I had the pleasure a couple years ago of meeting Fran when I was doing camera for a shoot when she came by the city for her book and her "Cancer Schmancer" tour. As nice and polite and kind she is, she's also as funny. I couldn't stop thinking of this clip.
"i love water, i often get thirsty.." i love fran drescher she is amazing wish i could meet her just once i have decided that she is my aunt but she doesnt know it yet.... =)
this may be not as good as the aussie one. but ... no one can take the point out of her answers to the questions. the answeres were kick-ass. combined with her unique voice this was probably one of the best performances on american TGYH
OMFG!! the necklace she's wearing is the one, from the nanny, when max's brother came and was gonna marry Fran and gave her that necklace!! it's like 5:57
7:02 - "...Your condescension was almost Presidential." Whoa, I had just been thinking how perfectly Fran's "Look: pristine... boom... pristine again!" bit mirrored Trump's outlook. (And this show was from 2007.)
"Ms. Bumblebee" Whoehahaha "xcuse me i've got a question!" "Nice gentlemen over there!" "How ya doinggg, listen ehhhhh" "What did you say your name was little Richie?" LMAO.
I agree with you! ;-) Fran is TOTALLY a goddess! Such a great role model! How cute was it at the very end when she flashed the peace sign to the audience? I loved that!
I didn't think she did too bad. I mean I have seen worse ones on the Aussie version. I think she did pretty good. Kept her calm and surprised me a couple of times. I liked it.
Oh I had no idea the Americans copied this Aussie show. I have to say I'm a bit surprised they copied it so closely. Byron Bay is very well known in Australia. They could at least have changed the name of the bay to make it LOOK like they tried to come up with their own material. ROFL Anyway - despite all that Fran did a great job. The Aussie version is funnier tho - sorry yanks. I know it stings to hear that but it's the truth. ;)
Thats the point. It has the potential of not working, raising the stakes and making it more entertaining when it actually works. Nobody gives a fuck about some random improv actor from Australia, even if they are "great" at improv; whatever that means.
yeah i remember the aussie one... it was really similar, but it had a model as well a picture... and the aussies did it first... but Dran Drescher is awesome at it...
Speaking as an Aussie...; THE U.S. VERSION IS GREAT ! so much fun. Every country's is different and I can deal with it....... can you??? BWAAA HA HA HA HA HA HA. (laughs maniacly while wringing hands and grinning like a cat on crack).
actually the voice she used in the nanny is her real voice but she took voice lessons which lead to the voice she used in ALF-she couldnt get any gigs with her natural voice but then she couldnt get any gigs with her other voice so she went back to her real voice she played it up a ton for the nanny as you can see in this video its not as nasal as ibn the nanny
The Australian version is so much better. If you notice, in the Aussie version, the camera is on the set the whole time. The American version focuses on the audience in parts laughing away to try and give you the illusion that its funny. I thought she was flat in her delivery, it wasn't funny to watch and I couldn't see why the audience was laughing so hard, a small chuckle is the most this stuff deserves.
Pretty much is the point. The celebrity walks in having no idea what the scene is about. The only thing that gives them a slight clue is their wardrobe, of course.
I wonder if they used the name Byron Bay as a knowing wink at the Australian origin of the shows format. (Byron Bay is a tourist town in Australia) or if it’s just a random name someone came up with?
@webeffect both whose line and this are derive, mostly independently, from theatresports, so creativity and the games' credit go to neither. the credit this show should be given is the specific format, extremely set-up lines and scenarios, the controlled spontaneity, because despite how less skilled you need to be to thrive here than in real theatresports, which whose line is far closer to, it's still very entertaining. Equal if not more credit to the producers, far less to the performers.
