Whose Line Is It Anyway?

This show is hilarious! Ryan Stiles, Colin Mochrie, Tony Slattery, Josie Lawrence, Steve Frost, Mike McShane, and Paul Merton are all on my list of the funniest people alive! And Clive Anderson makes a great moderator-type host! A classic! Anyone who is thinking about ever doing improv should see it!

Whose Line is it Anyway will always be my favorite show of all time. Why? Well, of the millions of reasons I have, I'll give you a couple. 1- Clive. Clive Anderson is always hilarious, whether it's a battle of wits with Greg Proops (usually) or any of the other contestants, or his banter with the audience about their suggestions, he's always quick with a comeback and gets a laugh from everyone. Even though he's (only slightly!) losing his hair and, as the contestants say, he 'has no neck', Clive will always be the better of the two hosts. 2- The Contestants. Almost everyone who comes on this show is wonderful, from the quick wits of Greg Proops to the amazing physical comedy of Ryan Stiles, from the rubbery faced Canadian Colin Mochrie, to the shocking innuendo of my personal favorite, the adorable Tony Slattery. Josie Lawrence, Mike McShane, Caroline Quentin, and Brad Sherwood have the most amazing IMPROVISED songs ever produced (Wayne from the US one is wonderful, too), Rory Bremner's voices, Paul Merton's jabs at Clive, and Steve Frost's grinning face during his specialty game, 'Old Job, New Job', always put a smile on my face. The only REALLY bad performer they ever had was Archie Hahn, who barely ever got a laugh. Fortunately, he was only on 9(?) times, so we don't have to complain about how he ruined the show to our family members too often. 3. The Games- Sure, there are a million games, and sure, some of them are stupid (Fixed Expressions and Authors always seem to go on a bit long), but the others are priceless. Party Quirks is a game usually played, where one contestant (usually Tony Slattery or Greg Proops) is the host of a party. The other three have been assigned strange 'quirks' that they have to act out during the game, and the host has to guess what those quirks are. Hoedown is a singing game, where all four have to make up a one-verse song in the form of a hoedown, the subject of which is suggested by the studio audience. Alphabet (where two contestants act out a scene using successive letters of the alphabet) is always good fun because they usually mess up, and World's Worst (where the four stand on a step and step forward when they come up with an example of the World's Worst something, like president of the world, flatmate, or thing for a doctor to say) is almost always hilarious. If this review hasn't convinced you to see this show, look at the others and notice that as of now, there are NO BAD REVIEWS ABOUT THIS SHOW. It's on at 9:30am and 2pm on weekdays (also 9:30pm on Tuesdays), 10-11am Saturday, and 10am Sunday. I hope I convinced you!!

I once had a conversation with some people about "Whose Line Is It Anyway". One intelligent, educated young man said he didn't like to watch it because "you have to pay attention." In other words, for him (and a few tens of millions of others) television entertainment is meant only to pass the time, not to keep you interested. On the other hand, for anyone who wants to be totally glued to the set, listening carefully for every line, this is a wonderful show.

The original, British MC, Clive Anderson, is far superior to the American version's Drew Carey, who seems to kill some of the humor (or humour, if you are British). But the cast of four improv comics are astonishing, and are funny more of the time than sitcom performers working with a carefully written script.

If you want your comedy really laugh-out-loud funny rather than just amusing enough to spend a half hour with, this show is for you.

This is a great show. You never really know what is going to happen next, particularly if Ryan Stiles, Colin Mochrie, Greg Proops and/or Tony Slattery are playing. All the same, I still think the British version is funnier than the American version.

I am so glad DAVE started playing these as i had only seen the US version and clips on youtube until then.

It is one of the most hilarious shows on TV and far superior to the US version; don't get me wrong, i do like the American one but got bored of the same performers each time, it became real repetitive. The skill of the improvisation is amazing in the British version especially in the dreaded hoe-down.

What i like most about this version is the versatility of the performers, you had Brits, Americans, Canadians, Australians and maybe more that i can't even think of. Each of the performers had their own individual talents; Josie Lawrence and Mike McShane naturals at 'song styles' whilst Ryan Stiles and Colin Mochrie worked great together in 'scene to music' or 'sound effects'.

My favourtite player is Tony Slattery as he always has me in stitches but everyone is brilliant including Josie, Mike, Ryan, Colin, Steve Frost, Paul Merton, Jim Sweeney, Niall Ashdown and many more.

My other favourite player is Greg Proops, he has such wit and the banter between him and Clive Anderson is very funny. I love Clive as the host, he his so sharp witted (unlike Drew Carey who makes me want to switch off the TV every time he speaks) There is a huge selection of games too,some of my favourites being 'film and theatre styles', 'Party quirks', 'bartender' and 'superhereos'. There are some dodgy ones though (i'm not keen on 'moving people' or 'helping hands' much) but the games and players are always different so you never get bored.

I hope it keeps playing on the DAVE channel so others who missed it first time round can see it now.