Season 5
🎬 34 Episodes 📅 2002 ⏱ 22 min
Four improvisers step into the unknown, armed with nothing but wit and courage, as Whose Line Is It Anyway? transforms a blank stage into infinite possibilities. The host whispers a suggestion, the audience laughs before the scene even begins, and suddenly these artists are dancing through absurdity, mining invisible objects, and creating characters that shouldn't exist yet somehow feel utterly real. It's a masterclass in human connection where mistakes become genius and spontaneity becomes art, proving that the greatest performances happen when you stop planning and start living.
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📊 Season Stats
34
Episodes
2002
Year
22
min / ep
12.5
Watch Hours
5/8
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🎬 Episodes 34 episodes
1
Whoopi Goldberg
Whoopi Goldberg drops in for some improv games. Cast regulars include Ryan Stiles, Colin Mochrie, Wayne Brady and host Drew Carey.
2
Kathy Griffin
Kathy Griffin and former Miss America Katie Harmon drop in for a few rounds of “Song Styles,” “Hollywood Director” and “Scenes from a Hat.” Also: “Living Scenery.” Wayne Brady, Ryan Stiles, Colin Mochrie and Drew Carey.
3
Brad Sherwood
Games include a round of “Props” with host Drew Carey; and “Awards,” with Brad Sherwood and Wayne Brady as presenters at a function honoring frat boys. Also: “Scenes from a Hat.” Ryan Stiles and Colin Mochrie also appear.
4
Brad Sherwood
Florence Henderson drops by for a round of “Duet” and a game in which words containing the letter L are forbidden. Featuring Ryan Stiles, Colin Mochrie and Wayne Brady. Drew Carey is the host.
5
Greg Proops
Games include “Scenes from a Hat,” “Song Styles,” “Multiple Personalities” and “Props.” Regulars include Ryan Stiles, Colin Mochrie and Wayne Brady.
6
Kathy Greenwood
Games include a round of “Questions Only” dedicated to queries about “The Wizard of Oz”; “News Flash”; “Song Styles”; and a sexed-up “Sesame Street”-inspired rendition of “Scenes from a Hat.” Ryan Stiles, Colin Mochrie, Wayne Brady and Drew Carey.
7
Greg Proops
A Halloween-themed round of games, including “Make a Monster” and “Helping Hands.” Ryan Stiles, Colin Mochrie, Wayne Brady and Drew Carey.
8
Brad Sherwood
Former WWF wrestler Joanie Laurer (“Chynna”) takes on the gang in a round of improv games.
9
Chip Esten
In "Superheroes," Stinky Man (Colin) tries to solve a dead possum in his parking spot with his friends Giggling Nipple-Tweak Man (Ryan), Captain Luau (Chip), and Temper Tantrum Kid (Wayne); "Scenes from a Hat" are "disturbing people to get a lap dance from," "unfortunate times to sneeze," "jobs wher…
10
Greg Proops
Games find Greg Proops looking for love in “Let's Make a Date”; Wayne Brady riffing on Tom Cruise movies in “Scene to Rap”; and host Drew Carey playing the “World's Worst” psychiatrist. Also: “Scenes from a Hat.” Ryan Stiles and Colin Mochrie also play.
11
Brad Sherwood
Skits include a party with a diverse guest list (a safari guide and a nudist among them), and a scandal-plagued wedding. Also: host Drew Carey sings about marriage. Performers include Ryan Stiles, Colin Mochrie, Wayne Brady and Brad Sherwood.
12
Greg Proops
Talk-show ringleader Jerry Springer gets in on the fun. Colin Mochrie, Wayne Brady, Ryan Stiles. Drew Carey is the host.
13
Kathy Greenwood
Games include “Quesions,” “Party Quirks,” “Helping Hands” and “Hoe Down.” Also: a round of “Helping Hands.” Players include Ryan Stiles, Kathy Greenwood, Colin Mochrie, Wayne Brady and host Drew Carey.
14
Chip Esten
Games include Wayne as a whole family of acrobats in “Let's Make a Date”; and Ryan as the star of “Drew Carey, The Musical.” Also: A round of “Dubbing”; “Scenes From a Hat”; and “Props.” Other players include Colin Mochrie and host Drew Carey.
15
Kathy Griffin
Guest Kathy Griffin plays a teenage groupie. Also: Wayne Brady as Don King promoting an “improve your sex life” video; Ryan Stiles as a David Copperfield wannabe.
16
Brad Sherwood
Wayne Brady loses more than his shirt at a casino, and plays both Michael Jackson and James Brown in a “celebrity death match.” Also: the Blues Brothers sing to a sign-language interpreter; and host Drew Carey joins in a “Hoedown” about growing up.
17
Greg Proops
Exercise maven---and frequent punchline--- Richard Simmons joins the guys for a round of “Living Props” and sweats to the ditties during a disco-themed “Song Styles.” Also: “Multiple Personalities” and “Newsflash.”
18
Brad Sherwood
Games include “Press Conference,” featuring Colin Mochrie as Batman; and a round of “All in One Voice,” which finds the guys channeling a piggy puppet to serenade one another. Wayne Brady, Ryan Stiles and host Drew Carey also perform.
19
Kathy Griffin
David Hasselhoff drops by for a round of “Song Styles” with Wayne; and a game called “Dubbing,” in which he plays (what else?) a lifeguard. Also: “News Flash” and “Two-Line Vocabulary.” Other players include Ryan Stiles, Colin Mochrie and host Drew Carey.
20
Greg Proops
Greg Proops tries to get his groove on in a round of “Weird Newscasters.” Also: “Scenes from a Hat”; “Film Dub”; “Party Quirks”; and “World's Worst Dating Service Video.” Other players include Colin Mochrie and Ryan Stiles.
21
Greg Proops
Colin and Ryan play sorority girls with unusual athletic abilities in “Sportscasters”; Colin goes psycho as an unstable flight attendant in “Let's Make a Date”; Wayne croons to a female bodybuilder in “Song Styles.”
22
Chip Esten
Highlights include a “Hoedown” about the Man of Steel; a round of “Hollywood Director” set in a prison; and a musical bit, in which Colin, Ryan and Wayne serenade their favorite “Bartender.”
23
Kathy Greenwood
In a round called “Number of Words,” the players can only speak so many lines of dialogue, all from ”The Wizard of Oz.” Players include Wayne Brady, Colin Mochrie and Ryan Stiles.
24
Brad Sherwood
Batman (Colin Mochrie) and Robin (Ryan Stiles)require sound effects from the audience. Mochrie, Stiles and Brad Sherwood are foul-mouthed auto mechanics. And host Drew Carey goes to the zoo.
25
Chip Esten
Games include “Superheroes,” with Colin as Mad Cow Man; a round of “Living Scenery”; “Scenes from a Hat”; and Wayne and Chip serenading belly-dancing twins with a “Duet.”
26
Jeff Davis
Games include “Let's Make a Date”; “Hoedown”; “Scenes From a Hat”; and “News Flash.” Also: a round of “Greatest Hits.” The ensemble features Wayne Brady, Colin Mochire, Ryan Stiles and host Drew Carey.
27
Brad Sherwood
Highlights include:
Game 1 - Hollywood Director Colin, as usual, is the director Ryan and Wayne, two gold miners Brad, the bandito who has come to rob them.
Directions from Colin: do the scene backwards do the scene full of lust for each other include as many "Your momma!" jokes as p…
28
Greg Proops
Game 1 - Scene To Music: Ryan, a gung-ho pest exterminator, bursts in on the hotel room of Colin and Wayne, a newlywed couple.
Game 2 - Scenes From A Hat: Famous Film Roles As Played By Scooby-Doo If Welcome Signs In European Countries Were Truthful Things You Don't Want You Hear Your Gran…
29
Kathy Griffin
Game 1 Press Conference: Colin as the 1st man to make love on the moon.
Game 2 Sound Effects: Audience members Valerie and Anne help Ryan and Colin storm Frankenstein Castle
Game 3 Irish Drinking Song: Graduation
Game 4 Party Quirks
Game 5 Helping Hands: It's Kathy's wedding and Colin …
30
Greg Proops
Highlight include:
Make A Monster Dubbing Scenes From A Hat Greatest Hits: Songs of Sci-Fi
Aritificial Winner - Wayne Brady
Drew Game - World's Worst: Things to say or do on your 1st day in prison
Credits Roll - Greg reads the credits as a dancing monkey.
31
Brad Sherwood
Games include “Hollywood Director,” with Ryan Stiles and Wayne Brady as Arctic explorers; and a round of “Two-Line Vocabulary” set in the wild, wild west. Also: Colin Mochrie tries to figure out who he is in “Press Conference.”
32
Jeff Davis
Instead of points, the players win $100 for winning rounds, which include a pair of pop divas duking it out during “Weird Newscasters”; “Scenes from a Hat”; and “Greatest Hits.”
33
Greg Proops
A round of “Hats” has the gang seeking clients for the world's worst dating service; audience members wind up playing “Let's Make a Date.”
34
Chip Esten
In "Hollywood Director," town sheriff Ryan has finally caught the fugitive gunslinger Chip and puts him in jail, but Wayne comes in as a member of Chip's gang, and Colin gives them the styles of falling in love with each other and product testimonials. In "Improbable Mission," Wayne is the voice on …