You know comedians are good when they're popular on both sides of the Atlantic. Colin Mochrie and Ryan Stiles are superb, and still are now.

@damagedbug8848

2 жыл бұрын

yeah wank

@kimcantswim174

2 жыл бұрын

Are you British? Just curious.

@grop66

2 жыл бұрын

True 👍 hi here from Denmark 🇩🇰

@MrZedthezombie

Жыл бұрын

Yes Colin and Ryan funnier in US version for me. Some of the Brit humor is lost on me. Greg sometimes gets a laugh from me but not often. Colin and Ryan never fail to amuse me.

Even in the UK, Ryan's face is priceless whenever he hears the dreaded word "hoedown!"

@sparklywastaken1426

2 жыл бұрын

He’s never liked it. I used to watch this as a teen in the 90’s and I hoedown was one of my favourite games.

Man, British Whose Line was QUICK

@Uniongamers

3 ай бұрын

British Whose Line being the original. 😏

Ryan and Colin getting back in the plane was genius.

"Take six paces." "One, two three." "Six." Classic!!

hand change at 10:30 is genius

The trick with the hand was hawesome. 10:25

I don't think I've ever laughed so hard at anything. Both the American and UK versions are pure genius. They should offer this in Healthcare. People would laugh themselves better in no time!!!🥰👏🏾💯🤣

Colin & Ryan not using their prop as a fire extinguisher is criminal 😂

This is one of the best tv shows ever talk about clever! These guys are magical, Colin and Ryan are priceless.

Questions only is Ryan's game, he nails it every time.

@lavender3609

Жыл бұрын

It's by far one of my favorite improv games. He does it really well.

Steve Frost *ALWAYS* found an opening for that Das Boot joke. It was his oldest, most loyal companion. It accompanied him to every single recording. Very occasionally it wouldn't make the final cut, but I guarantee he didn't neglect to bring it on stage with him.

I adore this show. Few things on television have come close to being as funny. Talk about talent…

"Something that represents some of the dangers of life in the 90's" "CHANGING A TIRE!"

My favorite part about Clive is that his super fast turns of phrase always crack Ryan up.

I can't believe how much I miss this show!!! I still watch all the re-runs on KZread.

Greg missed a HUGE opportunity to say "friends always give each other a hand!"

That airplane bit was funny just wish it was longer

@rockyxbautista

9 жыл бұрын

That's using your head! XD

@Superfantastictop10

5 жыл бұрын

Clive Anderson shut down the skits too early. Drew Carey is a better host.

@casvandijck9338

2 жыл бұрын

@@Superfantastictop10 It was for British television, after all...

The laughter is so hard it clips the mics till they break. This era was too funny.

"'Father, I'm carrying twins!' is the secret code word for, 'please stop Clive, my back's going'." LOL. I like both Clive AND Drew. Monumentally different senses of humor and styles, but I like them both. For those who say that say hate that Drew played the games, just remember that Drew didn't want to, the network forced him to do it. He had never done it before and he struggled to learn as much as he could in as short a time as possible to do it some justice and make ABC Family happy. I heard that in an interview with Colin; he said Drew really loved improv and he did the best he could. By the time Improvaganza rolled around, he was doing really well.... just takes time the network wouldn't give him.

@Wveth

2 жыл бұрын

7 years later, a random person pops in to say, "I agree with you." Drew got shafted lol

I first saw Steve Frost do the “If you like wodka” and slides off the chair bit, years ago when it first aired, and I’ve always remembered it. Still makes me laugh.

10:29 is messing with my mind. It's obvious what's going on but it just looks so seamless!

@miylea

3 жыл бұрын

How's it feel to come back 😂

@JDLupus

3 жыл бұрын

@@miylea messed with me all over again XD

@revcrow7154

3 жыл бұрын

I watched it 20 times in a row.

@AbhayHarrison

3 жыл бұрын

@@JDLupus welcome back

@closeben

2 жыл бұрын

I watched this at quarter speed and still didn’t understand it

I could watch these shows all day long

This needs bringing back. I used to love watching this on a Friday night.

@calanon534

3 жыл бұрын

Too bad we live in a post-joke world.

@samcooke343

3 жыл бұрын

@@calanon534 If all you want to do is make jokes at certain groups' expense, then yes. But Whose Line was never like that.

@jamesboyce3565

2 жыл бұрын

90’s Friday night comedy was amazing. Remember when Channel 4 wasn’t shit?

@dennox1

2 жыл бұрын

The USA version is still going half of the same cast on Dave.

@conorredmond6217

6 ай бұрын

Still on

I miss the British version of the show. This was my go to evening TV watching in the late 90’s and early 2000s

I love Clive, "Have I made myself plain? Oh, no, I was born that way." :)

I love this show no matter how old it is🤗

Ryan and Colin are truly hilarious.

Used to love that sound in the morning . Our family loved it and was great before we all went off to the day.

I love seeing the UK Who's Line again.

More so than the us remake, this is what I remember. Comedy Central in the states played reruns of this all the time in the mid-to-late ‘90’s. I love this version of the show.

HOLY SHET RYAN AND COLLIN ARE BOTH SO YOUNG!!!

Amazing how important the host is,clarity of instructions and allowing the flow. The props too

"Richard Vranch - he's got a big organ!" He certainly does!!

Wow! I remember watching this when i was around 7 or 8 and didnt get all the subtle stuff...but always loved em all..especially ryan styles...much like jim carrey he is very naturally funny...body language master

Loved watching that’s in the 90’s as 17 year old kid 🤗

@casvandijck9338

2 жыл бұрын

There are two reasons for me to wish I was born earlier. The sixties, and the fact recordings for WLIIA started one year before my sperm- and eggcell even conjoined.

The reason Drew Carey felt the need to keep saying "the points don't matter" over and over was because of a combination of these two things about American TV: (1) The US simply does not have any comedy panel shows. It's a format that doesn't exist here. So audiences are unfamiliar with the format of keeping an irrelevant score. The natural assumption is that if there's a score, it must be a game show of some sort. (2) The other reason is that until the 2000's American shows were designed NOT to have continuing story from one episode to the next. Each episode had to be self-contained so people could jump in the middle of something without having to see earlier episodes. The style of series where episode 2 doesn't make sense unless you've seen episode 1 was just not done. That meant that each show had to be treated as a self-contained item. And that means repeating the information each episode just in case someone is seeing it for the first time.

@Nerossu

10 жыл бұрын

It's improv "the points don't matter" was a joke in itself. Not every comedy show in the US is stand-up

@TheJanster100

9 жыл бұрын

This AMERICAN hopefully has a longer attention-span....

@jeffh3649

9 жыл бұрын

***** South Americans? North Americans? United States of Americans? Be specific please because - hey, look!, a butterfly!

@jeffh3649

9 жыл бұрын

yep

@gobhai

9 жыл бұрын

I guess this is the reason y american cartoons are much better than japanese anime where evry episode sticks to the plot while anime tries to stretch the story to such an extent tht its annoying and senseless.

Friday night channel 4 for this masterpiece of a programme just brilliant

The biggest laugh of them all was Ryan's mullet

@Blackoreanfemale

8 жыл бұрын

lol

@andychauhan6544

6 жыл бұрын

Jillian O'Donnell I was going to say that...jeez!!!

@andychauhan6544

6 жыл бұрын

also notice a perfect gap of one year between 3 comments...down to a second!

@JDoactive

4 жыл бұрын

@@andychauhan6544 Wish I was here a year ago

@Bohomaed

3 жыл бұрын

Let’s decrease the gap

I've always loved the game "Hey, You Down There" and I desperately wish they would've brought it to the US version

@YouJustGotAnimated

8 жыл бұрын

***** It is! I also want to see the game "Whose Line" more; it is very underrated!

@YouJustGotAnimated

7 жыл бұрын

***** Yeah, I loved Improvaganza a lot, especially since there was also a lot of audience interaction, which always makes improv fun. I wish it had gained the popularity Whose Line had.

@MorinehtarTheBlue

5 жыл бұрын

Likely just a matter of people growing weary of the format. Whose Line UK went 10 seasons and Whose Line US 14 (Including the relaunch). Then the Green Screen Show. It was still mining comedy gold but not everyone seemed to agree. With that style and fresh talent it should have gone on indefinitely as far as I'm concerned.

@virg0_lem0nade

Жыл бұрын

i could have sworn that they DID do that one on the US version as well....

I'm in my school library...I've made a mistake in watching this at this moment....

They should of had frost on the US version hes hilarious

@dunetiger

2 жыл бұрын

I was always sad that they never got (or possibly couldn't) Tony to come over.

@satori4183

2 жыл бұрын

@@dunetiger Tony was deep into his own personal problems when the US version came around, sadly. Plus every other word he said would have been censored anyway 😆

@marioiacolucci

Жыл бұрын

He was in mr bean the train episode what's he doing now

@TheZigzagman

Жыл бұрын

​@@marioiacolucci He had a documentary series in 2020 about his depression and drug abuse. He published his memoir shortly after and has been largely quiet since.

@virg0_lem0nade

Жыл бұрын

@@TheZigzagman-- i think she meant Frost, but yes you are right about Tony, he has bipolar disorder and he sort of "left" the world of performing.

So much fun watching the old shows. I loved the British version.

Bring it back too funny we all need laughter more than ever x england

The drawback to the UK version of the show is how quickly Clive just moves the games onward. There isn't any time for the jokes to really develop.

@virg0_lem0nade

Жыл бұрын

agreed, he'd often say a bit "wasn't working" and end the whole thing, when in actuality the performers just hadn't had any chance yet to develop something. Drew has a much better sense of timing and direction.

@blobbs9520

4 ай бұрын

This is the first I've ever seen of the UK version and i actually prefer it because it seems to move so much quicker

I didn't think I'd laugh at "dead bodies" but I lost it lol

Im from the UK....AND I LOVE THEM BOTH!!! People from the UK, whats your problem with more episodes of a show you loved being filmed in America? Ryan and Colin were leg ends. They even had Robin Williams on an episode! My only gripe was the American host seemed to ram home the fact that points didn't matter, as if the audience couldn't twig that themselves.

@casvandijck9338

2 жыл бұрын

Both Clive and Drew say it every episode, and at least make a pun about it (mostly after the breaks).

10:29 it literally looks like he's taking Ryans Hand

Whose line UK seems kind of fast pace, but its still great

G'damn this is funny...I almost spit out my drink three times. Genius's the lot...

There is nothing like the UK Whose Line. Thanks for the upload!

@pranavkulkarni1414

5 жыл бұрын

Nope. It's one of those rare instances that the American ones are better. American whole line is unbeatable.

@sillygoose635

4 жыл бұрын

@@pranavkulkarni1414 Yep.

@loz5190

4 жыл бұрын

@@pranavkulkarni1414 I think it's just the host that makes the uk one bad..he dosent let the joke land,and thinks hes funny

@loganreads90

4 жыл бұрын

The US version?

@taplubambhos2869

3 жыл бұрын

@@loz5190 yes the host is an overconfident pain trying too hard to be British.

Ryan is much better as commentator on Newsflash, and Colin as the reporter. You can see how they evolved the routine over the years... :-)

There's a 99% chance I watched this whilst eating a Chicken Curry, chips and fried rice as a teenager before watching Prisoner Cell Block H, I was probably a stoned or tripping teenager with a good will to hide it.

@thescottishbawbag

2 жыл бұрын

Haha ye me too..

@thescottishbawbag

2 жыл бұрын

Wait You are me???

@thescottishbawbag

2 жыл бұрын

Ye true but I'm the tripping , stoned you from circa 88-94 deal with it ..i'm busy hiding my paranoia from my family ,while eating rice that looks like maggots...tastes good though other me..

These were the best 👌 👍 😍 🥰

I just yelled out, wow :) haha love Greg

@DAYNURSERY

2 жыл бұрын

For an American, he did a good imitation of John Major!

Clive is the embodiment of dry British humor.

@random-makeings

2 ай бұрын

Just the embodiment of dry.... A very dry man indeed.

Man, it just doesn’t hit as hard without the rivalry between the actors and drew cary

So glad this show is back on the air!

This... This is the politest exchange between Brits and Americans that I've ever seen. Thank you, to both you and S Ward, for restoring some of my faith in humanity :D

Still laughing hilariously at this classic series. Magic!

Get this: Stephen Frost is only 41 in this episode. As of this writing, he's 65.

And Steve Frost is the BEST!!!

Thanks for posting this! Loved watching this back in the '90s. :)

Colin and Ryan are the best!!

I remember watching this as a kid on comedy central.

i remember this episode so well i had it on tape hehehe

The newsflash game at 3:35 needed to go on a little bit longer, like it does in the US version. The goal is for the interviewers to ask questions that hint at what's behind the reporter in a punny or indirect way. But all Greg and Colin had time to ask was: "What's happening behind you?" "How did this all start?" "Can you describe what's happening behind you now?" That's all they're able to get in before Clive asks Ryan if he knows where he's at. There were literally no clues given, which is why Ryan just had the ridiculous shot-in-the-dark guess.

The 90's were so much better than today.

Current version is still in the US with Aisha Tyler as host. Tons of fun!!

One of the best tv programs ever

I want this show back, I'm sick of those 'comedy' quiz shows that can only rip the **** out of celebrities these days, requiring no imagination.. and no, they aren't 'intelligent humour'. US vs UK? Both different. Forever chanting audiences and a louder presenter that participates can either enhance the feel or ruin a show completely (ask Jerry Springer). A laid back quiet presenter with dry humor can either tone down the comedy mood entirely or make the jokes seem funnier because of the huge difference between what he gives out and what the contestants give out. Flip a coin. They are one and the same show, and most importantly usually featured the same contestants, which were all very good

@mickmickymick6927

5 жыл бұрын

The pace of the UK one is faster, which prevents a game or a gag running on too long. The games are also more physical-comedy based. Also Clive is better (though not amazing either), all these add up to make the British version better, despite the contestants being mostly the same.

I love how in the very start of the video, "Another One Rides the Bus" by Weird Al was playing.

This is the version I grew up with so it has a special place for me but the US version is good too. Except that I miss Josie Lawrence and Mike McShane.

Wish they would do this again in the UK a really funny show !

@casvandijck9338

2 жыл бұрын

Check out Mock the week.

Ryan's power comes from his mullet

@casvandijck9338

2 жыл бұрын

Ryan's humour aged like a fine wine. It started good, but got better over time.

Because someone's going to ask: the song at the start was Another One Rides The Bus by Weird Al

I miss this show I used to watch it all the time. It's not on in the uk any more

This should be brought back. Lee Mack would be great.

Colin in the cowboy sketch is the best thing

Colin's signature Hoedown line in UK version: 'I do it everyday!' at least he didn't pretend to faint this time, he actually did good

@casvandijck9338

2 жыл бұрын

That dropping down thing did become somewhat of a staple move of him. It's an easy way out, like suicide - it's just that you can't do that more than once.

Man, Ryan had a sick mullet!

I love this show!

'I'd like to end this game with a laugh, but you cant always get what you want' Clive just insults the performances the whole way through but its all in good fun. People who say Clive is too serious just dont get it

@casvandijck9338

2 жыл бұрын

They clearly don't see his snarky face which he puts up all the time. I even saw him laying back from laughter, once. He's just being Britishly suppressive about it - which only adds to the fun.

i always liked the uk version more because of the audience suggestions and ideas

Love the tune xxxx

Fun to see the UK version. Steve Frost is super hunky!!

@virg0_lem0nade

Жыл бұрын

right?? he's very cute! ❤️

I wish the British version were still on I enjoy watching the American version both the original with drew carrey and aisha Tyler in the later seasons but I miss our original British version 😢

Hilarious episode. Great stuff!

It shows that the makers of this are the ones behind Mock the Week. Wish they did this show again and Mock the Week

it's funny to see Ryan being the field reporter instead of Colin

British crowds + American Talent perfect match. Much more substance and sketches and refined than the crazy raucous American version.

@MichaelM28

8 жыл бұрын

American talent? LMFAO

19:25 The original host here has always been my favorite host for Who’s Line

Wow, turning on captions makes this incredibly funny show, some how even funnier...!

The best showdown ever!!!

Ryan, Colin, Greg are hilarious!

Colin steals it as the one word kid

20:15 LOL Oh Steve & Colin! XoD "Sorry... I... thought I heard something!"

10:37 should have been, "cuz friends always lend a hand..." X3

You do know that both Ryan and Colin consider themselves Canadian, right? Ryan is an "American-born Canadian actor" and Colin is a "Scottish born, Canadian actor".

lol "have I made myself plain? No, I was born that way." Clive>Drew>Aisha.