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• In episode #8.2 (U.S. version), the "Title Sequence" is "Mel Gibson and The Wrestler". One of Wayne's verses is nothing but "It's..." Did Wayne really draw a blank on what to sing (unlikely), or was his verse censored for some reason?
  • In the same episode, Ryan's verse in "Hoedown" is skipped entirely. The Whose Line wikia lists the lyrics that only aired overseas. Can anyone confirm that those are accurate?
• Why was Colin frequently portrayed as a woman in scenes with Ryan, aside from being a great Running Gag? Is it because he's shorter than Ryan, and most women are shorter than men?
  • Because it was funny. Nobody is putting much more thought into the assignments than that.
  • I think part of the reason why Colin is often given the female roles is because the few times Ryan plays a woman, he often gets a little stereotypical in his portrayals, as opposed to Colin who just acts like himself the entire scene.
  • Because Ryan is taller and his humor is drier next to Colin's more emotional antics.
• I want to confirm something: When they do this show live, are they given time to think up ideas when given the prompt before playing them out and the TV version simply edits out the pauses?
  • No, but sometimes one gets the sense that they were told in advance of the suggestions.
  • The only thing the performers are told in advance is what games they'll be playing.
• Why in the hell did Chip decide to go by "Charles" all of a sudden?
  • He took a number of serious roles after his first run on Whose Line?, and it's possible the moniker "Chip" was thought so juvenile that it held him back in his career.
  • He played a 1950s disc jockey on Cold Case, and it's possible he started going by "Charles" so he would seem even older.
  • For that matter, [American Girl character Kit Kittredge debuted in 2000; her storyline is set in the mid-1930s, and she has an older brother whose proper first name is "Charles." Chip's starting to go by "Charles" professionally may be a reference to that, especially given Charlie's middle name "Jackson" and Chip's relationship with Wayne.
  • To be fair, Chip was credited as "Charles Esten" even during the Drew Carey era.