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The resident funnymen (and women), sorted alphabetically. For now, descriptions are taken from the official Improv-a-ganza website [https://web.archive.org/web/20120415071711/http://tv.gsn.com/shows/improv/cast here].
== The Main Cast ==
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The talented improv artist has performed with troupes in Chicago, Los Angeles and Amsterdam, appeared on [[Mad TV]], and pranked with [[Improv Everywhere]] in the [[YouTube]] hit, “Food Court Musical.”
* [[Cute but Cacophonic]]: Her turn as a ten-year-old.
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* [[Ms. Fanservice]]: Some cleavage here, and those pants don't do a lot to disguise the thighs she flaunted in Food Court Musical.
* [[One of the Boys]]: It's refreshing to see a woman on the panel (besides the already - established Kathy Kinney) who can hold her own.
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* [[Man of a Thousand Voices|Woman Of A Thousand Voices]]: Sensual Slav, Southern Ditz, ten-year-old kid, blue-collar laborer, you name it.
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=== Drew Carey ===
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Stand-up comic turned actor-producer, Drew Carey has brought his golden comic touch to numerous hit television shows, including “The Drew Carey Show,” “The Price Is Right” and “Whose Line Is It Anyway?,” on which he served as host and producer. He has also attracted enthusiastic live audiences across the country with his Drew Carey's Improv All-Stars.
* [[Achilles' Heel]]: Drew still tends to bust up laughing more than the others.
* [[Nerd Glasses]]
* [[Self
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=== Jeff B. Davis ===
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Davis started acting at age 4 (as Linus in “You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown”) and appeared on Broadway at age 11 with Yul Brynner in “The King and I.” He’s had several recurring roles on Drew Carey’s TV shows, and is a member of Carey’s Improv All-Stars.
* [[Ascended Extra]]: Although Jeff was technically a regular of ''[[Whose Line Is It Anyway
* [[Clothes Make the Legend]]: Jeff always wears a shiny-ish suit and tie combo.
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]
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* [[Large Ham]]
* [[No Celebrities Were Harmed]]: Always averted when it comes to his [[Stock Characters]].
* [[
* [[Sharp
* [[Stock Characters]]: [[Keanu Reeves]] and [[Christopher Walken]].
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=== Bob Derkach ===
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* [[Bald of Awesome]]
* [[Cool Old Guy]]
* [[
* [[The Silent Bob]]: [[A Worldwide Punomenon|Heh heh heh]]...Well he ''is''...
* [[Soundtrack Dissonance]]: The game Bob's Call, where Bob starts playing music that forces the players to sing along based on whatever they just said, revolves around the comedy side of this trope. Often results in [[Lyrical Dissonance]] for the players.
* [[Suspiciously Apropos Music]]: Whenever Bob decides to flavor up non-Bob's Choice games.
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=== Chip Esten ===
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The improv artist and actor trained at the Groundlings Theatre in Los Angeles and has appeared on “Big Love,” “The Office,” “ER,” “Married...With Children” (he married Kelly Bundy in the final episode), and “The Drew Carey Show.”
* [[The Cast Showoff]]: Given how [[The Cast Showoff|immensely talented]] Wayne was (and still is), ''[[Whose Line Is It Anyway
* [[Estrogen Brigade Bait]]
* [[Heterosexual Life Partners]]: With Jeff.
* [[Lantern Jaw of Justice]]
* [[Large Ham]]
* [[Only Known
* [[Retraux]]: His chiseled good looks invoke '60s screen idols.
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=== Kathy Kinney ===
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Well known to audiences as Mimi Bobeck-Carey on “The Drew Carey Show,” Kinney has also appeared in “The Secret Life of the American Teenager,” “My Name Is Earl,” and “Newhart.”
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* [[The Scrappy]]: Well, if the [[YouTube]] comments are anything to go by...
* [[Signature Style]]: Makes jokes about [[MacGyvering]] a lot.
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=== Jonathan Mangum ===
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Mangum began doing improvisational comedy with Wayne Brady in Orlando, Florida, before moving to L.A. He has appeared on “The Sarah Silverman Program” and “The Drew Carey Show,” and has toured the world with Carey and Brady.
* [[Adorkable]]
* [[Butt Monkey]]: To the point that it seems to be some kind of hazing for the non-''[[Whose Line Is It Anyway
* [[Catch Phrase]], [[This Is for Emphasis, Bitch|Biatch!]]
* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: Sometimes.
* [[Eyes Always Shut]]: With his trademark grimace and Adorkable appeal, he's practically a live action [[Pokémon (
* [[Fiery Redhead]]: His spunk and exuberance make him seem like he's the youngest in the cast, but Jeff is younger.
** It should be noted though that Jonathan's only about two years older than Jeff, making him the second youngest of the male cast (unless you count Wayne).
* [[Keet]]: The other reason Jonathan seems to be the youngest.
* [[Large Ham]]
* [[Precision F
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* [[Pretty Fly for
* [[Screams Like a Little Girl]]: Watch any playing of Mousetraps with him in it.
* [[Tempting Fate]]: A good chunk of his [[Butt Monkey]] status can be attributed to the fact that [[Running Gag|he keeps giving the other guys ideas]] [[You Just Had to Say It|of how to mess with him.]]
* [[This Is for Emphasis, Bitch|This Is For Emphasis, Biatch!]] Overused, and eventually disallowed.
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=== Colin Mochrie ===
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Born in Scotland, Mochrie has worked frequently with Drew Carey and fellow cast member Brad Sherwood. But he says his most famous role was as Molly Ringwald’s captor in “Space Hunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone.”
* [[Bald of Awesome]]
* [[Berserk Button]]: Bald jokes. And Suzanne.
* [[Butt Monkey]]: Just like on the original ''[[Whose Line Is It Anyway
* [[Cool Old Guy]]
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Especially during games of Freeze.
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* [[Overly Prepared Gag]]: He manages to sneak them into the Song Compilation introductions now and again.
* [[Running Gag]]: Velociraptors.
* [[What the Hell Is That Accent?]]: Absolutely [[Defied Trope|defied]]. Colin knows that he can't do accents, so when a game of Options places him in Mexico, he becomes [[Crowning Moment of Funny|a Scottish tourist]].
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=== Greg Proops ===
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''Greg:'': [[Noodle Incident|That's how]] [[Getting Crap Past the Radar|I got the gig...]] }}
Trained in improvisation and acting in San Francisco, Proops has performed for Prince Charles, and worked as a voice actor in “Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace.”
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* [[Deadpan Snarker]]
* [[Fascinating Eyebrow]]
* [[Four Eyes, Zero Soul]]: His usual shtick.
* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]: Greg's specialty.
* [[Ho Yay]]: The main source of it on the show.
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* [[Man of a Thousand Voices]]: His Elvis Costello is impeccable.
* [[Nerd Glasses]]
* [[Precision F
* [[Smug Snake]]
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=== Brad Sherwood ===
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The comedian, actor and game show host (“The Price Is Right”) appeared often on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno,” and has demonstrated his quick-witted improv skills in shows nationwide with colleague Colin Mochrie.
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* [[Refuge in Audacity]]: Seems to be Brad's favorite style of humor.
* [[Testosterone Poisoning]]: A lot of his characters come across as an amalgam of [[John Wayne]], the male lead of a soap opera, and [[Moby Dick|Captain Ahab]].
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=== Ryan Stiles ===
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Having dropped out of high school to pursue a comedy career, Stiles has appeared in such comedy hits as “Two and a Half Men,” “The Drew Carey Show,” “Mad About You” and “Murphy Brown.” A longtime performer on the British version of “Whose Line Is It Anyway?,” Stiles served as executive producer and co-star with Drew Carey on the U.S. version.
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* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: A lot of Ryan's humor.
* [[Gag Nose]]
* [[Game
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=== Wayne Brady ===
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* [[Achilles' Heel]]: Wayne is better at keeping himself from laughing than he used to be, but he still can't keep a straight face in much of his improv.
* [[Estrogen Brigade Bait]]
* [[Stunt Casting]]: He was evidently brought in to acclimate fans of ''Whose Line'' to this show.
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=== Sean Masterson ===
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* [[Demoted to Extra]]: Sean probably appeared in more eps of ''Drew Carey's Green Screen Show'' than this one.
* [[Testosterone Poisoning]]: His naturally deep voice goes [[Up to Eleven]] during his role as a [[Large Ham]] fitness instructor.
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=== [[Charlie Sheen]] ===
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* [[Harsher in Hindsight]]: ''[[Two and A Half Men]]'' was the next high point of Ryan's career after ''Whose Line'' was discontinued... now it's Ryan getting Charlie on TV after his tenure on that show was brought to an end.
* [[Off the Rails]]: He completely derailed a game of Fairytale with the line, {{spoiler|"Charlie Sheen [[Refuge in Audacity|fucks dead hookers]]."}}
** You could tell by the expression on his face throughout the entire game that he was completely lost. When he finally got picked to narrate, the [[Non Sequitur]] was all he could think of.
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