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Whose Line Is It Anyway?
Overview
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.
Status
Canceled
Network
ABC, ABC Family
Seasons & Episodes
Season 4
Episodes
Jeff Davis
The improv comedy begins with a round of “Props,” “Sound Effects” and a hilarious “Doo Wop” segment about a woman who falls victim in a taxidermy tragedy.
Kathy Greenwood
Games include “Props”; “Living Scenery”; and a round of “Song Styles” that finds Wayne Brady crooning to a fitness trainer from the audience.
Chip Esten
Highlights include “Weird Newscasters” with a cowboy and a synchronized swim team; “Narrate,” a film noir scene set in a bike shop; “Duet,” in which a duo serenade Merrilee, the pet photographer; “The Blind Date Hoedown,” and “Three-Headed Broadway Star,” in which Drew, Wayne and Ryan sing “I Love You for Your Shoes” to an audience member.
Kathy Greenwood
"Questions Only" sees romance break out at a luxurious European health spa; Ruth and Lisa provide "Sound Effects" for Ryan and Colin, two American GIs attempting an escape from a German World War II POW camp; "Scenes from a Hat" include "original rejected poses for the Mona Lisa"; "Songs of James Bond."
Chip Esten
Games include Wayne Brady 'n a spoof of 'N Sync for a round of “Let's Make a Date”; an audience serenade during “Duets.” Also: “Doo Wop”; “Party Quirks”; and “Scene to Rap.” Ryan Stiles, Colin Mochrie, Drew Carey.
Kathy Greenwood
Ryan Stiles yuks it up as a cowboy-influenced weatherman in “Weird Newscaster.” Also: “Party Quirks” and “Newsflash.” Other players include Colin Mochrie, Wayne Brady and host Drew Carey.
Brad Sherwood
Games include “Let's Make a Date,” “Party Quirks” and “Scenes from a Hat.” Also: Drew joins the cast for a “Family Reunion Hoedown.” Regulars include Ryan Stiles, Colin Mochrie and Wayne Brady.
Kathy Greenwood
Games include a round of “Film, TV and Theatre Styles,” with the guys taking on kids' shows, Westerns and Shakespeare. Also, Wayne Brady and Chip Esten perform an impromptu theme song for a new sitcom. Other players include Ryan Stiles and Colin Mochrie. Drew Carey hosts.
Chip Esten
“Hollywood Director” finds Wayne Brady striking a pose as female supermodel and Chip Esten as her unhappy hubby. Also: rounds of “Song Titles,” “Scenes from a Hat” and a heavy-metal “Duet.” Other players include Colin Mochrie and Ryan Stiles. Drew Carey hosts.
Brad Sherwood
Colin tries to figure out his own occupation during a “Press Conference.” Also: a “Show Stopping Number” in a vet's office; “Scenes from a Hat”; and a “Hoedown” with a medical slant. Other players include Ryan Stiles, Wayne Brady and host Drew Carey.
Greg Proops
Brad Sherwood plays a short-tempered cook in “Let's Make a Date”; and Wayne Brady channels an overactive TV set during “Party Quirks.” Other games include “Hoedown,” “Scenes from a Hat” and “Three-Headed Broadway Star.” Ryan Stiles, Colin Mochrie and Drew Carey.
Kathy Greenwood
Games include “Weird Newscasters,” “Song Styles” and a musical “Greatest Hits” from Wayne Brady. Also: Drew and the cast perform a “Just Got Arrested Hoedown.” Regulars include Ryan Stiles, Colin Mochrie and Wayne Brady.
Greg Proops
Ryan messes up a waitering gig in a round of “Hollywood Director”; and Chip Esten croons with Wayne Brady in a heavy-metal “Duet” to an unsuspecting audience member. Other players include Colin Mochrie and host Drew Carey.
Whoopi Goldberg
Whoopi Goldberg plays along for a round of “Hollywood Director” about a famous Notre Dame hunchback; and receives a serenade from Wayne Brady, who borrows Tina Turner's “Song Styles.” Also: “Scenes from a Hat” and a “Foreign Film Dub.” Drew Carey, Colin Mochrie, Ryan Stiles.
Brad Sherwood
A “salute to television” edition features a guest performance by “Your Show of Shows” side-splitter Sid Caesar; and a segment honoring TV's first dog, Lassie. Regulars include Wayne Brady, Colin Mochrie, Ryan Stiles and host Drew Carey.
Jeff Davis
Games include “Infomercial,” with Colin and Ryan pitching a hair-removal serum; a cowboy rendition of “Questions Only”; and a round of “Greatest Hits” featuring Wayne and guest player Jeff Davis on an ode to road bikes. Drew Carey hosts.
Brad Sherwood
Games include “Two-Line Vocabulary,” with Colin as a suspicious submarine skipper; and a round of “Quick Change” featuring Brad and Ryan as Western misfits. Also: “Scenes from a Hat.” Wayne Brady and Drew Carey also appear.
Chip Esten
Wayne is an excited Japanese tourist and Ryan plays Bigfoot in “Weird Newscasters”; and Colin and Ryan are on a secret car wash called “Improbable Mission.” Other games include a secret-hair-transplant song titled “Irish Drinking Song.” Ryan Stiles, Colin Mochrie.
Chip Esten
Colin Mochrie helms a pet-store movie scene in a round of “Hollywood Director”; Wayne Brady plays a talk-show guest in “Party Quirks“; and the guys get some help from Drew during a sketch called “Helping Hands,” about an uppity soda jerk. Ryan Stiles also appears.
Brad Sherwood
Colin Mochrie helms a pet-store movie scene in a round of “Hollywood Director”; Wayne Brady plays a talk-show guest in “Party Quirks”; and the guys get some help from Drew during a sketch called “Helping Hands,” about an uppity soda jerk. Ryan Stiles also appears.
Kathy Greenwood
Colin and Ryan play peculiar parents in a game of “Meet the Family”; “Song Styles” finds the cast doing a number on a number from “West Side Story”; and Wayne battles voodoo in a round of “Weird Newscasters.” Drew Carey hosts.
Kathy Greenwood
A round of “Questions Only” uncovers the truth about a famous fairy tale maiden; “Song Styles” has Wayne Brady rapping to a pool cleaner in the audience; and host Drew Carey leaves his desk for a batch of “Props.”
Greg Proops
Games include “Multiple Personalities,” with the gang jumping from Scooby Doo to Richard Simmons to John Wayne; and a round of “Superheroes.” Players include Colin Mochrie, Wayne Brady and Ryan Stiles. Drew Carey hosts.
Brad Sherwood
“Awards Show” finds the guys mounting a toast to alcoholics; Wayne and Brad “Duet” to impress guest Hugh Hefner's Playboy lady friends, who also join in for a round of “Living Scenery.” Drew Carey hosts.
Chip Esten
Games include a round of “Superheroes,” with Colin as Tacky Shirt Man; a Backstreet Boys-themed “Hoe Down”; “Scenes from a Hat”; “Newsflash”; and a version of “Sound Effects” that finds Colin and Ryan trying their best to be English knights. Drew Carey hosts.
Greg Proops
Games include a round of “Hats,” a musical ode to college in “Greatest Hits” and a bit of “Weird Newscasters” about a kinky news anchor. Players include Greg Proops, Wayne Brady and host Drew Carey.
Brad Sherwood
Brad Sherwood plays a witch-hunter in a round of “Let's Make a Date,” then helps Wayne serenade an audience member with a “Duet.” Also: “Hoe Down”; “Scenes From a Hat”; and “Title Sequence.” Other players include Ryan Stiles and host Drew Carey.
Brad Sherwood
Games featured: “Weird Newscasters”; ”Scenes From a Hat”; “Two-Line Vocabulary” and “Greatest Hits”.
Kathy Greenwood
Games include “Living Scenery,” “Scenes from a Hat” and a Latin-flavored round of “Hollywood Director.” Also: Wayne Brady dips into the “Song Styles” of James Bond themes to serenade an audience member. Kathy Greenwood and Colin Mochrie also perform.
Greg Proops
Featured: “Weird Newscasters,” with Wayne as a possessed Girl Scout; “Scenes from a Hat”; “Action Replay”; and “Hockey Player Hoedown.” Other players include Ryan Stiles and Greg Proops. Host: Drew Carey.
Greg Proops
Games include “Let's Make a Date” with Ryan as a horse whisperer and Wayne as a visually impaired rapper; “Film Dub”; “Props”; and “Songs of the Retirement Album.” Colin Mochrie and Drew Carey also play.
Top Cast
Drew Carey
Self - Host
Ryan Stiles
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Colin Mochrie
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Laura Hall
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