My main problem with american comedies is the american audiences who whoop and holler at the slightest thing, throwing off the timing and the flow of the jokes.
Probably practiced it a lot. I bet he really enjoyed doing this, because William Shatner was apparently his hero growing up and then they became really good friends halfway through Seinfeld.
@@Kingdom_Of_Dreams Australians are much funnier, esp at improv. We just have a different sense of humour. It’s dryer and and more sarcastic, rather than OTT like Americans.
The reason the audience is going nuts is you can see Jason's mind working over the line... because flashing blue balls works as a set up gag no matter where you are
In the US version they did it with generic b-list actors only a small number of which have had improv experience. Jason Alexander was one of the ones who did so his was okay.
In the Australian version they filmed the scenarios as if they were their own TV show on their own set. They never showed the audience or the host until it was over. That was important for suspension of disbelief; in immersing the viewer in the same scenario that the guest was thrown into. The way they film this version makes it look like some tacky end of camp play.
Typical American tv , trying to take shows froms around the world without realizing that the reason why the shows were good was because it was made by another country. US re making Kath and Kim was the perfect example. Aussie version is the best!
@MagdaRose85, check out "Thank God You're Here : Department of Labor and Education" and tell me if she is the blonde in it. If she is I have it recorded somewhere and will convert and upload it for you.
Are all the episodes like this? Who's Line is it Anyway is way funnier. The script of the sketch seems pretty set in stone except they make an obvious prompt to Jason to come up with a funny line every few minutes. "How was the atmosphere, captain?" "Prepare us for launch, Captain" "Speak to the alien, Captain." Jason even tried to change the course of the sketch by saying "We've been cancelled" but then they just went back to the script when the alien came on the viewer screen.
But that's the point. They have a script and you only get one chance to improv through it. Whose Line is different because Drew admitted only around a third of what they make was funny enough to make it to air.
let's see: kevin nealon and ana gasteyer from saturday night live wayne knight from seinfeld, bryan cranston from malcom in the middle and mad tv, shannon elizabeth from american pie, fred willard, kurtwood smith from 70s show, tom green, nicole sullivan from king of queens, fran drescher, brian poehnson from just shoot me were all on the american version
