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Nominated for 17 Emmys in its short four-year stint, In Living Color is broadly thought of the greatest skit comedy show given 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 massive network competitor FOX in the spring of 1990. Showcasing the talents of the Wayans family (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 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 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 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 develop a number 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 characteristics a quantity of hilarious episodes which includes the series premiere in which the show begins with a skit entitled "Really like 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 very first episode also functions the first appearance of the well-known characters from the skit "Males on Film". Other notable episodes from Season 1 contain "Introducing Homey D. Clown" in which the world 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 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 four (Transitions) Air Date: 05-05-1990

Episode 5 (A Date with Grace Jones) Air Date: 05-12-1990

Episode 6 (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 www