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''[[Drew Carey's Improv-A-Ganza]]'' has been cancelled, but Drew Carey still owns the rights to the show and [[And the Fandom Rejoiced|another is being planned]].
Clips and whole eps can be viewed [https://web.archive.org/web/20120510075602/http://tv.gsn.com/shows/improv/ here.]
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* [[Actor Allusion]]: one game of "Freeze" led to Jonathan going "[[Let's Make a Deal|Would you like to know what's behind curtain number 2?]]"
** A particularly elaborate one in episode 23:
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** In that same game, Jeff using his fingers to mimic [[The Price Is Right|a tiny guy climbing up Chip and yodeling from the top.]]
** In one game of "Sentences," Drew was forced to say, "If you [[It Makes Sense in Context|don't like the way I smell,]] then (unfolds paper) ([[Beat]]) [[Crowning Moment of Funny|the price]] [[The Price Is Right|is wrong]]."
* [[Adaptation Distillation]]: The new game "Two Headed Expert" is basically "Three Headed Broadway Star" and "All in One Voice" meshed together and without the musical aspect. [https://web.archive.org/web/20120506040231/http://tv.gsn.com/shows/improv/blog/two-headed-expert-morticians-cancun Until this one,] [[Ascended Fanon|anyways.]]
* [[Adaptation Expansion]]: "Song for a Lady" is much more elaborate than the traditional ''Duets'', involving asking the audience member about her hobbies and education and what country she'd like to visit, among other things. Also counts as [[Adaptation Distillation]] compared to the even-more-elaborate "American Musical" game from the old UK ''Whose Line''.
** Similarly, "Options" does this with the classic "Film TV Theater Styles", incorporating "Number of Words" and "Change Letter".
* [[Aerith and Bob]]: Ryan favors names like [[Running Gag|Gary and Phil]]. Jeff prefers Tamberline and Amantha. Note that the latter is a corruption of [[Spell My Name with an "S"|Samantha]], which prompted Chip to take it [[Up to Eleven]] with Tevan (Steven), Tan (Stan), and [[The Triple|Burnoose.]]
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** From a game of ''Sentences'', Jeremy and... Jawarhalla.
** One game of ''Moving People'' had Greg finding two audience members, Sara and ''Tappley''. "You musta met a dozen of 'em..."
* [[Anachronism Stew]]: Two [https://web.archive.org/web/20110903121842/http://tv.gsn.com/shows/improv/blog/drew-and-ryan-stone-carvers different] [https://web.archive.org/web/20110831044241/http://tv.gsn.com/shows/improv/blog/sentences-ice-age attempts] at a caveman setting quickly [[A Worldwide Punomenon|devolved]] into this. A third one had Wayne busting out his [[Sassy Black Woman]] act while acting as "tribal women" in "ancient history".
* [[The Announcer]]: Rich Fields, with whom Drew worked for a couple years on ''[[The Price Is Right]]''.
* [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking]]: "VOLCANO!" "New choice." "GEYSER!" "New choice." ([[Beat]]) "FREE STEW!"
* [[Ass Shove]]: in several gags and at the end of [https://web.archive.org/web/20120423000434/http://tv.gsn.com/shows/improv/blog/new-choice-school-fundraiser this one.] Notice how Drew shakes hands with Ryan and ''doesn't'' shake hands with Colin...
* [[Audience Participation]]: Many games involve bringing in random audience members to assist in the games. One confessed she was drunk but Colin quickly stated "Being drunk doesn't really hinder being on stage."
* [[Audience Participation Song]]: ''Flap my Jack'' and ''Bail Me Out''.
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** Klaus wins and you lose.
* [[Berserk Button]]: In a game of "Playbook". Don't mention Suzanne!
** Colin jabs Ryan with a nose joke in a game of "New Choice".
{{quote|Colin: "Why... don't you make the nose even bigger?"
Ryan: "Are we really going to start?! 'Cos I will..." }}
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'''Jonathan:''' What? }}
* [[Big Yes]]: The reason why audience members need a bell and a horn to guide the cast through the game ''First Date''. This is lampshaded in Episode 30.
* [[Bilingual Bonus]]: The song ''Mi Casa'' has some actual Spanish words in it, spoken by Brad and Wayne. Jonathon proceeds talking in ''French'' in response to the Spanish conversation.
* [[Black Comedy]]: In a game of ''Sound Effects'', Colin had to start the race because the guy who usually started it...died.
* [[Brand X]]: In one game of "Kick It":
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* [[Busman's Holiday]]: Poor Sylvia the reflexologist; she came to Vegas from Canada, and has to massage Jonathan's feet.
* [[Butt Monkey]]: Jonathan and Sean, mostly. So far, Sean has been in both "Mouse Trap" games.
** Jonathan briefly became this [https://web.archive.org/web/20120415065626/http://tv.gsn.com/shows/improv/blog/freeze-left-hand-red during one game of Freeze Tag] when he humiliated himself with a seal rendition of Flight of the Bumblebees. The others then spent the rest of the game making him the butt of as many jokes as they could, including mocking his jacket, smacking him, and feeling him up.
** They did it a second time in a different episode, same game, when Drew ended up on Jonathan's back. Jonathan comments that it's "not so bad." The others then proceed to make sure that Drew stays on Jonathan's back for as long as possible. You can see it on Jonathan's face when he realizes he never should've said anything in the first place.
*** The [https://web.archive.org/web/20110817233059/http://tv.gsn.com/shows/improv/blog/freeze-approaching-cave same sort of thing] happened when Jeff was in Downward Dog the entire game of Freeze...until he said Freeze, and tagged himself out.
** In [https://web.archive.org/web/20110831181244/http://tv.gsn.com/shows/improv/blog/did-you-say-freeze this game of "Freeze"], an audience member yells "freeze", surprising the cast. They bring him on to the stage, and the rest of the game is spent making butt jokes and getting all of the cast to sit on him.
{{quote|'''Jonathan:''' That has never happened before, and I reckon it never will again once this airs.}}
** Jonathan is often also stuck with the more strenuous or squick-inducing impressions, like the seal playing "Flight of the Bumblebee" and the cow that milks herself.
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* [[Fake Nationality]]: Often. Sometimes the cast begin losing their accent, or don't have a recognizable one at all.
{{quote|'''Ryan''': (talking to "Nigel the British anchorman") Yes, I'm just wondering why... Yes, I just thought you might have a British accent. That's what's throwing me off.}}
* [[Fictional Holiday]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20110831061247/http://tv.gsn.com/shows/improv/blog/new-choice-calabasas Sharananana, the Jewish holiday originating from Calabasas in the '60s!] [[Fridge Logic|And involves a native American dance...]]
* [[Forced Tutorial]]: To make sure the audience members don't just stand up there without doing anything, as they sometimes did on Whose Line, they get a lot more instruction in the 'moving people' and 'sound effects' games, and get to practice it once to make sure they understand.
* [[Four Eyes, Zero Soul]]: for some reason, Jeff's portrayal of an 'evil ski instructor' in "Question This" involved glasses.
* [[Funny Background Event]]: The other players' reactions to the insanity is another ''Whose Line'' staple, and this time there's extra cameras on hand to catch them - unless they jump off the stools and out of frame, on occasion.
* [[Genre Busting]]: The last number in a CATS musical to be sung in just three words at a time? Kung Fu Vaudeville?
* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20110814061428/http://tv.gsn.com/shows/improv/blog/question-medulla-oblongata "What did I say to the judge I would do to get points? Albania."]
** A bit hard to catch if you're not paying attention, but after Jonathan recites his [[Precision F-Strike|handcuffs poem]], when Chip changes the genre back to horror Jonathan can be seen giving Drew the [https://web.archive.org/web/20110908054118/http://www.wordiq.com/definition/Gesture#Italian_elbow_gesture.2A Italian elbow gesture] repeatedly.
** Mostly visual, but still:
{{quote|'''Colin''': ([[Does This Remind You of Anything?|shaking gesture]]) YAHTZEE!
'''Jeff''': (breaking character) Oh, thank God, I thought you were doing something completely different. }}
* [[Go Look At the Distraction]]: Used in episode 11's "Two-Headed Expert" twice when "Jorge" wanted to make an escape.
{{quote|'''Chip/Jonathan''': Look! It's... uh, Puff Daddy!}}
* [[Groin Attack]]: See Butt Monkey above.
{{quote|'''Jonathan''': Let me just put my cup on before we start [[Foreshadowing|hitting some balls]]-
'''Drew''': ALL RIGHT! }}
* [[Heterosexual Life Partners]]: Chip and Jeff. They're often paired together in games, always sit next to each other when in the background, and generally have a bromance going on. According to Jeff, he and Chip "have this brotherly ESP connection."
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* [[Hotter and Sexier]]: While it isn't any less raunchier than the original Whose Line, GSN has cut and censored far less for broadcast.
** Some of the [[Lighter and Softer]] approach from ''Drew Carey's Green Screen Show'' has been retained though, like the time they get a kid to voice ''Sound Effects'', and Ryan calls out Jeff for even suggesting "[[Howard Stern]]".
** Darker in the literal sense, too; The venue is pretty dark, and the cast wears mostly blacks and grays.
* [[In the Style Of]]: "Options".
* [[Incredibly Lame Pun]]: Most are in "Question This". [https://web.archive.org/web/20110607185253/http://tv.gsn.com/shows/improv/blog/question-winnamocka This clip] probably has the worst of them.
{{quote|''(audience suggested "Winnemucca")''
'''Drew''': ''(buzzes)'' What do you get in Las Vegas if you bet a "mucca" and your number comes up? ''(beat)'' You Winnemucca.
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{{quote|''Brad'': Keep on ''[[It Makes Sense in Context|''cumin'']]'' round the mountain.}}
** Chip's mention of 'Cow-aroke' in a game of ''Story'' had the cast [[It Makes Sense in Context|mooing]] their disapproval.
* [[Inherently Funny Words]]: a recent game of "Sentences" churned out the phrase [https://web.archive.org/web/20120428120520/http://tv.gsn.com/shows/improv/blog/sentences-captain-roger-and-tamberline "sex-butt"], [[Refuge in Audacity|which Ryan started milking for all it was worth.]]
** "Jawarhalla". Jeff kept repeating it in a game.
** From one game of "Questions":
{{quote|'''Greg, as game show host:''' Everyone has one point except for Senior-
'''Ryan, as Neil Patrick Harris, Sr.:''' ENNHT! [[Breathless Non-Sequitur|Falafel]]. ([[Beat]]) We all tied up?
'''Greg:''' Indeed, we are! }}
* [[Instrumental Theme Tune]]
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** The improvisers making fun of the audience suggestions is similar to the way Clive Anderson did in the British version of Whose Line.
** One game of "Sound Effects" (re. ep 17) ends with another familiar gag:
{{quote|Heather: [[Innocent Innuendo|Hold on, I have to blow (this flute) into the right part...]]
Jeff: [[If I Had a Nickel]] for that! }}
* [[Name's the Same]]: By some cosmic coincidence, Ryan's pick of an audience member for "Song for a Lady" has a husband named Ryan.
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* [[National Stereotypes]]: In a game of "Two Headed Expert", Chip and Jonathan as an expert on the [[Eiffel Tower]] accidentally out themselves as Spanish, then try to pass for French by claiming that the Premier of France is [[Jerry Lewis]].
* [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot]]: From a game of ''Story''. A kid is thrown into outer space by an exploding Les Paul guitar and transforms into an invisible green giant that can fly.
* [[No Celebrities Were Harmed]]: Averted with Jeff's [[Keanu Reeves]] in "Question This".
** Jonathan as [[George Takei]] in one "Hits Compilation" falls just a little short.
* [[Non Sequitur]]: A main source of humor for the Playbook game. And in Sentences every now and then.
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* [[Out of Order]]: Each session of ''Improv-a-ganza'' gets spiced into more than one episode, resulting in the mentions of a small town called Elco and a guy named Smoke, in the "Question This" game from episode 9, ''"originating" from episode 16.''
** It occurs in the first episode. In the last rap of the "Kick it" session, Wayne mentions visiting "diamonds in Budapest". The audience reaction is almost certain to be at odds with a first-time viewer's reaction since the origin of that joke wouldn't appear until several episodes after.
* [[Overly Long Gag]]: "DUST...STOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORM!" [https://web.archive.org/web/20120517013518/http://tv.gsn.com/shows/improv/blog/jeff-chip-dust-storm Repeat in varying tones for about five minutes.] To be fair, the "jazz ballad" suggestion probably didn't give them a lot to work with.
** In Diana's Song for a Lady, Jeff breaks down and sings lots of "Oh Yeah"s. He does this until Chip acknowledges Jeff is getting carried away.
* [[Overly Long Name]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20120415064650/http://tv.gsn.com/shows/improv/blog/wayne-brad-jonathan-leak-bathroom That great funk song about real estate]: ''There's A Leak in the Bathroom and There's Only One Bedroom, Oh My!''
** The mambo song about steel workers, ''Our Love Is Like White Hot Revits In My Pants''.
** '80s synth-pop theme ''Wipe the Window, Hang the Freshener, Let's Go''.
* [[Piss-Take Rap]]: from the new "Kick It!" game to stuff like [https://web.archive.org/web/20120507020041/http://tv.gsn.com/shows/improv/blog/chip-jeff-and-jonathan-lethal-injection this.]
{{quote|Ryan: [[Lampshade Hanging|I'm so white!]]}}
* [[Precision F-Strike]]:
{{quote|Greg: "So what happened is, we were on the street where we came across this kid<ref>[[Charlie Sheen]].</ref> and he said "I love you guys, I've seen your improv and your comedy, and I wonder if there is any tickets to the show", and so I told him... "No f--k off, we're sold out..." "}}
** And Jeff towards the end of the gangsta rap "Lethal Injection":
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** Jonathan, in one game of Options, when the option was Poetry:
{{quote|"Roses are red, violets are blue, the handcuffs didn't work, hey hey, f--- you!"}}
* [[Prison Rape]]: Towards the end of [https://web.archive.org/web/20110607185457/http://tv.gsn.com/shows/improv/blog/sentences-worm-flies this game]:
{{quote|Drew: "If I get caught, I'll be thrown into prison, and somebody's gonna throw me up against the wall and say (reads from paper) 'How would you like to create a new version of Frankenstein with me?'"}}
* [[Production Posse]]: One of the strongest examples yet, with just two new faces (Heather Anne and Bob Derkach) and a mere ''handful'' of absent faces from ''Whose Line'' and ''Green Screen''. Even Wayne Brady puts in guest appearances, and that announcer over the opening credits is Rich Fields from ''[[The Price Is Right]]''.
* [[Promotion to Opening Titles]]: [[Promotion to Opening Titles/Playing With|Zig Zagged.]]
* [[Pun]]: In [https://web.archive.org/web/20110831181244/http://tv.gsn.com/shows/improv/blog/did-you-say-freeze this] game of "Freeze":
{{quote|'''Ryan''': I'm gonna have to put her down.
'''Brad''': No!
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** Apparently "Freeze Tag" has drawn consistent input from yoga enthusiasts.
** Jeff seems to be a [[wikipedia:Red Hands|Red Hands]] champion.
** "Celebrity" hosts in "Hits Compilation".
** Especially popular in Freeze Tag: "Ladies and gentlemen, Cirque du So-Gay" (Kathy seems to prefer "Cirque du Who-knows-what")
** Drew choosing 'Scientific Names for Body Parts' in ''Question This''.
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* [[Screw This, I'm Outta Here]]: Played for laughs when one session of ''Freeze Tag'' [[It Makes Sense in Context|leads to more and more people clinging to Wayne's back.]]
** Done by Jeff in another game of ''Freeze Tag'' after [[Crowning Moment of Funny|Jeff was forced to remain in Downward Dog for the entire game.]]
** [https://web.archive.org/web/20110817233059/http://tv.gsn.com/shows/improv/blog/freeze-approaching-cave Same with Jeff in a later game.]
* [[Shout-Out]]: One game of "Options" had someone suggest ''[[Black Swan]]'', leading to an impromptu ballet and [[Ho Yay|same sex kissing]]. Another one had the suggestion of "[[The Princess Bride (film)|The Princess Bride]]" instead, which the players were more familiar with if Drew's "Inconceivable!" was any indication.
** The official website is running a competition called "[[Blue's Clues|Drew's Clues]] Sweepstakes".
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* [[Spiritual Successor]]: To ''[[Whose Line Is It Anyway?|Whose Line Is It Anyway]]'' and ''Green Screen''.
* [[Suspiciously Apropos Music]]: Bob Derkach often flavors up the non-musical games much like Richard Vranch used to.
** The "suspiciously" bit gets played up in one session of "Sound Effects", when [https://web.archive.org/web/20110806191641/http://tv.gsn.com/shows/improv/blog/sound-effects-surprise-party Greg opening a drawer] [[Porn Stash|somehow makes a porn groove.]]
* [[Suspiciously Specific Denial]]: In one game of "Bob's Call", Ryan insists he only collects women's shoes, he doesn't wear them, what are you talking about.
* [[Take That]]: "[[Jersey Shore|Snooki, you don't even know these guys!]]"
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* [[Video Game Cruelty Potential]]: "Mousetraps", for the pain involved (the cast have resorted to throwing them and ordering each other to walk across the stage), and "Reverse" and "New Choice" because callers can yell "reverse/forward" or "new choice" any time they want, as often as they want.
{{quote|'''Jeff''': I can say forward/reverse as much as I like, just to torture them.}}
* [[Viva Las Vegas]]: The show is taped on a stage at a casino. Topical humor ebbs and flows through the show, beginning with the opening credits.
* [[Waxing Lyrical]]: One of the ''less'' awkward audience submissions in "Sentences" led to Jonathan saying out loud "Man I Feel Like A Woman".
** From one session of "Freeze":
{{quote|"This is Jeff Davis reporting live on the scene... It is indeed raining men."}}
* [[What Could Possibly Go Wrong?]]: Invoked in episode one by Greg during Colin's explanation of "Moving People" - which doubles as a [[Continuity Nod]] to [[Drew Careys Green Screen Show]], where Greg had a similar problem with the same game.
** Jeff said this in a game of ''Sound Effects'' when he picked audience members who proceed to make sounds that don't make sense.
** Also, in the game with the prostate exam, Ryan says this to Colin. [[Tempting Fate|Sure enough:]]
{{quote|Colin: "He's dying!... I may have gone too far up!... CLEAR!!"}}
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* [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?]]: Muscles that sound like "Powerful", "Magnificent" and "Beyoncé".
** Also singing a song about going to the bathroom. And prostate exams. And flapjacks.
* [[What the Hell, Player?]]: A game of "First Date" wherein the couple being featured [[Another Side, Another Story|disagreed about the sequence of events.]] They ring the bell and honk the horn at the same time, leaving the cast at a complete loss.
* [[What the Hell Is That Accent?]]: In a game of Options starring Drew and Colin.
{{quote|"Freeze. ''French'' dialect."}}
** Jeff in a game of ''Sentences''.
{{quote|'''Jeff''': [[Lampshade Hanging|Also, I started out English and now I moved to kind of south of the border.]]
'''Ryan''': I can never figure you out! }}
* [[Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds]]: Heather Anne as a ten-year-old kid, abandoned by her parents years ago and raised by her neighbours, and develops telekinetic abilities that can [[Your Head Asplode|burst people's heads]] and [[What Do You Mean It's Not Heinous?|pull out kidney stones.]]
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