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The Best Episodes of Whose Line Is It Anyway?

Every episode of Whose Line Is It Anyway? ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Whose Line Is It Anyway?!

The show where everything's made up and the points don't matter. Not a talk show, not a sitcom, not a game show, Whose Line Is It Anyway? is a completely unique concept to network television. Four talented actors perform completely unrehearsed skits and games in front of a studio audience. Host Drew Carey sets the scene, with contributions from the audience, but the actors rely completely on their quick wit and improvisational skills. It's genuinely improvised, so anything can happen - and often does.

Genres:ComedyReality
Networks:ABCABC Family

Top Episode Ratings Summary

The best episode of "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" is "Greg Proops", rated 9.4/10 from 172 user votes. It was directed by N/A and written by N/A. "Greg Proops" aired on 6/20/2003 and is rated 0.1 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Robin Williams".

  • Greg Proops
    9.4/10 172 votes

    #1 - Greg Proops

    Season 5 Episode 17 - Aired 6/20/2003

    Exercise maven---and frequent punchline--- Richard Simmons joins the guys for a round of “Living Props” and sweats to the ditties during a disco-themed “Song Styles.” Also: “Multiple Personalities” and “Newsflash.”

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Robin Williams
    9.3/10 155 votes

    #2 - Robin Williams

    Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 11/16/2000

    Games played include: Hollywood Director, Duet, Party Quirks, Scenes from a Hat, and Props.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Kathy Greenwood
    9.0/10 90 votes

    #3 - Kathy Greenwood

    Season 3 Episode 38 - Aired 6/14/2001

    Games played include: Weird Newscasters, Song Styles, Action Replay, Party Quirks, and Hoedown.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Chip Esten
    8.5/10 62 votes

    #4 - Chip Esten

    Season 2 Episode 39 - Aired 5/18/2000

    Games played include: Film, TV & Theater Styles, Duet, Song Titles, Newsflash, Hoedown, and Foreign Film Dub.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Chip Esten
    8.5/10 78 votes

    #5 - Chip Esten

    Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 10/10/2001

    “Hollywood Director” finds Wayne Brady striking a pose as female supermodel and Chip Esten as her unhappy hubby. Also: rounds of “Song Titles,” “Scenes from a Hat” and a heavy-metal “Duet.” Other players include Colin Mochrie and Ryan Stiles. Drew Carey hosts.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Greg Proops
    8.4/10 65 votes

    #6 - Greg Proops

    Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 11/4/1999

    Games played include: Superheroes, Song Styles, Newsflash, Questionable Impressions, Hats, and Three-Headed Broadway Star.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Kathy Greenwood
    8.3/10 64 votes

    #7 - Kathy Greenwood

    Season 2 Episode 22 - Aired 2/3/2000

    Games played include: Weird Newscasters, Song Styles, Themed Restaurant, Narrate, Scenes from a Hat, and Hoedown.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Brad Sherwood
    8.3/10 56 votes

    #8 - Brad Sherwood

    Season 4 Episode 27 - Aired 2/12/2002

    Brad Sherwood plays a witch-hunter in a round of “Let's Make a Date,” then helps Wayne serenade an audience member with a “Duet.” Also: “Hoe Down”; “Scenes From a Hat”; and “Title Sequence.” Other players include Ryan Stiles and host Drew Carey.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Brad Sherwood
    8.3/10 47 votes

    #9 - Brad Sherwood

    Season 5 Episode 18 - Aired 6/20/2003

    Games include “Press Conference,” featuring Colin Mochrie as Batman; and a round of “All in One Voice,” which finds the guys channeling a piggy puppet to serenade one another. Wayne Brady, Ryan Stiles and host Drew Carey also perform.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Greg Proops
    8.3/10 57 votes

    #10 - Greg Proops

    Season 5 Episode 20 - Aired 6/27/2003

    Greg Proops tries to get his groove on in a round of “Weird Newscasters.” Also: “Scenes from a Hat”; “Film Dub”; “Party Quirks”; and “World's Worst Dating Service Video.” Other players include Colin Mochrie and Ryan Stiles.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Brad Sherwood
    8.2/10 66 votes

    #11 - Brad Sherwood

    Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 11/4/1999

    Games played include: Song Titles, Gangsta Rap, Scenes from a Hat, Weird Newscasters, Three-Headed Broadway Star, and Hoedown.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Brad Sherwood
    8.2/10 53 votes

    #12 - Brad Sherwood

    Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 11/25/1999

    Games played include: Superheroes, Film, TV & Theater Styles, Props, Motown Group, The Millionaire Show, and Hoedown.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Greg Proops
    8.2/10 62 votes

    #13 - Greg Proops

    Season 2 Episode 29 - Aired 3/23/2000

    Games played include: Let's Make A Date, Song Styles, Party Quirks, Improbable Mission, and Three-Headed Broadway Star.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Chip Esten
    8.2/10 65 votes

    #14 - Chip Esten

    Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 10/12/2000

    Games played include: Let's Make A Date, Scene with an Audience Member, Sound Effects (with audience members), Motown Group, and Three-Headed Broadway Star.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Greg Proops
    8.2/10 57 votes

    #15 - Greg Proops

    Season 3 Episode 37 - Aired 5/18/2001

    Games played include: Number of Words, Song Styles, Show Stopping Number, Scenes from a Hat, and Hoedown. Additional segments include: Statements That Will Be Bleeped By the Censor, and Outtakes from Whose Line.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Kathy Greenwood
    8.2/10 56 votes

    #16 - Kathy Greenwood

    Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 10/3/2001

    Ryan Stiles yuks it up as a cowboy-influenced weatherman in “Weird Newscaster.” Also: “Party Quirks” and “Newsflash.” Other players include Colin Mochrie, Wayne Brady and host Drew Carey.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Brad Sherwood
    8.2/10 62 votes

    #17 - Brad Sherwood

    Season 5 Episode 4 - Aired 9/30/2002

    Florence Henderson drops by for a round of “Duet” and a game in which words containing the letter L are forbidden. Featuring Ryan Stiles, Colin Mochrie and Wayne Brady. Drew Carey is the host.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Greg Proops
    8.2/10 59 votes

    #18 - Greg Proops

    Season 8 Episode 16 - Aired 11/10/2006

    Seating Order: Greg, Wayne, Colin and Ryan.Superheroes: Solving the worldwide crisis of no beer are: Greg: Super Bum Ryan: Rodeo Boy Colin: Captain Nosy Wayne: Captain Totally Made Of Springs. Sound Effects: Colin is a monk who escapes from his monastery for a night on the town. Ryan provides his noises. Props: Greg and Wayne vs. Ryan and Colin. Hey You Down There: Greg narrates a 1950's public information film about preparing for a nuclear attack with Ryan and Colin acting it out. Daytime Talk Show: Talking about Hey, Diddle Diddle are: Host: Greg Guest #1: Ryan(Prof. Phillips of the Phillps Observatory) Guest #2: Colin(Filly Felroid, who worked to get the cow to jump over the moon) Audience Members: Wayne(Dr. Ramba Shahlabahugodomestuibe and and the mother of the little boy who laughed). Scene To Rap: All four rap a scene set at a a school. Hats/Dating Service Videos: Wayne and Greg vs. Ryan and Colin.Winner: None named Credit Reading: None.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Jeff Davis
    8.2/10 26 votes

    #19 - Jeff Davis

    Season 8 Episode 18 - Aired 12/13/2007

    Seating order: Wayne, Jeff, Colin, Ryan Hollywood Director: Wayne is a gangster boss who has been shot and staggers into the emergency room where he forces surgeon Ryan to extract the bullets. Jeff is a hit man who bursts in, gun in hand, determined to finish him off. Notes: Headlining Las Vegas performers, Swedish porn movie. Whose Line: Held-up in a shack surrounded by outlaws, the Lone Ranger (Colin) and Tonto (Ryan) try to figure out a plan. Two Line Vocabulary: Colin is the mastermind behind Jurassic Park is briefing his park workers Ryan and Wayne because the dinosaurs have escaped and gone on a rampage. Wayne's lines: 'What do you want me to do?' and 'That's not my thing'. Ryan's lines: 'What's that?' and 'Are you mad?'. Greatest hits: Ryan and Colin are selling Songs of Norway. Wayne and Jeff sing A Boy Named Hagar as Jonny Cash, Norway's lovely, Rather be in Greece as the Temptations (with a gradually increasing tempo) and the Ska song Small small hole, big big fish. World's Worst: World's worst person to be a member of the armed forces (with Drew) Winner: Jeff Credit Reading: Everyone reads the credits as competitors in the final of the spring break 'best buns' competition

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Brad Sherwood
    8.2/10 36 votes

    #20 - Brad Sherwood

    Season 8 Episode 20 - Aired 12/15/2007

    Seating order: Brad, Wayne, Colin, Ryan Lets make a date: Brad much choose from Wayne: Angry teen rebel from a 1950s movie. Colin: Store owner doing his own low budget commercial. Ryan: raised by wolves Film, TV and Theatre : Ryan is angry at Colin 'cause they have been forced to make an emergency landing of their light aircraft in bigfoot territory. : Soap opera, infomercial, horror film, football film, western. Gameshow: Brad hosts Pick the cheese Shopping from home: Ryan and Colin sell a drawer with no bottom, 3 playing cards and one shoe Scenes from a hat: When beavers get lazy, a magazine you'd never see at a news stand, ice fishing disasters, unlikely greeting card messages, lying about a stain at your dry cleaners, tattoos you regret later, breakfast with the boneless family, a bachelor's refrigerator, what Bill Clinton's tombstone will say, looking at the ugliest baby you've ever seen. Hoedown: About vending machines Winner: None Credit Reading: None

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Denny Siegel
    8.1/10 100 votes

    #21 - Denny Siegel

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 1/6/1999

    Games played include: Questions Only, Song Styles, Newsflash, Sound Effects, Weird Newscasters, Scenes to Rap, and Hoedown.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Brad Sherwood
    8.1/10 69 votes

    #22 - Brad Sherwood

    Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 9/23/1999

    Games played include: Weird Newscasters, Duet, Newsflash, Party Quirks, Scenes from a Hat, and Hoedown.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Jeff Davis
    8.1/10 60 votes

    #23 - Jeff Davis

    Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 9/6/2001

    The improv comedy begins with a round of “Props,” “Sound Effects” and a hilarious “Doo Wop” segment about a woman who falls victim in a taxidermy tragedy.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Brad Sherwood
    8.1/10 60 votes

    #24 - Brad Sherwood

    Season 4 Episode 15 - Aired 11/21/2001

    A “salute to television” edition features a guest performance by “Your Show of Shows” side-splitter Sid Caesar; and a segment honoring TV's first dog, Lassie. Regulars include Wayne Brady, Colin Mochrie, Ryan Stiles and host Drew Carey.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Whoopi Goldberg
    8.1/10 61 votes

    #25 - Whoopi Goldberg

    Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 9/9/2002

    Whoopi Goldberg drops in for some improv games. Cast regulars include Ryan Stiles, Colin Mochrie, Wayne Brady and host Drew Carey.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A