2001 Twiglet Results

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The Golden Twiglet & Hall of Fame Award

Tony finally reaches the top position, just beating out current regulars Wayne and Brad. Of course, all nominees here are the 'best of the best' :)

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Best Game

All the games here (including past winners) are still played on the show which is a good sign! World's Worst perhaps having the advantage of being there right from the beginning.

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Best Song

A classic Greg twist to take a potshot at the host, just pipping the craziness of the misspelt "H-O-R-W-A-R-D" Village People number where the keyboard tempo got a little out of control. Bartender does well and it's good to see it's returned recently.

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Best Individual Game

Colin's highlights win after a strong placing last year. More recent games this time but still some all-time classics.

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Best Season

Fresh in everyone's mind, and probably helped by all those who've found the series through the US version, the recent episodes did the best. Good showings too from some of the 'classic' days of the mid-UK series, when there was a fine balance between the US/Canadian performers (Ryan, Colin, Greg etc) and the UK (Steve, Caroline, Josie, Tony et al).

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The Greg Proops Twiglet for Best Put Down

Greg has a heavy presence but misses out on 'his' award with a great shock Ryan moment following the pained hilarity of his Carol Channing neon light accident.

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The Tony Award for Funniest Moment

Two awards from the same game! Another moment which took the cast by surprise as much as the audience, and provided useful jokes for several later games in the same episode. Though as Colin commented, "It would've been great if your head had just burst into flames...".

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The Northern Twiglet for the Funniest Line

Carol Channing barely misses out on a third award, which instead goes to Colin's psychic abilities as he drops a hugely appropriate joke despite not knowing that it's his own footage behind him on the Green Screen. Also close are the desperate use of "THE CAT!" for everything in Improbable Mission, another Greg joke from the HORWARD song, and Greg taking offense at the audiences dirty minds.

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Best Character Name

A new category. Several contestants nominated, although Greg is the traditional user of these phrases. "Good evening. I'm Horny As A Hippo." Colin, Brad, Denny and others have enjoyed the opportunity to throw around silly names when hosting Weird Newscasters and similar games.

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The Abercrombie & Fitch Biggest Fashion Statement Twiglet

Again this category looks at fashion in general and encompassed both the best and worst of the early Twiglet fashion awards, as long as it leaves a lasting impression. The fashion police have a hard time in store as it seems fashion sense - or lack thereof - is not limited to just a few of the players.

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Best Impersonation

Serial impressionist Rory gets two nods, but it's the celebrity impressions that seem to have impressed the most, and yet another award for the Carol Channing incident (as well as another effort in Scenes From A Hat with Robin Williams).

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The Jeopardy Twiglet for Best 'What The...?' Moment

Okay, we get it, that was a funny game! Making these all seem a bit the same though... a good selection of strange moments from a variety of series.

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Most Underrated Contestant

Replacing the 'most improved' category, this one was intended to look at those contestants who perhaps don't get the spotlight as often as they deserve, or who we'd like to see more of. Fortunately Chip, Jeff and Kathy have continued to appear on the show, although Karen and Denny seem to be MIA. As for Niall, now you'll probably just have to go see him with the Comedy Store Players.

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Best Guest

A landslide victory for Robin, whose single episode was indeed great. Strong showings too from Ashdown, Fry and Izzard's efforts in the UK series which have obviously left a lasting impression.
This category was designed to showcase contestants who had not appeared on the TV show in a regular basis, and hence the choices for nomination were:
Niall Ashdown, Patrick Bristow, Jane Brucker, Julian Clary, Mark Cohen, Stephen Colbert, Peter Cook, Debi Durst, Russell Fletcher, Stephen Fry, Graeme Garden, Jon Glover, Ian Gomez, Eddie Izzard, Sam Johnson, Griff Rhys Jones, Richard Kaplan, Kathy Kinney, Phil Lamarr, Chris Langham, George McGrath, Rory McGrath, Jim Meskimen, Neil Mullarkey, Jimmy Mulville, Ardal O'Hanlon, Catherine O'Hara, Jonathan Pryce, Jan Ravens, Enn Reitel, Paul Rider, Lee Simpson, Arthur Smith, Christopher Smith, Betty Thomas, George Wendt, Denelda Williams, Robin Williams, and Debra Wilson.

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Best Outside Performance

A tough one to pick, as the nature of the performance was left vague (most liked performance by a regular, 'best' performance by a one-time WL guest in their serious roles, etc). Obviously Ryan is well liked in DCS, but good to see some memorable dramatic performances also get nominated.

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Best Volunteer

Some more fun and again the Whoser vote has done Ashley proud, although she was just pipped by a couple of groups of unprepared bald men and slightly baffled old sound effect providers. I think Chris may have been incorrectly named during the presentation instead of the bald men gang.

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Dumbest Censorship

Designed to celebrate the stupidity and excess of some censorship on the US version, all of these nominees had no need to be censored IMO, which is why I have no problem putting the spoken words here. Indeed, in some cases (particularly the Christmas Hoedown), the censorship actually makes you think they said something worse than they did. However, the award deservedly goes to one of the most ridiculous examples of censoring a wholly inoffensive word because of a double-entendred context.

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The Comedy Central Editor's Twiglet for Worst Game

Despite a couple of particularly hilarious plays, the new variation on Sound Effects doesn't seem to have gone down so well. Maybe because on many occasions the audience just don't offer much, and it ends up with just Ryan & Colin picking on the poor effects. Some of these nominees may be for "most overexposed game", others just don't offer much scope for humour.

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The Ever Untitled Twiglet for Best Prop Use

Shredded Larry wins after a good showing last year. Smurf jokes also continue to provide hilarity.

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I Can't Believe It's Not The Best Scene From A Hat

Two nominations from the Robin Williams episode, and one of them wins with contributions from him and Ryan. Yet another award for Carol Channing, too...

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The World Crisis Monitor Award for Best Superhero

I honestly can't even remember this one right now, though many of the nominees provoke hilarious memories.

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The Someone at the Microwave Award for Best Party Quirk

Oh no, not again :) Ryan has a strong showing in the category this year and takes it with that impromptu headbutt into the lights on Drew's desk. What more can I say about it...?

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The Damn Monkey Twiglet for Best Whose Line Line

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Best Song Title

Interestingly, almost no crossover with last year's category of "Greatest Greatest Hits Song Title". But it still appears that fans love the naughty jokes!

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The Writer's Guild Lawsuit for Best Contestant Intro

Mostly Clive appearing this year, with some well-themed introductions in the nominations. Last year's "shining wit" nominee again places strongly.

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The Pawluk Best Credit Reading Twiglet

The same people seem to mostly feature here each year, so it's perhaps time Greg was the featured winner.