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Whose Line Is It Anyway? Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
20 Episodes 1998 - 1999
Episode 1
Greg Proops
Wed, Aug 5, 1998 30 mins
Unrehearsed "games" involve Greg Proops guessing party guests' quirks; Wayne Brady with "sounds of accounting." Also: players don a variety of hats to demonstrate bad dating-service videos.
Episode 2
Brad Sherwood
Wed, Aug 12, 1998 30 mins
Ryan Stiles and Colin Mochrie adapt various movie styles for a scene in which a man suspects his rival of cheating in a fishing contest. Brad Sherwood and Wayne Brady sing a swing-style duet to an audience member.
Episode 3
Greg Proops
Wed, Aug 19, 1998 30 mins
In a "Let's Make a Date" sketch, Colin Mochrie plays a contestant going through stages of getting drunk, Ryan Stiles is a pig farmer, and Wayne Brady is the greatest lover in France, as Greg Proops tries to guess their identities.
Episode 4
Brad Sherwood
Wed, Aug 26, 1998 30 mins
Sketches include Colin Mochrie, Brad Sherwood and Ryan Stiles as chimpanzees in a love triangle; and host Drew Carey and Colin acting out a fictional movie scene in Chinese, while Brad and Ryan interpret in English.
Episode 5
Brad Sherwood & Karen Maruyama
Wed, Sep 2, 1998 30 mins
Players Brad Sherwood and Karen Maruyama improvise as sports commentators for a table-waiting competition, acted out in slow motion by Ryan Stiles and Colin Mochrie. Also: film dubs; a rock love ballad; a racy talk show.
Episode 6
Brad Sherwood & Kathy Kinney
Wed, Sep 9, 1998 30 mins
Kathy Kinney is a guest player. Sketches include Colin Mochrie providing "Helping Hands" for Ryan Stiles, who plays a lovesick pizza maker; and Brad Sherwood as a stressed-out hairdresser on "Let's Make a Date."
Episode 7
Greg Proops
Wed, Sep 23, 1998 30 mins
Laura Hall accompanies Wayne Brady on piano as he serenades an audience member. Other players include Greg Proops, Ryan Stiles and Colin Mochrie, performing "Party Quirks." Also: a daytime talk show about Hansel and Gretel.
Episode 8
Denny Siegel
Wed, Dec 9, 1998 30 mins
Colin Mochrie plays a headless chicken at Denny Siegel's party; Wayne Brady sings "Tenderize This!" to promote an album about a butcher; Mochrie provides "Helping Hands" for Ryan Stiles at a barbecue. Drew Carey hosts.
Episode 9
Greg Proops
Wed, Dec 16, 1998 30 mins
Greg Proops, Wayne Brady, Ryan Stiles and Colin Mochrie act out a scene as unlikely superheroes; host Drew Carey offers "Questions Only" responses in a sketch about a hotel on fire; Proops guesses his guests' "Party Quirks."
Episode 10
Denny Siegel
Wed, Jan 6, 1999 30 mins
Sketches include a "Questions Only" soap opera; a gospel song dedicated to an INS attorney. Players include Colin Mochrie, Wayne Brady, Ryan Stiles and Denny Siegel. Drew Carey hosts.
Episode 11
Greg Proops
Wed, Jan 13, 1999 30 mins
Greg Proops plays President Clinton as a contestant on "Let's Make a Date"; Wayne Brady sings about postal workers, including "Put It in the Slot"; Ryan Stiles plays a pet-care guru with advice for Drew Carey.
Episode 12
Brad Sherwood
Wed, Jan 20, 1999 30 mins
In a "Telethon" sketch, Brad Sherwood and Wayne Brady improvise as a chorus of celebrities singing to raise money for NBA players; Brady plays the Birdman of Alcatraz and Ryan Stiles his warden in a sketch using "Film, Theater and Television" styles. Also: players sing about baldness in "Hoedown," and Colin Mochrie plays a glutton on "Let's Make a Date." Host: Drew Carey.
Episode 13
Denny Siegel
Wed, Jan 27, 1999 30 mins
Wayne Brady, Denny Siegel, Colin Mochrie and Ryan Stiles speak in "Questions Only" in a Wild West saloon sketch; Mochrie does the voices for "Dead Bodies" Stiles, Siegel and an audience member in another sketch.
Episode 14
Brad Sherwood & Ian Gomez
Wed, Feb 3, 1999 30 mins
Ian Gomez and Brad Sherwood join Colin Mochrie and Ryan Stiles. Sketches include Ryan and Colin as a honeymoon couple in an earthquake; Colin as the Incredible Hulk; Brad singing songs about ant farming.
Episode 15
Greg Proops
Wed, Feb 10, 1999 30 mins
Greg Proops and Wayne Brady are sportscasters commenting on footage of two plumbers (Ryan Stiles and Colin Mochrie) on a housecall; Brady sings to an audience member in the style of Cab Calloway.
Episode 16
Brad Sherwood
Wed, Feb 17, 1999 30 mins
Brad Sherwood, Wayne Brady, Ryan Stiles and Colin Mochrie as unlikely superheroes whose crises involve bad wallpaper. Also: Brad and Wayne improvise songs about an exterminator, and the foursome act out audience suggestions.
Episode 17
Stephen Colbert
Wed, Feb 24, 1999 30 mins
Stephen Colbert joins Wayne Brady, Colin Mochrie and Ryan Stiles for improvised rap songs about an avalanche; Ryan and Colin play Navy Seals preparing to blow up an enemy boat; Ryan re-enacts crash-test-dummy footage.
Episode 18
Denny Siegel
Wed, Mar 10, 1999 30 mins
Denny Siegel, Wayne Brady, Ryan Stiles and Colin Mochrie comment with "Questions Only" as patrons at a singles bar; Mochrie provides "Helping Hands" for a temperamental pastry chef (Stiles). Host: Drew Carey.
Episode 19
Brad Sherwood
Wed, Mar 17, 1999 30 mins
Colin Mochrie and Ryan Stiles act out and narrate a film noir scene set in a pizza parlor; Brad Sherwood and Wayne Brady sing a disco ballad to an audience member; Ryan hosts a telethon for thumbsuckers.
Episode 20
Greg Proops & Denny Siegel
Wed, Mar 24, 1999 30 mins
Featured players are Greg Proops, Ryan Stiles, Colin Mochrie and Denny Siegel. Segments include Siegel and Mochrie as strange newscasters; and Stiles and Mochrie as fashion models. Also: a hoedown number saluting the IRS. Host: Drew Carey.