br>
I was drunk. I was out of my head.<br>
Can't remember what I did. Can't remember what I said.<br>
I came into the party, and the next thing I do,<br>
I was jumping around naked like a kangaroo.<br>
Greg Proops:<br>
Last night, I started drinking. I wasn't really thinking.<br>
And now I wake up. I'm totally stinking.<br>
I'm lying in my bed. I wish I was dead.<br>
'Cause I feel like my brain is bigger than my head.<br>
Having a Baby.
John Sessions:<br>
Clinical, umbilical,<br>
Having babies don't make you cynical.<br>
You go on the floor, on the, on the floor.<br>
Baby, baby, baby. Have you on the window sill.<br>
Josie Lawrence:<br>
I met this man. He was called Dennis.<br>
He turned out to be a menace.<br>
He said "Come on". I said "Maybe".<br>
Now I found out that I'm having his baby.<br>
Well, heave. Well, heave.<br>
And a push, push, push. Don't push it.<br>
Peter Cook:<br>
When the baby comes, you know full well<br>
That the baby's going to make your life Hell.<br>
But you throw the baby out the door.<br>
You say, "I want a little bit more<br>
Of what made the baby come in the first place".<br>
Cootchie boogie woogie woogie woogie woogie woogie woo.<br>
Stephen Fry:<br>
"Um, well there's obviously a lot of unpleasantness that has to be gone through before the baby eventually comes out in chirrups."<br>
"I mean, for a start, of course, the poor old mother has to be put up in all those revolting stirrups."<br>
"And um, uh, you've got to be very careful to make sure the baby doesn't come out in rather unpleasant pieces,"<br>
"And to stop that happening, I recommend amniocentesis. It's a, it's a very very good thing to have there."<br>
"Um, when I was a born, the umbilical cord was cut with a, with a, with a sabre."<br>
"Um, err, err, because it's only politically true, of course, as well as only the surgeon's knife can really save Labour."<br>
Sheep Shearing.
John Sessions:<br>
You gotta ga-ga-ga-ga-ga-ga gotta button the mutton<br>
'Til you button the mutton until your mutton is hurting.<br>
And it's like Timothy Hutton.<br>
You get the mutton, baby, you get the sheep on the clean<br>
And then you can say you put them in the pastures that are so green.<br>
Enn Reitel:<br>
Baa baa black sheep. Have you any wool?<br>
Yes, sir. Yes, sir. I said three bags full.<br>
I said three bags full.<br>
Get down, baby. Baa baa black sheep. Have you any wool?<br>
Yes, sir. Yes, sir.<br>
Josie Lawrence:<br>
Come on, sheep. Pull up to my bunker.<br>
Make me a woolly jumper.<br>
Ooh, ooh. You're so shear.<br>
I like to have my sheep real near.<br>
I go to Australia and see the men, they sweat.<br>
I like to see them dripping. Yes, it's my favourite bet.<br>
I like to watch sheep shearers. I could watch them all day long,<br>
Because I like sheep best of all. Their loins are good and strong.<br>
Stephen Fry:<br>
Mary had a little lamb!<br>
"No, I can't do that. I can't, I can't do that kind of thing at all."<br>
"Um, yes. I'm terribly fond of uh, of uh, shearing sheep. Nothing, nothing could be clearer."<br>
"I'm very, they, they call me Norma Shearer."<br>
"I, I shear very hard and I shear very hard again."<br>
"Uh, uh, uh, and I sheared a nice little woollen cardigan."<br>
"Um, but, uh, in fact, sheeps, rams, lambs, and ewes"<br>
"Um, ah, rather make very attractive blouson and other itemries of clothing."<br>
"Um, sheep have a reputation for being stupid,"<br>
"And when it comes to being lovers, I don't think anyone could call them Cupid."<br>
"Um, um, sheep are friendly and sheep are clean."<br>
"I think, I think you know what I mean."<br>
"I don't."<br>
Stamp Collecting.
Mike McShane:<br>
Philately. It gives me a kick.<br>
They're stamps. I like them to lick.<br>
They're tasty. When I put them on the page, I know it's a hobby,<br>
But let me act my age. They're good.<br>
And I've got the original, the best.<br>
The one and only original, the Babe Ruth<br>
That's upside down. When he's swinging the bat and he looks like a clown.<br>
"Uh! Lick it!"<br>
Ryan Stiles:<br>
I like the stamps. I like 'em all. I'd like to see the Pope.<br>
I'd lick that thing and stick it right on the big white envelope.<br>
Any kind of stamp, oh, any kind of stamp, oh, any kind of stamp you've seen.<br>
My favourite is when I get to bear the big lick on the Queen.<br>
Let me hear you now. Uhh!<br>
All: Ohhh!
George McGrath:<br>
I like the stamps. Steam them off a letter.<br>
As soon as I got them then I feel better.<br>
I put them in a book and I give them a look,<br>
And then I find that I need to cook.<br>
And it seems to me that it's always surprising<br>
The price of my stamps keep on rising.<br>
"Uh huh!"<br>
Greg Proops:<br>
Cold illin' 'cause I did philately.<br>
I'm at home getting it on with Natalie.<br>
It's okay if the stamps are thin<br>
'Cause you know when I lick 'em, they go right in.<br>
I may be white but that's alright,<br>
'Cause I be licking stamps all through the night.<br>
Tabloid Newspapers.
John Sessions:<br>
England's into democracy, into being free and<br>
No comment, no FP'ing.<br>
I'm saying the best kind of thing is the Sun.<br>
If you don't like tits, tat least you can have fun.<br>
Griff Rhys-Jones:<br>
I was reading my paper the other day,<br>
And what do I see in the headline, it say?<br>
That James Anderton is the king of the crop.<br>
He's a man who never knows when to stop.<br>
He thinks he's God. He thinks he's the Lord,<br>
But I don't care because he's... making me bored.<br>
Kate Robbins:<br>
As I opened up my page the other day,<br>
I saw Sammy Fox. She had nothing to say.<br>
And she was standing there. She had some bits.<br>
And then I looked at her great big long hair.<br>
She's blonde. He's so horrible.<br>
I don't like her. Nothing rhymes with "horrible".<br>
Press that buzzer, whatever you do.<br>
If you don't press it now, I'm going to hit, hit you.<br>
Stephen Fry:<br>
"Well, I was going on a holiday with my baby dachsund."<br>
"Um. No, I'm sorry. I just can't do the accent."<br>
"Um, I was, uh, going on holiday and I was rather annoyed"<br>
"Because, uh, I started to think about the great British tabloid."<br>
"And I realized on holiday, I was the editor of a certain one,"<br>
"Because there I was, lying in the Sun."<br>
Veterinarians.
Ryan Stiles:<br>
Lying on the road, guess what I saw.<br>
It was lying there dead, a dead chihuahua.<br>
I took him to the vet to see what he said.<br>
He said, "Yeah man. You're right. The dog is dead".<br>
I said eee!<br>
Josie Lawrence:<br>
Being a vet is lots of fun.<br>
Stick it behind an animal's bum.<br>
Oh yeah. Huh! Uppa huppa huppa.<br>
So bring your doggy to me if he is sore,<br>
He has a nail stuck in his paw.<br>
I will pull that nail right out.<br>
Make your doggy sing and shout.<br>
Yes, I'm feeling quite contrary.<br>
I'm a mental veterinary.<br>
Neil Mullarkey:<br>
Well, being a vet has lots of surprises.<br>
And by the way, did I mention my trousers?<br>
Yesterday, I had a pregnant cow.<br>
My, my. It was is really strange, because when I pulled it out, it said, "Meow".<br>
Mike McShane:<br>
All the toughest jobs that this vet has got to do,<br>
I'm a gynecologist at the zoo.<br>
I do the dogs and I do the cats,<br>
But the elephants, Lord, that's where it's at.<br>
You get him on the table. You get him on the back.<br>
And you work your hand in. Packy wacky wack wack.<br>
I know it's tough, you gotta face the facts.<br>
The main this is just to get them to relax.<br>
Series Two Bloopers.
Royalty.
Mike McShane:<br>
The best of the favourite of my royalty.<br>
I've got a thing about a guy named Edward III.<br>
He was the king for a little while.<br>
He had lots of grace and had lots of style.<br>
Now, don't get me wrong and don't shoot me dead.<br>
I think he got pressed with death with - "Oh, fuck that."<br>
Pinstriping.
John Sessions: Pinstripe-ripe-ripe! "No, can't do it. Can't do it."
Fish.
Josie Lawrence:
"It's completely gone. Wait a minute, they're going to edit this aren't they? They can't can they, because of the rhythm.<br>
Clive Anderson: "No, they can't do it. Keep going. Keep that rhythm going."<br>
I like fishing for all that trout.<br>
Josie: "Come on, Clivey. Help me out!"
Clive:<br>
Get it in the river. Get it in your mouth.<br>
Go to Scotland to get some salmon.<br>
Go home and have some eggs and bacon.<br>
Paul Merton: "Why don't you get up and do it?"
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fandom.1000points | # Music Lyrics/Rock Out
This is the Whoserpedia's page for Rock Out lyrics, covering the game played on the Australian series.
Botched Nose Job.
Tom Walker:
I took my nose to get it fixed
'Cause it had a bunch of cricks.
Went in there, if you mean it.
It came out looking more like a penis.
Cal Wilson:
Well, I wear a mask. Don't want you looking at me.
Had a little accident. My nostrils numbered three.
You might think that I'm living in hell.
Well, I don't look too good, but boy can I smell.
Steen Raskopoulos:
Look at me. Don't I look like just some fun?
Can you just see the procedure that I just had done?
Babe, it is totally all the fashion.
Don't you think that I just look like another Kardashian?
Susie Youssef:
I've had some work done. It's kind of drastic.
Started with my boobs, moved up to rhinoplastic.
But let me tell you, one thing that I really feel.
I know you can tell that all my lips are real.
All: All my lips are real!
Childbirth.
Tom Walker:
Nine long months, he stayed inside her.
Oh, the thing just up in a vagina.
I'm sorry, you broke my heart
Then your fucking son tore me apart.
Cal Wilson:
The doctor was surprised that he couldn't get through to us.
He kept shouting out, "There's a kid in your uterus!"
We were so happy and our hearts went boom.
Then the doctor said, "Hey go get a womb!
Steen Raskopoulos:
I know where a baby comes from. It comes from sex,
But to all the girls out there, I've got no context.
So, I will do one thing. I'll take off my hat,
Because as a man, I could never do that.
"I'm proud of you women. As a man, I couldn't get a baby out of my dick."
Tegan Higginbotham:
Well, I don't want a baby and I know that that's wild,
But for the past few years, I've been dating a 30-year-old manchild.
I put up with a lot, and yes, at times it got crappy,
But I had to draw the line when he started wearing a nappy.
All: Started wearing a nappy!
Cheese For Breakfast.
Tom Walker:
I wake up, yeah in the morning,
Walking down to a cafe with an awning.
What do I want? Hold the toast.
Give me just the cheese that I love the most.
"Oh no! I spent all day shitting!"
Bridie Connell:
I have lots of regrets, but the one regret in most is
Starting my day with a grilled cheese toasty.
I feel so weird. I'm starting to wiltin'.
Never ever start your day with stilton.
Rhys Darby:
Cheese, please, on my plate.
I like big cheese. I think it's great.
I'll have it at nighttime, lunch as well,
But my favourite time is breakfast, 'cause cheese is swell.
Steen Raskopoulos:
I'm feeling kind of sick and I'm feeling kind of ill.
Excuse me, waiter. Can I have the bill?
I'm feeling quite sick and I'm feeling quite spent.
Oh, shit. I just ate cheese and I'm lactose intolerant.
All: Lactose intolerant!
Competitive Eating.
Tom Walker:
I love to eat. It's my competition.
Will you sign competitive eating petition?
I love eating until my tongue goes numb.
What am I eating? It is your mom.
Cal Wilson:
Don't care about nutrition. Don't care about the taste.
I am competitive. No food goes to waste.
I eat and eat and eat some more.
I eat so much, I can't fit out my own front door.
Steen Raskopoulos:
I am from the place called UNICEF,
And I'm gonna tell you. I'm feeling quite upset.
You are wasting a lot of food for a lot of people who are poor.
But, no I'm just joking. Eat some more.
"Go on. You've got another 40 left in you!"
Tegan Higginbotham:
Well, I told this guy I like eating knobs
And poor thing. He misunderstood me, thought I meant blowjobs.
The whole time, I swear I was just talking about butter
But hell, I've decided to do it. I'm gonna get my slut on.
All: Gonna get my slut on!
Moisturising.
Tom Walker:
I got skin that doesn't crack
Because I put moisurizer on my back.
Oh yeah. I heard that it goes along the rear.
I took my mom's advice and didn't put moisurizer in my ear.
Bridie Connell:
You know, it brings tears to my eyes
When I see somebody who does not moisurize.
So, I've got some advice. Do not fight us
Moisturize or you might end up with dermatitis.
Steen Raskopoulos:
Here's some free advice I just wanted to say.
You should bloody moisurize every single day.
You might think it's not fun at all
Because it's not.
"Get a better fucking hobby, mate. Get a better fucking hobby, at you."
Tegan Higginbotham:
A boy broke up with me, and my heart was all achy breaky.
He told me that it was because my skin was too flakey.
My hair was falling everywhere. Yeah, things were quite rough.
Upstairs and down below, I also had dandruff.
All: Also had dandruff!
Nudie Runs.
Rhys Darby:
I'm funny. I'm quite the card.
When I run, baby, I'm hard.
Sometimes I take the clothes off.
Nudie run! Showing meself off. Yeah!
Bridie Connell:
You know what never makes me fail to say "Hooray"
Is going for a run in my lingerie.
But here's a tip for your next nudie run:
Don't invite your mum.
Steen Raskopoulos:
I'm feeling quite sore today.
I bet your wondering a thing, so I will say
I did a nudie run. I broke the law.
You can see from my limp that my cock was scrapping the floor.
"Aww. It's huge!"
Susie Youssef:
My body's good. My body's beaut.
I look awful good in my birthday suit.
When I'm running, it's clothes I'm shedding,
But maybe I should not have done it at my sister's wedding.
All: At my sister's wedding!
Pilots.
Susie Youssef:
I make money, more than you get,
And I do it flying up in a jet.
No, I'm lying. That's the way it goes.
I make my money from just taking off my clothes.
Steen Raskopoulos:
Well, I'm a pilot and I fly real high.
I take my business up into the sky.
I could've been a landlord, and work in a pub.
But I prefer when I fly and work in the Mile High Club.
"I fuck on planes."
Rhys Darby:
I fly planes through the sky.
A lot of prople ask me. They say, "Why? Why? Why?"
It's for the money, honey. Can't you see?
I'm actually a plane. Get on top of me.
Tegan Higginbotham:
Well, I'm a pilot and I fly around and round.
But I never actually did any training here on the ground.
But my employers, well, they don't really care
'Cause you guessed it. I'm a pilot for Tiger Air!
All: Get on Tiger Air!
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fandom.1000points | # Music Lyrics/Scene to Rap
This is the Whoserpedia's page for Scene to Rap lyrics, covering both the US and UK series.
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fandom.1000points | # Music Lyrics/Show Stopping Number
This is the Whoserpedia's page for Show Stopping Number lyrics, covering the entire US series.
Factory.
Cheese Is Our Life.
Cheese is our life
I wish I could make it my wife
I'd take it to bed
We'd sleep until we're dead!
Oh boy I love chee~eese
I'm Tired of Poking Holes in These Things.
I'm tired / Of poking holes in these things
Doesn't ring / Ring-a-ding-dings
Didn't get the suggestion / We almost didn't get the hint
'Cause Drew almost choked / On an Altoid mint
Without a Hole, Where Would You Be?
Without a hole, where would you be
No place for EEHHHH and no place for the pee
What would you do, oh man
Havin' holes is part of the plan
I love holes, in every SIZE
And if I turn around, there's a big surprise
I love my holes, it's the bomb
If I stand on my head, it spells out "MOM"!
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fandom.1000points | # Music Lyrics/Song Styles
Song Styles was played on many occassions on both the British and American versions of Whose Line.
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fandom.1000points | # Music Lyrics/Song Styles/UK
This is the Whoserpedia's page for Song Styles lyrics, covering the entire British run. If you're looking for songs featuring more than one performer, see Duet.
=Objects=
Washing Machine (Music Hall).
=Audience Serenades=
Yvette the Receptionist (Reggae).
=Others=
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fandom.1000points | # Music Lyrics/Song Styles/US
This is the Whoserpedia's page for Song Styles lyrics, covering the entire American series.
=Audience Serenades=
Wilma the Medical School Coordinator (Oasis).
=Special Guest Serenades=
Whoopi Goldberg (Tina Turner).
=Professions=
Substitute Teacher (Fantasy Rock - with Chris Hardwick).
=Life Problems=
Lying about your Weight (90's R&B - with Tinashe).
=Objects=
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fandom.1000points | # Music Lyrics/Telethon
This is the Whoserpedia's page for Telethon lyrics, covering the entire US series, as well as the one UK playing.
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fandom.1000points | # Music Lyrics/Three Headed Broadway Star
This is the Whoserpedia's page for Three Headed Broadway Star lyrics, covering the entire US series.
You've Got a Beautiful Bald Spot (Ally).
You've got a beautiful bald spot. I think it's so divine. When i look into it i can see anything, YOWZA! Shiny as a bald penny. Brilliant as a professor. My bald spot isn't like yours. Your bald spot can reflect lasers right in my personal direction. When your bald spot glimmers at my eye, i blink once then blink twice. Because your bald spots are nice, nice! (harmonised)
You've Got Sole (My Favourite Shoe).
You are my soul-mate. I can't hardly believe. A sho, oeee, gesundheit, can love me. You are my soul-mate baby. Lace up my shoe. And take me on a... Trips are beautiful. I love you. So.. Get! You! What? Ha, ha ,hahaha. I love my girl because she's so beau ti...what? Listen...to...me!
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fandom.1000points | # Music Lyrics/Title Sequence
This is the Whoserpedia's page for Title Sequence lyrics, covering the entire US series.
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fandom.1000points | # Musical Film Review
Musical Film Review is a short-lived game played on the British edition of Whose Line.
Very similiar to Musical Producers, except there are three singers instead of two. One performer reviews a musical, as chosen from the description of a movie chosen randomly in Halliwell's Film Guide. The other three performers act out a scene as described by the reviewer. Each musical scene is structured. One performer acts solo in the first scene, the other two act together for the next scene, and all three singers work together for the finale.
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fandom.1000points | # Musical Producers
Musical Producers was played on the British version of Whose Line.
Much like Greatest Hits, Musical Producers featured two performers (often Paul Merton and/or Sandi Toksvig), who were brainstorming the next great musical. The other two performers (often Mike McShane and/or Josie Lawrence) sing scenes from the musical, as the producers come up with it. Clive Anderson got the title of the musical from the audience.
The first playing of the game was in the Christmas special of 1989. Since there were six performers, the game was a little different. For that playing, Clive went to the audience and got several scenic suggestions. This was very similiar to the game, American Musical.
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fandom.1000points | # Narrate
Narrate (also known as Film Noir or Narrating for Each Other) was a game played on both the British and American editions of Whose Line.
The game involved two performers (usually Colin Mochrie and Ryan Stiles) acting out a film noir scene in an unlikely location suggested by the audience (such as the Oval Office). As well as acting the scene, the performers had to narrate for each other in the style of film noirs and hardboiled detective novels.
This game showcased the chemistry between Colin and Ryan, as they were able to force each other into bizarre situations. Ryan also showed himself to be adept at performing any action in a film noir manner (including throwing pizza dough, in one rendition of the game). Colin's gifts of wordplay were showcased, as his narration went even further than the texts of Raymond Chandler and those it was inspired by. Ryan's surrealism was also shown, particularly on the British edition.
In one famous rendition of this game, Colin narrated that Ryan's character "did something totally unexpected...even though it was kind of funny, it still was really weird". Prompted by this narration, Ryan then grabbed Colin and kissed him full on the lips.
While the game's debut featured Jim Sweeney and Steve Steen, they have also played two rounds of Scene to Music with film noir music playing. Those games can be considered a forerunner to Narrate.
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fandom.1000points | # News Report
News Report (once played as Sports Report) was a game played on the British version of Whose Line.
News Report is an extension of Expert, and is for all four contestants. It features one player (usually Greg Proops or Sandi Toksvig) as the host of a news program based on a fairy tale, nursery rhyme, or bible tale. Another performer is an expert and another is a field reporter. The last player (usually Mike McShane or Ryan Stiles) is a variety of different people being interviewed by the reporter. After two characters are used, a final talk with the expert is used.
Later, various aspects of News Report have been used in games such as Newsflash, Weird Newscasters, and Daytime Talk Show.
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fandom.1000points | # Newsflash
Newsflash was a game played on both the British and American editions of Whose Line.
The principle was that one performer (a role frequently assigned to Colin Mochrie on the American edition) would stand in front of a green screen on which a video would be projected. This performer was the "reporter in the field". Two (Occassionally three) other performers would take the part of news anchors interviewing the reporter about what was going on - with the catch being that the reporter could not see what was going on. The anchors were supposed to provide clues in the questions to what was going on.
This game belonged to Colin, who both had a knack for providing appropriate reactions, comments and business as well as an almost superhuman ability to guess the scene based on surprisingly few clues. Attempts by others to play the reporter on the scene were less successful.
One common device was to use a scene that elicited feelings of revulsion from the audience so that their reactions became a big part of the joke. Examples of this included scenes of a nudist colony, maggots, cockroaches grossly overweight strippers, body stunts, root canals, and animals mating. The last produced a memorable line from Wayne Brady, "That was wrong on so many levels".
Much like Press Conference, another game working on similar lines, much of the humor of Newsflash came with the reporter's answers to questions - frequently very inappropriate for the situation. Ryan Stiles and Colin developed the technique of asking "How did this begin?", a question which resulted in a series of unusual scene-setting responses by Colin.
As tradition, the anchors would pretend to have been having a conversation, not realizing that they were live on the air.
One famous rendition of this game featured Colin standing in front of a projection of his own appearances on Whose Line - including things such as his "Dinosaur" act. When asked how the scene began, Colin replied: "It all started with a badly-timed bald joke," one of the most accidentally humorous lines in Whose Line history. In response to Drew Carey's question of what he was standing in front of, Colin's response was "I hope it's me with my clothes on".
This idea was used again later, only this time, Colin in front of clips of Ryan, with Ryan giving hints about himself. This playing was less successful, or surprising, as many viewers knew ahead of time what the subject on the screen would be.
Appearances.
UK series.
Series 8: 1, 11, 13<br>
Series 9: 1, 4, 13<br>
US Series.
Season 1: 3, 10, 12, 18<br>
Season 2: 2, 6, 8, 10, 20, 21, 28, 30, 33, 34, 39<br>
Season 3: 4, 8, 20<br>
Season 4: 11, 12, 25<br>
Season 5: 6, 12, 17, 19, 22, 23, 26, 33<br>
Season 6: 7, 10<br>
Season 7: 19<br>
Season 8: 9, 10, 14, 15<br>
Season 9: 7, 10<br>
Season 10: 5, 19, 24<br>
Season 11: 3, 6, 9, 17<br>
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fandom.1000points | # Niall Ashdown
Niall Ashdown appeared briefly in the British edition of Whose Line.
Predominantly used as a singer, Niall didn't make much of an impression on the show. He also seemed to be the go-to guy for accents, showcasing as many as possible in one of his credit readings. Perhaps his most famous moment was as Bartender to Greg Proops (who in the game of that name had lost his virginity). Greg sang about losing his virginity to a woman who turned out to be Clive Anderson, to which Niall sang back a verse that ended with, "When you look like you, you got to get it where you can!"
Niall's appearances (UK)<br>
Series 7: Episodes 1 and 11<br>
Series 8: Episodes 8, 9 and 13<br>
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fandom.1000points | # Nicole Parker
Nicole Frances Parker (born 21 February 1978, Irvine, California) is an American actress and comedian. She is best known for her six years on the sketch series "MAD TV" where she impersonated pop stars, talk show hosts, and other female celebrities. She is best known to Broadway crowds for her portrayal of Elphaba in the still-running production "Wicked", and was one of the guest improv performers on the short-lived "Whose Line?" spin-off "Trust Us with Your Life". More recently, she has voiced Penelope Pitstop on the revival of "Wacky Races".
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fandom.1000points | # Nolan Gould
Nolan Gould (born 28 October 1998) is an American actor. He is best known for his role as youngest sibling Luke Dunphy on the ABC sitcom "Modern Family".
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fandom.1000points | # Nonny Williams
Nonny Williams is an alumnus of the Footlights at Cambridge, along with Griff Rhys Jones and Jimmy Mulville.
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fandom.1000points | # Now It's a Musical
Now It's a Musical is a game in which the performers are given a popular TV show and they must perform it as if it were a given stage musical
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fandom.1000points | # Number of Words
Number of Words was a game played on both the British and American editions of Whose Line.
The game involved all four performers, each of whom was given a character and a specific number of words. The only rule was that a player who had been given two words could not speak unless it was in sentences of two words - and so on.
As a result, the game often turned into an exercise in hyphenation and obscure synonyms as the performers tried to continue the scene with the constraint imposed on them. Some performers were markedly better than others at this - [[Steve Frost[[ being famously told by [[Clive Anderson]] that the idea was to "speak in sentences of three words, not say three words and then stop". The American version of the game tended to focus on scenes from films, at one point replaying the Luke Skywalker/Darth Vader battle in "The Empire Strikes Back" in a very stilted style.
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fandom.1000points | # Obscure References
Baywatch.
Often used as a style in Film and Theatre Styles, Baywatch was a program about lifeguards, most of whom were large-breasted women. Whose Line guest star David Hasselhoff was a member of the cast.
Brookside.
Long-running soap opera in the UK beginning in 1982 and ending in 2003. It aired on Channel 4 and was the basis for a family who live near a place called Liverpool. The program starred Dean Sullivan and Claire Sweeney.
It seemed very clear that performer Tony Slattery wasn't a big fan of this series as there were at least two instances in 1995 in which the show is mentioned and Tony responds with disgust.
Deliverence.
1972 film starring Burt Reynolds, Ned Beatty, and Jon Voigt. Men from the city go river rafting in the woods in the deep south and get harassed by a bunch of scary hillbillies. That's why every time somebody plays a redneck in Let's Make A Date or Party Quirks, the guesser usually jokes that he's a cast member of "Deliverance".
Jeremy Beadle.
A constant target of Tony Slattery, Jeremy Beadle was a television presenter famous for practical joke and hidden-camera shows such as Game For A Laugh and Beadle's About. Also presented home video show You've Been Framed. He died in January 2008 from pneumonia after a long battle with kidney cancer.
Louis Jordan.
Used as a musical style a few times during Greatest Hits, Louis Jordan was a swing/jump blues singer during the 1940's-early 1950's. His songs were usually humorous, bordering on novelty songs. Wayne's song "Five Guys and a Motor" comes closest to capturing his style best.
Michael Bolton.
An American singer-songwriter mostly known for his soft rock ballads and tenor vocals. Ryan Stiles appears to have a severe disdain for him
Ocelot.
The ocelot (Leopardus pardalis) is a wild, nocturnal cat that can be found in Latin America. Its appearance resembles that of a domestic cat and its fur resembles that of a jaguar. Greg Proops has mentioned this animal sporadically throughout his appearances
Peyton Place.
The first primetime soap opera. It ran in the late 1960's, and was also a book and a movie. Referred to in Brad and Wayne's doo-wop song to Peyton the actress
Twiglets.
A crunchy snack shaped like small twigs and originally flavored with a substance similar to Marmite or Vegemite, although they now come in several varieties. They were often mentioned in the British games of Party Quirks as a snack being served at the party. Twiglets are a trade name, not a generic name; the brand is owned by The Jacobs Bakery Limited, a subsidiary of United Biscuits. Similarly to Marmite, people tend to either find the flavour compelling or revolting. Their popularity rose after reports that Princess Diana enjoyed them.
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fandom.1000points | # Old Job New Job
Old Job New Job (or New Job Old Job) was a game played on the British edition of Whose Line, though it made a few appearances on the American series.
The game was a straight scene-performance done by three people working at a particular job. The third person in the scene (either Steve Frost or Ryan Stiles) had previously performed a different job and had to demonstrate this in his performance. The two jobs were very badly matched, leading to physical comedy.
In one rendition of this game, all three performers were ex-fashion models in new jobs, very similar to Three Of A Kind.
Appearances.
UK series.
Series 4: 1, 4, 6, 7, 9, 11, and 12.<br>
Series 5: 4 and 8<br>
Series 6: 1, 2, 5, 6, and 9.<br>
Series 7: 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, and 11.<br>
Series 8: 1<br>
Series 9: 9 and 16.<br>
US Series.
Season 2: 38<br>
Season 8: 7<br>
Season 11: 3<br>
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fandom.1000points | # On The Spot
On the Spot is a short-lived American television program which aired during spring 2003 on The WB. The show lasted five episodes before it was canceled.
The show consisted of a mixture of scripted sketches and improvisational comedy. The show was based in a Malibu hotel called The Sunspot with various colorful characters. The show constantly played the improvisation game "Raise the Stakes" in which a bell would ring and the actor speaking would have to change the line they just finished. The host of the show would also sometimes ask for fun audience suggestions that the actors had to quickly incorporate into the scene. The show starred Jeff Davis, Erinn Hayes, Jordan Black, Arden Myrin, Mindy Sterling, and Michael Hitchcock, and was hosted by Chip Esten.
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fandom.1000points | # One-Syllable Word
One-Syllable Word is a game in which two performers at a time enact a given scene, but their dialog must consist entirely of one-syllable words. If one says a multi-syllabic word, the audience will buzz the performer out and another performer replaces them.
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fandom.1000points | # Opera
Opera was played twice on the British version of Whose Line.
An alternative to American Musical, Opera was an operatic musical, played only twice, in the first series. The main difference is that there was no talking, just singing; quite similiar to Scene to Rap a decade later.
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fandom.1000points | # Padma Lakshmi
Padma Lakshmi (born 1 September 1970) is an Indian-born American chef and television host. She is best known as a host of "Top Chef".
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fandom.1000points | # Panel
Panel was a short lived game with potential. It featured Clive acting as a host of a Panel show. The game itself begun as Clive Anderson saying "Welcome to Meet the Panel, tonight we have...". The other improvisers used bits of costumes and props to become different characters. In the only episode this game was featured, the Peter Cook episode, the topic was cigarettes. John Sessions played a character named Tommy Timpkins (a Music Hall-type comedian), Josie Lawrence was "Trixie", a lady who made wigs out of throat hairs, Peter was an Arab / Mmrried gentlemen named Yassar Arthur who wore a boa (for religious reasons). Stephen Fry didn't have much of a character, but rambled on about passive bigotry.
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fandom.1000points | # Party Quirks
Party Quirks was a game played on both the British and American editions of Whose Line.
Played from the first British episode onwards, the game became an icon of Whose Line. One performer would host a party, with the other three being "guests". Each guest was given, secretly, a "strange quirk or identity" which they had to work into their performance at the party, while the host had to guess who they were.
Some performers became specialists at hosting the party. This role was given to both Paul Merton and Tony Slattery early, and Greg Proops by the final British episodes. The American edition kept Greg as host when he was on, but also gave the role to the rotating guests such as Kathy Greenwood and Chip Esten.
The humour of the game tended to come from the times when the quirks were well-suited to the performers' talents. Ryan Stiles was often asked to play various types of animals and to interact with the cameras and clearly reveled in that, while Wayne Brady often took very physical quirks. Some hosts, particularly Tony and Greg, developed humourous types of party, such as the "Move Slowly To Your Right Party" (prompting Clive Anderson to compare it to the British Labour Party) and the "Come As Clive Anderson Party". As part of the Greg vs Clive dynamic, one guest was famously left at the door for a very long time while Greg tried to have the last word in an argument with Clive.
The very first rendition of this game featured Clive inadvertently pressing the buzzer, rather than the bell sound effect. This prompted Paul to comment, "There's someone at the microwave".
Two other famous moments in this game involve Tony and Ryan. In Tony's case, he found it impossible to guess two quirks, one of which was Steve Frost who "mentions a body part in every sentence". On being told by Clive what these were, Tony exploded with the words "Oh...well...FUCK OFF!" Clive's reaction was to take away "every point he's ever had on the show".
On the American series, Ryan at one point had to play "Carol Channing Whose Head Keeps Sticking To Things". After sticking his head to the carpet while Kathy Greenwood tried to guess his quirk, he got up and ran towards Drew Carey's desk to stick his head to it. In the event, he broke the neon light on the side of the desk and was in obvious pain. Continuing the game, he asked (still in character) "You wouldn't happen to have any sutures, would you?" and "Am I bleeding?" After which, Drew asked how many fingers he was holding up and kept changing fingers. Ryan said, "Uh...four?" and Drew said, "Close enough." Then Ryan asks, "How about me?" and gives Drew the finger.
See: The Hosts of Party Quirks
Appearances.
UK Appearances<br>
Series 1: 1, 4, 5, 6, 9, and 12<br>
Series 2: 2 and Episodes 4-17<br>
Series 3: 1, 2, Episodes 7-13, and Episodes 15-17<br>
Series 4: Episodes 1-5 and Episodes 7-12 <Br>
Series 5: Episodes 2-7 and Episode 9<Br>
Series 6: Episodes 1-9<Br>
Series 7: 1, 3, Episodes 5-9, and Episode 12<br>
Series 8: 2 and Episodes 7-10<Br>
Series 9: 2, 3, 5, 9, 12, and 17<br>
Series 10: 3, 4, and 6 <br>
US Appearances<br>
Season 1: 1, 4, 7, 8, 9, 14, 17, 18, and 20<br>
Season 2: 2, 11, 12, 17, 27, 29, and 32<br>
Season 3: 1, 7, 9, 16, 21, 34, and 38<br>
Season 4: 5, 6, 7, and 20<br>
Season 5: 3, 8, 9, 11, 13, 20, 21, and 29<br>
Season 6: 7 and 9<br>
Season 7: 1, 19, and 21<br>
Season 8: 4, 11, and 12<br>
Season 10: 1, 7<br>
Season 11: 2<br>
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fandom.1000points | # Party Quirks - Hosts
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fandom.1000points | # Party Time
Party Time is a variant of "World's Worst" in which all the performers dance to party music. When the host stops the music, a performer must give an example of the host's suggested topic.
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fandom.1000points | # Patrick Bristow
Patrick Bristow has appeared in one episode in the British Version of Whose Line and two episodes of the American version (that have aired seven years after they were taped). He was born in California, USA, and has appeared in many movies, including The Longest Yard (2005), The Inner Circle (2003), I'm Losing You (1998), and Showgirls (1995). Patrick has also appeared in numerous sitcoms, including Seinfield (1990-1998) and Friends (1994-2004).
Patrick's appearances (UK).
Series 10: Episode 4 <br>
Patrick's appearances (US).
US Season 8: 3, 15<br>
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fandom.1000points | # Penn & Teller
Penn Jillette (born 5 March 1955) and Teller (born Raymond Joseph Teller, 14 February 1948) are American illusionists and entertainers who have performed together since the late 1970s, noted for their ongoing act which combines elements of comedy with magic. The duo, having been featured in numerous stage and television shows, currently headline in Las Vegas at The Rio.
Penn Jillette serves as the act's orator and raconteur. Teller, however, generally does not speak while performing, and instead communicates through mime and non-verbals, although his voice can occasionally be heard during their live shows and television appearances. Besides magic, the pair have recently become associated with their advocacy of atheism, scientific skepticism, and libertarianism, particularly through their television show "Penn & Teller: Bullshit!".
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fandom.1000points | # Peter Cook
Peter Cook made one appearance on the British edition of Whose Line.
A legendary comedian (both solo and in tandem with Dudley Moore), Cook holds the distinction of being one of the only cast members allowed to smoke on stage.
Unfortunately, his talent did not appear to translate as well into the early Whose Line episodes as it might have. He is particularly infamous for beginning a Film and Theatre Styles game already in a style.
Peter Cook died on January 9, 1995, due to gastrointestinal hemorrhage (bleeding in the digestive tract).
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fandom.1000points | # Picture
Picture was a short-lived game played on the British version of Whose Line.
In Picture, two to four performers act out a scene while inserting their heads in a picture. It was usually played as a more verbal game based on what the picture entailed.
Appearances.
UK Series Appearances<br>
Series 7: 4 and 11<br>
Series 8: 3 and 11<br>
Series 9: 17<br>
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fandom.1000points | # Points Comparisons
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fandom.1000points | # Points comparisons
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fandom.1000points | # Political Satire
Complete List of Political Satire on Whose Line.
The Clive Years.
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Navigation.
Back to Reference Guide
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fandom.1000points | # Press Conference
Press Conference was a game played on both the British and American editions of Whose Line.
One performer (frequently Colin Mochrie) would take the role of a celebrity giving a press conference, with the other three performers asking him questions. The catch was that the "celebrity" would not know who they were, while the reporters would.
The fame of the celebrity was often for a bizarre event, such as becoming the first person to have sex in space. Considerable humour came about, therefore, as the celebrity gave inappropriate answers and was also (much as in Newsflash) asked questions which they could not adequately answer with their lack of information.
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fandom.1000points | # Prison Visitor
Prison Visitor (or Prison Cell) was a game played on the British edition of Whose Line.
A singing game much like Bartender or Psychiatrist, Prison Visitor saw one performer (almost invariably Josie Lawrence) taking the part of a Prison Visitor. The other performers would stand on the other side of a set of prison bars as the prisoners.
The crimes for which the prisoners were incarcerated were suggested by the audience.
Tony Slattery was particularly fond of subverting this game, on one occasion lifting the "bars" up and pretending to escape and on another swaying them in time to Josie's song.
| Prison Visitor |
fandom.1000points | # Props
Props was a game played on both the British and American editions of Whose Line.
All four performers took part and were given a prop to work with. To begin with, these were recognizable objects, however they soon became unusual shapes of foam or other humorous things. The two "teams" were then buzzed back and forth and had to come up with skits featuring the prop.
One famous rendition of this game on the British edition featured Greg Proops' team having what looked like a bottomless rubbish bin and Ryan Stiles's team having small furry items which looked like (and were used as) dead animals. The second-last skit featured Greg calling "Hurry hurry hurry. Step right up for the Chicken Toss", before throwing a furry item at the bin and missing. Ryan, in the final skit, called out "Oh look! A chicken toss!" and threw one of the furry items into the "bin" successfully.
There have been occasions where the performers broke or destroyed the props they were given. In John Sessions' final episode, he broke the axe, that he and Ryan were using. In the UK Christmas episode, Mike McShane tore the feather prop, and in a US episode, Ryan broke a red/white colored prop.
Appearances.
UK Appearances<br>
Series 1: 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 11 and 12.<br>
Series 2: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, and 17<br>
Series 3: Every episode except Episode 10 and 13<br>
Series 4: Every episode<br>
Series 5: Every episode except Episode 2 and 5<br>
Series 6: 2, 3, 5, 7, 9, and 11<br>
Series 7: 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 9 and 12<br>
Series 8: 1, 4, 6, 9, 10, 11, and 13<br>
Series 9: 1, 4, 5, 7, 8, and 14<br>
Series 10: 2, 4, 5, 6, and 7.<br>
US Appearances<br>
Season 1: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 16, 17, 19, and 20<br>
Season 2: 1, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 20, 26, 30, 31, 33, 36, and 37<br>
Season 3: 5, 9, 11, 12, 13, 15, 18, 21, 25, 26, 28, and 35<br>
Season 4: 1, 5, 8, 18, 22, 24, and 31<br>
Season 5: 1, 2, 3, 5, 14, and 34<br>
Season 6: 2, 5, and 7<br>
Season 7: 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 13, 14, 20, and 24<br>
Season 8: 1, 3, 4, 13, 14, 16, 17, and 19<br>
Season 9: 3, 4, 9, and 12<br>
Season 10: 2, 3, 4, 6, 11, 14, 16, 18<br>
Season 11: 4, 8, 14, 16, 19 <br>
| Props |
fandom.1000points | # Psychiatrist
Psychiatrist was a game played on the British edition of Whose Line.
A singing game closely related to Bartender, the game revolved around one performer (often Josie Lawrence) who would play the psychiatrist. A number of other performers (ranging from one to three) would play the patients.
Each patient would sit on a stool in earlier playings, but in later series, they started to lie on the "psychiatrist's couch" with the psychiatrist sitting on a stool nearby. The audience would then be told that the patient was suffering a particular problem, such as "He's in love with something" or "He's afraid of something", at which the audience had to suggest what the "something" was - at one point, Colin Mochrie was given the task of being afraid of psychiatrists. In some cases, the audience would also have to suggest the country the scene was set in, sometimes settling on an easy location such as Mexico or France, but in one case opting for Norway.
The patient would then have to sing (in the style of the particular country where applicable) about their problem, with the psychiatrist responding in the same tune with a solution of sorts.
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fandom.1000points | # Question This
Question This is a game on Improvaganza in which one performer plays the host of a quiz show parody of "Jeopardy" and four other performers play the contestants. The contestants are either celebrities the performers imitate or characters with weird personalities that the performers make up. The host asks the audience for answers based on a random category, then the contestants must "buzz in" and invent amusing questions about these answers.
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fandom.1000points | # Questions
Questions Only (Shortened to "Questions" in the later seasons of the US Series) was a game played on both the British and American editions of Whose Line.
All four performers would take part, dividing into two groups of two on either side of the main stage. After being given their scene, one from each side would begin a dialogue, with the caveat that they could only talk in questions. After a performer hesitated or made a statement, the host would buzz them out and they would be replaced by the person behind them. As can be expected, there were many attempts to turn statements into questions, either by inflection ("I don't know?") or by tortured syntax ("would you believe me if I said that...?").
Clive was very strict in this game, as the contestants were not only given about a second to come up with a question, but he also banned the phrase "Pardon?". This game would be given a couple variations as the series would progress
Questions with Wigs.
What was a rare game in the Drew series would become the predominant Questions game of the CW Revival. It is a mixture of the games "Questions Only" and Hats. Also considered a variant of Questionable Impressions, but the performers create characters based on wigs they must wear, found in a box supplied to them before the game.
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fandom.1000points | # Questions Only
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fandom.1000points | # Questions With Wigs
Questions with Wigs (sometimes shortened to Questions) is a game played on the American version of Whose Line.
A spinoff from Questions Only, this variation keeps the same rules - two pairs acting a scene asking only questions, getting buzzed and replaced upon failure. The only difference is that boxes of hats and wigs are used to help (or hinder) creating a character for the scene. In a way, it's a cross between Questions Only and Hats.
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fandom.1000points | # Quick Change
Quick Change was a game played on both the British and American editions of Whose Line.
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The premise was that two or three performers were given a scene to act out, with another performer standing to one side with a microphone. As the scene progressed, the performer with the microphone was instructed to call out "Change" and force the performers to change what they had just said.
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There was no constraint on the changing, although there would generally be 2-4 changes for the same line, which gave rise to situations such as Ryan Stiles as the President having to come up with three different reasons why a battle plan wouldn't work ("this army is attacking Hawaii", "the Salvation Army is attacking a restaurant" and "this is me going after Richard Simmons").
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The game was played on Drew Carey's Green Screen Show as New Choice, where it was a lot more frequent.
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fandom.1000points | # Quiz Show
Quiz Show is a game played during the final season of the British show.
A game for all four performers, one player (usually Greg Proops or Brad Sherwood) hosts a game show, based on a title chosen from the audience. The other three performers are the contestants. The game is pretty much free after that, with the host of the game carrying it on until the game is over.
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fandom.1000points | # Rachel Bloom
Rachel Bloom (born 3 April 1987) is an American actress, comedian, and writer. She is best known for creating, writing and playing the lead role of Rebecca Bunch in "Crazy Ex-Girlfriend", for which she won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy, and a Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actress in a Comedy Series.
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fandom.1000points | # Radio
Before the television series, Whose Line appeared on BBC Radio, which lasted six episodes. Stephen Fry and John Sessions appeared with Clive Anderson in every episode. The improvised music was provided by Colin Sell.
John Sessions, Stephen Fry (six shows)
Jimmy Mulville (two shows)
Dawn French, Lenny Henry, Hugh Laurie, Enn Reitel, Nonny Williams, Kate Robbins, Griff Rhys-Jones, John Bird, Jon Glover,
Rory Bremner (one show)
Radio Show Episode 1.
Original Broadcast Date: January 2, 1988
Performers: Stephen Fry, Dawn French, Lenny Henry and John Sessions
Authors: It's Big Cars Burning, with Stephen as PG Wodehouse, Dawn as Claire Rayner, Lenny as Stephen King, and John as D.H. Lawrence.
Wrong Theme Tune: Dawn and Lenny act out a scene from The Money Programme, then John and Stephen cover the State Opening of Parliament
Every Other Line: Lenny is trying to tell mafia boss, John, that he's just killed his daugher. John reads from "Lady Windermere's Fan". Then Dawn reads from "Lady Audley's Secret", while Stephen interviews her for a job.
Characters: Stephen and John are professors of English literature discussing baked beans. Then Lenny and Dawn are Wayne and Sharon on their first date talking about double glazing.
Rap: The four sing about animals.
Change of Company: It's Goldilocks and the Three Bears with Stephen as Daddy Bear, Dawn as Mommy Bear, John as Baby Bear, and Lenny as Goldilocks as dentists, policemen, cavemen, astronauts, football commentators, disc jockeys, and Australians.
World's Worst: All four are the worst people to arrive at Clive's party.
Game won by: Dawn.
Radio Show Episode 2.
Original Broadcast Date: January 9, 1988
Performers: Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, Enn Reitel and John Sessions.
Authors: It's Seduction of a Fish with Stephen as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Hugh as Enid Blyton, Enn as Dashiell Hammett, and John as Ernest Hemmingway.
Film and Theatre Styles: Stephen is a policeman discovering Enn the burgler in the styles of horror, Saturday grandstand, and Shakespeare political broadcast. Then a customer, John, complains to a waiter, Hugh, in the styles of Gone with the Wind, carry on, Humphrey Bogart, and Batman.
Wrong Theme Tune: Stephen and Hugh do an Open University programme about splitting the atom. Then John and Enn act out a scene from Star Trek.
Every Other Line: John is a bank manager interviewing Hugh, who is asking about his overdraft. Hugh reads "The Ticket-Of-Leave Man". Then junior officer Stephen tries to get instructions from the general, Enn, while the battle is going rather badly. Enn reads "The Importance of Being Earnest".
Advertisement: Hugh and Stephen are salesmen selling self-raising flour.
Characters: Enn and John are Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson discovering a dead body, as played by Ronald Reagan & Laurence Olivier.
Rap: All four sing about Fruit.
World's Worst: all four act out the worst characters to climb onto Clive's life raft.
Credits Reading: John as Edward Fox
Game won by: John.
Radio Show Episode 3.
Original Broadcast Date: January 16, 1988
Performers: Stephen Fry, Jimmy Mulville, Nonny Williams and John Sessions.
Authors: Stephen as Sir Jeffrey Archer, Jimmy as Jackie Collins, Nonny as Geoffrey Chaucer, and John as the theatrical memoirs of John Gielgud tell the story of The Lost Sock and The Life and Times of a JCB.
Film and Theatre Styles: Stephen interrogates a prisoner, Jimmy, in the styles of Disney, Playschool, western, St Trinians, and dynasty and dallas. Then John is a policeman trying to talk Nonny out of committing suicide off of a roof, in the styles of restoration, film noir, pantomime, and music hall.
Wrong Theme Tune: Stephen and Nonny are doing the Sound Bank Show's presentation on French Impressionist painting, then John and Jimmy do commentary on the ballet in Sadler's Wells.
Every Other Line: Stephen tryies to end a relationship with Nonny, who reads from "Strife". Then Jimmy explains the facts of life to his son, John, who reads from "Black Eyed Susan".
Rap: All four sing about fish.
Interview: John from Rolling Stone Magazine interviews Richard I, as played by Stephen. Then Jimmy from the Sun newspaper interviews Tess of the D'Urbervilles, as played by Nonny.
World's Worst: all four act out the worst person to play the role of Hamlet.
Credits Reading: Jimmy as Murray Walker.
Game won by: Jimmy.
Radio Show Episode 4.
Original Broadcast Date: January 23, 1988
Performers: Stephen Fry, Kate Robbins, Griff Rhys-Jones and John Sessions
Authors: Stephen as Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Kate as Edna O'Brien, Griff as Edward Lear, and John as J.R.R. Tolkien tell the story of a Christmas Carol.
Film and Theatre Styles: Griff the alien meets earthling Stephen in the styles of '50s documentary, western, and melodrama. Then John is a plumber and Kate is a housewife in the styles of musical, Shakespeare, horror, and children's television.
Rap: The topic is newspapers.
Interview: Griff is Henry VIII, being interviewed by Stephen from the Times Literary Supplement.
Couples: John proposes to Kate, as John McEnroe and Tatum O'Neal, Den and Angie, Ronald and Nancy Reagan, Maggie and Dennis, Victoria and Albert, and Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy.
Great Debate: The topic is Nuclear Disarmament, with John as a footballer, Kate as a game show host, Griff as a town crier, and Stephen as a manic depressant.
World's Worst: All four are the worst applicants to join Clive as the first British spaceman.
Credits Reading: Griff as Donald Sinden.
Game won by: Griff.
Radio Show Episode 5.
Original Broadcast Date: January 30, 1988
Performers: Stephen Fry, Jimmy Mulville, John Bird and John Sessions.
Authors: Stephen as Homer, Jimmy as Dylan Thomas, John Bird as Jane Austen, and John Sessions as Herman Melville tell the story of a visit to the dentist's.
Film and Theatre Styles: Jimmy the pilot is trying to land a plane in a crisis, with Stephen the ground crew is trying to talk him down, in the styles of pantomime, Thunderbirds, gangster, Autralian soap opera, and Hitchcock. Then John Bird is a customs officer talking to John Sessions, who is a traveller with a suspicious package, in the styles of restoration comedy, Pinter, farce, and opera.
Every Other Line: Jimmy the patient goes to John Sessions the doctor, who reads from "The Watched Pot". Then Stephen the prosecution counsel is getting testimony from the defendant John Bird, who reads from "A Pair of Spectacles".
Advertisement: Stephen advertises a breakfast cereal. Then John Sessions advertises crash helmets.
Great Debate: The topic is capital punishment, with Jimmy as an insurance salesman, John Bird as a psychopath, John Sessions as a computer programmer, and Stephen as a sex therapist.
World's Worst: All four are the worst person to console Clive, who just broke up with his girlfriend.
Credits Reading: John Bird as the Director General of the BBC.
Game won by: John Bird.
Radio Show Episode 6.
Original Broadcast Date: February 6, 1988
Performers: Stephen Fry, Rory Bremner, Jon Glover, and John Sessions.
Authors: Stephen as "1001 Arabian Nights", Rory as Clive James, Jon as Mark Twain, and John as Charles Dickens tell the story of the adventures of Nellie the Elephant.
Film and Theatre Styles: Stephen is a tax inspector interviewing Rory about his tax returns, in the styles of Noel Coward, James Bond, and film noir. Then John is invigilating Jon's driving test, in the styles of disaster movie, Vaudeville, Japanese monster movie, mellowdrama, and health education film.
Advertisement: Stephen advertises underarm deoderant. Then John advertises joining the Marines.
Couples: Jon and Rory are a psychiatrist and his patient, as Cagney & Lacey, David Owen and David Steel, Robin Day, Frankie Howerd, Sandy Gall and Alastair Burnet, and Saint & Greasy.
Great Debate: The topic is bloodsports, with John as a stand-up comedian, Rory as the Royals, Stephen as a funeral director, and Jon as a hypochondriac.
Rap: All four do the DIY rap.
World's Worst: All four come up with the worst chat-up line.
Credits Reading: Jon as Melvyn Bragg.
Game won by: Jon.
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fandom.1000points | # Radio DJs
Radio DJs is a game in which two performers are radio djs hosting a show about an audience suggested subject, and the other two performers are callers asking questions.
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fandom.1000points | # Ralph Macchio
Ralph George Macchio Jr (born 4 November 1961) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Daniel LaRusso in "The Karate Kid" series, Eugene Martone in "Crossroads", Bill Gambini in "My Cousin Vinny", and Johnny Cade in "The Outsiders".
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fandom.1000points | # Randy Couture
Randy Couture (born 22 June 1963, Everett, Washington) is an American mixed martial artist who played Toll Road in "The Expendables" movie series. Most of his career has taken place within wrestling or the UFC, and many of the times he's been in film, he is playing himself. He has been in other popular action films such as "Cradle 2 the Grave", "Today You Die", "Scorpion King 2: Rise of a Warrior" and 2012's "Hijacked". He was also a brief recurring character on the hit CBS action show "The Unit".
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fandom.1000points | # Rap
Rap (or Improvising a Rap, as it was called on the Radio programme), is a game played during the first three British series, as well as the radio show. Unlike every other musical game in the series, Rap's music was prerecorded, as opposed to being provided by a musician.
During the radio show, and on one occassion on the television programme, each performer had to sing two verses - after the first four songs ends, the lineup starts over.
Stephen Fry occassionally performed the final verses, and had a tendency for speak-singing. The closest thing to an exception to this is when he poked fun of Enn Reitel's Sheep Shearing verse before he started his own. ("Mary had a little lamb. No, no...) Another notable Rap was about Banking. Tony Slattery sang about finding his bankteller so attractive it gave him an erection. Mike McShane responded by saying Tony had "the morals of a German shepard", before singing his own song about sperm banks.
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fandom.1000points | # Really Bad Hangover
Really Bad Hangover was played one time, in the American version of Whose Line.
This game was very similar to the audience version of Sound Effects, in the matter that two people act out a scene, and two others provide sound effects. The premise was that the two people acting the scene were hungover, so all the sounds they hear are loud, distorted, and amplified. Those sounds were created by the other two performers.
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fandom.1000points | # References Guide
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fandom.1000points | # References to Boybands
The Guide to Boyband references on Whose Line.
References From 'New Kids on The Block' all the way to 'One Direction'
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fandom.1000points | # References to The Drew Carey Show
Mentions of The Drew Carey Show.
US-103 - Ryan jokes about a "24-Hour Drew Carey Network" in Greatest Hits. Ryan says "that's how I got the job on the other show" after Party Quirks.<br>
US-106 - At the beginning of the episode, Drew says "Hope you enjoyed watching The Drew Carey Show just now." In Hats, Greg dons Drew-style glasses and says, "Uh, hi. I'm the star of my own ABC sitcom, and uh..." He's buzzed by Drew, then says "Lewis! Lewis!"<br>
US-102 - Drew declares that the winner is "Lewis from The Drew Carey Show." He then plugs the showtime of TDCS.<br>
US-113 - Greg impersonates Mimi in Hats. Ryan mentions a "24-Hour Drew Carey Network" in Greatest Hits. Ryan as the pet guru in Let's Make a Datetells Drew how much he loves his show, including "the flamboyant woman" and "the tall guy" who "doesn't get enough lines."<br>
US-121 - Ryan to birthday boy Drew in Hands Through: "I don't care if your dad has a television show or not, shut up!"<br>
US-109 - Ryan's hoedown: "But I don't really care, 'cause I'm on another show!"<br>
US-204 - Drew accidentally calls Ryan Colin. Ryan says, "It's better than Lewis. He's been calling me that for years."<br>
US-222 - Drew's World's Worst television program: "Mimi, shut up, ya fatso!"<br>
US-223 - Drew mentions that he and Ryan had been naked on the show. The episode was titled The Dog and Pony Show.<br>
US-208 - Drew mentions that he's seen Ryan naked (they were both naked in an episode of TDCS.) Also, one of the lines in Whose Line is "Don't miss The Drew Carey Show Wednesday nights on ABC." Ryan adds, "Wait. There's more. 'Give the tall guy more lines.'"<br>
US-225 - In Telethon, Drew, Ryan, and Wayne make references to Drew being a sitcom star.<br>
US-215 - In Greatest Hits Colin says to Ryan, "And what about us who only have one network show?"<br>
US-230 - Ryan to Drew: "Don't you have two T.V. shows?" Drew's response: "Don't you have two too?"<br>
US-217 - Ryan in Scenes From a Hat (Strange causes to raise money for): Get Drew Carey a third show?"<br>
US-235 - Drew mentions the kiss that Colin gave him on The Drew Carey Show. This happened in the episode "Drew Live."<br>
US-218 - Drew comments on Ryan's character in Let's Make a Date: "A lot of people don't know that, but that's what, uh, Lewis and Oswald sound like when the cameras are off." Also, for Title Sequence someone in the audience can be heard suggesting "Mimi and Drew."<br>
US-238 - Drew jokes that he likes to call ABC "The Drew Carey Channel."<br>
US-341 - Colin in Scenes From a Hat (pick-up lines doomed to fail): "I play Lewis on The Drew Carey Show."<br>
US-301 - As a B-list star reading the credits: "Hi, I'm Drew Carey, I had two shows on the air at one time."<br>
US-325 - Someone in the audience suggests "Drew Carey Show" for Film TV and Theatre Styles. Drew says, "I'll see what happens."<br>
US-311 - After Questions Only, Drew says, "That's great, I'm gonna give five hundred points for that to Ryan Stiles, who can be seen every Wednesday at 9, 8 central on The Drew Carey Show, right here on ABC." Ryan comments, "Shameless." Drew replies, "I'm gonna give points, I might as well make it worth my while."<br>
US-413 - Colin mentions in Newsflash that he's worked on The Drew Carey Show.<br>
US-414 - Drew says to Ryan after an insult: "We're gonna miss you, Lewis."<br>
US-421 - Wayne as an excited Japanese tourist in Weird Newscasters snaps photos of Drew and says "And Mimi!"<br>
US-415 - Ryan says to Drew in Helping Hands, "I used to watch your show. Should've saved some money."<br>
US-409 - Ryan steps into Hell and meets Drew, then says to him, "This is how you got two shows."<br>
US-416 - Drew says, "That's right, the points are like flat abs when you got a great sense of humor and two T.V. shows."<br>
US-427 - Greg guesses the quirks in Let's Make a Date and says to Drew, "And Ryan used to be on your shoe and Whose Line before he treated you like a horse." After the game Drew says, "That's right, Ryan used to have two shows."<br>
US-406 - Wayne as Jerry Springer Show guests in Party Quirks: "We were watching you know, an episode of our favorite show, you know, The Drew Carey Show."<br>
US-513 - After Ryan mocks Drew performing "Drew Carey the Musical" in Let's Make a Date, Drew says, "I got some bad news during that game. Lewis died." In Scenes From a Hat ("Bad segues following tragic news stories"), Wayne says, "It was a big, big loss. Speaking of big, right after this, The Drew Carey Show."<br>
US-348 - Ryan in Greatest Hits: "Hi. We'll be back to The Drew Carey Show in just a minute. You know, I think that tall guy should get more lines on that show."<br>
US-7010 - One of the Sound Effects audience members tells Drew that her name is Mimi. He says, "Really, no kidding?" and "I can't believe your name is Mimi."
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US-8003 - The last line in Colin's Hoedown verse, "On our honeymoon, we stayed up all night and watched the Drew Carey Show."
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fandom.1000points | # Related Shows
All shows related to Whose Line; On TV or On Stage.
Improv on Television.
@Midnight<br>
Drew Carey's Green Screen Show<br>
Drew Carey's Improvaganza<br>
Fast & Loose<br>
Mock The Week<br>
On The Spot<br>
S&M<br>
Thank God You're Here<br>
Trust us with Your Life<br>
Wild & Out<br>
Live Stage Shows.
An Evening with Colin and Brad<br>
Drew Carey's Green Screen Show - Tour<br>
Drew Carey's Improv All-Stars<br>
Second City<br>
The Comedy Store Players<br>
Whose Line is it Anyway? Live at Adelphi Theater<br>
Whose Live Anyway?<br>
Hyprov<br>
Shows of the Cast members.
Are you Smarter than a Canadian Fifth Grader?<br>
Clive Anderson All Talk<br>
Harmontown<br>
Have I got News for You<br>
Key & Peele<br>
Let's Make a Deal<br>
MadTV<br>
Nashville<br>
Power of 10<br>
Rendez-View<br>
Space Cadets<br>
The Big Moment<br>
The Dating Game<br>
The Drew Carey Show<br>
The Price is Right<br>
The Talk<br>
The Wayne Brady Show<br>
True Jackson VP<br>
Two and a Half Men<br>
Undercover Cupid<br>
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fandom.1000points | # Remember That Song
Remember That Song was played once on the British version of Whose Line.
One of the better one-time games, Remember That Song was a reversed version of Bartender. When it was played, Colin Mochrie had the role of bartender, with Brad Sherwood and Ryan Stiles as his patrons. Each guest is asked to sing a song he remembers. The bartender did no singing whatsoever.
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fandom.1000points | # Remote Control
Remote Control was a game played on the British edition of Whose Line, and twice on the American version.
One of the few games to involve Clive Anderson actively, the game involved a number of performers pretending to be on different television shows, all of which happened to relate to the same topic. Over the course of the game, Clive would buzz (or change channels) between the shows, resulting in various improvisations around the same topic.
One rendition of this game was originally going to be about global warming, but this was replaced with "lobsters" at the last moment. Ryan Stiles, who was hosting a cooking show, made light of this situation with the line, "When cooking lobsters, there is no need to set the oven very high because of global warming."
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fandom.1000points | # Rendez-View
Rendez-View was a short-lived comedic reality series hosted by Greg Proops from 2001 to 2002.
It premiered 1 September 2001 and featured guest comics critiquing couples' videotaped dates.
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fandom.1000points | # Reunion
Reunion was a game played on the American edition of Whose Line.
Similar to Three Of A Kind, Reunion involved three performers meeting at a reunion for an unusual profession. They had to greet each other in the style of that profession and then perform their "old song", all singing in one voice.
One version of this game featured Ryan Stiles, Colin Mochrie and Greg Proops meeting at a reunion of army drill sergeants. Ryan, who arrived late, attempted to use a training call of "Who's the guy who's always late?", only to have Colin and Greg respond very differently.
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fandom.1000points | # Rhys Darby
Rhys Darby (born 21 March 1974) is a New Zealand actor and comedian. He is best known for his role as Murray Hewitt, the band manager of "Flight of the Conchords".
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fandom.1000points | # Rich Fields
Rich Fields (born 30 November 1960) is an American broadcaster, announcer and Emmy Award-winning television meteorologist. He is best known for a seven-season stint announcing for the "The Price Is Right". He was also served as the announcer for "Drew Carey's Improv-A-Ganza".
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fandom.1000points | # Richard Kaplan
Richard Kaplan is an American comedian.
Other than a one-time appearance on the UK version of Whose Line, not much is known about Kaplan.
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fandom.1000points | # Richard Simmons
Flamboyant aerobics personality Richard Simmons appeared in a memorable episode of Whose Line.
Having one of the more notable guest appearances, Richard Simmons was involved somewhat in every game (the first two just being allusions to his appearance). Wayne Brady sang a disco song to him in Song Styles, for instance. He also was a prop in a raunchy game of Living Scenery, and took the role of an audience member, along with Drew Carey, in a game of Moving People.
Whose Line frequently used feigned gayness a source of easy laughs, to the point where Drew Carey actually had to announce that Ryan and Colin were, "not a couple." Richard Simmons was probably expected to maintain his public persona as a basically asexual personality. Instead, he acted leering and libidinous, especially toward Wayne, who actually curled up in his chair in a fetal position after one game. The reactions of Ryan Stiles especially betrayed a feeling of, "This is not what we expected."
The audience and Drew ate it up.
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fandom.1000points | # Ricki Lake
Ricki Pamela Lake (born 21 September 1968) is an American actress, television presenter, and producer.
Lake is best known for her lead role as Tracy Turnblad in the 1988 film "Hairspray". She is also known for her talk show which was broadcast internationally from September 1993 until May 2004
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fandom.1000points | # Ricky Gervais
Ricky Dene Gervais (born 25 June 1961 in Reading, England) is an English comedian, actor, voice actor, film director, producer, musician, screenwriter, and radio presenter. He is best known for his work on both the UK and US versions of "The Office" (with Chip Esten), "Extras" and the Netflix original series "Derek", all of which were well-acclaimed. He has also appeared in the "Night at the Museum" trilogy, "Muppets Most Wanted", and "Family Guy".
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fandom.1000points | # Right Way Wrong Way
Right Way Wrong Way is a game in which one pair of performers enacts scenes of the host's suggestions in the best-possible way, while another pair enacts the worst.
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fandom.1000points | # Rob Gronkowski
Robert Paxton "Rob" Gronkowski (born 14 May 1989), nicknamed "Gronk" and "The Terminator", is an American football tight end for the New England Patriots.
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fandom.1000points | # Robbie Amell
Robbie Amell (born 21 April 1988) is a Canadian actor and model. He is best known for playing Stephen Jameson on The CW's "The Tomorrow People", Ronnie Raymond/Firestorm/Deathstorm on The CW's "The Flash" alongside Danielle Panabaker and Candice Patton, Fred Jones in two "Scooby-Doo!" films, Paxton Flynn in the film "The Hunters", and Wesley Rush in the film "The DUFF". He also starred on Nickelodeon's "True Jackson VP" where he played the nephew of Greg Proops's character. He is a cousin of "Arrow" star Stephen Amell.
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fandom.1000points | # Robin Williams
Robin Williams (21 July 1951 - 11 August 2014) was an Oscar-winning American actor, and comedian. He is best known for his off the cuff comedy, masterful impressions and iconic movie roles. He is highly regarded as one of the best entertainers of all time. He's known for his roles in TV and Film such as Mrs. Doubtfire, Aladdin, Dead Poet's Society, Jumanji, Flubber, Jack, Mork & Mindy, and Good Will Hunting.
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fandom.1000points | # Rock Opera
Rock Opera was played once on the British edition of Whose Line.
A decent alternative to American Musical, Rock Opera was a musical with rock opera music played. The main difference is that there was no talking, just singing... similiar to Scene to Rap
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fandom.1000points | # Rock Out
Rock Out is a variant of Hoedown that was used on Whose Line is it Anyway Australia. This game would feature each of the four performers, one-at-a-time in turn, sings in the style of a rock song about an audience-suggested subject. The song could be of any length of the performers' choosing but was most often a rhyming quatrain.
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fandom.1000points | # Ron West
Ron West made several appearances on the British edition of Whose Line, and had a production credit in the American version.
Ron was also a producer for Quick Wits, also known as Kwik Witz, a show similar to Whose Line? that is scripted but pretends to run like improv. Wayne Brady and Denny Siegel have both appeared on Quick Wits.
Ron's appearances (UK)<br>
Series 2: Episodes 3, 6 and 14<br>
Series 4: Episodes 9, 12 and 13<br>
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fandom.1000points | # Rory Bremner
Rory Bremner appeared on the British edition of Whose Line.
Already famous as an impressionist, Rory made one inconsequential appearance, before returning several seasons later for an extended run. He was somewhat under-used, although he was always in demand for impressions - including in the Credits Reading.
Rory is famous for a number of his impressions. Among these are his Murray Walker opposite Greg Proops in Sports Commentators and a number of Party Quirks appearances as - variously - Clive Anderson, English football commentator John Motson and even as Tony Slattery.
The "Rory as Tony" quirk is particularly well known in Whose Line circles, especially Tony's reaction. After he realized what the quirk was, Tony appeared particularly unimpressed before commenting "Oh ha ha ha" and refusing to name the quirk.
Rory's appearances (UK)<br>
Series 1: Episode 1<br>
Series 6: Episodes 6 and 10<br>
Series 8: Episodes 2, 11 and 14<br>
Series 9: Episodes 1, 11 and 17<br>
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fandom.1000points | # Rory McGrath
Rory McGrath made a few appearances on Whose Line in 1988 and '89.
Rory's appearances (UK)<br>
Series 1: Episodes 7 and 12<br>
Series 2: Episode 14<br>
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fandom.1000points | # Ross Mathews
Ross Mathews (born 24 September 1979) is an American television personality. He is known as Ross the Intern on "The Tonight Show" and as a finalist on the first American season of "Celebrity Big Brother".
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fandom.1000points | # Russell Fletcher
Russell Fletcher is an Australian actor and comedian. He is best known for his work on Thank God You're Here and Comedy Slapdown. Fletcher made one appearance on the British edition of Whose Line and is the performer with the least amount of points in the history of the show; sitting at a quarter point.
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fandom.1000points | # Ruth Bratt
Ruth Bratt (born 1976) is an English actress and comedian. Bratt has made notable appearances on several TV shows including "FAQ U", "Rob Brydon's Annually Retentive", "Touch Me, I'm Karen Taylor", "Mongrels", and Ricky Gervais' show "Derek". She has guested with The Comedy Store Players and has collaborated with fellow Showstoppers Duncan Walsh Atkins and Lucy Trodd on their Radio 4 series "Trodd En Bratt".
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fandom.1000points | # Ryan Stiles
Ryan Lee Stiles (born April 22, 1959 in Seattle, Washington) performed on the British and American editions of Whose Line is it Anyway? (gaining a producer credit in the latter).
Perhaps the cast member most associated with Whose Line, it is almost impossible to think of the show without his contribution. The very tall Stiles (6' 6.") was often the visual focus of the episodes, however he had an impressive array of improvisational skills in both physical and verbal humour, as well as being a passable singer. His tall, gangly appearance, large nose, and eccentric shoes would become running jokes of the show.
Ryan's partnership with Colin Mochrie became a particular feature of the show, as the two were almost telepathic in their ability to feed off each other's lines. Verbally, they were the only pair ever to perform in Infomercial and Home Shopping, while also being given hosting duties in Greatest Hits and Telethon. The Ryan-Colin team was also brought together frequently in the various versions of Sound Effects, often with Ryan providing the sounds (on what Drew Carey referred to as a "spit-proof microphone").
Ryan was the consummate professional of the Whose Line cast, even going as far as to continue the Party Quirks game after ramming his head into a neon light and injuring himself while doing his famous impression of Carol Channing. It should come as no surprise that the subsequent Hoedown featured him claiming that his actions put him above many professional wrestlers. He also hurt his back in a game of Hollywood Director when Chip Esten jumped on top of his back for several seconds (Chip said afterwards, "I broke Ryan.")
He was also unafraid to look silly and even send himself up. An appearance on the British show saw him have a fit of the giggles during his Hoedown (after an unorthodox pronunciation of "Creature"). He recovered and restarted his verse, only to deliberately include the strange pronunciation again. By the American edition, his fashion sense (he was Mike McShane's "neon love chicken") and loud shoes had become a running gag - coupled with his frequent appearances in Helping Hands involving eating all kinds of things from raw dough to dog food to olive oil.
Ryan's signatures were varied, and not limited to his Carol Channing impressions (he could also do workable John Waynes and Elvis Presleys). His various animal-related quirks in Party Quirks and Lets Make A Date were often particularly entertaining, to say nothing of his two favourite subjects in Hoedowns, his penis (often "pee-nuss" to fit the rhyme) and - by the time the show had crossed the Atlantic - Drew Carey.
Though he once lived in a house previously owned by pianist Liberace, he now lives in Bellingham, Washington (where he has opened the improv comedy-dedicated Upfront Theatre) with his wife and three children.
Ryan's appearances (UK) <br>
Series 2: Episodes 5, 8, 16 and 17<br>
Series 3: Episodes 10, 12, 14, 15 and 17<br>
Series 4: Episodes 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13<br>
Series 5: Episodes 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8 and 9 <br>
Series 6: Episodes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10 and 11<br>
Series 7: Every episode - 12 in total <br>
Series 8: Every episode - 14 in total <br>
Series 9: Every episode - 19 in total <br>
Series 10: Every episode - 11 in total <br>
Ryan's appearances (US) <br>
US Seasons 1-9: Every Show<br>
US Season 10: All except, Episode's 4 and 7(Due to Food Poisoning before the taping)
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fandom.1000points | # Sandi Toksvig
Sandi Toksvig participated in the British Version of Whose Line is it Anyway? from 1989-1991. She has acted in many films, such as The Big Read: Little Women (2003), Sweet Nothing (1990), and Paris By Night (1988). Also made an appearence in The Brain Drain (1993) as herself.
Sandi was very memorable in her two seasons on Whose Line. She was a frequent Party Quirks host. She frequently worked with Paul Merton in Musical Producers. She also frequently played Film and Theatre Styles with Mike McShane or Tony Slattery. She also had an original way of playing Gospel - she talked her way through, in an evangelist style.
If the points mattered, Sandi would fall in first place on the UK Series with the most points; she stands at 10 trillion points.
Sandi's appearances (UK)<br>
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fandom.1000points | # Scene To Rap
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