9.022 minSeason 8 • Episode 21
LatestSeating order: Greg, Denny, Colin, Ryan Superheroes: Solving the worldwide problem of no shoelaces is Greg: Spineless man, Ryan: Seductive shower boy, Colin: Salmonella kid, Denny: Bitchy gossip woman Sound effects: Colin is American GI escaping a POW camp (like in the Great Escape) with sound effects provided by Ryan Film, TV and Theatre : Greg is a jockey and finds Ryan, a rival jockey, injecting something into his horse. : Love story, exorcist, musical, puppet show. Let's make a date: Denny must choose from Greg: Horse race announcer. Colin: Passenger on a plane when the window blows open. Ryan: desperate criminal on the run, cornered in the studio Number of words: Ryan is a GI stationed in Hawaii, Denny is his girlfriend. Greg is a beautiful pregnant Hawaiian girl and Colin is Greg's angry mother. Colin 4 Greg 2 Denny 3 Ryan 6 Moving people: Ryan is store detective who notices Colin put something in his coat pocket. Foreign film dub: Drew (translated by Ryan) and Denny (translated by Greg) act out a scene from The endless day in Italian. Winner: Denny Credit Reading: None
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.
Acting
Elite improv chops under impossible time pressure.
Writing
No writers—pure spontaneous brilliance and disasters.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The British original ran from 1988 with host Clive Anderson; Drew Carey's version kept the same format but cranked the American chaos to eleven.
Wayne Brady's legendary 'Greatest Hits' songs were entirely improvised—no rehearsal, no safety net, often musical genius in one take.
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