Whose Line UK 5x01 (1/3)

(REUPLOAD) Greg Proops, Ryan Stiles, Colin Mochrie, Tony Slattery
Scenes from a Hat - "Robin Hood selecting his Merry Men," "practicing voodoo," "before toilet paper," "the princess and the frog," "kiss and tell," "librarian jokes," "two hairs left on Clive Anderson's head," and "your worst nightmare."
Film and Theatre Styles - Tony is a passenger on a plane and Greg is the stewardess, in the styles of horror, pantomime, and Shakespeare.
Questions Only - Colin confronts Ryan about a girlfriend.
Superheroes - Global warming is terrorizing the world, but here to save the day are Undercover Elephant Man (Greg), Man Who Talks Really, Really Slow (Ryan), Flatulence Boy (Tony), and Captain Ballerina (Colin).

[@acwarrilow]

In the 90’s Tony was my absolute hero. I hope he gets a chance to shine again.

[@paulinegallagher7821]

I read an interview in the Guardian with him that actually made me cry, it was just so sad what his troubled mind did to him. He was a very talented, educated man on stage film and improv. But somehow hes resilient which is great.

[@noptic]

Ah the dream team. Proops, Stiles, Mochrie, Slattery. The best team without Josie imo.

[@Suppy131]

Tony Slattery is like a combination of what is great in both the American improvisers as well as the British. Quick mainstream humor like an American and the dry humor and intellectual wit of a British improviser. Brilliant. He could have continued on and gracefully adapted into the WLIIA in America. It's a shame he had some severe personal issues to deal with.

[@BKAllmighty]

And the Canadian improviser.

[@paulinegallagher7821]

He was also the only one apart from Ryan who Colin seemed to enjoy watching like he was going to laugh

[@thelemonysocks]

Wow Tony always seem to have the classiest fashion sense out of the cast

[@Andid74]

The best line up EVER!

[@aspenlifeafter]

slattery was a beautiful man during this period from earlier seasons to this episode haha

[@thetrueparadisecity]

Definitely my fave four, they play off incredibly well off each other. And Greg is unbelievably funny here 'man who talks really realllly slow' lol

[@CityofButterfly]

Why does there always have to be a debate about which version is better? I like both versions about equally. The UK version had a wider variety of great performers, but the US version has more banter and inside jokes. They balance each other out, in my sight.

[@CylindricalWhistle]

Tony, Greg, Colin, and Ryan are my favorite group of castmembers. I was so bummed out when I looked up Tony and found out that he had so many mental health issues he was struggling with. I'd love for him to have a comeback.

[@BobZHacecky]

Thank you for compiling these Whose Line Series playlists!:-D

[@MrIcelander]

Ahh, mister Slattery - the only cast member left who can do Shakespear that's half-decent and yet fit for the mainstream crowd :)

[@johmedis]

My sentiments exactly. Almost says to me "if someone two years ago thought what you just thought, then you're right in thinking Tony Slattery, Colin, Ryan and Greg Proops are the funniest line-up".

[@MichelleOo93]

This is my favorite line-up on the Uk whose line :D

[@megeraashley7777]

The first time I saw this episode was in the year 2000...20 years later & everytime I here there's a flood I can't help but think or say FLOADS!

[@tory888]

I missed Tony

[@Cpt50Caliber]

SING DAMMIT! Killed me xD

[@ominousportents]

also love greg's "see how i wheel my cart and caper and bandy about!" love his heel clicking thing ;)

[@Tamashi88]

I like how the whose line UK hat changes depending on where the show was filmed

[@queenrocks77]

Thank god Tony is back!!! The guy is brilliant but comes off much better when there are more brits!

[@Stormbringer88]

@TheAlexsus UK is BETTER. Hey, it's got Ryan, Colin, Greg, etc; and if they weren't originally on the UK version, they would've never have been on the US. (Plus the UK got away with a ton of censored material, which makes this show 5 times better).

[@ryang790]

American one ...lol ...I dunno I just think it's awful..compared to this tho 🤷

[@renuens]

This is the perfect line-up!! :)

[@ominousportents]

greg is amazing at poking fun at clive :D always love greg, ryan, colin, wayne, tony, chip, brad, josie, and whoever im leaving out at the moment

[@BimTalch]

Tony steals the show

[@why1so1serious1]

hahah i love grag his high pitched voice screaming sing dammit !!! xd

[@ArtKetBiag]

greg: sing dammit! XD

[@mah81164]

LOL greg: alright. everybody over here...spit spit spit spit spit spit spit spit...SING DAMMIT!! i think im beginning to think the US and the UK version as equals...although ive only seen a few of the UK episodes lol :)

[@topofthecircle]

Americans don't know what Panto is ....

[@umumum1]

"wellllcome balleeeeet booooy" hahaha i cracked at that.

[@Mitowira]

Yay, my favourite quartet!

[@crebegea]

Greg was unbelievably good at Shakespeare! Lool! Welcome Ballet Boy! Ryan was exceptionally creative on this session.

[@lnfreeman]

This is probably the most ideal panel for the UK whose line. I might squeeze Sandi in there with Greg, she's petite enough ;)

[@iloveimprov]

'Oh I'm no help at all!'

[@axelexplode]

now I know why they are so good at questions only.

[@TransMiqote]

Questions Only was an awesome playing :D

[@stupidintellect90]

i love it when colin says ' is the pope catholic'

[@jettison27]

oh Greg you are so so CUTE!

[@Astbruchgefahr]

Anyone else noticed that Clive really likes the Global Warming suggestion. Every time it's suggested...he goes for it.

[@anthonyvasquezactor]

SING, DAMN IT!!!

[@JouvaMoufette]

"I'll give 69 points there" N I C E

[@bingbong3221]

It's really fitting how they just didn't bother to "solve" global warming in this game of Superheroes.

[@goodiesguy]

I just taped this off comedy central today. They are showing series 5. i'm taping all of them, and wanna get all of series 5, 6, 7,8 and 9

[@sakka0]

5:42 ... love Greg XD

[@MzShadada]

It's funny that they kissed from such a distance in the UK version, while in the american version they just get right up in each other's business and actually kiss,

[@crebegea]

Greg was unbelievably good at Shakespeare!

[@BlueRaven161]

FLOAD! :D

[@Stormbringer88]

Nice High Quality.

[@Venya9]

"Is the pope catholic?" I love that line. :D

[@Singsonggirl]

My dream line-up!

[@MrHamlet64]

@rkcoaster7 Actually iambic pentameter lines have ten syllables with alternating stresses (da DUM da DUM da DUM da DUM da DUM). Tony's lines had nine syllables with stresses all over the place.

[@TheIWSP]

Kiss & Tell hahahaha

[@Trund27]

Greg looks like Elvis Costello!

[@jefflambricks]

lmao at that questions only

[@pemo2676]

tony's back!! hell yeah

[@deadheadwannabe6874]

Tony is my favorite

[@djargus]

Sad they got rid of him and never brought him back, even for the American episodes.

[@pemo2676]

@@djargus its because of his bipolar disorder. he had a breakdown and disappeared for years, i dont think he ever really got back into comedy much after that. a few appearances, and he was in a few documentaries (talking about his experience in cambridge working with stephen fry, hugh laurie, and some others as a comedy troupe)

[@djargus]

@@pemo2676 I know why it happened, I just wish Tony would be welcomed back for a reunion show or some special on the US version (maybe do something similar to the Christmas special they had, where I think there were 6 rather than just 4 performers at a time on stage; 3 could be guests from the old UK Whose Line, such as Tony, Paul Merton, Mike McShane and other favorites.

[@LMW87MMA]

Guy to Clive's right in the audience has ridiculously wide shoulders

[@JonathanRodd]

@MichelleOo93 Toni is one of my favs from the british series. I also like Josie and Paul Merton

[@MrHamlet64]

@RespectYourViews I think this is the first time someone responded to one of my posts that was this old, not that there's anything wrong with that, of course. I have to admit the "safety proceedures" bit did sound like Seuss.

[@michaelrobinson6040]

Captain Hair (Colin Mockery) is in this!!!!

[@PittGoose8]

They kissed and then Ryan acted out William Tell shooting an apple on top of Colin's head.

[@RespectYourViews]

@MrHamlet64 thanks a ,lot! =( you made me stop, re-watch the clip, count his syllables, and listen for stresses ! counting no and wait his lines have 1,1,9 and 9 syllables. You're right it's not iambic pent' but the symmetry and rhyming does remind me of Dr Seuss. Great=( now I have to look up whether Dr Seuss ever used iambic pentameter. Botheration =S

[@MichelleOo93]

I love Captain Ballerina

[@randomsmusic]

where did you buy that, lol!

[@SourExplosion]

Captain Ballerina became the Nabisco Snack Fairy,

[@DukewintermaulX]

man...Clive is stingy with his points xD

[@charlesaguilar1708]

The shorter they cut the "skits", the more time they have!

[@Cyberdemon2006]

FLOOD!

[@bradyanderson6311]

BritBox, here it comes.

[@barak363363]

8:30-e lol

[@noptic]

Coming back to this, I forgot how uneasy the atmosphere was when Greg Proops would take jabs at Clive Anderson. I dunno if they didn't like each other or get along, but man, Greg Proops was always talking shit in almost every episode, and it was said in just a certain way where you could tell that Greg Proops was serious with the stuff he was saying sometimes. Like I get it, guys insult each other, it's funny. And maybe the ongoing jabs from Proops was just something he picked up on as being funny to the audience, but I remember sometimes he would just unload of Clive Anderson with backhanded, passive aggressive stuff. I don't remember Proops doing that with any of the cast members, only Anderson. Always kinda put me off when Clive would just kinda nervously smile and laugh it off very awkwardly. When another member of the line up riffs on Clive, you can obviously tell they are ONLY riffing on him as a joke, sometimes Proops seems genuinely like he's insulting the guy though. I also remember from the Drew Carrey one where Proops and Drew almost started arguing for real, and I vaguely remember it happening between Clive Anderson and Proops. Maybe Proops is just a big dickhead who takes it too far, I dunno. Still one of my favorites on the lineup regardless.

[@misterwishart]

Pretty sure it was all done in fun, check out the Greg interview on Clive Anderson's All Talk chatshow

[@howdj]

So, so wrong. It's an obvious bit of banter. kzbin.info/www/bejne/j2HUdWp6bch5sJI

[@LoneKharnivore]

Did Colin dye his hair? I swear he was greyer in the last season.

[@UberMan5000]

FLOUD!

[@SuperMraugust]

TONY!

[@GavinJ37]

Its kinda depressing watching this episode as you clearly see how the brits are being pushed out and the Americans/canadians are taking over the show.

[@mazibukomail]

Also the minorities are taking over🤣

[@ryang790]

You forget how funny Whose line is it anyway was. They really were great. Best line up here defo. Wish they cud make a comeback. I saw it advertise while ago, n it my annoyance it was the American one. It was TERRIBLE.Even funny people like Ryan n Colin , seemed bit flat, over the top n slightly like they wernt improvising. was slow to.. Be GR8 if Tony cud sort it out n make a comeback..

[@ashleyworden1887]

I was heart--broken when I found out Tony is gay. Such a good-looking guy. He could've had any woman he wanted!

[@tyranosurasmax]

that's screwed up

[@deadheadwannabe6874]

?????

[@george2113]

What is up with the black face?

[@virchelli]

5:42

[@priksonai3014]

FFFLÖD!

[@Josh100p]

I really enjoyed the UK series, but their scenes from a hat in the UK was not that good at all.

[@elanorglf]

The British aren't as funny as the Americans.

[@mazibukomail]

The American one was more refined and the performers more experienced.

[@HearszAM]

And if not for the British, the American version wouldn't exist 🤷‍♂