Props-The contestants(in pairs) think up uses for weird things
Film, Theatre and Television Styles-The host gets suggestions for styles from the studio audience and has 2(now 3) contestants act out a scene, starting normal, using host-chosen styles
Party Quirks-1 player hosts a party and the others enter one-by-one(indicated by a doorbell noise) and display quirks suggested by the audience. They leave the party when the host guesses the quirks
March/Rap/Gospel/Hoedown-The four players make up a song in the selected style(now always a hoedown)
Song Styles/Duet/Serenade-1 or 2 contestants make up a song about an object suggested by the audience or a person in the audience. Since 1998, when a person in the audience is the subject of the song, they sit on stage and, more often than not, join in on the fun. When done about an object(on the current version), Wayne Brady sings lead and the other three back him up
World's Worst-The players step forward with examples of the "world's worst" in a host-chosen topic
Film Dub-A film clip is played without sound and players must add a new soundtrack
Let's Make A Date-One player is looking for a date on a "Dating Game"-style show. They ask questions to the other three, who "answer" in a audience-suggested characteristic. The asking must guess the characteristics
Helping Hands/Hands Through-Using props, two players act out a scene with one's hands provided by a third player
Sound Effects-This was done 3 ways. 1. One player provides sounds for another, who mimes an everyday activity. 2. 2 or 3 players act out a scene with the sounds played in. 3. 2 players act out a scene with 2 audience members making the sounds.
Weird Newscasters-1 player acts as a normal news anchor while the co-anchor, sportscaster/finacial reporter/fashion reporter and the weatherman all have quirks
Questions Only/Questionable Impressions-Players act out a scene speaking only in questions. If one messes up in some cases, they are replaced by someone else. For Questionable Impressions, the players must also do celebrity impressions
Superheroes-Players act as superheroes solving a global crisis. The audience gives a name to the first, who names the second and so on
Greatest Hits-Two players describe songs on a greatest hits album, called "Songs Of(audience-suggested occupation)". Snippets of the songs are sung by one or two others
Scenes From A Hat-The players act out scenes suggested by the audience and read out at random by the host, who pulls the ideas out of a hat
Authors-The players tell parts of a story in the style of a chosen author
Old Job, New Job-Three players act out a scene in a workplace with one using elements of an audience-suggested old job
Alphabet/90-Second Alphabet-2 or 3 players act out a scene with each line starting with consecutive letters of the alphabet. Lately, this has been done with a 90-Second time limit
Living Scenery-2 players act out a scene with the other 2 as the needed props.
Action Replay-2 players act out a scene with the other 2 watching while wearing headphones so they can't hear the dialogue. Then the scene is repeated by the second pair using the first pair's movements, but they must use their own dialogue
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