Favorite "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" (US version) performer?
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For anyone who missed it, it's on YouTube. I laughed so hard I couldn't get my breath, my sides hurt and I was crying. So I watched it again.
Colin Mochrie was consistently hilarious. He came up with the most silly and offbeat things sometimes, and cracked me up.
Ryan Stiles wasn't a favorite of mine. He tended to keep falling back on the obvious, the cheap shots, the formulas. It got boring after a while.
Ryan Stiles wasn't a favorite of mine. He tended to keep falling back on the obvious, the cheap shots, the formulas. It got boring after a while.
Ryan and Colin are pretty entertaining, especially together. But, the ultimate "Whose line" person has got to be Wayne Brady for me. He is consistantly hilarious, and the show always seems like it's lacking something when he's not around.
"THE CAT!!" 
Well, Colin used to host a skit show in Canada called This Hour Has 22 Minutes.
Hah, here is doing the weather:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gy1Ktf6jU8E&feature=related
Hah, here is doing the weather:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gy1Ktf6jU8E&feature=related
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I liked Greg Proops as a guest. Ryan was probably my favorite regular.
From the US show, Ryan Stiles, with Greg Proops as a close second. They've both been inspiring to me as a performer for the last 4 years I've been doing improv (what the hell, may as well throw in a plug for my improv group, Out of Order: www.outoforderimprov.com/)
That said, the US show was just a pale shadow of the UK one, and the cast repetition was a big reason why. It's a shame that the US show never featured great folks like Josie Lawrence, Tony Slattery, Mike McShane, John Sessions and Paul Merton more often (or at all).
That said, the US show was just a pale shadow of the UK one, and the cast repetition was a big reason why. It's a shame that the US show never featured great folks like Josie Lawrence, Tony Slattery, Mike McShane, John Sessions and Paul Merton more often (or at all).
Yeah, I agree. There was something different about the American version that I couldn't pinpoint. I've always found the UK version funnier. They seemed looser and more relaxed. Josie Lawrence was one of my favourites from the UK version.
^^Drew Carey as the host was a misstep for the US version, IMO. He just can't handle the quick speaking that the various game descriptions demand. Clive was great on the UK version, and I LOVE that bit on one of the US shows where Drew calls Chip "Greg" (or calls Greg "Chip" or "Brad" or whatever it was 
) then Ryan goes "Don't worry about it, Clive" to Drew.
P.S. My pick for best US-version performer is Colin by far. The man's a genius.
) then Ryan goes "Don't worry about it, Clive" to Drew. P.S. My pick for best US-version performer is Colin by far. The man's a genius.
My favorite is when he accidentally calls Ryan by the wrong name and he goes "Better than Lewis, he's been calling me that for years" 
