In Living Color
In Living Color was the brainchild of Keenen Ivory Wayans, the eldest sibling of a large and extremely talented family whose guidance toward his brothers and sisters would help shape his creation into something truly memorable, the likes of which had never been seen prior on US television. In 1989, Keenen set about making a pilot episode for something he knew was going to be different. It wasn't just going to be a show performed by black people for black people but was to be a multi-ethnic series. Using this as his basis he recruited two white actors who were fairly unknown at the time - James Carrey (now known as Jim) and Kelly Coffield. In addition, the show introduced more upcoming talent, in the form of Tommy Davidson, Kim Coles, David Alan Grier, T'keyah "Crystal" Keymah and finally his siblings Kim Wayans and Damon Wayans. The cast was formed and the pilot was filmed. Things went quiet for a while until word of mouth spread about this amazing new show that dared to be d
Hey Mon / Hedley Hospital, movie trailer for Sidekick!, Bigger Brothers of Greater Los Angeles, (Mississippi Fatback Witherspoon) Mudhead's Funeral, Men on Films II, and musical guest performance by Queen Latifah.
Keenen Ivory Wayans brings out a local radio contest winner before kicking off the show: Anton Volunteers, Training Men the Wodehouse Way, Roseanne Sings America, 2 Live Crew, and Homey the Clown: When Homey Met Sally.
Emmy After-party. Flatuscents. Magenta Thompson. They Mayweathers. The Buttmans. Spike Lee's Joint.
Fly Girls Surgery, Hour of Power TV Prayer, Benita Batrelle the Gossip, 1-900-Whitey-Guilt, Al McAffee the Jerk.
Keenen Ivory Wayans comes out and is quickly approached by the B.S. Brothers, The Brothers Brothers / Black Like You with Tom and Tom, Go On Girl: Sensitive Men, AT &T commercial, and the 1990 Miss Black Person U.S.A. Beauty Pageant.
Keenen Ivory Wayans introduces musical guest Heavy D and the Boyz from his dressing room, Hey Mon / Hedley Court, Shahrazad Ali's Video, Snackin' Shack, and Frenchie.
Keenen Ivory Wayans finds SW1 with an entourage, B. S. Brothers: Penitentiary IV, Iraqi Fashion Show, Lil Miss Trouble: The School Play, Vera DeMilo: Buffed, Beautiful, and Bitchin,' and Homeboy Shopping Network: Hollywood Homeboys.
15 Dollar Acting Class. Foundation for Golf Heritage. Movie blind date. I love Laquita.
Kelly and Jim play an urban family being evicted when their dog saves them. Kim becomes Grace Jones boxing Jim's Rocky. Kim is also Millie, the awkward party guest. Damon and David are the Mens doing a Europe travel review.
Tom and Tom, Barbara Bush Read in Jail Campaign, Volunteer Security, Thanksgiving Luncheon, D-Nice performance.
Three Champs and a Little Lady. The Newlywed Game. The Good Behavior Variety Show. Justice Legion Meeting introduces Handiman.
The Wayans siblings present an African-American focused sketch comedy show.
Kim is Benita Buttrell, block captain, who knows all the local gossip. Jim does an excellent Vanilla Ice parody. Damon is a prisoner making a bad case for his own parole. Jim receives a late night visit from an underwear brand's talking fruit.
The Wayans siblings present an African-American focused sketch comedy show.
The Brothers brothers join country club, Oprah - Your brain on drugs, Football coach hires a choreographer to help with touchdown celebrations, Lil Magic as Government Cheese in a school play, and Fire Marshall Bill gives safety lecture.
Kelly Park is Lil Miss Trouble encouraging Damon to run away from home. A feminine hygiene commercial is parodied. Kelly returns as a new waitress in a soul food restaurant. The group 2For2 entertain the audience.
The Wayans siblings present an African-American focused sketch comedy show.
Kim Wayans is a semi-talented child actress auditioning. A skit imagines what an Oprah owned restaurant would be like. Damon as Homey the Clown goes commercial. Damon with David become Blaine and Antoine reviewing TV shows.
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David Alan Grier | Various |
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Kelly Coffield | Various |
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Keenen Ivory Wayans | Self - Host |
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Jim Carrey | Various |
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Damon Wayans | Various |
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Shawn Wayans | Various |
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Tommy Davidson | Various |
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T'Keyah Crystal Keymáh | Hilda Hedley |
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Carrie Ann Inaba | Fly Girl |
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Kim Wayans | Various |
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Shanin Lonsway | |
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Terrence Brown | Various |
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Deidre Lang | Fly Girl |
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Michelle Whitney-Morrison | Fly Girl |
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Cari French | Fly Girl |
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Lisa Marie Todd | Fly Girl |
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Al Chalk | Self - Announcer |
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Carla Garrido | Fly Girl |
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Greg Herman | Various |
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Michael James | |
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Billy Dee Williams | Self |
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Rosie Perez | Spike's Joint Customer |
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Deron McBee | Viking |
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John Bowman | Detective John Sidekick's Partner |
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Robert Vinson | Self |
| Director | Paul Miller |
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| Writer | Keenen Ivory Wayans, John Bowman, Fax Bahr, Kim Bass, Les Firestein, Damon Wayans, Buddy Sheffield, Adam Small, Steve Tompkins, Pam Veasey, Terrence Brown, Becky Hartman Edwards, Jeff Schimmel, J.J. Paulsen, Greg Fields | |
| Producer | Kevin Berg, Tamara Rawitt, Keenen Ivory Wayans, Michael Petok | |
| Musician | Tom Rizzo | |
| Packaging | Custom Case |
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| Nr Discs | 1 |
| Screen Ratios | Fullscreen (4:3) |
| Audio Tracks | Dolby Digital Stereo [English] Stereo [English] |
| Subtitles | English | English (Closed Captioned) | Spanish |
| Extras | Color Closed-captioned |
| Distributor | 20th Century Fox |
| Layers | Single side, Dual layer |
| Edition Release Date | Sep 28, 2004 |
| Regions | Region 1 |
| Index | 3014 |
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| Added Date | Mar 22, 2018 00:00:00 |
| Modified Date | Mar 03, 2025 21:42:00 |