Surprisingly, when I was going through the channels the other day, I saw "Whose Line It Anyways" show on the CW (They still exist?) with guest star, Kevin McHale.
Well, I thought it was the show with Drew Carey and the basketball Hall of Famer, Kevin McHale.
Nope, I was wrong, it was the new "Whose Line Is It Anyways" with host Aisha Tyler.
This is the third version of the show- the first being in filmed in Britain, then the U.S. with Drew Carey
Well, the set was almost exactly the same, the host table is the same and a balder and white hair Colin Mochrie, a completely bald Wayne Brady and Ryan Stiles, who looks basically the same along with a guest comedienne.
Aisha Tyler is cute and perky, but spends a long time explaining about the points and games.
They still have the same games, for the most part- like Scenes from a Hat- and have come with 2 new games- one involving purses of audience members and another game, similar to the green screen.
So, what are the big differences between today's version and Drew Carey's version.
First, of course, Aisha Tyler is cute and perky and not very funny and does not communicate much with the actors performing the games.
Drew Carey was short, heavy set and funny. He talked with the actors on stage and with people in the audience.
The other major difference is the new show doesn't communicate directly with the audience like Carey did. Instead of audience members, they use TV stars, like Kevin McHale from Glee. Sorry, but that doesn't work, for one, it looks like the guest and actor already practiced their segments beforehand, so it is not so spontaneous.
The third difference is that the games are much shorter, either to add more commercials or add more games. This just doesn't work as sometimes it takes a few seconds or minutes to get a scene rolling.
And until they have scenes like this, the new show just be as funny:
And of course:
Aisha is also a huge liberal, a former regular on The Stephanie Miller Show (and a huge favorite of mine). She once said that Barack Obama smells like "cookies and freedom."
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