Best of Whose Line Is It Anyway? Uncensored DVD

Warner Releases a DVD Filled with Material Too Mature for TV

Jun 6, 2009

Based on the classic UK improv show, the U.S. "Whose Line" had a great run during its six seasons. Many of the funnier and questionable skits appear in this two-disc set.

Offered as a compilation of elements of the popular that may have been, shall we say, too saucy or inappropriate for the Standards and Practices department at ABC to allow on network television in the original run, The Best of Whose Line Is It Anyway? Uncensored is a solid laugh fest, featuring the same old guys you have come to love on television: Ryan Stiles, Colin Mochrie, Wayne Brady, and Greg Proops, among others.

Everyone know the format: a half hour show featuring off the cuff skits with themes chosen by the audience, where four comic improv actors get to make up and enact stories, right off the top of their heads. This proves to often cause unexpected results.

Everyone knows Wayne Brady's gift for inventing songs on the fly, and Canadian comic Colin Mochrie's self deprecating humor. But what happens when the jokes and the skits go a little too far? This disc shows you how.

Though show host Drew Carey is in now way funny, he still has a knack for bringing the most unusual special guests to assist the usual assortment of comics. Look for some memorable moments from David Hasselhoff, who storms the stage dressed in over the top leather, just to show in the end how little he understands of concepts such as "Three Headed Broadway Star", where three comics each speak one word at a time in sequence, over the course of a made up song. "The Hoff" messes it up badly, but still manages to have some fun at his own expense.

Also, look for a special appearance by everyone's favorite TV mom, Florence "Carol Brady" Henderson. During skits in which she takes part, some of the players have no qualms about spinning the skit in their favor, in order to smooch the famous TV actress.

Some more prudish viewers may be turned off by some of the sexual overtones some of the more raunchy skits come up (especially when guest Richard Simmons gets involved) though most involved in said skits are being good sports about it.

Like many shows before it, some of "Whose Lines" funniest moments, are when the actors themselves crack each other to tears, due to their comic timing. The funniest moments turn out to be when Ryan Stiles is playing a faux Jan Brady, and Florence Henderson is force feeding him prop foods, while Colin Mochrie acts as Stiles' arms. Of you don't bust a gut upon seeing this, there may be something wrong with you.

To be honest, the only real downside of this collection of episodes is Drew Carey's involvement. He is probably funny to some, but not to others. When compared against the actual talent of comic geniuses on stage, Carey seems virtually unfunny, like the wannabe kid who hangs out with the hip crowd at school, to be funny by association.

Note, also included in this disc, is a special "best-of" episode (seems redundant somewhat), which recalls some of the most memorable skits during the show's entire run, alas it's nothing more than a glorified clip show, with Carey dressed in a tux for pomp and appearances' sake.

For fans of the series, or for anyone who wants to laugh wholeheartedly at inappropriate things.

6.5 out of 10, for being a best-of compilation, but bonus points for showing the really funny and morally wrong stuff never shown on TV. Now, time for a hoedown.

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