US-212

US-212
Airdate	October 28th, 1999
Previous Episode	US-202
Next Episode	US-221

• Performers
  • Wayne Brady, Josie Lawrence, Colin Mochrie, Ryan Stiles

• Introductions
  • "Can I see some I.D.?" Wayne Brady
  • "Ladies get in for free," Josie Lawrence
  • "Sorry, pal, that'll twenty dollars," Colin Mochrie
  • "It's not that kind of bar," Ryan Stiles

Games

• Let's Make a Date
  • Josie - bachelorette
  • Wayne - STRICT OVERBEARING SCHOOLMARM
  • Colin - UPTIGHT MODEL ON HER FIRST EROTIC PHOTO SHOOT
  • Ryan - FRAT BOY SHOWING OFF TO HIS BUDDIES IN THE AUDIENCE

• Film TV and Theatre Styles
  • Scene - Colin and his secretary Josie, hardly able to keep their hands off each other, arrive at a motel, desperate for a room. Ryan is the sinister desk clerk.
  • Styles used - soap opera, kung fu, evangelist, Blair Witch

• Newsflash
  • Performers - Colin in the field, Josie and Ryan in the studio
  • On the green screen - snakes in the desert

• [commercial break]

• Weird Newscasters
  • Colin - "Frank Lee Dontgiveadamn"
  • Josie - "Minnie Pausal" - CHARACTERS FROM SHAKESPEARE
  • Wayne - ON A TREADMILL THAT'S GOING OUT OF CONTROL
  • Ryan - "Dwayne DeBathtub" - MUST HIT A HOME RUN TO WIN THE WORLD SERIES

• Duet
  • Performers - Josie and Wayne
  • Subject - Kenny, a machinist
  • Style - Punk rockers

• [commercial break]

• Foreign Film Dub
  • Performers - Ryan translates for Drew and Colin translates for Josie
  • Language - Russian
  • Title - The Vodka Express

• [commercial break]

• Reading the Credits
  • Performers - Josie and Wayne
  • Style - Two drunk girls at a party talking about what boys have said to them

Points

• Let's Make a Date - 1,000 points to the Delta Tau Delta's in London
• Film TV and Theatre Styles - 10,000,000 points to Hugh Hefner
• Weird Newscasters - 1,000 points to Wayne

Winner

• Wayne Brady

Game Times

• Let's Make a Date - (3:19)
• Film TV and Theatre Styles - (1:58)
• Newsflash - (1:46)
• Weird Newscasters - (3:31)
• Duet - (1:18)
• Foreign Film Dub - (1:36)

Recurring Themes

• Points comparisons "The points are just like soap in the men's room." and "The points are like your social security money in ten years."
• Ohio - Drew gives Ryan his quirk: "You're a baseball player who must hit a home run to win the world series for the Cleveland Indians. I threw that last part in there. I threw the Indians part in there."
• Weird Newscasters stories - "A large wooden object with a pointy end was found spinning in the downtown core. That's our top story." and "This just in: donors are wanted for a man whose buttocks are blown off in industrial accident. Doctors report no end in sight."
• Censored - ABC Family bleeps the word "bitch" in Duet.

References

• Referenced in Let's Make A Date
  • Woodstock III
  • Limp Bizkit
  • Nelson Muntz from The Simpsons - Wayne laughs at Colin like the character
  • Beastie Boys
  • Delta Tau Delta - Drew was a member!
  • London and Cambridge university
• Referenced in Film & Theater Styles
  • Psycho - The motel in the scene is run by a man and his mother.
  • The Blair Witch Project
  • Hugh Hefner
• Referenced in Weird Newscasters
  • The Cleveland Indians
  • Gone with the Wind (1940
  • Shakespeare and Macbeth
  • The Los Angeles Zoo
  • The World Series
  • Where no Man has gone Before and Star Trek after the game
• Referenced in Foreign Film Dub
  • Riverdance
  • Judy Garland

Trivial Highlights

• This episode is from the same taping as episode US-223
• Josie returns after a 3 year absence
• Josie is also the only UK Castmember to date, to appear on the US Version.