Improv America

Where are they now?

You can’t really talk about improvisational comedy in the US without mentioning the hugely successful TV series ‘Whose Line is it Anyway?'hosted by Drew Carey and featuring some of the best comedians from both sides of the Atlantic, along with the regular performers Wayne Brady, Ryan Stiles and Colin Mochrie. Not a lot of people know that this unusual programme, where the stars had to create comedy sketches from suggestions shouted out by the audience or do something funny with executive office furniture, actually started life as a British radio show. It seems weird that such a visual show would be a success on radio, but those Brits always did have a weird sense of humour…

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