Saturday, November 1, 2008

Globetrotting with "Whose Line"!

Surely, everyone is familiar with the ABC/ABC Family version of "Whose Line Is It Anyway." Hearing that title immediately makes most people think of Wayne Brady, Colin Mochrie, and Ryan Stiles. But that certainly hasn't been the *only* version of that show... and some of them get *awfully* weird. But first, let's re-familiarize ourselves with the "Whose Line" we know and love.

"WHOSE LINE" IN ENGLAND
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSJPr8aYN_w

"WHOSE LINE" IN AMERICA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTxkxG3DF4k
* Actually, despite the different filming locations, the English and American versions are in fact one continuous show. The final 'English' season is almost completely identical to the ABC show; ABC merely replaced Clive Anderson with Drew Carey.

Okay... now it's going to get freaky.

"WHOSE LINE" IN GERMANY ("Frei Schnauze")
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3XdzT30y9s
* Notice that they're playing one of our games - "Helping Hands."

"WHOSE LINE" IN THE NETHERLANDS ("De Lama's")
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvtHIHRnopw
* Seems like they start out with "World's Worst", the topic being the World's Worst Music Video.

"WHOSE LINE" IN ISRAEL ("Shel Mi Hashura Hazot")
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKldsFJNhPM
* According to one of the comments, they're apparently playing "World's Worst", "Props", and "If You Know What I Mean," all borrowed from the original WLIIA.

"WHOSE LINE" IN TURKEY ("Aninda Goruntu Show")
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Efwq5iOGgQE
* No idea what they're playing.

"WHOSE LINE" IN LITHUANIA ("Pagauk Kampa")
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avh98tUNeuU
* Be warned... this is like the fever-dream/mindfuck version of "Helping Hands"! And holy shit, is the keyboardist scary - he sure as hell ain't no Laura Hall!

"WHOSE LINE" IN HUNGARY ("Beugro")
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwY9RiQBzcw
* Another game borrowed directly from the original; they're playing (the game) "Whose Line?".

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