Drew Carey's Improv-A-Ganza: Difference between revisions

''[[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]].

 

 

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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 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".

** 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..."

* [[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!"

* [[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''.

* [[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.

** 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.

** 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.}}

* [[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.}}

* [[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?

** 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 [http://www.wordiq.com/definition/Gesture#Italian_elbow_gesture.2A Italian elbow gesture] repeatedly.

** Mostly visual, but still:

** Darker in the literal sense, too; The venue is pretty dark, and the cast wears mostly blacks and grays.

* [[In the Style Of]]: "Options".

{{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.

{{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.

** "Jawarhalla". Jeff kept repeating it in a game.

** From one game of "Questions":

* [[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.

** 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.

** 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''.

{{quote|Ryan: [[Lampshade Hanging|I'm so white!]]}}

* [[Precision F-Strike]]:

** 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!"}}

{{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]]''.

* [[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.]]

* [[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".

* [[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.

* [[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!]]"