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''"Mo' Money, '''Mo' Money''' '''MO' MONEY!'''" -- Homeboy Shopping Network''
''"LEMME SHOW YA SOMETHIN'!" -- Fire Marshal Bill''
'''''In Living Color!''''' Wrote an article 'bout it! Like to read it? Here it go!
Sketch comedy show created by Keenan Ivory Wayans and starring many Wayans Brothers ([[Animaniacs
The series was largely seen as an urban version of ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'', which featured hip-hop and R&B musical acts. The series spawned several popular characters, most notably the ex-con clown Homey D. Clown (Damon Wayans), the flamboyantly gay film critics for Men on Film (Damon Wayans and Grier), and Fire Marshal Bill (Carrey), a fire safety official who creates disaster rather than safety.
Unfortunately, the edgy comedy of the series eventually brought down the wrath of the network executives upon it, and the Wayans family ended up leaving the series. The show ultimately was cancelled after five seasons, freeing the show's breakout stars to go on to varying degrees of success in film,
[[Revival|Scheduled to return]] in 2012. [http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/in-living-color-keenen-ivory-wayans-254828 No, really.] {{verify}}
Not to be confused with the funk-metal band [[Living Colour]].
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* [[Abhorrent Admirer]]: Jamie Foxx's Ugly Wanda.
* [[Camp Gay]]: ''Men on Film'' -- though they also examine books, television, art, vacation...
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** Calhoun Tubbs always punctuates his songs with "Aaahhhhh haaaaaaaa!"
* [[Chez Restaurant]]: Chez Whitey's.
* [[Clingy Jealous Girl]]: [[Depraved Kids' Show Host|Candy Cane]] towards Jurassic Benny.
* [[Clip Show]]: Some best-of episodes, plus an all-[[Hilarious Outtakes]] show.
* [[Crossover]]: Some of ''In Living Color'''s cast members have hosted ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' (or have some connection to it):
** Jim Carrey: Was originally supposed to be part of the notoriously awful 1980-1981 season, but was rejected. Despite this, Carrey has hosted ''SNL'' twice: in 1996 (the last episode of
** David Alan Grier: Hosted ''SNL'' in the 1995-1996 season [
** Jamie Foxx: Is the only ''In Living Color'' alum to host once (as of 2011). Foxx hosted a
** Jennifer Lopez: Hosted a
** Damon Wayans: Was a feature player for ''SNL'' during its 11th season (1985-1986); got fired after playing a cop character as a [[Camp Gay]] (which he would use later for his "Men on Film" character) in retaliation for Lorne Michaels and the writers not giving him any decent roles in sketches. Despite this, Wayans came back to do stand-up on the last episode of
* [[Depraved Kids' Show Host]]: Keenan Ivory Wayans' Homey D. Clown (and later, Candy Cane [Alexandra Wentworth]).▼
* [[Film Noir]]: The [[Deliberately Monochrome]] segments with [[Token White|Kelly Coffield]] as a stereotypical [[Femme Fatale]].
* [[Funny Background Event]]: The "Background Guy" skits with Carrey were based around this.
* [[Hates the Job, Loves
* [[Hilarity Ensues]]
* [[Hypocritical Humor]]: Miss Benita "ain't one to gossip", but...
** Just don't say nothin' bad about Ms. Jenkins near her (though ''that'' doesn't stop her from
* [[I Want You to Meet An Old Friend of Mine]]: Jim Carrey and Damon Wayans first met during the filming of ''[[Earth Girls Are Easy]]'' and struck up a close friendship.
* [[Jerkass]]: Homey D. Clown.
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* [[Music Video Parody]]: A lot of the music videos (which, due to copyright reasons, are not included on the DVD sets).
* [[Nepotism]]: Most of the producers/actors were related to one another. It's very telling that most of the show's breakout stars were the ones who had no blood connection to the Wayans in any way, shape, or form ([[Jim Carrey]], David Alan Grier, Jamie Foxx, Jennifer Lopez, and Tommy Davidson).
* [[Pretty Fly for
* [[Race Lift]]: Most of the sketches that posed the question, "What if [insert celebrity name here] was black?" Also, there was "All Up in the Family" and "East Hollywood Squares" from the last season.
** This was the whole point of ''Ted Turner's Really Colorized Classics'', which put famous black performers (and their shticks) in the place of white ones in [[Golden Age of Hollywood]] films. Redd Foxx substitutes for Charlie Chaplin in ''The Kid'', and Billy Dee Williams gets Humphrey Bogart's role in ''Casablanca''.
* [[Refuge in Audacity]]:
* [[Risky Business Dance]]: A [[Dead Baby Comedy]] version, where the Menendez brothers do the dance while wielding rifles.
* [[Sketch Comedy]]
▲* [[Depraved Kids Show Host]]: Keenan Ivory Wayans' Homey D. Clown (and later, Candy Cane [Alexandra Wentworth]).
* [[Take That]]: The show often made fun of ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' for underusing its African-American cast members at the time (such as Tim Meadows and Chris Rock).
* [[Theme Tune Rap]]: By Heavy D, no less.
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* [[Variety Show]]
* [[Your Mom|Yo Mama]]: One of the sketches was a game show called "The Dirty Dozens", in which the host would read off the first phrase of a "Yo mama" joke, and contestants would ring in to finish the joke. To wit:
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(T-Dogg rings in)
'''Host''': T-Dogg
'''T-Dogg''': Yo mama so hairy, [[Big Foot]] be takin' pictures of ''her''.
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