Games played on "Whose Line"
- Hoedown- In this singing game, each of 4 players sings a verse about something they don't like. The lyrics all have to rhyme. The topic of the hoedown is chosen by the audience. It should be noted that Colin Mochrie and Tony SLattery have a habit of doing something so they don't have to complete their verse.
- Irish Drinking Song- Four players are given a topic to sing about. They each sing one line, and when they think they've sung a full burst they sing" heidy-heidy-heidy-heidy-heidy-ho" while swinging imaginary glasses of beer.
- Three Headed Broadway Star- Three players sing about a topic. The catch is each person only sings one word.
- Greatest Hits- Two performers are trying to sell a compilation album, while the other two performers are singing bits of these songs. There is a topic to all the songs, for example sewers. In the American version Colin and Ryan are never singing and always selling.
- Song Styles- One performer is singing a song to an audience member about that person's occupation. The performer has to sing in the style of a famous band or artist, such as Simon+Garfunkel.
- 90 second Alphabet- In this game the performers are given a scene to improvise and they must start their sentences with the letters of the alphabet in order. This game is usually played at the end of an episode.
- Questions Only- In this game the performers must speak in questions. If one screws up, another performer replaces him. There can only be two players talking at once.
- Questionable Impressions- The same as Questions Only, but each player has to do an impression of someone or something
- Weird Newscasters- The players are all involved in a news program- one weatherman, one sportscaster, one host, and one co-host. The trick is, they all have to act out a character given to them on a card. For example, the weatherman might be "armed man breaking out of jail"
- Newsflash- One player is standing in front of a green screen with a strange scene going behind him. He can't see it, but two players in "the studio" can. They try to tell him what is happening wioth subtle clues so he can guess it at the end.
- Let's Make a Date- Three performers are on a dating show where one is asking them questions about what a great spouse they'd be and what they'd do together. The quirk is, the performers all have strange characters to act out, except the one asking the questions. The question asker has to determine what they were acting out at the end.
- Hats- In this game players don hats and say lines that would make up the World's Worst Dating Video.
- Props- There are two teams of two performers. They are each given a different prop and have to imagine what it could be.
- World's Worst- In this game the players are given a category and have to say the world's worst thing or personto do with it. For example, "The World's Worst Man to Sleep With"
- Scenes From a Hat- In this game there are scenes read aloud to the performers and they have to act them out. Two performers go at a time. Anyone with an idea can go.
- Whose Line- At the beginning performers are given two lines made up by the audience. They put them in their pocket without looking and when they want to they take one of the lines out and read it. A line might be "Lay a wet one on me, big boy"
- Party Quirks- In this game there is one host of the party and the ointher players are people coming to the party. They get into the party and act out a scene they were given. The party host has to guess what they were doing at the end.
- Sound Effects- Two performers are doing a scene without sound. The other two performers are making sounds for them.
- Sound Effects with an Audience Member- Same as Sound Effects except that two randomly chosen audience members are making the sounds
- Narrate- Two players are acting out a scene. They talk to each other and then they step forward to "narrate" the story.
- Translations- Two players are acting out a scene and talking in a foreign language. The other two performers are translating for their chosen player.
- Film Dub- Three players add the sound in a film that has had the sound taken out. The players sit in fromt of a TV while talking.
- Themed Restaurant- Four players are in a "themed" restaurant. There is a busboy and a waiter and they are all acting out a part.
- Hollywood Director- Three performers are doing a scene and the "director" says "cut" and tells them to act in a different way.
- Scene To Rap- The performers are doing a scene, but they have to "rap it."
- African Chant- One peformer is singing the lead to an African Chant and the others are singing smaller parts. Because Wayne is African-American he usually leads.
- Superheroes- One person is a superhero named by the audience. Then other performers come into the scene one at a time. They are named by the person who came before them. They all have a common crisis to solve.
- Numbered Lines- Any number of players are acting out a scene, but one performer can speak in one word lines, the next two, etc.
- Infomercial- Two performers are advertising a product using all sorts of props. Some of these props they just toss away and some they convert into their product.
- Helping Hands- Twp performers are acting out a scene, but they both can't use their hands. Two of the other players use their hands instead of the two acting out the scene.
- Credit Reading- At the end, any number of performers read the credits in a certain style.
A collage of Whose Line scenes, from the UK version
Ryan, Colin, and Greg on the US version of "Whose Line"
Basic Inforamtion about "Whose Line"
Information about Greg Proops
My home page
Information about the cast of "Whose Line"
Information about regular Ryan Stiles
Information about regular Colin Mochrie
Information about regular Wayne Brady
Information about Brad Sherwood
Information about Chip Esten
Information about Kathy Greenwood
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