History Awesome / WhoseLineisitAnyway

* One word: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDn4StAwsoY boing]]. Even Ryan said "What is happening here?" in the middle of it.

* One word: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMnF8WVlDCE boing]]. Even Ryan said "What is happening here?" in the middle of it.

* 20x12's Greatest Hits throws us one of the great curveballs in the entire franchise. Jonathan and Wayne are the pitchmen, and ''Ryan and Colin sing the songs.'' Wayne, justifiably, wastes no time in giving Ryan and Colin "23 years of pent-up anger," and tries to trip them up like they used to do to him, particularly with the Music/RatPack song -- specifically, ''all'' of the members. Ryan and Colin mostly emerge with their dignity intact, save for Ryan's horrendous Sammy Davis Jr. which leaves Wayne and Jonathan ''killing'' themselves laughing. Really, the whole game is a treat for longtime fans.

** In this [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhcS6nVWqOQ classic Song Styles segment]], Wayne sang to Samantha, an aerobics instructor, in the style of Riverdance (Irish step-dancing). Wayne was suitably impressed to find out that Samantha actually '''could''' step-dance (and kept in step with him ''perfectly'' without even looking down at her feet). [[KneelBeforeFrodo He gave her a standing ovation afterwards]].

** When she returns to her seat Drew asks her male companion if she's his girlfriend and give him an enthusiastic thumbs up when he replies that she's his fiancee.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hH2gaCZmEtA&t=1m48s A game of Expert]] (obviously from the show's early years) had "taxidermist" as the suggestion for what Ryan was an expert on. Greg is then faced with the task of interviewing an unresponsive Ryan, who spends the entire game ''[[BlackComedy completely motionless.]]'' He doesn't flinch. He doesn't blink. He never once cracked a smile until the buzzer sounded. Even on repeat viewings, it's a mesmerizing, awesome performance.

* Aisha takes an unforeseen leap by getting out of the chair ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jr3YNugjirk and actually joining in]]'' for one Scenes from a Hat.
* Brad Sherwood hits it out of the park, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EOxdca-Z6g three times in a row.]]

-->'''Josie Lawerance''': So, is Charlie still grabbing men by the nipples?

Josie spends the rest of the sketch with her arms folded over her breasts.

** At the end of one ''Newsflash'' game. involving footage of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huZnL2l48mA numerous rats]], Drew admits that he didn't get Ryan's reference to the early Music/MichaelJackson song "Ben", upon which Ryan and Colin start singing one line of the song. Again, at the exact same time. Crosses into SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments in a way.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmnlC48OtWc One episode]] had Oscar-winner Creator/WhoopiGoldberg as special guest. She had Questions Only down pat, lasting almost the entire game, until Colin finally went the distance with her, and she admits defeat by ''kissing him.'' An awesome moment for Whoopi ''and'' Colin.
* One of Colin's best must have been during the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDKSyilX6k0 "Going Bald"]] hoedown, after both Drew Carey and Brad Sherwood had riffed on Colin's distinct lack of hair. The look on his face as he is about to deliver it just cements it:
-->'''Colin''': ''People always kid me 'cause I'm losing all my hair / I can't really help it that I'm follically impaired! / It really is quite horrible, but my life is not through / I still get '''way''' more sex than either Brad or Drew!''[[note]]Colin is married. Brad and Drew were not at the time.[[/note]]

** In a similar vein, this ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5-MNw1jzgo Sound Effects]]'' involves Colin as a monk who sneaks out of a monastery for a night on the town, so Ryan sort-of-beatboxes a club theme with Gregorian chanting thrown in. It works.
** And of course the infamous [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSdi0IE5ZJc Y.M.C.A parody]] where Wayne and the others sing to a crowd member named "Howard". The tempo on the keyboard malfunctions, and the song suddenly speeds up, with the whole troupe trying to keep up.
*** And in the same game, Wayne manages to misspell Howard ("H-O-R-W-A-R-D!"). Throw in Howard's profession (designing closures for hazardous waste sites), Howard's enthusiasm and lack of rhythm, and the [[TheHilarityOfHats silly hats]], and you have a perfect storm of hilarity.

* After the director stops a sketch from being about Hitler, all the performers run with it for the rest of the show, [[GodwinsLaw sneaking references to Hitler into almost every sketch]]. Drew gets into the act by keeping a list of all the things it's apparently [[AdolfHitlarious more okay to make fun of than Hitler]].

** And of course, who can forget this incredible rendition of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2otQnXXeI0Q#t=0m32s The Harley of Seville.]]

* The episode with Creator/RobinWilliams as a whole. Awesome for Robin because [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhdsyZbf79E he]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7740svQUXwE fit]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tE9NmXpXfLs the]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8vdLSgMTOs show's]] format like a glove, and awesome for Ryan, Wayne and Colin because they managed to hold their own with ''Robin Williams'', one of the most manic improvisors that ever lived.

* "That'll Be Charlie Now", 3 contestants describe the strange quirks of their friend Charlie and the 4th then arrives and acts them out.
-->'''Josie Lawerance''': So, is Charlie still grabbing men by the nipples?
-->'''Tony Slattery''': (quick as a flash) Yes and women's too now I hear?
Josie spends the rest of the sketch with her arms folded over her breasts.

** Colin turning around an impossible rhyme in ''Irish Drinking Song (Slept With An Ugly Woman)'', ending the song with an apparently random, but [[CrossesTheLineTwice horribly sexist and yet fitting line]]. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xglZ8UTq5Fg 'She looked like someone had beat her'...]]

* The duet with guest star Creator/TiffanyHaddish. The song quickly becomes a trio when Haddish throws out some killer verses, trap-style. Wayne is so impressed with her improv that after the song ends, he gets her to do an ''encore'', complete with the audience singing along to the chorus.

** Also from this round, Wayne playing a wide array of video game characters. His references include ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'', ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'', ''Franchise/StreetFighter'', ''Franchise/MortalKombat'', and ''VideoGame/{{Gauntlet}}''.

* [[Series/HartOfDixie Wilson Bethel]] plays a doctor-themed Helping Hands with Ryan and Colin. Ordinarily, this is a game where Colin gets to shove potentially disgusting things into Ryan's mouth. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQzoDfMwr10 Instead, Wilson shows what a good sport he is.]] Aisha actually ''cheers'' at the bravado.

** In this [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhcS6nVWqOQ classic "Song Styles" segment]], Wayne sang to Samantha, an aerobics instructor, in the style of Riverdance (Irish step-dancing). Wayne was suitably impressed to find out that Samantha actually '''could''' step-dance (and kept in step with him ''perfectly'' without even looking down at her feet). [[KneelBeforeFrodo He gave her a standing ovation afterwards]].

''[Drew, Ryan and Colin completely lose their shit, audience OOOHs]''

-->'''Kathy''': "Hey look, those are Ryan's shoes!"

--->'''Drew''': "I gotta say Kathy Greenwood, [[PetTheDog that was some of your best work!]]

* During a game of "Props," Ryan and Drew are [[{{Pun}} horsing around]] with horseshoe-shaped pink foam pads. Drew doesn't miss the chance for comedic gold and has Ryan play the appropriately shaped [[ButtMonkey tall and skinny pole]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jB_WLgBdXiw while Drew flings his "horseshoes" at him with granny-style tosses.]] Drew misses the first toss miserably. Not expecting to nail the second, he chucks it at Ryan's head... and gets it hooked around his neck. Cue cheering from the amazed crowd, Ryan smiling with utter humility (his expression says, "I can't believe he actually did it - and now I look like a fool again"), and a priceless look of sheer astonishment and happiness on Drew's face as he celebrates with a victory dance.
* After [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRrvPpZtqIU Richard Simmons has some fun in "Living Scenery,"]] his insane, over-the-top antics have Ryan and Wayne laughing their asses off, Greg can barely contain himself from his seat, Colin, the hardest to crack out of the guys, has completely lost his composure, Drew's in tears from laughing so hard, and ''everyone'' in the studio audience is thrashing wildly with the greatest laughter ever triggered in one single show, something so rare and unprecedented it may very well be '''''THE''''' funniest episode ''Whose Line'' ever spawned during the course of the whole series.

* The "Greatest Hits" about taxi drivers had three great songs: "I Can't Pronounce the Driver's Name" (in the style of disco), "I Think We're Goin' Around in Circles" (in the style of Elvis), and "Your Air Freshener Smells Like Crap" (in the style of heavy metal). Jeff and Wayne had amazing singing chemistry.

* In one "Let's Make a Date", Wayne is an "Excited teenage girl who decides she can't play the game without bringing her best friends on stage to do it with her" who brings an audience member Carol up with him. Unlike most audience members who let the cast play it out or get embarrassed, she actively plays along with Wayne. At the end of the game Drew praises her and jokes that she has some contracts to sign so she can appear on more episodes.
* In episode 233 while playing the game "Greatest Hits" the topic was wrestling. Ryan gave Wayne and Brad, Italian Love songs as the song style in attempt to stump them. Wayne and Brad proceed to do so well the audience gives a standing ovation. Ladies and gentleman, I give you the hit song "Pile Driver of Love."

* While the first episode was good but a bit uneven, the second episode of the new CW version demonstrated that ''Whose Line'' has made a solid comeback with one of the funniest "Scenes From A Hat" rounds in series history. Clearly they needed that first episode for practice.

** In "What's in the Bag" in the first episode, Colin finds a pair of sunglasses in the bag, puts them on, and tells Wayne "Sorry, there's just a bit of a shine." That's right, ''[[TheDogBitesBack Colin]] [[RunningGag finally made a bald joke]]'' '''[[WhosLaughingNow at someone else's expense.]]'''

* Ryan being a sperm cell in "Party Quirks" and tackling a "didn't want to come" joke. It got past the censors!

* The singing part of "Scenes from a Hat" in the Heather Morris episode, which went from funny to epic as practically everyone brought their singing A-game.

* Aisha takes an unforeseen leap by getting out of the chair ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jr3YNugjirk and actually joining in]]'' for one "Scenes from a Hat".

* Taking AudienceParticipation up a notch, one "Let's Make a Date" has Ryan as a busy worker ant who rallies the audience behind him as the rest of the 'colony'. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0a8OpyEljVI&t=1m33s He empties an entire block!]]

* "Duets" with Wayne, Jeff and Cornelius Smith Jr. That's right, [[Series/{{Scandal}} Malcolm Walker]] actually slays with his rap flow.
* "Weird Newscasters" assigns Ryan with the daunting task of acting out "''Film/TheWizardOfOz'' in 30 seconds". It clearly takes him longer than that, but Ryan manages to go through all the important parts of the movie in point form - special mention must be made of going through three different poses to cover the Scarecrow, Tin Man and Cowardly Lion, and remembering that Dorothy took a blow to the head to explain the AllJustADream ending. The applause at the end is rightfully earned.

* In perhaps a CallBack to his dancing cameo from the Drew era, Colin boasts in a playing of "Greatest Hits" that he plays guitar on a blues track, so he gets Linda Taylor to play guitar for him "Helping Hands" style, and Linda's still almost as good a guitar player when she's got Colin obstructing her vision and reach!

* Ryan said that his best time on the show was the game of Dubbing when he gave a passionate kiss to Creator/Florence Henderson.

-->'''Denny (guessing Wayne, who's actually [[Film/StarWarsEpisodeIThePhantomMenace Jar Jar Binks]]):''' Wait a minute, bachelor number one, are you dating Creator/WoodyAllen?
-->'''Drew (after everyone else ''finally'' stops laughing):''' No, but that's a great guess, though.

* Ryan said that his best time on the show was when he gave a passionate kiss to [[Series/TheBradyBunch Florence Henderson.]]

* Awesome for Wayne and for the show's musicians - watch the back and forth between Wayne (singing in the style of Louis Armstrong) and the trumpet player [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYExbSA1EjY here]].

** And later on in the same game, he manages to make this legend:

(camera cuts to Drew, who nearly has a SpitTake at the joke)

* Creator/SidCaesar's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dlr8fj4Y00 guest appearance.]] It's great to pay tribute to a comedy legend, but when he came on stage, he looked a little worse for wear. Then he breaks out into the greatest round of Dubbing the show has ever seen.
* Brad finds words that rhyme with the name [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4LU_2jHHc0 Naroshi.]]
** Even funnier when Drew jokingly dares Brad "try rhyming that!" As you can see, ''he does.''
** Bonus awesome points for actually making [[FunnyBackgroundEvent Ryan crack up laughing]].

* The episode with Creator/RobinWilliams as a whole. Awesome for Robin because [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhdsyZbf79E he]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7740svQUXwE fit]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tE9NmXpXfLs the]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8vdLSgMTOs show's]] format like a glove, and awesome for Ryan, Wayne and Colin because they managed to hold their own with ''Robin freakin' Williams'', one of the most manic improvisors ever.