The BEST episodes of In Living Color season 1
Every episode of In Living Color season 1, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of In Living Color season 1!
In Living Color is a American variety sketch-comedy television series created, starred, written, and executive produced by Keenen Ivory Wayans, the program ran on the FOX Network from 1990 to 1994. The show was produced by Ivory Way Productions, in association with 20th Century Fox Productions. The series was a huge success as it won an Primetime Emmy Award for "Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series" in 1990 and gained international prominence after airing a special live episode as a counterprogram for Super Bowl XXVL, earning the show very high ratings
#1 - Pilot
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 4/15/1990
Sketches include: "Love Connection: Jewish Woman Dates a Black Man" "Great Moments in Black History: First Black Man on the Moon" "Homeboy Shopping Network" "Redd Foxx for Hire" "Equity Express" "Men on Film"
#2 - Endangered Species
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 6/3/1990
Sketches include: Rallo appears in the show opener "President Jackson's Farewell Address" "K-Tel Presents Cephus & Reesie Mayweather" "Endangered Species" "Casa de Hair" "This Ol' Box" with Anton Jackson
#3 - Introducing..Homey D. Clown
Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 6/17/1990
Sketches include: "Mo' Money with Whiz and Ice" "America's Funniest Security Camera Videos" "Andrea Dice Clay" "Hey Mon/Hedly Airlines" "Homey D. Clown"
#4 - Transitions
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 5/5/1990
Sketches include: Shawn tries to replace Keenen and take over in the show opener "Oprah" "Colt 45" (original FOX broadcast only) "The Exxxon Family" (replaces the above sketch on DVD and in syndication) "Great Moments in Black History: The First Self-Service Gas Station" "Jim Carrey's Celebrity Impressions Transition" "Rhythmless Nation" (cut on DVD) "Anton" "Men on Art"
#5 - A Date With Grace Jones
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 5/12/1990
Sketches include: Shawn lets someone else take over as DJ in return for Los Angeles Lakers tickets in the show opener "Three Champs and a Baby" "New Ambassador" "A Date with Grace" "Hefty World Condominium Estates" "Homeboy Shopping Network: Used Car Sale" "Black World"
#6 - Homey D Clown Returns
Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 9/9/1990
Sketches include: "Homey D. Clown's One Stop Carnival" "David Alan Grier Transition" (does not air on Aspire) "Benita Butrell" "Michael Winslow—A One-Man Show" "Samantha Kinison" "The Buttmans"
#7 - Don King-The Early Years
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 5/27/1990
Sketches include: "Don King: The Early Years" "Cookin' with Salt-n-Pepa" (cut from DVD) "Hey Mon" "Ted Turner's Very Colorized Classics—Casablanca" "Rallo" "Men on Books"
#8 - Vera DeMilo
Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 6/24/1990
Sketches include: "Michael Jackson Mr. Potato Head" "Family Feud" with guest Ray Combs" (cut from DVD) "Disc Jokey, Death Jockey Trailer" "School for the Self-Taught" "Lil' Miss Trouble" "Uncle Joe's Fairy Tales" "Old Train" "Vera De Milo, Bodybuilder"
#9 - Lean On Me Beautiful
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 4/28/1990
Sketches include: Shawn is asked to take off Keenen's shoes and Damon's shirt in the show opener "Lean on Me, Beautiful" "Mitzvah Train" "Go On Girl" "Oswald Bates for The United Negro Scholarship Fund" "Too-Too Ethnic" "Lassie '90" "Richard Pryor: Scared for No Reason" "Vortex, the Super Absorbent Tampons"
#10 - The Wrath of Farrakhan
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 4/21/1990
Sketches include: "Do-It-Yourself Milli Vanilli Kit" (cut from DVD) "Arsenio and Marion Barry" "Rap Choir" "Sugar Ray Leonard Transition" "Star Trek: The Wrath of Farrakhan" "Ridin' Miss Daisy"
#11 - Conspiracy
Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 9/2/1990
Sketches include: "Vortex of Fear" "Ray Charles in Charge" "Little Richard's Playhouse" "Della Reese's Pieces" "Secret Council" "I Love Laquita"
#12 - Jheri's Kids
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 5/19/1990
Sketches include: "Bad Karate Class" "Greshan Formula" "Jheri's Kids" "Tracy Chapman's Creative Process" "Oppression for Black Men" "Snackin' Shack"
#13 - Anton In The People's Court
Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 7/15/1990
Sketches include: Keenen comes out as Marsha Warfield in the show opener "The Brothers Brothers" "MC Hammer Video" "Cine-Globe" "Calhoun Tubbs" "Ted Turner's Very Colorized Classics— Redd Foxx's The Kid" "Anton on Po' People's Court" Close featuring guest dancers Soul Brothers