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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.
* [[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 ===
=== Drew Carey ===
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* [[Self-Deprecation]]: Still one of his favorite types of humor.
* [[Self-Deprecation]]: Still one of his favorite types of humor.


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=== Jeff B. Davis ===
=== Jeff B. Davis ===
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* [[Sharp-Dressed Man]]: Although the male cast usually dresses well, Jeff is always impeccably dressed.
* [[Sharp-Dressed Man]]: Although the male cast usually dresses well, Jeff is always impeccably dressed.
* [[Stock Characters]]: [[Keanu Reeves]] and [[Christopher Walken]].
* [[Stock Characters]]: [[Keanu Reeves]] and [[Christopher Walken]].
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=== Bob Derkach ===
=== Bob Derkach ===


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* [[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.
* [[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.
* [[Suspiciously Apropos Music]]: Whenever Bob decides to flavor up non-Bob's Choice games.
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=== Chip Esten ===
=== Chip Esten ===
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* [[Only Known by Their Nickname]]: His first name is Charles.
* [[Only Known by Their Nickname]]: His first name is Charles.
* [[Retraux]]: His chiseled good looks invoke '60s screen idols.
* [[Retraux]]: His chiseled good looks invoke '60s screen idols.
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=== Kathy Kinney ===
=== Kathy Kinney ===
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* [[The Scrappy]]: Well, if the [[YouTube]] comments are anything to go by...
* [[The Scrappy]]: Well, if the [[YouTube]] comments are anything to go by...
* [[Signature Style]]: Makes jokes about [[MacGyvering]] a lot.
* [[Signature Style]]: Makes jokes about [[MacGyvering]] a lot.
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=== Jonathan Mangum ===
=== Jonathan Mangum ===
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* [[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.]]
* [[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.
* [[This Is for Emphasis, Bitch|This Is For Emphasis, Biatch!]] Overused, and eventually disallowed.
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=== Colin Mochrie ===
=== Colin Mochrie ===
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* [[Running Gag]]: Velociraptors.
* [[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]].
* [[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 ===
=== Greg Proops ===
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* [[Precision F-Strike]]: "APPLAUD GOD DAMN YOU!"
* [[Precision F-Strike]]: "APPLAUD GOD DAMN YOU!"
* [[Smug Snake]]
* [[Smug Snake]]
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=== Brad Sherwood ===
=== Brad Sherwood ===
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* [[Refuge in Audacity]]: Seems to be Brad's favorite style of humor.
* [[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]].
* [[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 ===
=== Ryan Stiles ===
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* [[Gag Nose]]
* [[Gag Nose]]
* [[Game-Breaking Injury]]: [[Word of God|An interview with Colin]] revealed that Ryan's bad back is being taken into consideration during the acts this time.
* [[Game-Breaking Injury]]: [[Word of God|An interview with Colin]] revealed that Ryan's bad back is being taken into consideration during the acts this time.
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* [[Estrogen Brigade Bait]]
* [[Estrogen Brigade Bait]]
* [[Stunt Casting]]: He was evidently brought in to acclimate fans of ''Whose Line'' to this show.
* [[Stunt Casting]]: He was evidently brought in to acclimate fans of ''Whose Line'' to this show.
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=== Sean Masterson ===
=== 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.
* [[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.
* [[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]] ===
=== [[Charlie Sheen]] ===


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* [[Off the Rails]]: He completely derailed a game of Fairytale with the line, {{spoiler|"Charlie Sheen [[Refuge in Audacity|fucks dead hookers]]."}}
* [[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.
** 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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The resident funnymen (and women), sorted alphabetically. For now, descriptions are taken from the official Improv-a-ganza website here.

The Main Cast

Heather Anne Campbell

"What did I say to the judge I would do to get points? Albania."

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.”

Heather: DAD?! DOES IT BOTHER YOU IF I... IF I SCREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEECH REALLY LOUD?!

  • 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.
  • Token Girl
  • Woman Of A Thousand Voices: Sensual Slav, Southern Ditz, ten-year-old kid, blue-collar laborer, you name it.

Drew Carey

"If you don't like the way I smell, then (Beat) the price is wrong!"

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.

Jeff B. Davis

"Because I win and you lose. I'm already at the bottom while you're still up on the slopes going swish, I'm in the lodge sipping hot cocoa."

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.

Bob Derkach

The pianist.

Chip Esten

"WHASSUP, TOM?! I'M 'BOUT TO GET MY TENNIS ON!"

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.”

Kathy Kinney

(walking into the audience) "You can look but don't touch!"

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.”

Jonathan Mangum

"I had no idea my man was cougar material!"

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.

"Roses are red, violets are blue, the handcuffs didn't work, hey hey, f--- you!"

Colin Mochrie

"Do you like the hair now!?"

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.”

Greg Proops

Jeff: Someone suggested Balzac... think you can handle some Balzac?
Greg:: That's how 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.”

Brad Sherwood

"I like how we just started out as lumberjacks, then went on to become eco-terrorists and mass murderers!"

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.

Ryan Stiles

"I love hispanic men!"

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.


Special Guests

Wayne Brady

Drew: "Every position is sexual with Wayne Brady."

  • 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.

Sean Masterson

Charlie Sheen

Greg: "We were walking in the daytime on the strip, and we were between the casino shaped like a pyramid and the one that's shaped like a castle, and we saw this kid just walking around, he was the cutest little kid with his big brown eyes, and he came up to us, remember? And he goes "I love you guys, I've seen you do your improv before, and your comedy, and I wonder if I there's any tickets to the show tonight", and I said, y'know, "No f--k off, we're sold out"..."

  • 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, "Charlie Sheen 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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