The 10 Best Episodes From The Original Show, Ranked By IMDb

The iconic sketch comedy series Whose Line Is It Anyway? is always hilarious, but which episodes make it to the top of IMDb's ranking?

Game shows may have always been and may still be incredibly popular, but it's hard to find comedy-based series with as lasting an impact as the beloved Whose Line Is It Anyway? The US-based version of the series originally aired from 1998 to 2007, developing a loyal fanbase that has extended well past the duration of its original run.

Owing to the strength of its core cast of performers—including host Drew Carey, and major players Wayne Brady, Colin Mochrie, and Ryan Stiles—it's rare to find an episode of Whose Line's original run that doesn't still deliver the laughs over 20 years later. But, some episodes are clearly better than others, and their scores on IMDb reflect that.

10 Season 4, Episode 9 - 8.3

Many of Whose Line's best sketches involve musical performances, which usually feature Wayne Brady and recurring players like Chip Esten.

In this season four episode, Chip and Wayne have to tackle a Duet in the genre of speed metal, which features plenty of hilarious pantomime in addition to their always spot-on singing. The episode also starts with an incredibly strong skit, a round of Hollywood Director that finds Wayne portraying an offended supermodel.

9 Season 8, Episode 16 (8.3)

Many of the episodes featured in the original run's eighth season were, in fact, filmed during the same time period as the series' first season. But, even that delay in airing these episodes doesn't affect the hilarity found in these bizarre skits.

This eighth season episode features a few sketches that are used less frequently throughout the series, including Hey, You Down There!, Scene to Rap, and Daytime Talk Show. But, it's the ever ridiculous Props sequence that truly stands out.

8 Season 8, Episode 17 (8.3)

This next eighth season leftover episode finds some of the series' best sketches at their most ridiculous. With Wayne, Ryan, and Colin joined by recurring player Kathy Greenwood, this episode includes a hilarious round of Let's Make a Date featuring some truly bad Rocky and Terminator impressions. It's the rounds of Whose Line?, when Colin and Ryan play as Peter Pan and Wendy, and Greatest Hits, when Wayne is tasked with singing James Bond-inspired hits, that find the episode truly spiraling out of control.

7 Season 2, Episode 39 (8.4)

While most episodes of Whose Line are enjoyable from start to finish, occasionally, a single sketch can completely steal the show and elevate a single episode to an entirely new level of entertainment. In this particular season two episode, that skit in question is incredibly meta and uproariously funny.

Newsflash is a sketch that finds Colin Mochrie as a reporter in front of a green screen who has no idea what he's standing in front of. In this episode, Colin is, in fact, in front of a montage of hilarious clips of himself. Making matters even better, he tells his fellow players that this footage, still unknown to him, "all started with a badly timed bald joke."

6 Season 8, Episode 19 (8.5)

Another episode held over from the series' first season, and first taping at that finds Ryan, Colin, and Wayne accompanied by recurring player Greg Proops. In this episode, clear standout sketches include a volcano-themed Film and Television Styles, a laundromat-themed Scene to Rap, and an absolutely ridiculous Game Show called Who's Your Daddy? with plenty of nonsensical questions and answers.

5 Season 8, Episode 20 (8.5)

This eighth season episode features something that is seldom seen in the original series' run, a sketch that is only used once in the entire series. This particular episode finds Ryan and Colin inhabiting their familiar television salespeople roles, but this time in the sketch Home Shopping.

In Home Shopping, Ryan and Colin are tasked with trying to sell items as ridiculous as a bottomless drawer and a single shoe. The episode also features another Game Show, this time titled Pick the Cheese, and a Hoedown about vending machines, of all things.

4 Season 3, Episode 38 (8.6)

There are some moments from the original run of Whose Line that will be instantly remembered by any fan, as they have been elevated to iconic and nearly meme-worthy status. This third season episode is a relatively normal episode of the series for the most part until, suddenly, everything changes during a game of Party Quirks.

When Ryan Stiles is given the identifying trait of "Carol Channing Whose Head Keeps Getting Stuck To Things," it starts out normally enough. But, as Kathy Greenwood struggles to guess his identity, Ryan goes the extra mile, smashing his head into Drew's desk and shattering a neon light in the process.

3 Season 3, Episode 9 (8.9)

Whose Line features some notable guest stars, famous comedians, and recurring players in its original run, but few are as famous, talented, and as high-energy as Robin Williams, who appears in a truly memorable third season episode.

Fresh off the production of his film One Hour Photo at the time, Williams is as zany and committed to the material as ever. In particular, Williams absolutely shines during his rounds of Props and Scenes from a Hat.

2 "The Best of Whose Line Is It Anyway?" - 8.9

It's incredibly rare to find a good clip show in most television series, as such episodes are usually designed to only take up time and not move stories forward. But, in the world of Whose Line, a clip show works perfectly, as it highlights exactly what makes the show work at its best.

"The Best of Whose Line Is It Anyway?" is a third season episode featuring not only clips of past episodes, but unforgettable and hilarious bloopers of content cut from broadcast, as well.

1 Season 5, Episode 17 (9.2)

Not only does Richard Simmons easily rank in as the best of Whose Line's many guest stars, the episode in which he appears also makes it to the top of IMDb's ranking. It's not often that Whose Line features a guest star as thoroughly as it does Simmons, who appears in almost every single sketch in the episode.

It's also not every day that the series features a guest star who makes every recurring player break character time and again, with Wayne Brady, in particular, the object of Simmons' outlandish affections and fully committed amusement.

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