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fandom.1000points | # Scene With A Prop
Scene with a Prop was a very short-lived game, played only once on the British series, for less than a minute.
The premise is that two performers act out a scene, but must incorporate a prop in it. No specific scene is given. When it was tried, a sign that read "Stop, Children" was the prop for Paul Merton and Tony Slattery:
Tony (holding the sign): Stop!<br>
Paul (stopping): Oh!<br>
Tony (pointing to sign): Can't you read?<br>
Paul: I can read, yeah.<br>
Tony: What's it say?<Br>
Paul: It says "Stop, Children."<br>
Tony: Yeah, that's right!<br>
Paul: I'm 34! (walks past Tony)<br>
| Scene With A Prop |
fandom.1000points | # Scene to Music
Scene to Music was played on the British and (briefly) American versions of Whose Line.
When played on the British version, it was a two-player game. Background music would pipe in during the game, forcing the improvisors to act with that style of music. Scene to Music probably inspired the game of Narrate. Film Noir type music was used twice in the game, both with Steve Steen and Jim Sweeney improvising.
When the game moved to the American show, it was played a little differently. Three people played the game, and instead of one type of music, the music changed throughout the game
| Scene to Music |
fandom.1000points | # Scene to Rap
Scene To Rap was a game played on the British and American editions of Whose Line.
Involving all four performers, Clive Anderson or Drew Carey would get the audience to name a movie or a location. The performers would then perform a scene in that setting, rapping in time to music provided by "Mixmaster" Laura Hall (and sometimes "Jazzy Jay" Linda Taylor).
Wayne Brady, Brad Sherwood and Greg Proops tended to be the best at this game, with Ryan Stiles having his moments. Colin Mochrie, despite having improved his Hoedown ability since his earlier appearances on the show, was still comically incapable of maintaining a consistent rhyme scheme, often launching into "dance breaks" instead of finishing his verse. Though Colin definitely lacks polish, he tends to be funnier when he actually finishes his bit than other performers who rap with more skill.
| Scene to Rap |
fandom.1000points | # Scene with an Audience Member
There are two variations of 'Scene With an Audience Member.' The episodes filmed for the third season of the US version required an audience member to improvise a freeform scene with Ryan Stiles and Colin Mochrie. The following year, however, the audience member was given a card from which they would read prepared lines. This made the game a bit like Two Line Vocabulary and Whose Line, and very similiar to the British game, Every Other Line.
| Scene with an Audience Member |
fandom.1000points | # Scenes
Scenes was a game on Drew Carey's Green Screen Show in which performers act out a series of scenes in which it has a theme that is based on audience suggestions.
| Scenes |
fandom.1000points | # Scenes Cut From a Movie
Scenes Cut from a Movie is a game in which the four performers enact scenes ostensibly edited out of suggested movies.
| Scenes Cut From a Movie |
fandom.1000points | # Scenes From a Hat
Scenes From A Hat was a game played on both the British and American editions of Whose Line.
All four performers would take part, dividing into groups on either side of the central stage. The host would then produce a hat, in which a number of scraps of paper containing scene ideas were found. Choosing these ideas at random, the host would announce them and get the performers to act them out.
By the time the show had moved to the US, the scene ideas had become almost a surrogate opportunity for World's Worst to be played, with many jokes being made at both Drew Carey's and Colin Mochrie's expenses, later Aisha's expenses. The game was also the scene of many running gags being played out over episodes. When the game was followed by a commercial break in the American edition, Drew would commonly fling the hat at the camera, having hit it on a number of occasions
| Scenes From a Hat |
fandom.1000points | # Season 10 Taping Guide
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fandom.1000points | # Season 12 Taping Guide
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fandom.1000points | # Season 13 Taping Guide
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fandom.1000points | # Season 14 Taping Guide
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fandom.1000points | # Season 15 Taping Guide
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fandom.1000points | # Season 16 Taping Guide
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fandom.1000points | # Season 1 Taping Guide
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fandom.1000points | # Season 2 Taping Guide
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fandom.1000points | # Season 3 Taping Guide
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fandom.1000points | # Season 4 Taping Guide
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fandom.1000points | # Season 5 Taping Guide
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fandom.1000points | # Season 6 Taping Guide
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fandom.1000points | # Season 7 Taping Guide
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fandom.1000points | # Season 8 Taping Guide
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fandom.1000points | # Season 9 Taping Guide
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fandom.1000points | # Secret
Secret was a game played on the British and American editions of Whose Line.
Always played by Ryan Stiles and Colin Mochrie, the scene would be given by Clive Anderson. The audience would then be asked where "a secret" might be discovered, given the scenario. A scene in the Notre Dame bell tower with Ryan as Quasimodo, for example, had the secret in the bell itself. The two performers would then act out the scene "twenty seconds before the secret is discovered", traditionally with Colin discovering Ryan's secret. After the discovery, the scene would continue with this knowledge.
The secret was always prefaced by the secret-keeper's reaction of "I didn't want you to see that" and the finder's shocked expression, at which point the discoverer would traditionally announce the secret as an outlandish item. The above scenario in Notre Dame had Quasimodo hiding a tuba, while one set on Noah's Ark had extra commandments being hidden. In some situations, Ryan (a famously straight-faced performer) would be visibly amused by Colin's suggestion.
Secret started appearing on the American Edition in the later seasons. Starting Season 10, the secret would become a prop stored in a chest. Colin and Ryan would then continue the scene, improvising with the prop.
Appearances.
UK Appearances<br>
Series 7: 6, 10<br>
Series 8: 2, 3, and 5<br>
Series 9: 6, 7, 15, and 17<br>
Series 10: 2 and 4<br>
US Appearances<br>
Season 8: 11 and 15<br>
Season 10: 8, 10, 18, 20, 23<br>
Season 11: 10, 16<br>
| Secret |
fandom.1000points | # Shawn Johnson
Shawn Johnson (born 19 January 1992) is a retired American gymnast. She is the 2008 Olympic balance beam gold medalist and team, all-around and floor exercise silver medalist. She is also a five-time Pan American Games gold medalist.
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fandom.1000points | # Sheryl Underwood
Sheryl Underwood (born 28 October 1963) is an American comedian, actress and television host. She first rose to prominence in the comedy world as the first female finalist in 1989's Miller Lite Comedy Search. She is known for being one of the co-hosts of "The Talk" alongside Aisha Tyler.
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fandom.1000points | # Shorter and Shorter
Shorter and Shorter is a game on Trust Us with Your Life in which the performers have sixty seconds to perform a scene, then they have to do the same scene again in a thirty-second version, and then fifteen seconds, and so on.
| Shorter and Shorter |
fandom.1000points | # Show Stopping Number
Show Stopping Number was a short-lived game performed on the American edition of Whose Line.
The game was played by Ryan Stiles, Colin Mochrie and Wayne Brady, with the idea being that the first two would begin a scene, with Wayne joining later. At certain intervals, Drew Carey would buzz and the performers would have to perform a "showstopping Broadway number" beginning with the line they had just said.
In practice, these lines were the most unlikely ones to turn into songs - with the first rendition of this game featuring songs such as "Hey buster, hire my friend" and "Don't fuss with Flecker". One of the most famous renditions, however, featured Wayne as "The Putting Holes In Things Fairy", who had to sing the song "Without a Hole, Where Would You Be?" complete with Colin and Ryan performing Busby Berkley-esque chorus-line moves behind him.
| Show Stopping Number |
fandom.1000points | # Sideways Scene
Sideways Scene is a game introduced in the later seasons of the American series. In this game Colin Mochrie, Wayne Brady, and one other performer must act out a scene while lying on the floor. The camera is positioned from the ceiling, thereby giving viewers the appearance that the players are in an upright position.
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Aisha Tyler will interrupt the scene every certain amount of seconds to have the performers to incorporate a Film or Theater style, much like you would see in the game Film and Theatre Styles. Ryan Stiles does not this play this game due to a bad back and being too tall for the ceiling camera.
| Sideways Scene |
fandom.1000points | # Soap Opera
Soap Opera is a game in which all four performers enact a typical soap opera scene, however its setting is atypical of a soap opera and all four must bring some of the location into the scene.
| Soap Opera |
fandom.1000points | # Song Styles
Song Styles (called Song Style beginning in US season 9) was a game played on both the British and American editions of Whose Line.
The British version featured a performer (often Josie Lawrence or Mike McShane) being given a subject and style for the song by the audience after particular prompts from Clive Anderson. This gave rise to performances such as Josie's Irish jig about a strimmer and Mike's famous disco song about a train set (a performance which even had Clive singing along). On rarer occasions, the subject was a woman in the audience and her job, hence Chip Esten's early appearance performing a reggae song about "Yvette, my favourite receptionist". The songs about people tended to be a little more ribald than those about objects.
Early in the American edition, the songs were almost exclusively about people from the audience, of both genders, and their occupations. The other change was that the styles were assigned by Drew Carey and were often rendered as "In the style of Prince" or another famous musician. These songs tended to be performed by Wayne Brady, regardless of the gender of the audience member or the artist being parodied. Wayne's song to Cyrus the retired merchant sailor in the style of Mae West is a prime example. Some performances were done about objects, however these were quite rare.
In various playings, the non-singing performers were called on to provide "backup", often just as dancers. One such performance had Ryan Stiles, Colin Mochrie, and Greg Proops doing an impression of the zombie dancers in Michael Jackon's "Thriller" video. A particularly famous performance of this sort is the "100th episode" of the American edition, in which Wayne sang a song to a man named Howard in the style of the Village People with the others backing him up. This is the performance in which Laura Hall's drum machine speeds up in the middle of the song.
Later in the American Edition, the songs were about the various special guests. The styles would be chosen by Aisha Tyler, and the songs would be sung by Wayne Brady.
Appearances.
UK Appearances.
Series 1: 1, 5, 11, 12, and 13<br>
Series 2: 1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 10, 11, 13, 15, 16, and 17<br>
Series 3: 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14, and 17<br>
Series 4: 6 and 8<br>
Series 5: 2, 5, 6, 7, and 9<br>
Series 6: 8, 10, and 12<br>
Series 7: 1, 2, and 12<br>
Series 8: 5, 9, and 13<br>
Series 9: 6, 11, 12, and 15<br>
Series 10: 4<br>
US Appearances.
Season 1: 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 13, 15, and 18<br>
Season 2: 6, 10, 11, 15, 16, 22, 25, 27, 28, 29, and 32<br>
Season 3: 1, 4, 8, 19, 23, 26, 29, 31, 37, and 38<br>
Season 4: 2, 12, 14, 21, 22, and 29<br>
Season 5: 2, 5, 6, 12, 17, 19, 21, 23, and 28<br>
Season 6: 5<br>
Season 7: 18<br>
Season 8: 3, 9, 13, 14, and 19<br>
Season 9: 2, 3, and 7<br>
Season 10: 1, 2, 3, 18, and 22<br>
Season 11: 5, 8, 15, 17<br>
| Song Styles |
fandom.1000points | # Song Titles
Song Titles was a game played in both the British and American editions of Whose Line.
UK version.
The British version involved three performers acting out a scene with the constraint that they could only speak in song titles.
US version.
In the American version, the format was more in line with that of Questions Only. This version was often rather challenging for the host. In one situation, Drew Carey buzzed one performer out for quoting a lyric rather than a song (which was incorrect, as the words used were in fact the song title) and subsequently allowed a song lyric to be quoted rather than a song title.
| Song Titles |
fandom.1000points | # Sound Effects
Sound Effects was a game played on both the British and American editions of Whose Line. It was played in three different manners, as detailed below.
Performer-Provided Sound Effects.
This version of the game was played on both editions of Whose Line and featured one performer (usually Colin Mochrie) acting out a scene either silently or largely silently, while another performer (Archie Hahn or Ryan Stiles) provided sound effects by using a microphone.
Ryan's sound effects became an art form of themselves, including the "squeaky gate/door" and the frequent insertions of birds into unlikely situations (including a submarine). Drew Carey often referred to Ryan's need for a "spit-proof microphone", due to the sound effects he produced.
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Host-Provided Sound Effects.
An exclusively British game, this version was similar to Scene to Music. It involved two or three performers acting out a scene and responding to sound effects provided by Clive Anderson pressing buttons. Invariably, these sound effects bore little or no relation to the situation and performers such as Ryan Stiles, Tony Slattery, and Greg Proops had to incorporate such things as a loud bouncing noise into a submarine situation ("Looks like someone's knocking on the hold", "Either that or we've got a wallaby infestation"). The performers were allowed to speak during this game.
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Audience-Provided Sound Effects.
An exclusively American version, this involved Drew Carey or Aisha Tyler finding two members of the audience to provide sound effects for two performers (usually Colin Mochrie and Ryan Stiles) while they acted out a scene.
It seemed that Drew Carey deliberately chose members of the audience who were likely to be terrible at providing sound effects. They were usually women of middle age or older. Their incompetence at the task was what most of the humor was about. Ryan or Colin would do something that would ordinarily produce a sound, and when none was made, they would remark that it was broken or had a silencer, etc. When the sound was weak, a giant animal would turn out to be tiny. In the rare cases when a audience-supplied sound was dead on, the crowd would roar with approval.
This version was notoriously patchy in quality, as the standard of sound effects provided generally did not live up to the expectations of the performers. As a result, the scenes often took unusual turns. Memorable examples of this include a scene in which both performers planned to make animal noises but the sound effects said otherwise (the "quacking elephant"), and another round in which the only sound provided was a ghostly "wwwoooo" ("the all-purpose sound").
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Appearances.
UK Appearances<br>
Series 1: 1 and 2.<br>
Series 2: 2, 3, and 9<br>
Series 3: 14<br>
Series 4: 7<br>
Series 6: 3, 6, 8, and 9<br>
Series 7: 6, 7, 8, and 11<br>
Series 8: 4, 6, 8, 12, and 13<br>
Series 9: 3, 4, 12, 17 and 18<br>
Series 10: 5, 9, 10 and 11<br>
US Appearances<br>
Season 1: 1, 6, 10, 13, and 19<br>
Season 2: 18, 20, 25, 27, 28, and 31<br>
Season 3: 2, 4, 12, 15, 17, 19, 22, 26, 30, and 36<br>
Season 4: 1, 4, 15, and 25<br>
Season 5: 10, 22, 24, and 29<br>
Season 6: 3, 4, and 6<br>
Season 7: 2, 3, 7, 10, 12, 15, 18, 24 and 25<br>
Season 8: 5, 6, 8, 16, and 21<br>
Season 10: 3, 6, 7<br>
Season 11: 20<br>
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fandom.1000points | # Special Guests
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fandom.1000points | # Sports Commentators
Sports Commentators (later renamed Sportscasters) was played on both the British and American versions of Whose Line.
In this game, two performers (often including Greg Proops) are sportscasters, commentating on an everyday activity, mimed by two others, usually Ryan Stiles and Colin Mochrie, in slow motion.
The only time the rules are edited is when Rory Bremner plays, as a sportscaster. He is given the role of someone to impersonate during the game. When the game came to the United States, Drew Carey became one of the commentators in later playings.
Despite the suggested activity being very mundane, the actions of the event performed by Ryan & Colin are very violent. And like any sports broadcast, replays are often used, complete with a rewinding tape and freeze-frame.
Whenever Greg Proops was featured one of the sportscasters, he would invariably use a line amounting to "It doesn't matter/I don't care (details ranging from where someone's from to how long someone has done something or similar), that's gotta hurt!" Greg Proops would use this type of line as one of the two heads of Fode and Beed, an alien sportscaster covering the podrace in "Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace". That line, for reference, went like this: "I don't care which universe you come from---that's gotta hurt!"
| Sports Commentators |
fandom.1000points | # Sportscasters
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Sports Commentators was played on both the British and American versions of Whose Line.
Also known as Sportscasters, the game is similar to Hey You Down There, in that two performers mime an activity. Two performers (often including Greg Proops) are sportscasters, commentating on an everyday activity, mimed by two others, usually Ryan Stiles and Colin Mochrie, in slow motion.
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The only time the rules are edited is when Rory Bremner plays, as a sportscaster. He is given the role of someone to impersonate during the game. When the game came to the United States, Drew Carey became one of the commentators in later playings.
Despite the suggested activity being very mundane, the actions of the event performed by Ryan & Colin are very violent. And like any sports broadcast, replays are often used, complete with a rewinding tape and freeze-frame. Whenever Greg Proops was featured one of the sportscasters, he would invariably use a line amounting to "It doesn't matter/I don't care (details ranging from where someone's from to how long someone has done something or similar), that's gotta hurt!" Greg Proops would use this type of line as one of the two heads of Fode and Beed, an alien sportscaster covering the podrace in Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace. That line, for reference, went like this: "I don't care which universe you come from---that's gotta hurt!"
Appearances.
UK Appearances.
Series 8: 2 and 5<br>
Series 9: 5, 6, 11, 14, and 15
US Appearances.
Season 1: 5 and 15<br>
Season 4: 23<br>
Season 5: 21 and 28 <br>
Season 8: 3 and 14
| Sportscasters |
fandom.1000points | # Stand Sit Bend
Stand Sit Bend was a game played on the American and British versions of Whose Line. It's very similiar to its cousin Stand Sit Lie, except instead of lying down, one player must always be bending over.
This game is usually played with three people. It helps with focus, movement, and general stamina. It tends to be a fast, quick-paced game that's fun to watch. While performing, one of the three actors must always be standing up straight, one actor must always be bending over, and one actor must always be sitting down. The main idea is for the actors to be jumping from the floor to a standing position and then leaning over and then back on the floor again, all while maintaining fluid dialogue. (Also, the actors might try to tie the positions in with the scenario.)
| Stand Sit Bend |
fandom.1000points | # Stand Sit Lie
Stand Sit Lie was a game played on the American edition of Whose Line. In its British incarnation, the game was known as Stand Sit Bend and functioned in much the same way.
A typical improvisational game, the premise was that the three performers had to act out a particular scene with the constraint that one had to be standing, one sitting and the last lying down (or bending over) at all times. As the situation dictated, the performers might change places, requiring switches from position to position.
Early renditions of this game achieved a somewhat coherent storyline, however Ryan Stiles and Colin Mochrie soon evolved the technique of requiring high speed changes of position - for example by ducking to avoid being hit or needing to sit down frequently. At this point, the game changed its focus from acting out a scene to attempting to sabotage the other performers' work. The lineup of Ryan, Colin and Wayne Brady became particularly adept at switching positions rapidly, often to loud laughter from the audience. They also created several positions which, depending on circumstances, could be construed as standing, sitting "or" lying down - such as lying on one's stomach on a stool with one's feet on the ground.
| Stand Sit Lie |
fandom.1000points | # Steen Raskopoulos
Steen Raskopoulos (born 3 July 1987) is an Australian comedian, actor and improviser. He is best known for his live character solo sketch shows. He played John Mahogany in BBC Three's "Top Coppers". He was the only performer to appear in all ten shows of 'Whose Line is it Anyway Australia?'
| Steen Raskopoulos |
fandom.1000points | # Stephen Colbert
Stephen Colbert (born 13 May 1964) is an American TV personality best known for being a correspondant for the Daily Show and hosting the Comedy Central satirical news show The Colbert Report. Colbert taped once Whose Line, a taping that spawned two episodes. Colbert is currently the host of the critically acclaimed Late Show, a role previously held by David Letterman.
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fandom.1000points | # Stephen Frost
Stephen Frost appeared on the British edition of Whose Line.
Very tall and very loud, Steve was particularly talented at physical games such as Old Job New Job, especially where the "old job" was a trade. Steve was always smiling and clearly enjoyed his time on the show. He stands at 6 foot 5 inches tall, and one of his most notable characteristics are his large eyebrows.
His verbal talents were perhaps a little more suspect, including his appearance in Number of Words in the Mutiny on the Bounty, where he seemed to take the attitude that the object of the game was to stop after saying the relevant number of words, rather than making sense (Clive Anderson made considerable mileage out of this). Of course, he did contribute Colin Mochrie's memorable Superheroes persona of "No Need To Help, Leave Straight Away Man".
It was with Hoedowns, that Steve really demonstrated his talents, although these were particularly dubious. Simply put, he was unable to rhyme the final line without making no sense, often looking very surprised at his own nonsense lines. Despite this, he did come up with a rather long and logical Prison Visitor song during one of his first appearances.
Steve's appearances (UK).
Series 4: Episodes 1, 4 and 6<br>
Series 5: Episode 8 <br>
Series 6: Episodes 1, 3, 5, 6, 10 and 11 <br>
Series 7: Episodes 3, 7, 8, 10, 11 and 12 <br>
Series 8: Episodes 1, 4, 8, 9, 10, 13 and 14 <br>
Series 9: Episodes 5, 6, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15 and 19 <br>
| Stephen Frost |
fandom.1000points | # Stephen Fry
Stephen Fry appeared on the British edition of Whose Line.
One of Britain's most successful comic actors, Stephen's appearances came in the earlier episodes when the show was simultaneously trying to appear high-brow and accessible. His talents were more in relation to the former, although his rendition of "English Farce" in Film and Theatre Styles with fellow legend Peter Cook in which Stephen pulled his trousers down clearly demonstrates that he could do low-brow as well.
Stephen's greatest talent tended to be in bravely continuing a scene where others would have given up. His appearance with Josie Lawrence in Every Other Line, where she was reading the script and he was trying to book flight tickets (and having to finish the scene with the words "It's not as small as it looks") is a prime example of this. Another unusual moment was his remark to Josie of "Would you get your hand off my f-ing knee?" in Daytime Talk Show.
Interestingly, Stephen's inability to sing did not stop him from appearing in Hoedowns and Raps. He was in fact allowed to perform a sort of spoken word monologue - something which nobody else was allowed to do before or since.
| Stephen Fry |
fandom.1000points | # Steve Frost
| Steve Frost |
fandom.1000points | # Steve Kamer
Steve Kamer is an American broadcaster and voice actor. He is best known for his twenty-year stint announcing for "Inside Edition", voicing five consecutive Olympics for NBC Sports, and his fifteen-year run as the signature voice of the Yankees Entertainment & Sports Network.
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fandom.1000points | # Steve Steen
Steve Steen (born 26 December 1954) is a British actor and comedian best known for his improvisation partnership with Jim Sweeney. He has guested with Sweeney on The Comedy Store Players. Sweeney was recruited as a solo performer thereafter for "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" but Steen was soon brought in for the Channel 4 improvisation show as well.
| Steve Steen |
fandom.1000points | # Story
Story was played on the British version of Whose Line.
One performer played the role of a storyteller, telling a story, while the other three acted it out. The story was based on a title and a moral given by members of the audience.
Only played four times, George McGrath holds the record as the only person to tell more than one story. The other storytellers are Stephen Fry and Rory McGrath.
Story is the first in a long line of games featuring a narrator of sorts. Other games in that category include Sports Commentators, Film Trailer, Hey You Down There, and Fashion Models.
| Story |
fandom.1000points | # Strange Bedfellows
Strange Bedfellows was played one time on the British edition of Whose Line.
Pretty much a three-player version of Characters, Stange Bedfellows was based on three unlikely roommates living together. When it was tried, Jack Nicholson (Phil LaMarr), Woody Allen (Greg Proops), and John Wayne (Ryan Stiles) had to cope when something in their apartment broke down.
| Strange Bedfellows |
fandom.1000points | # Superheroes
Superheroes was a game played on both the American and British editions of Whose Line.
The game involved all four performers, with the first one having his (or her) superhero character decided by the audience, as well as the world crisis to solve (in some early British episodes, the crisis involved the superheroes trapped somewhere). The other performers would enter progressively and help solve the crisis, with the previous superhero naming the new one. The object was to solve the crisis using the skills of the superheroes, although in practice many crises were left unsolved.
One famous superhero on the British edition was "No Need To Help Leave Straightaway Man", the name given to Colin Mochrie by Steve Frost. By the time the game had crossed the Atlantic, however, the superhero names were increasingly bizarre, featuring such creations as "Giggling Nipple Tweak Man" and "Constantly Gets Hit By A Car Boy" (Ryan Stiles and Wayne Brady respectively).
One of the most famous superhero names was "Captain Hair" (Given to Colin as a way to mock his baldness).
| Superheroes |
fandom.1000points | # Survival Show
Survival Show is a game in which the four performers enact a game that spoofs the hit show Survivor, the scene is set in an everyday location instead of an island. One performer acts as the host, while the others act as contestants, performing stunts and having a tribal council.
| Survival Show |
fandom.1000points | # Survivor Show
| Survivor Show |
fandom.1000points | # Tag
Tag was a short lived game on the British edition of Whose Line Is It Anyway. This was a game that featured all four contestants. To start the scene, two of the players would each assume an audience suggested position [sitting down, on all fours, standing, etc.] and the performers would work out ideas from their positions. Periodically, one of the performers off stage would yell, "Freeze!" and tag one of the performers and assume their position. The performers were not static during the playing and moved from the initial positions. It's sort of a hybrid between Props and Living Scenery if that gives one a better picture.
| Tag |
fandom.1000points | # Tamera Mowry
Tamera Darvette Mowry-Housley (born 6 July 1978) is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Tamera Campbell on "Sister, Sister" opposite her identical twin sister Tia Mowry.
| Tamera Mowry |
fandom.1000points | # Taping 119/121/8011
The Whosers Guide to the Tapings - Taping 119/121/8011.
Tape Date: November 15th, 1998
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fandom.1000points | # Taping 301/335/422
The Whosers Guide to the Tapings - Taping 301/335/422.
Tape Date: July 28th, 2000
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fandom.1000points | # Taping 303/322/338/421
The Whosers Guide to the Tapings - Taping 303/322/338/421.
Tape Date: July 30th, 2000
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fandom.1000points | # Taping 403/604/7005/7021
The Whosers Guide to the Tapings - Taping 403/604/7005/7021.
Tape Date: December 17th, 2000
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fandom.1000points | # Taping 404/425/605/7018
The Whosers Guide to the Tapings - Taping 404/425/605/7018.
Taping Date: February 2nd, 2001
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fandom.1000points | # Taping 407/419/424/7015/8014
The Whosers Guide to the Tapings - Taping 508/512/517/520.
Tape Date: February 9th, 2001
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fandom.1000points | # Taping 508/512/517/520
The Whosers Guide to the Tapings - Taping 508/512/517/520.
Tape Date: November 1st, 2001
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fandom.1000points | # Taping 509/514/606/610
The Whosers Guide to the Tapings - Taping 509/514/606/610.
Tape Date: November 2nd, 2001
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fandom.1000points | # Taping 510/608/612/7003
The Whosers Guide to the Tapings - Taping 508/512/517/520.
Tape Date: November 3rd, 2001
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fandom.1000points | # Taping 516/7014/8016
The Whosers Guide to the Tapings - Taping 516/7014/8016.
Tape Date: March 11th, 2001
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fandom.1000points | # Tegan Higginbotham
Tegan Higginbotham (born 25 March 1988) is an Australian comedian, writer and actor.
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fandom.1000points | # Telethon
Telethon (or Charity Anthem) was a game played on the American edition of Whose Line, and once in the very last British episode.
Featuring all four performers, the game would begin with the audience naming an unlikely group to benefit from a telethon ("NBA Players" and "Sitcom Stars" being two). Ryan Stiles and Colin Mochrie would then perform as the hosts of the telethon urging people to donate to the charity in question. The game would then progress to a musical stage, during which Wayne Brady and Brad Sherwood would perform an anthem for the telethon as different musicians. In most playings, Ryan and Colin would introduce new musicians in the course of the song, generally playing to the singers' strengths (other times, Brad and Wayne would apparently choose their impersonations on their own). Brad, for example, would be asked to perform as Bruce Springsteen or "The guy from the B-52s", with Wayne doing impressions of Prince, Stevie Wonder and Bill Cosby.
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fandom.1000points | # That Will Be Charlie Now
That Will Be Charlie Now was played on the British version of Whose Line.
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A game for all four performers, three of which describe the fourth at a particular location. After the fourth player (often Mike McShane), dubbed "Charlie", arrives, he incorporates all the odd characteristics previously described, such as being a heavy smoker and plays hopscotch when walking.
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Later, a variation of the game debuted as Here He Is Now.
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fandom.1000points | # The Bella Twins
The Bella Twins (born 21 November 1983) are a professional wrestling team comprised of twins Brie and Nikki Bella. They star in their own reality television series, "Total Bellas".
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fandom.1000points | # The Drew Carey Show
The Drew Carey Show is an American sitcom that aired on ABC from September 1995 to September 2004. The show was set in Cleveland, Ohio, and revolved around the retail office and home life of "everyman" Drew Carey, a fictionalized version of the actor.
The show was created by Carey, who had both stand-up comedy and writing experience, and Bruce Helford, who was once a writer for Roseanne. It was the first television show to have an episode simulcast on the Internet. The show was produced by Mohawk Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television. The show debuted on the ABC network on 13 September 1995, and ranked among the Top 30 programs for four seasons before sliding in popularity. The show would often air on the same day as Drew's other show, Whose Line. Ratings for The Drew Carey Show would decline sharply during the final two seasons, and the final two episodes aired in September of 2004.
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fandom.1000points | # The Hosts of Party Quirks
The list of the many Party Quirk hosts throughout the Seasons.
Patrick Bristow (UK).
Series 10: Episode 4<br>
Mark Cohen (UK).
Series 3: Episode 11<br>
Stephen Colbert (US).
Season 1: Episode 16<br>
Jeff Davis (US).
Season 3: Episode 7<br>
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Season 10: Episode 17<br>
Season 11: Episode 2<br>
Chip Esten (UK and US).
UK Series<br>
Series 4: Episode 8<br>
US Series<br>
Season 2: 12 and 21<br>
Season 3: Episode 16<br>
Season 4: Episode 5<br>
Season 5: Episode 9<br>
Season 7: 19 and 21<br>
Steve Frost (UK).
Series 7: Episode 8<br>
Series 8: 9 and 10<br>
Series 9: Episode 10<br>
Stephen Fry (UK).
Series 9: Episode 12<br>
Graeme Garden (UK).
Series 1: Episode 6<br>
Kathy Greenwood (US).
Season 3: 1, 34, and 38.<br>
Season 4: Episode 6<br>
Season 5: Episode 13<br>
Season 8: Episode 5<br>
Kathy Griffin (US).
Season 5: Episode 29<br>
Sam Johnson (UK).
Series 4: Episode 10<br>
Karen Maruyama (US).
Season 2: Episode 32<br>
Paul Merton (UK).
Series 1: 1, 4, 5, and 8<br>
Series 2: 5, 8, and 16<br>
Series 3: Episode 7<br>
Series 4: 2 and 3<br>
Series 5: Episode 3<br>
Colin Mochrie (UK and US).
UK Series<br>
Series 3: Episode 12<br>
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Season 3: Episode 9<br>
Neil Mullarkey (UK).
Series 2: Episode 8<Br>
Greg Proops (UK and US).
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Series 2: Episode 4<br>
Series 4: Episode 9<br>
Series 5: 2, 6, and 7<br>
Series 6: 2 and 4<br>
Series 7: 1 and 7<br>
Series 8: 2, 7, and 8<br>
Series 9: 2, 5, 7, and 17<br>
Series 10: 3 and 6<bR>
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Season 1: 1, 7, and 20.<br>
Season 2: 11, 27, and 29<br>
Season 3: Episode 21<br>
Season 5: 20 and 21<br>
Season 6: Episode 7<br>
Season 8: Episode 4<Br>
Season 10: Episode 1<br>
Caroline Quentin (UK).
Series 7: Episode 9<br>
Series 8: Episode 3<br>
Brad Sherwood (UK and US).
UK Series<br>
Series 4: Episode 7<br>
Series 9: 3 and 9<br>
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Season 2: 2 and 17<br>
Season 4: 7 and 20<Br>
Season 5: 3, 8, and 11<br>
Season 7: Episode 1<br>
Season 8: Episode 11<br>
Denny Siegel (US).
Season 1: 8 and 17<br>
Season 6: Episode 9<br>
Chris Smith (UK).
Series 3: Episode 10<br>
Series 4: Episode 11<bR>
Tony Slattery (UK).
Series 1: 11 and 12<br>
Series 2: 2, 9, 12, 13, and 14<br>
Series 3: 1 and 2.<br>
Series 4: 1, 4, 5, and 6<br>
Series 5: 4, 8, and 10<br>
Series 6: 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 11<br>
Series 7: 3, 5, 6 and 12<br>
Ryan Stiles (UK).
Series 3: 15 and 17<br>
Sandi Toksvig (UK).
Series 2: 5, 6, 10, 11, and 15<br>
Series 3: 8, 9, 13, and 15<br>
Ron West (UK).
Series 2: Episode 3<br>
Navigation.
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fandom.1000points | # The Wayne Brady Show
The Wayne Brady Show is a variety show hosted by comedian Wayne Brady that aired in two separate forms.
ABC, for whom Brady had been working as a panelist on "Whose Line Is It Anyway?", launched the first version of the show 8 August 2001 as a primetime variety series that failed to catch on and was cancelled in March 2002.
Later that fall, plans to bring the show back as a daily syndicated daytime talk show came to fruition and "The Wayne Brady Show" premiered on local stations nationwide 3 September 2002. Although the show was a hit at the start, the ratings began sliding during the first season and continued into the second, and the final episode was broadcast 21 May 2004.
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fandom.1000points | # Themed Restaurant
Themed Restaurant was a short-lived game on the American edition of Whose Line.
The premise involved two performers dining at a themed restaurant with two other performers acting as waiters in keeping with the theme. Some themes worked better than others, with the best being brought out in everything from menu items to the way the bill was presented
Appearances.
US Series.
Season 2: 22<br>
Season 3: 3, 13<br>
Season 5: 25, 29, 32<br>
Season 6: 10<br>
Season 7: 2<br>
Season 8: 5<br>
Season 11: 13<br>
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fandom.1000points | # This is the Story of Your Life
This Is the Story of Your Life is a game in which one performer plays the host of a This Is Your Life-type television program. A second performer portrays the guest of honor, and the other two are acquaintances from his past. It was only played once during the UK Series run, during Wayne's first taping.
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fandom.1000points | # Three Headed Broadway Star
Three Headed Broadway Star (or Three Headed Song) was a game played on the American edition of Whose Line.
The premise was that the three performers were all part of the same Broadway star and would perform a "hit love song" from a "new Broadway musical", with both the musical and song titles being decided by the audience. Each performer would sing a word of the song each.
The game had often featured Drew Carey. In his intial appearances, Drew was unable to keep to one word, often singing entire lines. American series 3 introduced the idea of singing the song to an audience member, although this was largely cosmetic.
While the songs all nominally made sense, most featured unusual grammatical constructions, as well as Colin Mochrie's reliance on strange words with no real rhyme. Repetition was also used for comic effect, such as the constant use of the words "Jello" and "Puddin'" in one song, as well as Wayne Brady's over-use of the word "abyss" and Colin's use of the word "You" repeatedly (9 times consecutively).
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fandom.1000points | # Three Of A Kind
| Three Of A Kind |
fandom.1000points | # Three of a Kind
Three of a Kind was a game played on the British edition of Whose Line.
The premise was that three performers were in a particular situation and were either all members of a particular group or the exact same person. In one rendition of the game, Ryan Stiles, Greg Proops and Colin Mochrie were three televangelists at a laundromat. In another, Ryan, Colin and Greg were all John Wayne. The performers would then be given free rein to improvise the scene.
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fandom.1000points | # Tinashe
Tinashe Jorgensen Kachingwe (born 6 February 1993) is an American singer and actress. She is best known for her roles in "Out of Jimmy's Head" with Nolan Gould, and in "Two and a Half Men" with Charlie Sheen and Ryan Stiles.
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fandom.1000points | # Title Sequence
Title Sequence was a game played briefly on the American edition of Whose Line.
The game involved all four performers. The audience would be asked to name an unlikely pair (giving rise to pairings such as "Satan and the Schoolgirl", "Hillary Clinton and Monica Lewinsky" and "Napoleon and the Bartender"), and the singers (Wayne Brady and either Brad Sherwood or Chip Esten) would then sing the opening title song for the "hit sitcom" featuring these unlikely characters. During this process, Colin Mochrie and Ryan Stiles would act as the characters, much in the manner of American sitcom introductions.
One of the more interesting games of Title Sequence began with the audience suggestion of "Bill Cosby and Hitler". This didn't sit well with one of the on-set censors, who immediately walked over to Drew Carey's desk and requested a change of character. The result was "Bill Cosby and the Insurance Salesman", in which Ryan, who assumed the role of Bill Cosby, managed to sneak a Nazi salute. The entire cast, apparently indignant that a suggestion was censored, continued making references to Hitler throughout the episode, down to the last verse of the Hoedown.
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fandom.1000points | # Tom Parry
Tom Parry (born 16 December 1980) is an English actor, writer, and comedian. He is a member of the comedy trio Pappy's.
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fandom.1000points | # Tommy Little
Tommy Little (born 23 February 1985) is an Australian comedian and radio and television presenter.
He is the host of the short lived Australian version of "Whose Line Is It Anyway?"
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fandom.1000points | # Tony Cavalero
Tony Cavalero (born 12 October 1983) is an American actor and comedian. He is an Eagle Scout and a graduate of the Virginia Military Institute. He is best known for his role as Dewey Finn in the television series, "School of Rock".
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fandom.1000points | # Tony Hawk
Tony Hawk (born 12 May 1968) is an American professional skateboarder.
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fandom.1000points | # Tony Slattery
Tony Declan Slattery was a performer on the British edition of Whose Line.
Famous for his dirty mind, Tony often found himself as the host in Party Quirks and feuding with Clive Anderson, in one famous event screaming "Well F*** OFF" at him after failing to guess a certain quirk.
Tony had a particular knack of being able to draw attention to himself, often with his uncontrollable giggle which would manifest itself in the middle of a Hoedown. On one occasion (in a compilation of segments never aired) Tony's pants split in the middle of a game, something which Clive accused him of doing on purpose.
Tony's abilities in singing games dealt more with his lyricism, rather than any other talent. He was the drinker in the famous Bartender game in which he was "in love with an inflatable pig", a situation giving rise to the lyric "I've got a problem I'd like to report/When I see Porky Pig my pants distort".
His relationship onstage with Josie Lawrence was another running source of humour, as Josie tended to be strong enough to stand up to him. This was seen in one game of Helping Hands in which Tony provided Josie's hands and did precisely the opposite of what she wanted him to do (putting a cake on the head of a doll, for example). Eventually, as he was in the middle of massaging her breasts, Josie bit his fingers.
Tony and Josie were also involved in the Bartender game in which Tony was "angry about his middle name", which was revealed to be Declan. For lyrical purposes, this became Patricious. Josie, unable to resist the temptation, completed her verse with the lines "So be proud, Patricious. Come on, take my flattery. It's better than being called Tony Slattery". Greg Proops had once teased him a Hoedown about Sex.
Tony's appearances (UK).
Series 1: Episodes 4, 7, 9, 11 and 12 <br>
Series 2: Episodes 1, 2, 5, 7, 10, 13, 14, 15, 16 and 17<br>
Series 3: Episodes 1, 2, 5, 8 and 9 <br>
Series 4: Episodes 1, 3, 4, 5 and 6 <br>
Series 5: Episodes 1, 3, 4, 7, 8 and 9 <br>
Series 6: Episodes 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 <br>
Series 7: Episodes 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 11 and 12<br>
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fandom.1000points | # Trust Us with Your Life Games
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fandom.1000points | # Two-Headed Expert
Two-Headed Expert is a game on Drew Carey's Improvaganza in which two performers portray a two-headed expert on an audience-suggested subject. Another two performers portray a two-headed interviewer that asks questions of the expert. One pair must speak all their words in unison, while the other pair must alternate every word when speaking. It is closely related to Fast and Loose's 'Double Speak'
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fandom.1000points | # Two Line Vocabulary
Two Line Vocabulary was a game played on the American edition of Whose Line.
The game required three players. The first could say anything, while the other two were given two lines each to say - generally inappropriate for the circumstances. A scene would then be acted out with the straight man (usually Colin Mochrie) attempting to move things forward in spite of the handicaps of his co-performers. Ryan Stiles proved particularly adept at this game, being able to vary the emphasis of his lines to achieve different effects and to find ample opportunity to use comparatively one-off lines (like "When's lunch?" or "Should I use my gun?").
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fandom.1000points | # UK Castmembers
This is a list of of the Castmembers on the UK Version
Navigation.
Back to Whose Line Cast Portal | Back to Whoserville
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fandom.1000points | # UK S10E01
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fandom.1000points | # UK S10E08
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fandom.1000points | # UK S10E10
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fandom.1000points | # UK S10E11
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fandom.1000points | # UK S1E01
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fandom.1000points | # UK S1E02
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fandom.1000points | # UK S1E03
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fandom.1000points | # UK S1E04
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fandom.1000points | # UK S1E09
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