Hello! Welcome to the part of the page about little worthless facts about WLiiA? That's why I call this page The Little Bits and Peices That Go Into Making a Hotdog! (Thanks to huzlinefan@cs.com for some of them and a MAJOR thanks to Jessica for many of them.)
Ever notice that Ryan and Colin are almost always together and in every game?
Ever notice Ryan is always in Hand Through (aka Helping Hands)as the person who can't use their hands?
Ever notice that in the US version they use the hoedown as a game to punish the losers most of the time?
Ever notice Greg almost always uses a strage name like: "Good evening I'm Great After Dark"?
That someone always says during Bartender that Tony's in love with himself?
Ever notice that the only person to sing with Chip on the american WLiiA? is Wayne?
Ever notice that Colin is almost always forcewd to play the woman in the scene?(American version)
Ever notice that Drew sometimes insults Ryan in the intros?(Like "here tall guy, tall guy, tall guy")
Ever notice that Tony sometimes laughs insanely right before his hoedown verse?
Ever notice that Greg and Tony often make fun of Clive causing little arguments on the show?
Ever notice that Tony often makes fun of Jeremy Beadle in his hoedown as well as other games?(But when Lional Blair acted as Tony he made fun of him more than Beadle!)
Ever notice that songs on the British WL are much shorter than on the AMerican WL?
Ever notice that Ryan hardly ever looses control and luaghs during a game?
Ever notice that Clive is constantly picked on but always makes a come back?
Ever notice that there are never any regulars on the british WL but there are 3 on the American WL(which means a complete lack on rotation for funny mixes)
Ever notice that Greg has different glasses in the American WL than in the British WL?
Ever notice Clive always says "Do they have that in america?" when we obviously do. (Like "Do you have refrigerators in america? "Yeah, they keep our food cold!"
Ever notice the the American WL uses the same games over and over until they're done to death?
In the premiere ep of WL, During a camera shot of the audience, you can spot Tony Slattery
In 1988, a suggestion for a folk song was taken and Richard Vranch didn't know what to play causing John Sessions to sing the song without any musical accompanyment
As the years progressed on WL, the blue lighting got dimmer and dimmer until it was not visible at all
Greg's glasses changed three times during the course of WL and DL. The frames became thinner each time
Caroline Quentin had three different hair colors in her nine appearences. Josie had two
In the pilot episode, in addition to an all blue set, the buzzer was the same one used in the radio shows. It was higher pitched and did not sound anything like the buzzer used for the next thirteen years
Colin has never sat in the first seat
Richard Vranch changes pianos three times during WL. Originally it was black, then white then from 1994 on, red and black
Jimmy Mulville, who is now a producer and holds a high position at Hat Trick, was a contestant three times and is also married to fellow producer Denise O Donughue
There have been two McGraths and two Smiths and two Williams. The pairs are not related
Clive's eye brows thinned along with his hair as the seasons progressed
On DL, fourth seaters who aren't considered singers are terribly underused
Paul Merton and Josie Lawrence have changed their names b/c of the actors union. They were originally Paul Martin and Wendy Lawrence
John Sessions who appeared in the WL pilot and every ep in 1988 was, for that first season, given equal billings with Clive as "the star"
Ryan almost always pulls up his socks or his belt before a game in the American one.