History WhoseLine / TropesAToC

* BaldOfAwesome:
** Colin's known as one of the best players on the show, if he's not teased for it.
** By the 2013 version, Wayne had shaved his head. And the guest star on the first episode was Gary Anthony Williams, who is ''also'' bald. Of course, this was {{lampshaded}}.

** Another ''Living Scenery'' with Creator/ChrisJericho of all people, who surprisingly goes along with all the insanity enthusiastically, even the idea of an AssShove from Wayne... but his hiking up a leg in anticipation [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_lpJFYtyvE nails Wayne in the face.]]

** Wayne Brady was absent from a couple 2016 tapings due to taking part in ''Film/KinkyBoots''.

** Apparently Wayne is under the impression that [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vY8oeoQb6s an old-school action hero has to do this.]]

** Though it probably wasn't so funny for Ryan himself, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECC89n_1ddA Chip jumping on Ryan's back]] was a riot, especially since the cast was joking about it soon afterward.

** Almost happens for real in the revival series, when Colin's habit of [[CovertPervert carrying women around]] backfires horribly and ''[[RealityEnsues he drops her!]]''

** Similarly, in a playing of "Weird Newscasters", Ryan had the quirk of "The Rise and Fall of a 1940s Boxer". Instead of imitating the sport of boxing, [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments Ryan acted like a boxer dog.]][[invoked]]

** In one game of "Let's Make a Date": Colin plays a drunk and Greg Proops guessed he's his uncle Ted.

** Creator/StephenColbert brought some actual German to the table during his appearance, even getting a [[UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler Hitler]] [[GeniusBonus quote]] [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar past the radar]].

** One game of "Greatest Hits" on the CW version of the show has Colin bring up Macklemore. Ryan asks if that's the name of one guy or a band, because he made that mistake before. Ryan's referring back to the original ABC run of "Whose Line", when he did a "Greatest Hits" game and called Kid Rock one of his favorite bands, and got laughed at for it.
** The first new game of "Party Quirks" had Ryan as "a DeepSouth sherriff falling in love with everyone he arrests", very similar thematically to his "all the characters in a gay Western" one.
** Happens twice in the one with [[Series/TheTomorrowPeople2013 Robbie Amell]] - Colin quips about "animal gynecology", after which they reference the old "letter h" gag. [[CrossesTheLineTwice And update it to "Capital H".]]

'''Wayne:''' ''[to Brad]'' [[YourCheatingHeart Your wife made me breakfast.]] ''[Brad takes the 'bat' to Wayne's head, both get buzzed]''\\

** The "Helping Hands" game with Florence Henderson, where they dig up a photo of David Cassidy instead, and Florence complains that it's from "the wrong show!"

** One on the part of the crew instead, during the episode with [[Series/TheBradyBunch Florence Henderson]]. One of the props in "Helping Hands" is actually a photo of David Cassidy from ''Series/ThePartridgeFamily''. Signs of CrossoverShip maybe?

** An interesting variation: When Drew announced that Ryan and Colin would be doing a scene with Joanie Laurer, he remarked that you might know her better as her WWF name, Chyna. However, he instructed everybody not to call her "Chyna" again because he was concerned about WWF suing them. I guess there was a deal that he could say "Chyna" once for some brand recognition, but never again.

** In a playing of "Weird Newscasters," Brad plays a Fire-and-brimstone Southern evangelist saying that the passage of slaying [[{{Satan}} the dragon]] is found in Leviticus 13. Said section is really about healing diseases.

* ActuallyPrettyFunny: During a “Scenes From a Hat” featuring Robin Williams, the cue was “what Robin Williams is thinking right now.” Robin immediately came out and said “I have a career, what the hell am I doing here?” Despite the inherent insult to both the comics and the show, the cast loved it.

%%* {{Acrofatic}}: Mike [=McShane=].

** Drew again, when one game starts with him accidentally calling Chip Esten "Chimp". Guess that's why he sticks with Charles nowadays.

** An episode using leftover footage from the Robbbie Amell episode not only had the same callbacks from there, but re-introduced Ryan's "alimentary canal flossing" gag from an old "Home Shopping" game.

** The 7x10 episode from the U.S. run ended with the cast reading the credits as the Village People whose song gets faster and faster. Of course, this is a reference to ''four seasons prior'' in the 100th episode when a playing of "Song Styles" had the cast singing as the Village People whose song accidentally starts playing at double speed.

--->'''Colin:''' [[WhatTheHellHero My God?! He's over forty! You know we don't have the insurance!]]\\

* * CrossPromotion: Since Drew and Ryan were working on both the original American version of ''WhoseLine?'' and ''Series/TheDrewCareyShow"' Creator/{{ABC}} heavily involved them in the promotion of both.

** Due to the cast being all males most of the time, whenever a scene has a woman in it, Colin usually plays the woman[[note]]an ironic pun on his baldness[[/note]]. In fact, Colin often calls it before Drew even reads the cards.

** In a "Whose Line" parodying ''Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast'', Drew didn't seem to realize that the heroine's name is Belle, not Beauty. Colin ran with this and said his name was Beauty Smith.

** In a "Film, TV & Theater Styles", Drew buzzed at a moment where both Kathy Greenwood and Ryan were in awkward poses. Drew told one of the two to just hold that position for a second (Kathy was holding her breasts, so you think he was talking to Kathy), and Ryan wanted clarification who Drew meant. Drew replied: [[BiTheWay "Both of ya."]]

* BiTheWay: Hints of this are usually peppered in Denny Siegel's performances, such as this line from "Let's Make a Date":
-->'''Denny:''' Bachelor #1, when I wanna please a man... or a woman... or anything...

* BaitAndSwitch: When a Greatest Hits performance is based on playing as Music/TheWho, the men like to end it with acting as if they're about to smash (imaginary) guitars Who-style, then gently place the air guitar on a imaginary rack.

* A UK version "Courtroom Scene" game has Stephen Frost say as a lawyer, "Thank you, me Lord. Crime of passion, as we know, is the most common crime committed involving passion."