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Up To Eleven is a defunct trope


Basically "Film TV Theater Styles", elaborated on in ''Green Screen Show'' and taken UpToEleven here. The audience's suggestions or styles of TV etc. are done ''during'' each pause rather than all written down before the scene starts, and ''Improv-a-ganza'' began the practice of invoking "Changed Letter" and "Number Of Words" play mechanics as well.

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Basically "Film TV Theater Styles", elaborated on in ''Green Screen Show'' and taken UpToEleven up to eleven here. The audience's suggestions or styles of TV etc. are done ''during'' each pause rather than all written down before the scene starts, and ''Improv-a-ganza'' began the practice of invoking "Changed Letter" and "Number Of Words" play mechanics as well.
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* AdoredByTheNetwork: GSN promoted the heck out of this show when it was first running, and gave it weekly marathons long after it had been cancelled. It is also currently the only GSN show to have its entire run posted to GSN's official Website/YouTube account. All this despite the fact it regularly got abysmal ratings, even scoring a *0.0* on the Nielsens at one point.

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* AdoredByTheNetwork: GSN promoted the heck out of this show when it was first running, and gave it weekly marathons long after it had been cancelled. It is also currently the only GSN show to have even had its entire run posted to GSN's official Website/YouTube account.account in the early '10s. All this despite the fact it regularly got abysmal ratings, even scoring a *0.0* on the Nielsens at one point.
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Last seen in ''Green Screen Show'', this one [[OlderThanTheyThink actually dates back to the early UK run]] of ''Whose Line'': two players start out in physical positions picked by the audience, then act out their scene with regards to said positions. At any time one of the other players can pause the action, replace one of the players and take the scene in a completely different direction; ''Green Screen Show'' began the practice of having the next player ''join in'' the action, leading to more elaborate four- to five-man acts.

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Last seen in ''Green Screen Show'', this one [[OlderThanTheyThink actually dates back to the early UK run]] of ''Whose Line'': ''Series/WhoseLineIsItAnyway'': two players start out in physical positions picked by the audience, then act out their scene with regards to said positions. At any time one of the other players can pause the action, replace one of the players and take the scene in a completely different direction; ''Green Screen Show'' began the practice of having the next player ''join in'' the action, leading to more elaborate four- to five-man acts.
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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: When it first aired, episodes were posted on GSN's [=YouTube=] channel but after the series was removed from the network, the YT episodes were removed as well. There has been no news of a DVD release, nor are there legitimate avenues to stream it. The only option, aside from being lucky enough to have taped them off TV, is fan re-uploads.
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Adapted from "Show Stopping Number", and the first time the resident musician participates actively in the game. The players act out a scene, and Bob is allowed to add some SuspiciouslyAproposMusic at any time, starting with an intro that acts as the players' cue to turn it into a musical number.

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Adapted from "Show Stopping Number", and the first time the resident musician participates actively in the game. The players act out a scene, and Bob is allowed to add some SuspiciouslyAproposMusic music at any time, starting with an intro that acts as the players' cue to turn it into a musical number.
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* AdoredByTheNetwork: GSN promoted the heck out of this show when it was first running, and gave it weekly marathons long after it had been cancelled. It is also currently the only GSN show to have its entire run posted to GSN's official YouTube account. All this despite the fact it regularly got abysmal ratings, even scoring a *0.0* on the Nielsens at one point.

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* AdoredByTheNetwork: GSN promoted the heck out of this show when it was first running, and gave it weekly marathons long after it had been cancelled. It is also currently the only GSN show to have its entire run posted to GSN's official YouTube Website/YouTube account. All this despite the fact it regularly got abysmal ratings, even scoring a *0.0* on the Nielsens at one point.
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Not a renamed "Questions Only", but actually a homage to ''{{Jeopardy}}''. One player takes the role of "host" with up to four other players as "contestants". The audience plays a bigger part than usual as each "contestant" names a category, thus prompting the audience to come up with their idea of an answer, and in turn making the "contestants" buzz in and answer in the form of a question. This one was last done in ''Drew Carey's Improv All-Stars'', a reunion stage show that came between ''Green Screen'' and ''Improv-a-ganza''.

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Not a renamed "Questions Only", but actually a homage to ''{{Jeopardy}}''.''Series/{{Jeopardy}}''. One player takes the role of "host" with up to four other players as "contestants". The audience plays a bigger part than usual as each "contestant" names a category, thus prompting the audience to come up with their idea of an answer, and in turn making the "contestants" buzz in and answer in the form of a question. This one was last done in ''Drew Carey's Improv All-Stars'', a reunion stage show that came between ''Green Screen'' and ''Improv-a-ganza''.
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Hey Its That Guy cut by TRS decision. Ditto for Hey Its That Voice.


* HeyItsThatGuy: If you're an Internet geek ([[TvTropesWillRuinYourLife which you probably are]]), Heather Anne Campbell may look to be [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkYZ6rbPU2M in need of a napkin]] to you.
* HeyItsThatVoice: A game of sound effects in episode 23 featured Rich Fields and Steve Kamer as guest performers providing the ''Sound Effects'' for Drew and Brad. If those names don't seem familiar, they will once you hear [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H48YY88UA6I&t=7m58s their voices]].
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* StuntCasting: Wayne was evidently brought in to acclimate fans of ''Whose Line'' to this show.
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* ActorAllusion:
** One game of "Freeze" led to Jonathan going "[[Series/LetsMakeADeal Would you like to know what's behind curtain number 2?]]"
** A particularly elaborate one in episode 24:
--> Ryan: "Drew, you can't lose that much weight so fast... Remember me, [[Series/TheDrewCareyShow Lewis?]]"
** In that same game, Jeff using his fingers to mimic [[Series/ThePriceIsRight a tiny guy climbing up Chip and yodeling from the top.]]
** In one game of "Sentences," Drew was forced to say, "If you [[ItMakesSenseInContext don't like the way I smell,]] then (unfolds paper) ({{Beat}}) [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments the price]] [[Series/ThePriceIsRight is wrong]]."


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* HeyItsThatVoice: A game of sound effects in episode 23 featured Rich Fields and Steve Kamer as guest performers providing the ''Sound Effects'' for Drew and Brad. If those names don't seem familiar, they will once you hear [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H48YY88UA6I&t=7m58s their voices]].
* ProductionPosse: One of the strongest examples yet, with just two new faces (Heather Anne and Bob Derkach) and a mere ''handful'' of absent faces from ''Whose Line'' and ''Green Screen''. Even Wayne Brady puts in guest appearances, and that announcer over the opening credits is Rich Fields from ''Series/ThePriceIsRight''.
* ThrowItIn: That most time-honored of ''Whose Line'' traditions, where the remaining players join in for whichever reason.
** Just a few examples: Colin returns as a [[CallBack velociraptor]] who plays the banjo, Chip and Jonathan jump in as the HISPANIC MEN during the "Totally party!" sketch, and Chip, Jeff, and Brad form an awkward mariachi band to serenade Drew and Kathy on their "first date".
** In a ''Moving People'' with Drew and Brad, Drew's German accent shifts to Italian American for no apparant reason.
** In the song ''Bail Me Out'', Jeff had trouble with his mike stand. So he ''sang'' "Gotta fix the stand!"
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* AdoredByTheNetwork: GSN promoted the heck out of this show when it was first running, and gave it weekly marathons long after it had been cancelled. It is also currently the only GSN show to have its entire run posted to GSN's official YouTube account. All this despite the fact it regularly got abysmal ratings, even scoring a *0.0* on the Nielsens at one point.
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Two players act out a scene, while a third player can call for the action to reverse at any time, making the two players re-enact their past actions in reverse, or at least as much as they can remember, making this the ''hardest'' game of all.

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Two players act out a scene, while a third player can call for the action to reverse at any time, making the two players re-enact their past actions in reverse, or at least as much as they can remember, making this the ''hardest'' game of all.
all. Just to shake things up further, the third player can call 'fast forward' to speed things up or 'switch places' (two players get each others' lines and actions).
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Just line in ''Whose Line'', this game follows the Mk II variation ie. having two players act out a scene and two audience members providing the sounds as and when needed (usually).

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Just line like in ''Whose Line'', this game follows the Mk II variation ie. having two players act out a scene and two audience members providing the sounds as and when needed (usually).

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