In Living Color

1990

In Living Color

8.1 | TV-14 | en | Comedy

In Living Color is an American sketch comedy television series that originally ran on the Fox Network from April 15, 1990, to May 19, 1994. Brothers Keenen and Damon Wayans created, wrote and starred in the program. The show was produced by Ivory Way Productions in association with 20th Century Fox Television and was taped before a live studio audience at stage 7 at the Fox Television Center on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood, California. The title of the series was inspired by the NBC announcement of broadcasts being presented "in living color" during the 1950s and 1960s, prior to mainstream color television. It also refers to the fact that most of the show's cast were black, unlike other sketch comedy shows such as Saturday Night Live whose casts are usually mostly white. Other members of the Wayans family—Kim, Shawn and Marlon—had regular roles, while brother Dwayne frequently appeared as an extra. The show also starred the previously unknown actor/comedians Jim Carrey, Jamie Foxx, and David Alan Grier. Additionally, actress Rosie Perez, Dancing with the Stars judge and choreographer Carrie Ann Inaba and dancer Jennifer Lopez were members of the show's dance troupe The Fly Girls. The series won the Emmy for Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series in 1990.

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Seasons & Episodes

EP26 The Champ

May. 19,1994

Sketches include: "Background Guy at the Haunted House," "The Champ: Back to School," "Prison Cable Network: Lights Out with the Angel," and "Ace and Main Man meet Salt-n-Pepa."/ To Be Continued performs "One on One"

EP25 Infomercial Awards

May. 12,1994

Sketches include: "Vista Commercial," "Wile E. Coyote's Mall Appearance," "Infomercial Awards," "All Up in the Family: Gay Barney," "Deronda and Pookie Play Party," and "B.S. Brothers: Gangsta Rappers." / Meshell Ndegeocello performs

EP24 Candy Cane's Last Show

May. 05,1994

Sketches include: Rap Masterpiece Theatre," "Candy Cane's Last Show," "Grandpa & Duke: A Time for Love," and "Family Dozens."

EP23 Sweet Tooth Jones

Apr. 28,1994

Sketches include: "Driving Down the Street" "Sweet Tooth Jones teaches martial arts to protect against sexual harassment" "Ed Bacon: Guidance Counselor" "Wanda meets Luther Vandross at a charity auction" / BOSS performs Progress of Elimination

EP22 The Scary Larry Show

Apr. 07,1994

Sketches include Rush And Al's Greatest Hits / Cheap Pete At The Carnival / Loomis Simmons / The Scary Larry Show / East Hollywood Squares / Souls of Mischief perform "93 'til Infinity

EP21 Academy Awards

Mar. 24,1994

Sketches include Loomis Simmons / 66th Annual Academy Awards / Duke And Cornbread Turner / Cheap Pete / Umbilical Barry / Hemorrhoid Guy / Eazy-E performs

EP20 Thugs

Mar. 10,1994

Sketches include Dr Kervorkian's Book / Thugs / I'm Gay / Sweet Tooth Jones / Great Moments In Black History / Simply Eve performs

EP19 Dirty Dozens Tournament of Champions

Feb. 24,1994

Sketches include Risky Business II / Carl The Tooth Williams / Dirty Dozens Tournament Of Champions / San Fransisco

EP18 Mrs. Ikefire

Feb. 17,1994

Sketchs include Mrs Ikefire / Dirty Dozens Home Game / East Hollywood Squares / Fire Marshall Bill / Backgound Guy

EP17 The White League

Feb. 10,1994

Sketches include The White League / Funky Finger Productions / Wanna Man / Ace And Main Man / Tonya Harding / Master Piece Theater

EP16 Hemorrhoid Guy

Feb. 03,1994

Sketches include Tonya Harding / Wanda / Hemorrhoid Guy / All Up In The Family / John Bobbit 6 Million Dollar Man

EP15 East Hollywood Squares

Jan. 27,1994

Sketches include Marlee Matlin / Cheap Pete / AWF's Main Event / East Hollywood Squares

EP14 The Gangsta Group

Jan. 13,1994

Sketches include Background Guy / Gangsta Group / Sister Act 3 / Duke And Cornbread Turner / The Guy Who Knows Way Too May Specials

EP13 Wheel of Dozens

Dec. 30,1993

Sketches include Joe Jackson / Wheel Of Dozens / Mr Armstrong / Rhonda Hightower / Andy Rooney

EP12 Mary Tyler Mo

Dec. 16,1993

Sketches include Mary Tyler Mo / Ace And Main Man / Irish Singer / Loomis Simmons / Geraldo / Patra performs "Think"

EP11 Umbilical Barry

Dec. 02,1993

Sketches include Sammy And Bill / Carl The Tooth Williams / Pavoroti / Vera Demilo / Black Menedez Brothers / Lorena Bobbit / Umbilical Barry / Us3 perform "Cantaloupe"

EP10 Wile E Coyote on Trial

Nov. 18,1993

Sketches include Background Guy / Wile E Coyote / Candy Cane / Go On Girl / Honey Mooners '93

EP9 All Up In The Family

Nov. 11,1993

Sketches include Rush And Al's / All Up In The Family / The Guy Who Know Way Too Many Specials / Wanda And Barry Bonds / East Hollywood Squares

EP8 Sam Kinison: Live From Hell

Nov. 04,1993

Sketches include Wanda / AT&T / Sam Kinison - Live From Hell / Dr. Innapropriato / The Dirty Dozens / Lords of the Underground perform

EP7 Circus of the Black Stars

Oct. 28,1993

Sketches include Wanda / Fire Marshall Bill / Circus Of The Black Stars / Carl The Tooth Williams / Magnifico / Leaders of the New School performs "What's Next"

EP6 Droop! There It Is

Oct. 21,1993

Sketches include Droop! There It Is / Andy Rooney / Rush And Al's / Background Guy / Cheap Pete

EP5 The Irish Singer

Oct. 14,1993

Sketches include L.A. Riot / NBA Harasser / Irish Singer / Wanda / Anorexic Sumo Wrestler / Rhonda Hightower / Jodeci

EP4 Unpoetic Justice

Oct. 07,1993

Sketches include Unpoetic Justice / Carl The Tooth Williams / Prison Cable Network / Funky Finger Productions

EP3 Ike Turner and Hooch

Sep. 30,1993

Sketches include Ike Turner And Hooch / Honey Mooners '93 / Snow / Cheap Pete / Ace And Main Man.

EP2 The Dirty Dozens

Sep. 23,1993

Sketches include Micheal Jackson / The Dirty Dozens / Revival Olympics / Fire Marshall Bill / Ball Park Breast Implants.

EP1 Ike Strikes Back

Sep. 16,1993

Sketches include Ike Strikes Back / Wanda / Sammy / Seinfeld - Ace And Main Man / Russell Simmons Def Strawberry Jam.

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Released: 1990-04-15 | Released Producted By: 20th Century Fox Television , Ivory Way Productions Country: United States of America Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website:

Synopsis

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Cast

Jim Carrey , Tommy Davidson , David Alan Grier

Director

Keenen Ivory Wayans

Producted By

20th Century Fox Television , Ivory Way Productions

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Reviews

Mikelito I wanted to like this, and the best sketches in it are really funny and you can watch them over and over again.But ... unfortunately the humour is mostly very very low-brow and downright toiletary. The best example is the joke they ended the first season on: It's about a "Butthead" family which has buttcheeks on top of their heads. Hilarity ensues... This embarrassingly unimaginative setup is followed by every single butt joke that you can think of yourself. Poor Tommy Davidson is a funny guy, but his commentary on that last Season 1 episode on the DVD set is a bit on the rosy-coloured glasses side. He calls that Butthead joke setup "risqué" - well, "infantile" would be another word that comes to mind.I'm not really impressed when you only "push the censors" by using foul language. Politically and socially this show was pretty tame.Often there is no real joke but just an over-use of one-liners pushed down your throat like "Homey don't play that" etc. Well, again, there is good stuff in there and there is a huge advantage compared to "Saturday Night Live": the sketches are shorter and to the point.

Benjamin Wolfe With all the talent that was honed on this little skit show, it's no wonder that it has spun-off many different smash hit careers. The 'skits' tackled some different issues, that were not made by some of the past predecessors, maybe harder than they were hit in the past as well. But the stars it created was many, for example, Jim Carrey, Jamie Foxx, Chris Rock, David Allan Grier, All the Wayan's Brothers and sister Kim, Jennifer Lopez, now J-Lo, and on and on.The shows were fresh, sometimes frantic and always whacked-out humor that sizzled with wit wisdom and a sometimes serious comedic slap in the face! It built up speed, then by the fifth season... it shut down. The problem became, the disagreements with the exec.s at Fox, from what I remember hearing from Keenan Ivory Wayans in a frank interview.Saturday night live had hit the skids, as far as I'm concerned, and I'm sure millions of other people, who had grown out of that show. This was up and coming, and I think by all rights should still be running as, SNL is still going. I can't figure why it is though, anyway, I love the wit and cynicism, that this show brought out as well as crossing various ethnic and moral and mental lines in it's path. For this was a superb comedy fix that burned the airwaves at night, but 'Cancelled' way too soon. Very sad. Viva "In Living Color!!!"(****)

amazing66 I have seen the new Season Two DVD and I remember watching the show when it was still on TV in the early 1990's. But one thing that stuck me as odd is that a lot of the music that the "Fly Girls" Dance to have been changed. This was not done with the Season one DVD when it came out, so I was wondering why was it done to the Season Two DVD? Was there some kind of issue with copyrights or something regarding the original music? The episodes just don't seem the same without the original music that the "Fly Girls" used to dance to. I believe it may have something to do with the copyrights of the music, anyway I was quite disappointed. If anyone can offer me some insight into this it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Victor Field "In Living Color" gave a leg up to Jennifer Lopez (she was one of the show's dance troupe the Fly Girls); it gave Jim Carrey his first exposure on a hit TV show; and it also spilled the various members of the Wayans family onto the tube. So in a way, if it hadn't been for this sketch series we may not have had "Jenny From The Block," "Ace Ventura: Pet Detective" or "My Wife and Kids." Thanks a LOT, Keenen Ivory Wayans.The show itself was funny at first, but the jokes wore thin and got cruder as it progressed; maybe this is taking it too personally, but I gave up on it after a sketch with Carrey and Kelly Coffield (the show's least talented cast member) as students, one of whom pretty much dies of an asthma attack... having had it in real life, I didn't find that funny at all. And as for the "Men On..." skits, the less said the better.Shame - "I'm Gonna Git You Sucka" was really funny.