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Whose Line Is It Anyway?: Season 1

Whose Line Is It Anyway?

Whose Line Is It Anyway?: Season 1

Warner Bros. (1998)
DVD
NR (Not Rated)
085391100218
TV Series | Comedy
USA | English | Color | 01:50

Whose Line Is It Anyway? (1998-2004) is a continuation of the British show of the same name which aired from 1988 to 1998 with many of the same performers. It features some of the nation's finest improvisational comedians, including Florida's Wayne Brady, Canada's Colin Mochrie, and Ryan Stiles and Drew Carey from The Drew Carey Show. Each week, the preceding four and a rotating group of actors and actresses spontaneously played games with outrageous scenes, weird quirks, or (sometimes off-key) songs.


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1 Greg Proops 30 min | Aug 05, 1998

In Let's Make A Date, Greg must choose from an old blues player (Wayne), an exictable dog (Colin), and an auctioneer (Ryan); Colin takes his first emergency call in Sound Effects; Hats; Songs of the Accountant; Greg hosts Party Quirks and entertains Wayne's slow-motion fighter, Colin's circus performer, and Ryan's foal being born. Wayne wins, and he and Drew act out Banished on the Breezes in Farsi in Foreign Film Dub, Greg translating for Wayne and Ryan for Drew.

Guest stars: Patrick Bristow
2 Brad Sherwood 30 min | Aug 12, 1998

Brad appears on Let's Make a Date with a charismatic politician running for governor (Wayne), a man who thinks Brad is absolutely repulsive (Colin), and an astronaut with an alien inside him (Ryan); Colin thinks Ryan is cheating while they fish in Film, Theater, and Television Styles; Brad and Wayne do a Dean Martin and Sammy Davis, Jr., Duet to music student Alicia; in Weird Newscasters, Colin shows off in class, Wayne is a teenager who can't believe he's getting dumped, and Ryan becomes gradually younger; Colin robs Ryan, with the help audience members Katie and Lacey, in Moving People; a summer camp Scene to Rap. Ryan wins, and he waits on Drew in 90 Second Alphabet.

Director: Ron de Moraes
3 Greg Proops 30 min | Aug 19, 1998

Greg's choices on Let's Make a Date are Wayne as the greatest lover in France, Colin going through all the stages of drunkenness, and Ryan as a Arkansas pig farmer; Scene to Rap in a hospital; Hats; Greg hosts Weird Newscasters with Colin unable to hide his love for Greg, Wayne as James Brown, and Ryan as Greg's angry neighbor; Songs of Bus Drivers. Ryan and Greg win, and they receive a Newsflash from Drew reporting from King Kong.

Director: Ron de Moraes
4 Brad Sherwood 30 min | Aug 26, 1998

Weird Newscasters features stand-up comic Colin, PA announcer Wayne, and hard-of-luck stockbroker Ryan, alongside anchor Brad; a doo-wop Duet from Brad and Wayne to Peyton the actress; Animals with Ryan's affair with Colin caught by wife Brad; Props; Colin tries to kill Ryan's Dracula in Moving People; Brad's Party Quirks bash features the history of 20th-century dance (Wayne), a bad skier (Colin), and a deer during hunting season (Ryan); ""Scene to Rap"" in a park. Colin wins, and he and Drew, in Foreign Film Dub act the movie Gesundheit in Chinese, with Brad and Ryan translating.

Director: Ron de Moraes
5 Brad Sherwood & Karen Maruyama 30 min | Sep 02, 1998

In Let's Make a Date, poor Karen's only choices are an Amish guy (Brad), a man in the dentist's chair (Colin), and someone gradually turning into a parrot (Ryan); Brad sings to Niroshi, the political science/economics student at UC-San Diego as a rock ballad in Song Styles; a Daytime Talk Show of Alice in Wonderland, with Brad hosting, Ryan and Karen appearing, and Colin in the audience; Brad and Karen vs. Colin and Ryan in Props; Film Dub puts Ryan, Colin, and Karen in a day in the West; Brad and Karen, as Sportscasters commentate on Ryan and Colin's rival waiters; the tourists and kids at the movie theater Hoedown. Ryan and Colin win, so they play Stand, Sit, Bend with Drew and have a showdown in a Wild West saloon.

Director: Bruce Gowers
Guest stars: Karen Maruyama
6 Brad Sherwood & Kathy Kinney 30 min | Sep 09, 1998

Kathy must pick a date on Let's Make a Date between a hairdresser, person giving birth, and an obnoxious fan; Colin plays the Lone Ranger in Sound Effects; the three little pigs on a Daytime Talk Show; Props; Colin's Helping Hands help Ryan make Brad a pizza; then the four sing a Hoedown about pizza. Ryan wins, and he plays Zorro, capturing Drew, in 90 Second Alphabet.

Director: Ron de Moraes
Guest stars: Kathy Kinney
7 Greg Proops 30 min | Sep 23, 1998

Ryan and Colin appear on a Daytime Talk Show about Hansel and Gretel, with Greg hosting and Wayne in the audience; Wayne sings a movie love song to Mae the baker in Song Styles; Ryan is riding his motorcycle and gets pulled over by police officer Colin in Moving People. Greg and Colin go up against Ryan and Wayne in Props; Greg hosts Party Quirks with Wayne as a cartoon character in love, Colin as Gone With The Wind in 30 seconds, and Ryan as a salesman desperate to hide the fact he's a chimp; the commercials Hoedown. Drew and Wayne act out The Amazing Tricycle Adventure in Egyptian, while Ryan and Greg translate.

Director: Ron de Moraes
8 Denny Siegel 30 min | Dec 09, 1998

Denny plays Let's Make a Date, with an amorous Italian opera singer (Wayne), a man gradually turning into a pig (Colin), and a man who receives an electric shock with every impure thought (Ryan); Wayne/Louis Armstrong sings to Tricia, the swimming teacher in Song Styles; Props; Denny hosts Party Quirks with Wayne's pinball in a machine, Colin's chicken with head cut off, and Ryan's reenactments of Hitchcock films; ""Songs of the Butcher."" Ryan and Colin win, and try to impress their boss, Drew, with a barbecue in Helping Hands.

Director: Ron de Moraes
Guest stars: Denny Siegel
9 Greg Proops 30 min | Dec 16, 1998

In ""Superheroes,"" the crisis of frizzy hair must be solved by Fruit and Vegetables Man (Greg), the Ice Hockey Kid (Ryan), Irate Film Director Boy (Colin), and Playful Licking Puppy Boy (Wayne); Wayne, in ""Song Styles,"" sings as Luther Vandross to literature major Jennifer; Colin hosts ""Weird Newscasters,"" with Greg as a gremlin, Wayne as an overly emotional preacher at a funeral, and Ryan as someone being attacked by increasingly ferocious animals; ""Songs of Lifeguards"" in ""Greatest Hits""; Greg hosts ""Party Quirks,"" which features someone aging rapidly (Wayne), the many roles of Charlton Heston (Colin), and an eagle struggling to pick up heavy things (Ryan). Greg wins, so it's Drew and Colin vs. Wayne and Ryan in ""Questions Only,"" set in a tourist hotel about to turn into a towering inferno.

Director: Arthur Forrest
10 Denny Siegel 30 min | Jan 06, 1999

""Questions Only"" in a soap opera; Wayne does ""Song Styles"" to Sheila, an INS attorney, as a gospel song; Colin reports a ""Newsflash"" to Ryan and Denny from a beach party; Colin is a gymnast responding to Ryan's ""Sound Effects""; Denny hosts ""Weird Newscasters"" along with someone Denny's been spreading rumors about their disastrous date as the coanchor (Colin), someone caught in the middle of a busy freeway on sports (Wayne), and, at weatherman, Frankenstein's monster looking for a mate (Ryan); an earthquake ""Scene to Rap."" Denny wins, so the rest do a blind date ""Hoedown.""

Director: Ron de Moraes
Guest stars: Denny Siegel
11 Greg Proops 30 min | Jan 13, 1999

Wayne chooses from Greg as President Clinton, Colin being eaten by soldier ants and Ryan as a Masochist in ""Let's Make a Date""; Ryan and Greg are farmers dealing with killer bees in ""Film, Theatre and TV Styles""; ""Hats""; ""Weird Newscasters"" has Colin anchoring, with Greg as Captain Kirk, Wayne as a videotape speeding up and slowing down, and Ryan as an excited Rock Star in front of a crowd; ""Songs of the Postal Worker."" Colin and Ryan win the game and Drew how to be a pet groomer in ""Helping Hands.""

Director: Ron de Moraes
12 Brad Sherwood 30 min | Jan 20, 1999

Wayne chooses from Brad as a game show announcer, Colin as the world's biggest glutton, and Ryan as a talking chicken having trouble laying an egg in Let's Make A Date. Brad and Wayne sing a 60's Rhythm & Blues song to Dana, a dental hygienist in Song Styles. Colin reports back to Brad and Ryan on snow monkeys in Newsflash. Film, TV, and Theatre Styles has Wayne as the Birdman of Alcatraz and Ryan as the warden. Then Ryan and Colin host a Telethon for professional basketball players, with Brad and Colin as the calcavade of singing stars. Then Brad, Drew, Colin and Ryan get a little vicious in the Going Bald Hoedown.

Director: Arthur Forrest
13 Denny Siegel 30 min | Jan 27, 1999

""Questions Only"" in a Wild West saloon; the artist formerly known as Wayne sings to Marie, who does aerobics, in ""Song Styles"" as Prince; Colin acts out a deleted scene from The Graduate with Ryan, Denny, and audience member Mary in ""Dead Bodies""; Colin acts out a scene as a busy hairdresser with ""Sound Effects"" from Ryan; Denny hosts ""Weird Newscasters"" while Colin acts out a soap opera, Wayne is a middle-aged woman who's proud of her body, and Ryan is Tarzan rescuing Jane from danger; the giving birth ""Hoedown."" Ryan and Colin win, so they play ""Stand, Sit, Bend"" with Drew. In the scene Ryan and Drew are at a Cleveland Indians game when rival fan Colin tries to take their seats.

Guest stars: Denny Siegel
14 Brad Sherwood & Ian Gomez 30 min | Feb 03, 1999

Ian picks a date from Brad, who's a Spanish soccer announcer, Colin, who's turning into the Incredible Hulk, and Ryan, who's Ian's teenage daughter. Colin and Ryan are a couple on their honeymoon who get caught in an earthquake in Moving People. Brad hosts Wierd Newscasters, Colin has a 5 second memory, Ian plays Ricky Ricardo, and Ryan as the Wicked Witch of the West. Brad sings Songs of the Ant Farmer, sold by Ryan and Colin in Greatest Hits. Brad hosts Party Quirks, with Ian as a gangster being shot up, Colin as an angry sperm looking for an egg, and Ryan as an idiot sniffing dog. Then Ryan (with Colin's hands) mixes drinks for young woman Drew in Helping Hands.

Director: Arthur Forrest
15 Greg Proops 30 min | Feb 10, 1999

Colin hosts ""Weird Newscasters,"" with Greg as a crazed James Bond villian, Wayne seeing his girlfriend with another guy in the audience, and Ryan as a psycho with a chainsaw; Wayne sings to Carly, a fashion designer, as Cab Calloway in ""Song Styles""; Wayne and Greg vs. Colin and Ryan in ""Hats""; Greg and Wayne are ""Sportscasters,"" telecasting Ryan and Colin's competing plumbers; ""Songs of the Mechanic."" Wayne wins, so Greg, Drew, Colin, and Ryan sing the surgery ""Hoedown.""

Director: Bruce Gowers
16 Brad Sherwood 30 min | Feb 17, 1999

All four are ""Superheroes,"" with Brad as Body and Paint Man, who is somehow bizarrely solving the crisis of bad wallpaper, with the help of Ryan as Just Back From The Dentist After Invasive Dental Surgery Man, Colin as the Exhibitionist Kid, and Wayne as Captain Breakdance; Brad hosts ""Weird Newscasters,"" with Colin in a confessional, Wayne underwater, and Ryan as a lost toddler looking for his mommy; ""Scenes from a Hat"" are ""playing too hard with the puppy,"" ""if Carol Channing were president,"" ""German pick-up lines,"" ""least likely person to appear on a stamp,"" ""famous last words,"" ""if dogs could talk,"" ""least popular college courses,"" ""unlikely Olympic events,"" and ""people who shouldn't rap""; ""Props,"" with Brad and Wayne vs. Colin and Ryan; ""Songs of the Exterminator."" Ryan wins, so in ""Helping Hands,"" he (with Colin's hands) is a clown trying to entertain bratty birthday boy Drew.

Director: Ron de Moraes
17 Stephen Colbert 30 min | Feb 24, 1999

Stephen hosts ""Weird Newscasters,"" with Colin doing baby talk, Wayne as Bill Cosby, and Ryan as someone in love with the camera; all four do a ""Scene To Rap"" set in an avalanche; Colin and Ryan are Navy SEALs getting ready to blow up a boat in ""Moving People""; Wayne and Colin take on Ryan and Stephen in ""Props""; ""Songs of the Pro Bowler""; Stephen hosts ""Party Quirks,"" with Wayne as the world's longest touchdown celebration, Colin as a lobster trying to talk his way out of being boiled, and Ryan as footage of crash test dummies. Stephen wins, so the rest bite the hand that feeds them in the television ""Hoedown.""

Director: Ron de Moraes
Guest stars: Stephen Colbert
18 Denny Siegel 30 min | Mar 10, 1999

""Questions Only"" is set in a singles bar at closing time; Wayne does ""Song Styles"" as a 1960s girl group to Dennis the engineer; Colin reports a ""Newsflash"" to Ryan and Denny from a bunch of people dressed as Santa Claus; in ""Hey You Down There,"" Denny instructs Ryan and Colin how to camp in the wild as a cheesy 1950s instructional video; ""Party Quirks"" features Denny hosting and Wayne as a succession of teenage girls at a slumber party, Colin as the Summer Olympics in 30 seconds, and Ryan as a running giraffe that gets shot with a tranquilizer dart; a tsunami threatens in ""Scene to Rap."" Colin and Ryan win, so it's ""Helping Hands,"" with Ryan a temperamental pastry chef trying to create a masterpiece for his boss Drew.

Guest stars: Denny Siegel
19 Brad Sherwood 30 min | Mar 17, 1999

Brad leads a game of ""Weird Newscasters,"" with Colin too emotionally attached to the stories, Wayne as Don King, and Ryan an ill-fated astronaut; Brad and Wayne do disco to Sara the IT consultant; Colin celebrates his honeymoon on the Titanic in ""Sound Effects""; ""Props""; film noir in a pizza place, starring Ryan and Colin; a ""Telethon"" for thumb suckers. Colin and Ryan win, and join Drew in a game of ""Stand, Sit, Bend,"" with Drew and wife Colin calling in vet Ryan to look at their cow.

Director: Ron de Moraes
20 Greg Proops & Denny Siegel 30 min | Mar 24, 1999

Greg anchors a newscast with a movie hopeful (Colin), a comedian (Denny), and a careless cigarette thrower (Ryan); the guys hunt with tools that give them ""Multiple Personalities""; Ryan and Colin become wrestler-models; ""World's Worst"" person to be President of the United States; ""Props""; Greg hosts a party with Denny (a Jewish mother), Colin (who puts his hands in others' pockets), and Ryan (sea animal being sucked into a propeller); a ""Hoedown"" about the Internal Revenue Service. Greg and Ryan win, and join Drew in a game of ""90 Second Alphabet,"" with Ryan as an unwelcome roommate.

Director: Ron de Moraes
Guest stars: Denny Siegel

Cast View all

Ryan Stiles Self
Drew Carey Self - Host
Colin Mochrie Self
Laura Hall Self
Wayne Brady Self
Brad Sherwood Self
Greg Proops Self
Denny Siegel Self
Stephen Colbert Self
Ian Gomez Self
Karen Maruyama Self
Kathy Kinney Self
David Hart Self - Audience Member

Edition details

Edition Volume 1: Uncensored
Packaging Custom Case
Nr Discs 1
Screen Ratios Standard (1.33:1)
Audio Tracks Dolby Digital Surround [English]
Subtitles English | English (Closed Captioned) | French | Spanish
Extras Never-Before-Seen Outtakes Gag Reels
Distributor Warner Brothers
Layers Single side, Dual layer
Edition Release Date Sep 26, 2006
Regions Region 1

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