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Nominated for 17 Emmys in its short 4-year stint, In Living Color is broadly considered the greatest skit comedy show since SNL. Designed by the multitalented star Keenen Ivory Wayans (the eldest youngster from a large and talented household), the 30-minute Television show became an instant hit for emerging large network competitor FOX in the spring of 1990. Showcasing the talents of the Wayans loved ones (specially 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 career that would start with Ace Ventura: Pet Detective in 1994), In Living Color swiftly achieved the status of Television cult icon
Along with clever, cutting-edge writing, In Living Color featured a plethora of talented cast members who would move on to enormously profitable 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 hire 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 produce 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 number of hilarious episodes such as the series premiere in which the show begins with a skit entitled "Really like Connection". Jim Carrey stars as Chuck Woolery, trying to bring with each other star-crossed lovers Mike Tyson (Keenen Ivory Wayans) and Robin Givens (Kim Coles). This initial episode also features the very first appearance of the popular characters from the skit "Males on Film". Other notable episodes from Season 1 consist of "Introducing Homey D. Clown" in which the globe 1st meets an ex-con turned clown who refuses to engage in any clown-like acts, and "Anton in the People's Court" which features the skits "M.C. Hammer Video" and "Ted Turner's Extremely Colorized Classics - The Kid"
Below is a list of episodes included on the In Living Color (Season 1) DVD:
Episode 1 (Pilot) Air Date: 04-15-1990
Episode 2 (The Wrath of Farrakhan) Air Date: 04-21-1990
Episode three (Lean on Me Beautiful) 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 6 (Jheri's Youngsters) Air Date: 05-19-1990
Episode 7 (Don King - The Early Years) Air Date: 05-27-1990
Episode eight (Endangered Species) Air Date: 06-03-1990
Episode 9 (Introducing Homey D. Clown) Air Date: 06-17-1990
Episode 10 (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
