Whose Line Is It Anyway UK S05E01

Original Air Date: March 5, 1993
Performers: Greg Proops, Ryan Stiles, Colin Mochrie, Tony Slattery

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RIP Tony Slattery.

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5:02 🤣🤣🤣🤣 “SING DAMNIT!”

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Where it all started!

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banding, sitting, standing -pure choas

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JIMMY GET IN HERE!! absolutely hilarious.

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Please tell me I’m not the only one who thinks of Greg’s over exaggerated "floods!" whenever there is a flood? I really wish they would have let Greg be the hands sometimes in helping hands during the US run. His chaotic nature & smacking people when they mouth off is hilarious.

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I don't know if it's because it's the start of a Fresh New Season, but we get to see some of The Best of these performers. Greg always seems to do subtle things that the crowd misses. In SFAH, he catches a fly. In F, TV & TS he does what he can with "Undercover Elephant." In later seasons, pay attention to the questions he asks the second time around in "Let's Make a Date." They're not filler, he's giving them what to work with. He always went first in hoe-downs & was he ever not funny with zero time to create something? Superheroes is one of Ryan's consistently best games. He always tries to excuse his lateness on something to do with the crisis or the Lead Superhero's characteristics. He tends to try something clever on the outro too, like here with s_l_o_w_l_y acknowledging Captain Ballerina after he'd already left. Tony is himself, which is perfect for this show. Colin... I've noticed over the years that he was never *comfortable* around Clive, then the same problem later with Drew. While he's _said_ in interviews that the bald jokes didn't bother him, let's be realistic: it was abusive. I think it affected him more than he acknowledges. He seemed very off this episode. His body language is awkward all episode & he just walks off of Superheroes. There's probably a reason why that didn't make this recording.

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Colin is an introvert, In real life he doesn’t interact much with people, stays home. He said in an interview that he’s so uncomfortable when he’s not on stage and that Ryan has helped him get around his anxiety issues around others.

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@@davldbradley6073 Interesting. That might fit with what we often see. Could have been the reason for certain things although this is beyond me. An introvert on stage. Feels like an oxymoron.

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Colin made jokes about Ryan's appearance and clothes choices as well. I don't find Colin really funny tbh, but it was quite fair, he poked at Ryan and Drew and they poked at him.

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@@mayari1066 Yeah, he made fun of Ryan. As he himself put it, "years & years of bald jokes. I make _one_ nose joke & it's 'Awwww...'." He was lashing back. As for Drew, when exactly did Colin make fun of him? One time only do I remember in a SFAH when the suggestion was "things you shouldn't do when drunk" did Colin walk forward, rub his temple, look tired & say "the points don't matter." Even then, that makes WAY fewer jokes about Drew's drinking that Drew himself made on the show. I'm not sure that suggesting that Drew drinks when he's open about the fact himself even counts.

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​@@choosecarefully408You're turning him into a victim. It's like friends' or siblings' banter. You can have fun with friends or siblings' about your insecurities, especially if you know that there's no ill intentions behind it. I joke about my friend's hair and she jokes about my height. It's fine. No need to turn anyone into a victim, especially that Colin and Ryan are friends. Also, if he had minded then, he could have a private conversation about it with them and they would have stopped. Comedians never miss an opportunity for comedy golden moments. You didn't seem to mention how all comedians'guests have made fun of Drew's Weight, or the constant gag about Ryan's shoes. Just Colin?

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The first time the hoe down is featured in its final and most familiar form!

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Ninth. And there back in England again.

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A little sad with Tonys cocaine joke given what it did to him

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i hope that was not real pet food. knowing how greg usually makes ryan eat and drink the items, one would think so

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