US-406

• Performers
  • Brad Sherwood, Wayne Brady, Colin Mochrie, Ryan Stiles

• Introductions
  • "I went to the blue hole," Brad Sherwood
  • "Have a nice day," Wayne Brady
  • "My parents went to Hawaii and all I got was," Colin Mochrie
  • "I'm with stupid," Ryan Stiles

Games

• Award Show
  • Performers - Brad and Wayne introduce winners Colin and Ryan
  • Theme - Frat Boys

• Party Quirks
  • Brad - Host
  • Wayne - THE "I'VE GOT A SECRET" EPISODE OF THE SOUTH AMERICAN JERRY SPRINGER SHOW
  • Colin - PERFORMING SEAL IN A MARINE PARK POOL PLAYING UP TO THE CAMERAS
  • Ryan - SERIES OF HUNTING ACCIDENTS CAUGHT ON TAPE

• [commercial break]

• Scenes From a Hat
  • Performers - Wayne and Brad on one side, Colin and Ryan on the other
    • -"What life could've been like if your parents were insult comics" - Brad
    • -"What's on TV in Hell" - Wayne, Brad, Colin
    • -"Things found written in Hillbilly fortune cookies" - Wayne, Ryan, Brad, Colin
    • -"Hit numbers from a musical about breasts" - Colin, Wayne, Colin, Wayne, Ryan, Wayne, Wayne, Brad

• Bartender
  • Brad - Bartender
  • Wayne - Excited about Brad
  • Colin - Angry with speeding ticket
  • Ryan - In love with ugly shoes

[commercial break]

• Props
  • Performers - Wayne and Brad on one team, Drew and Ryan on the other

• [commercial break]

• Reading the Credits
  • Performer - Brad
  • Style - A Russian gymnast couch upset with his team of underachievers

Points

• Scenes From a Hat - 1,000 points to everybody
• Bartender - An extra 500 points to Ryan and an extra 1,000 points to Wayne and Brad

Winner

• Colin Mochrie

Game Times

• Award Show - (2:49)
• Party Quirks - (2:52)
• Scenes From a Hat - (3:42)
• Bartender
  • Song 1 - (1:00)
  • Song 2 - (0:57)
  • Song 3 - (1:01)
• Props - (1:19)

Recurring Themes

• Points comparisons - "That's right, the points are like uh Barry White CDs when you're all alone."
• Drew Carey Show references - Wayne as Jerry Springer Show guests in Party Quirks: "We were watching you know, an episode of our favorite show, you know, The Drew Carey Show."
• Censored - Brad in Party Quirks: "Whitney Houston, I'd like you to meet [bleeeep]." Wayne in Scenes From a Hat ("Hit numbers from a musical about breasts"): "Ohhhh, damnthosesomebig [bleep-bleep]."
• Ryan's shoes - In Bartender, Ryan sings about being in love with ugly shoes and Ryan sings advice back to him, including the line "Even though it looks like you stole your shoes from a clown."
• Political Satire - Ryan references Prince Charles in Props.

Games Debuted

• Award Show (Season Debut)
• Party Quirks (Season Debut)
• Bartender (Series Debut)

References

• Referenced in The Intro
  • Blue Hole
  • Hawaii
  • Barry White
• Referenced in Award Show
  • San Diego
• Referenced in Party Quirks
  • Jerry Springer and The Jerry Springer Show
  • The Drew Carey Show
  • Whitney Houston
  • Stephen Hawking
• Referenced Scenes From a Hat
  • UPN
  • The Golden Girls
  • Lifestyles of The Rich and Famous
  • The Way We Were
  • Stomp
  • Tokyo
  • Victrola
• Referenced in Bartender
  • Jungle Fever (1991)
  • COPS
• Referenced in Props
  • Alfred Hitchcock Presents
  • Charles, Prince of Wales
  • Madonna
  • Ebay
  • Gumby
  • Ricola
  • Twilight Zone and Nightmare at 20,000 Feet

Trivial Highlights

• This episode was from the same taping as episodes US-518 and US-601.
• Bartender makes an appearance for the first time in six years.
• Despite having the right episode production number, CWSeed incorrectly labeled this episode as Season 4 Episode 6.

Reviews from The Archives

• Dean's guide review from The Idiotsite:
  • Best Game: It’s hard to beat Awards Show here, with lots of realistic frat boy antics, but I just laughed at the sight of Brad when he unzipped his pants and…
  • Worst Game: Really no game sucked, so I’ll give it to Props because I’ve seen it played better.
  • Drew's Best Bit: Putting up with Brad’s exposure from the Awards Show. He also had some clever Props ideas.
  • Brad's Best Bit: Awesome as the bartender (despite having been on the show as long ago as 1992, it was his first time playing this game), and exposing himself – literally – at the end of Awards Show.
  • Wayne's Best Bit: Exposing his G-string to the audience after the Awards Show antics.
  • Colin's Best Bit:Quite funny as a seal looking for attention from the cameras.
  • Ryan's Best Bit: In the hillbilly fortune cookie bit, “You just ate what could’ve been your lover.” Oh, how cruel was that! Nice piece of surreal humour.
  • Credits should have been read by: Brad, displaying pure hilarity in all his games, showing why he’s a master of WL.
  • Should have stayed home and tried to solve the baseball strike: Wayne wasn’t bad but he was a little behind everyone here.
  • Overall: One of the best episodes I’ve ever seen, especially with the very welcome return of Bartender, and I hope you’ll feel the same way too. Don’t miss this one!