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From Joe
Nominated for 17 Emmys in its brief four-year stint, In Living Color is extensively thought of the greatest skit comedy show considering that SNL. Designed by the multitalented star Keenen Ivory Wayans (the eldest youngster from a huge and talented family members), the 30-minute Television show became an instant hit for emerging huge network competitor FOX in the spring of 1990. Showcasing the talents of the Wayans family (particularly blockbuster talent Damon Wayans), along with initial cast members David Alan Grier, Tommy Davidson, Kim Coles, T'keyah "Crystal" Keymah, Kelly Coffield, and Jim Carrey (who would use the show as a springboard to smash hit film profession that would start with Ace Ventura: Pet Detective in 1994), In Living Color quickly achieved the status of Tv cult icon
Along with clever, cutting-edge writing, In Living Color featured a plethora of talented cast members who would move on to enormously successful Hollywood careers. The show's dance troop, The Fly Girls, hired an ambitious dancer named Jennifer Lopez for the show's final season, and Season 2 of the show involved the employ of Oscar Award-winning actor Jamie Foxx (of Collateral and Ray). For its final season, In Living Color also featured notable appearances by comedian Chris Rock. Along the way, the series would create a quantity of legendary recurring characters such as Homey D. Clown (Damon Wayans), Fire Marshall Bill (Jim Carrey), and Guys on Film (Damon Wayans & David Alan Grier)
The In Living Color DVD attributes a quantity of hilarious episodes like the series premiere in which the show begins with a skit entitled "Enjoy Connection". Jim Carrey stars as Chuck Woolery, trying to bring together star-crossed lovers Mike Tyson (Keenen Ivory Wayans) and Robin Givens (Kim Coles). This first episode also characteristics the very first appearance of the well-known characters from the skit "Men on Film". Other notable episodes from Season 1 consist of "Introducing Homey D. Clown" in which the planet first meets an ex-con turned clown who refuses to engage in any clown-like acts, and "Anton in the People's Court" which characteristics the skits "M.C. Hammer Video" and "Ted Turner's Extremely Colorized Classics - The Kid"
Beneath is a list of episodes integrated on the In Living Color (Season 1) DVD:
Episode 1 (Pilot) Air Date: 04-15-1990
Episode two (The Wrath of Farrakhan) Air Date: 04-21-1990
Episode three (Lean on Me Gorgeous) Air Date: 04-28-1990
Episode 4 (Transitions) Air Date: 05-05-1990
Episode 5 (A Date with Grace Jones) Air Date: 05-12-1990
Episode six (Jheri's Kids) Air Date: 05-19-1990
Episode 7 (Don King - The Early Years) Air Date: 05-27-1990
Episode 8 (Endangered Species) Air Date: 06-03-1990
Episode 9 (Introducing Homey D. Clown) Air Date: 06-17-1990
Episode ten (Vera DeMilo) Air Date: 06-24-1990
Episode 11 (Anton in the People's Court) Air Date: 07-15-1990
Episode 12 (Conspiracy) Air Date: 09-02-1990
Episode 13 (Homey D Clown Returns) Air Date: 09-09-1990
