Whose Line Is It Anyway? (1998)
The show where everything's made up and the points don't matter. Not a talk show, not a sitcom, not a game show, Whose Line Is It Anyway? is a completely unique concept to network television. Four talented actors perform completely unrehearsed skits and games in front of a studio audience. Host Drew Carey sets the scene, with contributions from the audience, but the actors rely completely on their quick wit and improvisational skills. It's genuinely improvised, so anything can happen - and often does.
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Episode 1 - Whoopi Goldberg
Release Date: 2002-09-09Whoopi Goldberg drops in for some improv games. Cast regulars include Ryan Stiles, Colin Mochrie, Wayne Brady and host Drew Carey.
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Episode 2 - Kathy Griffin
Release Date: 2002-09-16Kathy Griffin and former Miss America Katie Harmon drop in for a few rounds of “Song Styles,” “Hollywood Director” and “Scenes from a Hat.” Also: “Living Scenery.” Wayne Brady, Ryan Stiles, Colin Mochrie and Drew Carey.
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Episode 3 - Brad Sherwood
Release Date: 2002-09-23Games include a round of “Props” with host Drew Carey; and “Awards,” with Brad Sherwood and Wayne Brady as presenters at a function honoring frat boys. Also: “Scenes from a Hat.” Ryan Stiles and Colin Mochrie also appear.
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Episode 4 - Brad Sherwood
Release Date: 2002-09-30Florence Henderson drops by for a round of “Duet” and a game in which words containing the letter L are forbidden. Featuring Ryan Stiles, Colin Mochrie and Wayne Brady. Drew Carey is the host.
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Episode 5 - Greg Proops
Release Date: 2002-10-07Games include “Scenes from a Hat,” “Song Styles,” “Multiple Personalities” and “Props.” Regulars include Ryan Stiles, Colin Mochrie and Wayne Brady.
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Episode 6 - Kathy Greenwood
Release Date: 2002-10-21Games include a round of “Questions Only” dedicated to queries about “The Wizard of Oz”; “News Flash”; “Song Styles”; and a sexed-up “Sesame Street”-inspired rendition of “Scenes from a Hat.” Ryan Stiles, Colin Mochrie, Wayne Brady and Drew Carey.
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Episode 7 - Greg Proops
Release Date: 2002-10-28A Halloween-themed round of games, including “Make a Monster” and “Helping Hands.” Ryan Stiles, Colin Mochrie, Wayne Brady and Drew Carey.
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Episode 8 - Brad Sherwood
Release Date: 2002-11-15Former WWF wrestler Joanie Laurer (“Chynna”) takes on the gang in a round of improv games.
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Episode 9 - Chip Esten
Release Date: 2002-11-29In "Superheroes," Stinky Man (Colin) tries to solve a dead possum in his parking spot with his friends Giggling Nipple-Tweak Man (Ryan), Captain Luau (Chip), and Temper Tantrum Kid (Wayne); "Scenes from a Hat" are "disturbing people to get a lap dance from," "unfortunate times to sneeze," "jobs where you shouldn't kid around," and "the Munchkins: What are they doing now?"; "Stand, Sit, Lie" comes back after a three-season hiatus, with expectant mother Ryan is cared for by flirtatious midwife Wayne, with Colin the nervous husband; in "Party Quirks," Chip tries to guess various acts getting booed off the stage during Amateur Night at the Apollo (Wayne), a bomb squad member who received a tip that there are bombs in people's pants (Colin), and a series of ugly sea creatures swimming up to the cameras (Ryan); after finding humor in Drew nearly choking himself with a breath mint, the show continues with "Show-Stopping Number," featuring Ryan, Colin, and Wayne in a factory.
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Episode 10 - Greg Proops
Release Date: 2002-12-06Games find Greg Proops looking for love in “Let's Make a Date”; Wayne Brady riffing on Tom Cruise movies in “Scene to Rap”; and host Drew Carey playing the “World's Worst” psychiatrist. Also: “Scenes from a Hat.” Ryan Stiles and Colin Mochrie also play.
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Episode 11 - Brad Sherwood
Release Date: 2002-12-20Skits include a party with a diverse guest list (a safari guide and a nudist among them), and a scandal-plagued wedding. Also: host Drew Carey sings about marriage. Performers include Ryan Stiles, Colin Mochrie, Wayne Brady and Brad Sherwood.
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Episode 12 - Greg Proops
Release Date: 2003-01-10Talk-show ringleader Jerry Springer gets in on the fun. Colin Mochrie, Wayne Brady, Ryan Stiles. Drew Carey is the host.
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Episode 13 - Kathy Greenwood
Release Date: 2003-01-17Games include “Quesions,” “Party Quirks,” “Helping Hands” and “Hoe Down.” Also: a round of “Helping Hands.” Players include Ryan Stiles, Kathy Greenwood, Colin Mochrie, Wayne Brady and host Drew Carey.
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Episode 14 - Chip Esten
Release Date: 2003-01-24Games include Wayne as a whole family of acrobats in “Let's Make a Date”; and Ryan as the star of “Drew Carey, The Musical.” Also: A round of “Dubbing”; “Scenes From a Hat”; and “Props.” Other players include Colin Mochrie and host Drew Carey.
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Episode 15 - Kathy Griffin
Release Date: 2003-04-03Guest Kathy Griffin plays a teenage groupie. Also: Wayne Brady as Don King promoting an “improve your sex life” video; Ryan Stiles as a David Copperfield wannabe.
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Episode 16 - Brad Sherwood
Release Date: 2003-04-10Wayne Brady loses more than his shirt at a casino, and plays both Michael Jackson and James Brown in a “celebrity death match.” Also: the Blues Brothers sing to a sign-language interpreter; and host Drew Carey joins in a “Hoedown” about growing up.
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Episode 17 - Greg Proops
Release Date: 2003-06-20Exercise maven---and frequent punchline--- Richard Simmons joins the guys for a round of “Living Props” and sweats to the ditties during a disco-themed “Song Styles.” Also: “Multiple Personalities” and “Newsflash.”
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Episode 18 - Brad Sherwood
Release Date: 2003-06-20Games include “Press Conference,” featuring Colin Mochrie as Batman; and a round of “All in One Voice,” which finds the guys channeling a piggy puppet to serenade one another. Wayne Brady, Ryan Stiles and host Drew Carey also perform.
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Episode 19 - Kathy Griffin
Release Date: 2003-06-27David Hasselhoff drops by for a round of “Song Styles” with Wayne; and a game called “Dubbing,” in which he plays (what else?) a lifeguard. Also: “News Flash” and “Two-Line Vocabulary.” Other players include Ryan Stiles, Colin Mochrie and host Drew Carey.
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Episode 20 - Greg Proops
Release Date: 2003-06-27Greg Proops tries to get his groove on in a round of “Weird Newscasters.” Also: “Scenes from a Hat”; “Film Dub”; “Party Quirks”; and “World's Worst Dating Service Video.” Other players include Colin Mochrie and Ryan Stiles.
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Episode 21 - Greg Proops
Release Date: 2003-07-11Colin and Ryan play sorority girls with unusual athletic abilities in “Sportscasters”; Colin goes psycho as an unstable flight attendant in “Let's Make a Date”; Wayne croons to a female bodybuilder in “Song Styles.”
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Episode 22 - Chip Esten
Release Date: 2003-07-11Highlights include a “Hoedown” about the Man of Steel; a round of “Hollywood Director” set in a prison; and a musical bit, in which Colin, Ryan and Wayne serenade their favorite “Bartender.”
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Episode 23 - Kathy Greenwood
Release Date: 2003-07-18In a round called “Number of Words,” the players can only speak so many lines of dialogue, all from ”The Wizard of Oz.” Players include Wayne Brady, Colin Mochrie and Ryan Stiles.
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Episode 24 - Brad Sherwood
Release Date: 2003-07-18Batman (Colin Mochrie) and Robin (Ryan Stiles)require sound effects from the audience. Mochrie, Stiles and Brad Sherwood are foul-mouthed auto mechanics. And host Drew Carey goes to the zoo.
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Episode 25 - Chip Esten
Release Date: 2003-07-25Games include “Superheroes,” with Colin as Mad Cow Man; a round of “Living Scenery”; “Scenes from a Hat”; and Wayne and Chip serenading belly-dancing twins with a “Duet.”
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Episode 26 - Jeff Davis
Release Date: 2003-07-25Games include “Let's Make a Date”; “Hoedown”; “Scenes From a Hat”; and “News Flash.” Also: a round of “Greatest Hits.” The ensemble features Wayne Brady, Colin Mochire, Ryan Stiles and host Drew Carey.
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Episode 27 - Brad Sherwood
Release Date: 2003-08-01Highlights include: Game 1 - Hollywood Director Colin, as usual, is the director Ryan and Wayne, two gold miners Brad, the bandito who has come to rob them. Directions from Colin: do the scene backwards do the scene full of lust for each other include as many "Your momma!" jokes as possible. Game 2 - If You Know What I Mean Brad and Colin are customers at a diner where Ryan is their waitress Penultimate game - Greatest Hits Songs Of Weddings including the B-52's singing Cash Bar. Artificial Winner - Wayne Drew Game - Helping Hands Drew is a high school student being taught lessons in French culture by Ryan, with the helping hands of Colin. Credits Roll - Wayne and Colin are trained seals being fed by Brad and Ryan.
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Episode 28 - Greg Proops
Release Date: 2003-08-08Game 1 - Scene To Music: Ryan, a gung-ho pest exterminator, bursts in on the hotel room of Colin and Wayne, a newlywed couple. Game 2 - Scenes From A Hat: Famous Film Roles As Played By Scooby-Doo If Welcome Signs In European Countries Were Truthful Things You Don't Want You Hear Your Grandmother Singing About What The First Fight Between A Man And A Woman Was About Game 3 - Song Styles: Wayne sings as Prince to a guest contortionist with an unusual name. Game 4 - Changed Letter: B to W Greg, the team doctor, is treating the star basketball player, Wayne. Colin, a reporter, has come in to interview Wayne, when Ryan, the coach, bursts in to stop him. Game 5 - Living Scenery: Ryan, Colin, Wayne, and the contortionist as Arctic explorers on a race to the North Pole encounter each other at a different icehole. Game 6 - Hats/Dating Service Video Artificial Winner: Wayne Brady Drew Game - Sports Casters: Drew and Greg commenting on competing office workers Ryan and Colin Credit
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Episode 29 - Kathy Griffin
Release Date: 2003-08-08Game 1 Press Conference: Colin as the 1st man to make love on the moon. Game 2 Sound Effects: Audience members Valerie and Anne help Ryan and Colin storm Frankenstein Castle Game 3 Irish Drinking Song: Graduation Game 4 Party Quirks Game 5 Helping Hands: It's Kathy's wedding and Colin and Ryan are the wedding planner Artificial Winner: Colin Drew Game Themed Restaraunt: The Wizard Of Oz Credits Roll - Kathy Griffin as the waitress at a late night coffee shop running down the items on the menu to a table full of drunks & everyone else as the drunks.
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Episode 30 - Greg Proops
Release Date: 2003-08-15Highlight include: Make A Monster Dubbing Scenes From A Hat Greatest Hits: Songs of Sci-Fi Aritificial Winner - Wayne Brady Drew Game - World's Worst: Things to say or do on your 1st day in prison Credits Roll - Greg reads the credits as a dancing monkey.
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Episode 31 - Brad Sherwood
Release Date: 2003-08-22Games include “Hollywood Director,” with Ryan Stiles and Wayne Brady as Arctic explorers; and a round of “Two-Line Vocabulary” set in the wild, wild west. Also: Colin Mochrie tries to figure out who he is in “Press Conference.”
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Episode 32 - Jeff Davis
Release Date: 2003-08-29Instead of points, the players win $100 for winning rounds, which include a pair of pop divas duking it out during “Weird Newscasters”; “Scenes from a Hat”; and “Greatest Hits.”
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Episode 33 - Greg Proops
Release Date: 2003-09-05A round of “Hats” has the gang seeking clients for the world's worst dating service; audience members wind up playing “Let's Make a Date.”
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Episode 34 - Chip Esten
Release Date: 2003-09-05In "Hollywood Director," town sheriff Ryan has finally caught the fugitive gunslinger Chip and puts him in jail, but Wayne comes in as a member of Chip's gang, and Colin gives them the styles of falling in love with each other and product testimonials. In "Improbable Mission," Wayne is the voice on the tape informing secret agents Colin and Ryan that they must go shopping at the grocery store. In "Scenes From A Hat," the scenes are "bad times to use the athletic butt slap," "topics of conversation that always ruin dinner parties," "what the Whose Line? cast will ask Santa for this Christmas," and "things your waitress can say that can be misconstrued as sexual." In "Greatest Hits," Colin and Ryan sell Songs of Pregnancy, with songs performed by Wayne and Chip. Chip wins, so the rest join Drew for a game of "Props."