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'''Colin:''' ''[while miming holding up a book]'' I just finished my book: ''Satanic Verses''.\\

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'''Colin:''' ''[while miming holding up a book]'' I just finished my book: ''Satanic Verses''.\\''[[Creator/SalmanRushdie Satanic Verses]]''. [Greg Proops starts cracking up]\\
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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f40MyXI1tPY This]] early game. One of Mike [=McShane=]'s greatest Whose Line performances.

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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f40MyXI1tPY This]] early game. One of Mike [=McShane=]'s Creator/MikeMcShane]'s greatest Whose Line performances.
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-->'''Mark Cohen''': This is [[Music/BobDylan Bob Dylan's]] Speech Class!

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-->'''Mark Cohen''': This is [[Music/BobDylan Bob Dylan's]] Speech Class![[TheUnintelligible Speech]] [[TakeThat Class]]!
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-->'''Mark Cohen''': This is [[Music/BobDylan Bob Dylan's Speech Class!

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-->'''Mark Cohen''': This is [[Music/BobDylan Bob Dylan's Dylan's]] Speech Class!
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* World's Worst Idea for a Television Program.
-->'''Mark Cohen''': This is [[Music/BobDylan Bob Dylan's Speech Class!
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** From the same game, Colin's been jilted, and he's not happy:
---> '''Colin:''' What can I do? / I'm so annoyed-o-oyed-o-oyed!
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* The [[DorkAge early seasons]] had a lot of in-between banter compared to the usual, but [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Th3sdcVxw28&t=2m18s this]] interruption of a ''Film TV Theater Styles'' stood out.

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* The [[DorkAge [[AudienceAlienatingEra early seasons]] had a lot of in-between banter compared to the usual, but [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Th3sdcVxw28&t=2m18s this]] interruption of a ''Film TV Theater Styles'' stood out.
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'''Tony:''' [[NoPronunciationGuide Tobe, or not tobe...]]

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'''Tony:''' [[NoPronunciationGuide Tobe, or not tobe...]]
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* The episode with comedian Patrick Bristow as host. At one point he tells Colin and Ryan to not fight on the stage, but then silently mumbles "Yeah, yeah fight." Ryan and Colin immediately start duking it out, prompting Patrick to shrug to the audience as if saying, [[BlatantLies "I have no idea why they're fighting!"]]

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'''Mike:''' Well, that looks about like I ate everything and drank all the water and we're, what, 50 miles from anyplace? ''[[NoSympathy [shrugs and laughs]]]''\\

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'''Mike:''' Well, that looks about like I ate everything and drank all the water and we're, what, 50 miles from anyplace? ''[[NoSympathy [shrugs ''[[[NoSympathy shrugs and laughs]]]''\\


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* World's Worst Thing For a Doctor or Surgeon To Say:
-->'''Ryan:''' Alrighty--oh, I'm sorry. This was a ''[[{{Squick}} rectal]]'' thermometer.\\
'''Tony:''' ''[vomits]''\\
'''Greg:''' ''[whilst miming holds something up]'' [[AssShove Is this gerbil]] ''[[AssShove yours?]]''\\
'''Ryan:''' ''[whilst crouching and holding out his hands]'' Alright, just one more push, Mrs. Phillips...24, 35!\\
'''Tony:''' We use a very sort of gentle anesthesic here. ''[clears his throat, then sings]'' Go to sleep. Go to sleep...\\
'''Ryan:''' ''[whilst miming holding up a drink]'' With friends like that, who needs enemas? ''[hard pokes said enema]''\\
'''Tony:''' Okay, Mrs. Johnson. If you would just put your breasts here, and then...plbbt! ''[motorboats them]''[[note]]made even better with his, Greg's and Clive's reactions[[/note]]\\
'''Ryan:''' ''[whilst operating]'' Excuse me for one minute... ''[whispers to himself]'' The knee-bone's connected to the, uh...
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* World's Worst Person To Be a Cub Scout Leader:
-->'''Mike:''' Now, what you do is take these plants here and let them dry; gimme the skins.\\
'''Ryan:''' ''[whilst digging, then stops, looking nervous]'' ...you kids shouldn't be up this time of night.\\
'''Tony:''' Okay, children. Pay attention: the first rule of cub scouting is that you must, ''must'' [[WouldHurtAChild learn to accept pain.]]\\
'''Mike:''' Well, actually Jimmy. I got this merit badge for drowning my wife.\\
'''Ryan:''' ''[whilst squinting]'' [[TheStoner Okay, we put a little something special in all the cookies we're gonna sell this year.]]\\
'''Mike:''' Well, that looks about like I ate everything and drank all the water and we're, what, 50 miles from anyplace? ''[[NoSympathy [shrugs and laughs]]]''\\
'''Greg:''' I spent a lot of time making those frilly pink uniforms and I expect you boys to wear them.\\
'''Mike:''' "...and each of their bodies were found horribly mutilated with their ski pulled up over their heads." Good night!\\
'''Greg:''' ''[growling and slowing charging, then mimes taking off a head]'' Did I scare anyone?\\
'''Ryan:''' ''[whilst crouching]'' And now we look for some leaves...
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-->'''Colin:''' Many people think it's in bad taste to advertise for an insane asylum, BUT COME ON DOWN!!! '''WE'RE GOING CRAZYYYYYY!!!!!'''\\
'''Steve:''' You take ''how'' many dildos into the shower?!\\

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-->'''Colin:''' '''Colin:''' Many people think it's in bad taste to advertise for an insane asylum, BUT COME ON DOWN!!! '''WE'RE GOING CRAZYYYYYY!!!!!'''\\
'''Steve:''' You take ''how'' many dildos into the shower?!\\shower?!



-->'''Mike:''' ''[seductively]'' Ooh, ooh baby! Ooh, yeah! Oh, yeah--''[[ParentalSexualitySquick MOM!]''\\

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-->'''Mike:''' ''[seductively]'' Ooh, ooh baby! Ooh, yeah! Oh, yeah--''[[ParentalSexualitySquick MOM!]''\\MOM!]]''\\

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* In episode 10.03, Clive got suggestions from the audience as usual on what the game show should be called. One audience member said "Put it Here". Clive was thoroughly confused.

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* In episode 10.03, Clive got suggestions from the audience as usual on what the game show should be called. One audience member said "Put it Here". Clive was thoroughly th9oroughly confused.



'''Tony:''' He'll still be ''dead!!''

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'''Tony:''' He'll still be ''dead!!'' ''dead!''



-->'''Steve:''' Panty-liners, for men.\\



'''Steve:''' You take ''how'' many dildos into the shower?!\\
** Then the great immediate follow-up:
-->'''Tony:''' [[BrutalHonesty Four.]]\\
'''Steve:''' ''[with his hand resting on top of his head]'' Wigs R' Us. ''[blows up at the flimsiness of it]''\\



'''Steve:''' Unsightly stains? [[ToiletHumor Well use the toilet paper properly.]]

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'''Steve:''' Unsightly stains? [[ToiletHumor [[BaitAndSwitch Well use the toilet paper properly.]]



-->'''Mike:''' It's the O.J. Simpson trial, year 2526!\\

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-->'''Mike:''' ''[seductively]'' Ooh, ooh baby! Ooh, yeah! Oh, yeah--''[[ParentalSexualitySquick MOM!]''\\
'''Greg:''' ''[like an alien]'' Citizens of Earth: remain in your homes!\\
'''Mike:'''
It's the O.J. Simpson trial, year 2526!\\



-->'''Ryan:''' ''[looking off to the side while smiling]'' [[IsThisThingStillOn God, look at the size of that fire...]]\\

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-->'''Ryan:''' ''[looking off to the side while smiling]'' [[IsThisThingStillOn God, look Look at the size of that fire...]]\\



* World's Worst Person To Sit Next To in an Exam:
-->'''Ryan:''' ''[unzips pants and looks at his penis for his answers]''\\
'''Tony:''' [[NoIndoorVoice STOP LOOKING AT MY PAPERS!!]]\\
'''Steve:''' This one's pretty difficult, but I'll be better at the [[DoubleEntendre French oral!]] ''[cocks eyebrows and clicks tongue]''\\
'''Ryan:''' ''[has hung himself]''\\
'''Tony:''' ''[writes something down then throws it off the table]'' [[BigNo No!]] ''[while propping his leg up on a step]'' Let's rebel against the bourgeois exam system!\\
'''Ryan:''' ''[while inflating a blow-up doll]'' Sit next to me...



'''Greg:''' Anyone who knew dearly departed Douglas knew that he was about [[SpeakIllOfTheDead cheapest son of a bitch around.]]\\

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'''Greg:''' Anyone here who knew dearly departed Douglas knew that he was about [[SpeakIllOfTheDead cheapest son of a bitch around.]]\\

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-->'''Ryan:''' ''[looking off to the side while smiling]'' [[IsThisThingStillOn God, would you look at the size of that fire...]]\\

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-->'''Ryan:''' ''[looking off to the side while smiling]'' [[IsThisThingStillOn God, would you look at the size of that fire...]]\\


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* World's Worst Actor to Audition to play Hamlet:
-->'''Mike:''' ''[a la a hack stand-up comic]'': Hiya! So the King comes in and he's been sleepin' with my mother, and--\\
'''Jim:''' I think it could need some lightening up, like Hamlet could have a song. ''[singing while pretending to play a guitar]'' Oh, to be, to be! Or not to be, oh, that is the-uh question!\\
'''Tony:''' I'm Danny [=LaRue=]. I've been in the business ''[[DudeWheresMyRespect FORTY]] [[LargeHam YEARS!]]''\\
'''Steve:''' To be, or not to be. That's a good question. A fair question, and one I intend to deal with.\\
'''Tony:''' [[NoPronunciationGuide Tobe, or not tobe...]]
* World's Worst Outtake From a Religious Program:
-->'''Greg:''' ''[growling as his head turns towards the audience, then calmly]'' Good morning. Today's sermon--\\
'''Niall:''' ''[in a gruff voice with a strong Scottish accent]'' To tell ya the truth, I really loved those Catholics!\\
'''Colin:''' We're going to baptize Gary by immersing him completely in the water. ''[while holding Gary underwater as he struggles to come up]'' When he first came to me, forty-three years ago, I said, "Why did you wait so long--?"\\
'''Greg:''' Anyone who knew dearly departed Douglas knew that he was about [[SpeakIllOfTheDead cheapest son of a bitch around.]]\\
'''Niall:''' And I christen this child--''[looks down in disgust]''--shitty little bastard!\\
'''Ryan:''' ''[holding his hand up to his ear]'' And the Lord came to them and he said, "You--" HE SCORES! ENGLAND SCORES!\\
'''Colin:''' ''[miming hold a gun]'' Dirty Hare Krishna.

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-->'''Greg:''' ''[walks out]]' His neck is tucked in as if he's about to impersonate Clive.\\

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-->'''Greg:''' ''[walks out]]' His out with his neck is tucked in as if he's about to impersonate Clive.\\]]''\\


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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJYn7LKPMHU The game based on Noah's Ark]] has both Ryan and Colin firing on all cylinders, but the absurdity they inject into the premise reaches a peak when Colin, as Noah's exasperated wife, gives us this perfect line:
-->'''Colin:''' That's it, I'm calling the Lord!
** Also, Ryan plays Noah as being completely fed up with everything:
--->'''Ryan:''' You don't have to listen to the Lord about everything! Look! ''[opens a compartment] Three penguins!''
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** Or when Clive is getting a worldwide problem for the "Superheroes" game, and an audience member shouts "Painful nipple erections!"
--> '''Clive''': ''(amused)'' Painful nipple erections may be ''your'' problem, but they're scarcely... a worldwide problem. I'll see you afterwards. I can see you from ''here''. I wondered what was nudging me in the back while I was...
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--> '''Stephen''': Because....... NOWTHENNOWTHENNOWTHEN!!!
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-->'''Colin:''' Everyone drinks tea in [Creator/JaneAusten detective novels]! What is it with [[SpotOfTea tea]]? What is it with tea?! I've passed stronger urine samples than that! Now coffee--now THERE's a drink! Coffee! I need one right now!

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-->'''Colin:''' Everyone drinks tea in [Creator/JaneAusten detective novels]! What is it with [[SpotOfTea [[BritsLoveTea tea]]? What is it with tea?! I've passed stronger urine samples than that! Now coffee--now THERE's a drink! Coffee! I need one right now!
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* Griff Rhys-Jones and John Sessions [[http://youtu.be/kvuPt4sskTI?t=6m45s act out a silent movie]] a la Creator/CharlieChaplin. John hands Griff his shoe. [[Film/TheGoldRush He "eats"]] [[EatingShoes it]]. John hands him his sock. Griff ''[[IAteWhat literally]]'' eats it.

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* Griff Rhys-Jones and John Sessions [[http://youtu.be/kvuPt4sskTI?t=6m45s act out a silent movie]] a la Creator/CharlieChaplin. John hands Griff his shoe. [[Film/TheGoldRush He "eats"]] [[EatingShoes it]]. John hands him his sock. Griff ''[[IAteWhat literally]]'' ''literally'' eats it.

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'''Colin:''' ''[bobbing his head, then takes off his headphones]'' Pardon?\\
'''Ryan:''' No, I ''am'' listening; how do you like your burger?

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'''Colin:''' ''[bobbing his head, [[BaitAndSwitch then takes off his headphones]'' headphones]]]'' Pardon?\\
'''Ryan:''' No, I ''am'' listening; how do you like your burger?burger?\\
'''Tony:''' Carry on. ''[[[BestialityIsDepraved Goat bleats]]]'' Shh! Be quiet!



-->'''Ryan:''' ''[looking off to the side]'' [[IsThisThingStillOn God, look at the size of that fire...]]\\

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-->'''Ryan:''' ''[looking off to the side]'' side while smiling]'' [[IsThisThingStillOn God, would you look at the size of that fire...]]\\


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* World's Worst Outtake From a TV Medical Program:
-->'''Ryan:''' ''[mimes using a MagicalDefibrillator]'' Clear! ''[patient flies up into the air and disappears as he looks up in vain for them]''\\
'''Colin:''' ''[opens up a patient, then pretends to vomit]''\\
'''Greg;''' ''[while bugging his eyes out]'' Hello, and welcome to ''Our Friend The Thyroid''! Today...\\
'''Colin:''' ''[whilst examining a woman's breasts]'' Mmm-hmm. Mmm-hmm. ''[{{Beat}}]'' Oh, no. I'm just the janitor.
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There have been so many [[Funny/WhoseLineIsItAnyway funny moments in]] ''Series/WhoseLineIsItAnyway'' that we had to separate the pages. Here's the page for the original series in the United Kingdom, hosted by Clive Anderson.

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* The humor from [[https://youtu.be/l54E2juoh0Y Jack & the Giant Cucumber]] can be summarized in a single word: ''[[InMyLanguageThatSoundsLike Pepino]]''.
-->'''Clive:''' I was confused there because Pepino is my wife's nickname for me for some reason.



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* An earlier playing of Improbable Mission (then simply called Mission Impossible) from the UK version: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kzab5JTkl_k The way Ryan reacts to Colin's out-of-the-blue statement "My God, she's gonna go off!" is absolutely priceless]].
** What really tears it is someone in the audience making ''jungle animal noises'' when Ryan starts using the "machete".
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* An earlier playing of Improbable Mission (then simply called Mission Impossible) from the UK version: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kzab5JTkl_k The way Ryan reacts to Colin's out-of-the-blue statement "My God, she's gonna go off!" is absolutely priceless]].
** What really tears it is someone in the audience making ''jungle animal noises'' when Ryan starts using the "machete".
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* ''"Ejaculation Man!"'' "...Come again?"
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* One episode had Ryan portraying a drunken man in a film who subsequently falls out the window. Steve's reaction ties the scene together:
-->'''Steve:''' Will you look at that? [[CaptainObvious He just fell out the window!]]
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** The best part? Through all of Paul's outrage, Tony ''keeps holding the cigarette''. He doesn't put it down until the next style has already started.

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* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgXIrfxQpKw game of Authors]] where Tony's style was ComicStrip/RupertBear. He had the last turn of the round...
-->'''Steve Steen:''' ''[as Andrew Morton]'' I tell you, I was so depressed I threw myself and tried to impale myself on Barbara Cartland's eyelashes... ''[buzz]''\\

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* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgXIrfxQpKw game of Authors]] Authors (titled "Death of a Stand-up Comic")]] where Tony's style was ComicStrip/RupertBear. He had the last turn of the round...
-->'''Steve Steen:''' ''[as Andrew Morton]'' [[DrivenToSuicide I tell you, I was so depressed I threw myself and tried to impale myself on Barbara Cartland's eyelashes... eyelashes...]] ''[buzz]''\\


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* Just about any style that Tony does, really.
-->'''Tony:''' ''[as Alex Comfort's ''The Joy of Sex'']'' [[ItMakesSenseInContext If you do shift a big amount of ballast make sure it's away from your partner's face.]] ''[buzz]''\\
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[-'''United Kingdom''' | United States ([[Funny/WhoseLineIsItAnywayUSOriginal Original]] | [[Funny/WhoseLineIsItAnywayUSRevival Revival]]) -]]]]]
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-->'''Tony:''' Ladies and gentlemen, [[UsefulNotes/RichardNixon Richard Nix-]] oh dear. ''[audience oohs due to it being TooSoon at the time]''\\

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-->'''Tony:''' Ladies and gentlemen, [[UsefulNotes/RichardNixon Richard Nix-]] oh dear. ''[audience ''[[[DudeNotFunny audience oohs due to it being TooSoon too soon at the time]''\\time]]]''\\

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