If you’re a fan of the long-running TV show “Whose Line Is It Anyway?” and its star Colin Mochrie, you’ll know the magic of comedy improvisation. On the show, four comedians, usually led by Seattle-born Vancouver resident Ryan Stiles, Georgia actor-singer Wayne Brady and Mochrie, perform in front of a TV audience without a safety net. “I’m looking for changes in respiration rate, skin colour, skin tone, a shyness and dullness to the skin … there’s a checklist and if I see it, I’ll keep the person onstage. And Colin performing with them is pretty wild.”As is watching Mochrie perform in his natural habitat: improvisation. The only thing I know is that the next time I see Colin Mochrie in person, I’m going to ask him to marry me … but only if he’s sitting down.
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