Performers: Wayne Brady, Kathy Greenwood, Colin Mochrie, Ryan Stiles

Comments: If the themes of Greatest Hits and Hoedown sound familiar here, they are. Other verses and song snippets in those games were part of two third-season episodes assembled from the same taping.

Notable Quote: "I'm feeling a little sick, yes, but I just had some beef and I'm feeling a lot better." - Colin in Newsflash

Weird Newscasters: Colin is the anchor. Co-anchor Kathy is a whiny girlfriend from a 1930s gangster movie who thinks Colin is her mob boss boyfriend; sportscaster Wayne is a female Russian weightlifter trying to impress an American man with her strength; weatherman Ryan is an increasingly desperate Prince Charming using his own shoe as the slipper.
Everyone is great here. Colin comes out with a groaner of a pun and his usual off-the-wall names. Kathy actually does very well, and gives Colin something else to make a crack about (rather literally). Wayne is exceedingly funny; both Drew and the audience can see what's coming with his act, but he reserves a surprise in the final execution. And Ryan with his shoe is a scream, at last ending up under Drew's desk.

Song Styles: Wayne sings an 80s rock anthem to Ingrid the police detective.
Wayne throws the kitchen sink at this song, squeezing in every cop joke he can think of. It seems like it goes on forever, but it's still good.

Newsflash: Colin reports to Ryan and Kathy on footage of a roller coaster.
Not everyone can appreciate how incredibly funny the subject film is, but coming from the world capitol of theme parks, I do. It's the kids trying to eat and drink on the roller coaster that sells it. As for the players, the audience reactions gave Colin no trouble figuring it out--and Ryan sure seems amused by it all.

Greatest Hits: Ryan and Colin introduce Songs of the Race Car Driver, sung by Wayne in the styles dixieland, The Police and lambada.
The funniest part of this game is a minor meltdown on Wayne's part, completely forgetting the name of the first song and lapsing into a comedy of errors. The Sting jokes are funny, too, as is Ryan making himself laugh with the word "lambada".

Hoedown: Wayne, Drew, Colin and Ryan sing about getting arrested.
Not bad. Wayne gets in a joke about Ingrid the detective, but Ryan is funniest, if a little bit cliched.

Credits: Kathy and Colin read, as a whiny 30s gangster moll and her gangster boyfriend.

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