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Nominated for 17 Emmys in its short 4-year stint, In Living Color is extensively considered the greatest skit comedy show considering that SNL. Designed by the multitalented star Keenen Ivory Wayans (the eldest kid from a large and talented loved ones), the 30-minute Television show became an instant hit for emerging big network competitor FOX in the spring of 1990. Showcasing the talents of the Wayans family (especially 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 movie 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 two 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 Men on Film (Damon Wayans & David Alan Grier)
The In Living Color DVD functions a quantity of hilarious episodes like the series premiere in which the show starts with a skit entitled "Adore Connection". Jim Carrey stars as Chuck Woolery, attempting to bring with each other star-crossed lovers Mike Tyson (Keenen Ivory Wayans) and Robin Givens (Kim Coles). This very first episode also characteristics the 1st look of the common characters from the skit "Men on Film". Other notable episodes from Season 1 contain "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 Really Colorized Classics - The Kid"
Beneath is a list of episodes included 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 Lovely) Air Date: 04-28-1990
Episode 4 (Transitions) Air Date: 05-05-1990
Episode five (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 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 jt foxx
