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Well, if you loved "Whose Line Is It Anyway?", then you'll love this!
It's back and awesome. Improvised comedy at its finest.
The show features improvisational comedy sketches infront of live audiences and you.
Some of the legendary comedians and returnees include:
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[B]Performers:[/B]
[list]
[*] Drew Carey
[*] Ryan Stiles
[*] Jeff Davis
[*] Chip Esten
[*] Colin Mochrie
[*] Jonathan Mangum
[*] Greg Proops
[*] Kathy Kinney
[*] Brad Sherwood
[*] Heather Anne Campbell
[*] Sean Masterson
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[B]Special guests/performers:[/B]
[list]
[*] Wayne Brady
[*] Charlie Sheen
[*] Rich Fields
[*] Rachel Reynolds
[*] Manuela Arbeláez
[*] Gwendolyn Osborne
[*] Steve Kamer
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[B]Other cast members[/B]
[list]
[*] Rich Fields (announcer)
[*] Bob Derkach (music director)[/list]
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[B]There are many games played, like these:[/B]
[release][B]Sound Effects[/B] - 2 performers start a scene while 2 audience members provide the sound effects for this scene.
[B]Compilation Album (aka Greatest Hits)[/B] - 2-3 performers try to sell a compilation album with songs that have to do with the audience suggested title. 2 or 3 performers (who can sing: Brad, Chip, Jeff, Wayne, Jonathan) will sing the songs suggested by the other performers.
[B]Sentences (aka Whose Line)[/B] - 2 performers will start a scene and the audience will put some random lines on a piece of paper for the performers to include. The performers must incorporate these lines into their scene by only looking at them when the line is being said.
[B]New Choice (aka Quick Change)[/B] - 2 performers do a scene. At any time, the caller can say "new choice" and the previous line and/or action must be changed.
[B]Song Styles (aka Duet)[/B] - 1-3 performers will sing a song to an audience member by following specific criteria
[B]Moving People/Moving Bodies[/B] - 2 performers start a scene and 2 audience members are selected to move the performers. The 2 performers can talk but cannot move at all. The audience members can only move them.
[B]Options (aka Film, TV and Theater Styles)[/B] - 2 performers will start a regular scene and a caller will often freeze the scene and add a style (TV, Literate, Film, Number of Words, Letters, Music) to the scene and the performers must incorporate that style in the scene.
[B]Freeze Tag[/B] - 2 people start in a scene. At any time, anyone else can yell "freeze!", tap one of the performers (who will then leave) and then change the scene. A performer has the option to not tag anyone out, and may tag out more than one person, but there are always at least two performers in play.
[B]Question This! (aka Improv Jeopardy!)[/B] - One player plays the host and four others play as contestants on a game show patterned after Jeopardy! where the audience give the answer to the question
[B]Forward/Reverse[/B] - Players act out a scene moving and speaking in directions announced by another who acts as a caller. The caller acts like a remote control with forward, reverse and swap functions.
[B]Two-Headed Expert[/B] - A pair of players (who talk either in unison or saying every other word) acts as an expert on a topic suggested by the audience while another pair (with the same speaking restrictions) either is interviewing or is learning from the first pair.
[B]Conducted Story/Fairy Tale[/B] - After asking for a name of a fairy tale to the audience, a player sits down in front of the other players and points at them spontaneously to create a story made up at that point. The player that is pointed has to keep telling the story where it is left off. The story can be interrupted any time by the sitting player.
[B]Bob's Call (aka Show Stopping Number)[/B] - 2 performers start a scene and anytime Bob Derkach (piano) hears a line that sounds like a title to a song, Bob will create a song and the performer must sing to the music given to him/her.
[B]First Date [/B]- A married couple is selected from the audience and is interviewed about their first date and some parts are acted out by the cast. If the fact is acted out correctly or not, a particular sound is made.
[B]Mousetraps[/B] - Two players act out a scene barefoot and blindfolded on a stage littered with live mousetraps and a rope is suspended in front of the audience to not have them fall on them.
[B]Playbook (aka Every Other Line)[/B] - Two players act out a scene with one speaking freely and the other only using lines from an audience-chosen playbook given to them. The person with the playbook can only speak using the lines from the chosen playbook.[/release]
[U]
The show began in April of this year.
Catch it on GSN in the United States.[/U]
Can You Hear Me Now?
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zU3wZ_knku8[/media]
Enter the Jetpack
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQmDU2SWhV0[/media]
Waffles for a Sailor
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LT7DkCfupxM[/media]
The Shoe Collector
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZZDKsLsAYo[/media]
I Grow Weed
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLBoTGB24D0[/media]
The Surprise Party
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0fG9CSUmQk[/media]
Lethal Injection
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sksxlh23fRo[/media]
never heard about this.
it looks great
It's pretty much Who's Line is it Anyway?, just with some minor changes.
[QUOTE=DOG-GY;30440849]never heard about this.
it looks great[/QUOTE]
Yeah, I saw it on TV, and I literally yelled "Holy shit! It's back!"
because it's now a vegas show presented live without a tarditional studio audience, it's slower paced, there are less games and the production value takes a hit. But overall it's a great show.
Yeeeah, Colin. He's wacky.
Colin somehow has less hair.
And yet the show brings back memories... so many memories... I missed these guys.
Oh man, they got old, it's almost sad to see, but it looks like they are still kicking fine. I missed this so much.
I was like "Who the fuck is that dude with the glasses beside Greg- OH it's Drew!"
Woah damn, he lost weight, no more fat jokes ahaha
Hopefully it was worth the weight.
[QUOTE=Eeshton;30442258]Woah damn, he lost weight, no more fat jokes ahaha[/QUOTE]
Instead they make weight loss jokes.
Oh man Ryan I missed you and your crazy shoes :buddy:
Oh man it's depressing to see Colin with white hair and Ryan with wrinkles.
Also, Drew Carey got thin?
You can watch clips and full episodes on their site:
[url]http://tv.gsn.com/shows/improv/video/[/url]
[QUOTE=El Burrito;30446020]Oh man it's depressing to see Colin with white hair and Ryan with wrinkles.
Also, Drew Carey got thin?[/QUOTE]
Yeah, it appears Drew has taken care of himself. I liked him better with weight.
This show was really disappointing. Who's line minus the funny. It's a vegas show and these guys just aren't at their best anymore. I've wanted a Who's line reboot for a looooong time and this is pretty damn close but... meh
[QUOTE=Farm;30464446]This show was really disappointing. Who's line minus the funny. It's a vegas show and these guys just aren't at their best anymore. I've wanted a Who's line reboot for a looooong time and this is pretty damn close but... meh[/QUOTE]
It's p. good to me.
I've been watching it, I was hoping it'd be Whose Line is it Anyway. It isn't. I don't know, it seems more repetitive, fewer games, and I think it's too audience based. The cards that had the subject in Whose Line was much better
[QUOTE=El Burrito;30446020]Also, Drew Carey got thin?[/QUOTE]
Yeah Craig Ferguson takes the piss all the time. So does Drew when he's on the Late Late show.
I liked it and I'm glad it's different than Whose Line.
One thing I kept on thinking about is that as soon as Heather Anne Campbell showed up, I thought to myself "wow this lady is cute AND funny", but when she showed in later episodes, I could only think about how I wish she was funny or funnier. The fewer appearing performers seem pretty nervous or lack confidence to the point where they don't try to be funny at all. It's kind of sad really because I think they, and especially Heather, has multitudes of potential.
Awh man this show is great. I think my favorite one has to be where the audience do sound effects. Got some good laughs out of that.
Colin never seizes to amaze me.
anything with colin mocherie is instantly the best thing ever
sad he's getting old though
[QUOTE=ThePutty;30490430]anything with colin mocherie is instantly the best thing ever
sad he's getting old though[/QUOTE]
Drew Carey is the same age, and he looks a lot better.
OH MY GOD YES
oh no, no props? My favorite skit
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