I loved this show (both versions). Which makes me wonder, which version of the show do you like better?

Personally, I like the UK version better because the performers had more wit and the suggestions where more original. The Drew Carey version has it's moments, but recently, they've been doing the same thing all over again. Also, Drew is no Clive Anderson.

I like the UK version more because they had Stephen Fry.

I prefer the UK version of it because it usualy had the staple characters of Colin Mochrie & Ryan Styles but they always had different people going on. The US version kinda sucked because it was always the same people.

There was actually 3 of the same people(cause they were all brilliant) with 1 other person being different each week.

I actually liked the U.S. version much better because it was more fun and it didn't feel so much as serious as the U.K. version

American it was funnier.

I used to watch the UK version a lot in the early 90s but I prefer the US version because I like the performers. On the UK version they were sometimes funny but just as often there was some stuckup twit trying to act snidely superior. Also the UK version had Greg Proops a lot and he's annoying. Wayne Brady takes a lot of flack but I think he's more talented than the overrated Stephen Fry.

The American version cause i love Drew Carey.

I've only watched the U.S. version and I love it. Drew Carey though isn't funny without written lines. He can't improvise very well. The tall guy (Ryan?) is the best along with the bald guy (Colin?).

I was never a fan of Whose Line? because it always seemed to be the same business every episode (Colin makes a joke about being bald, Ryan mocks Drew, Wayne sings like a professional, the poppy-eyed gal plays the piano, Drew has a laughing fit, rinse and repeat). But, Ryan and Colin were always the best. I could do without Wayne Brady, since I believe he's overrated, and Drew is better-suited for scripted comedy (his show was so great before it become a self-mocking lovefest).

And, they also had Robin Williams and Whoopi Goldberg on the show. Stunt casting should be a crime.

Also, you should include "Drew Carey's Green Screen", seeing as it sounded like nothing more than a spin-off of a Whose Line bit. It even had most of the same people on the show.

I thought that show didnt even make it on the air?

Well the one thing Whose Line was missing was a guest appearance by Jim Carrey. That is the improv king right there.

A Jim Carrey appearance would have been beyond amazing.

Drew Carey's Green Screen lasted about four episodes. I didn't see it, so my examples from the previous post are merely assumption and vague memory.

Yay for Stephen Fry.

The other reason I like the UK version is because of....

Tony Slattery.

He was by far the most unpredictable of the bunch, and his jokes are by far the funniest. I miss Tony, bring him back.

yes slattery was good. And so was a woman who was on there a lot, I wish I could recall her name. Jo something I think. She had dark hair.

Was it the one with chinky eyes, or the one who looked like Jane Kazmerick?

No, he's talking about Josie Lawrence. She was easily the best of any women contestant (that is, in my opinion, except for Sandi Toksvig).

Yeah Josie Lawrence, she was great. Both she and Slattery had this real likeability, I wish they had become more popular.

I didn't mean to put down Fry so much by the way, I did like him a lot in Blackadder. I saw one of those again just a couple nights ago moaning over his dead beloved pigeon "speckled Jim". Along with the always great Hugh Laurie who I can't get used to him having an American accent on House.

Wait, the U.S. one had the lesborrific musicians, right?

to be honest, I never saw the British version. did it have any of the same people as from the Drew Carrey one?

I foten watched the American version when it was quite popular and it was funny, some skits much more than others, but then I kinda lost interest because it was getting repetitive and only had a few or only a couple times in an episode where I really laughed!

Laura Hall was freakin amazing.

IN the british version, Ryan and Colin were both regulars, and Wayne was one of those "fill in" people.

YEAA! The one with the Chinky Eyes. She was terrific.
She made 1 or 2 appearances on the first couple episodes of the american version.

http://members.aol.com/nilescrne/WLIIAguests.html

To help put names with faces.

No, I'm talking about the short one who is danish. The one you are referring to is Karen Muriyama. She was good too.

Here's another good site to see the cast members.

http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/2549/wlbios.html