The BEST episodes of In Living Color season 5
Every episode of In Living Color season 5, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of In Living Color season 5!
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 - Ike Turner and Hooch
Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/30/1993
Sketches include: "Snow: Impostor" (cut from DVD) "Ike Turner & Hooch/FOX News Special Report: The Reginald Denny Riots" "The Honeymooners" '93: New Jack Swing Dancing "Cheap Pete at the Convenience Store" (with guest star Chris Rock as Cheap Pete) "Ace and Main Man" Meet Tupac (with guest star Tupac as himself)
#2 - Unpoetic Justice
Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/7/1993
Sketches include: "Loomis Simmons: Knock You Up" "Prison Cable Network: Mr. Cell Block Beauty Pageant" (cut from DVD) "An Apology from the Denny's Spokeswomen" "Unpoetic Justice" "Carl 'The Tooth' Williams: Shot at the Title" (with guest star Thomas Hearns as himself) "Funky Finger Productions" a.k.a. "B.S. Brothers: Talk Show"
#3 - The Dirty Dozens
Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/23/1993
Sketches include: "Michael Jackson: Little Billy's Not My Lover" (featuring Denise Richards as Brooke Shields; cut from DVD) "The Dirty Dozens Game Show" (featuring show writer Nick Bakay as host Stu Dunfy) "Ball Park Breast and Butt Implants" "Baptist Church Revival Olympics" "Fire Marshal Bill at the Hospital"
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#4 - The Champ
Season 5 - Episode 26 - Aired 5/12/1994
Sketches include: "Background Guy: Haunted House Report" (cut from DVD) "The Champ Goes Back to School" "Prison Cable Network: Lights Out with the Angel" "Ace and Main Man Meet Salt 'n' Pepa." (with guest stars Salt-N-Pepa as themselves) Close featuring To Be Continued performing "One on One"
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#5 - Wile E Coyote on Trial
Season 5 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/18/1993
Sketches include: "The Background Guy: Streetside Crime Scene" "Wile E. Coyote: Cartoon Violence Trial" "Go On Girl: Madonna's Effect on Women's Progress" "Candy Cane Kids Show: Candy and Benny the Dinosaur" "The Honeymooners '93": The New Boss
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#6 - Thugs
Season 5 - Episode 20 - Aired 3/10/1994
Sketches include: "Dr Kervorkian's Home Remedies" "Great Moments In Black History: The First Def Comedy Jam" "Thugs" (parody of COPS; coincidentally, Saturday Night Live had a similar sketch on the season 19 episode hosted by Martin Lawrence) "Proud Gay Man at a Burger Joint" "Sweet Tooth Jones: The Hollywood School of Self-Defense" Close featuring Simple E performing "Play My Funk"
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#7 - Wheel of Dozens
Season 5 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/30/1993
Sketches include: "Joe Jackson's Never Neverland Sale" "Mr. Armstrong, The Dead-Armed Substitute Teacher" "A Few Minutes with Randy Rooney" "Deronda and Pookie Play Office" "Wheel of Dozens" (featuring Nick Bakay as Stu Dunfy)
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#8 - The Irish Singer
Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/14/1993
Sketches include: "The Los Angeles Riots Anniversary Show" (cut from DVD; the FXX and Aspire versions inexplicably cut out the beginning of Rodney King's song near the end of the sketch, where he mentions driving down Foothill Boulevard; featuring Nick Bakay as Laurence Powell) "NBA Fan Harasses Player" (with guest star Chris Rock as the fan) "The Depressed Irish Singer at the Mental Hospital" "FOX Sports: The Anorexic Sumo Wrestler" "Deronda and Pookie Play Family" "Wanda and her Baby, Part 2: The Detective" "MTV Unplugged: Jodeci" (cut from DVD)
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#9 - All Up In The Family
Season 5 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/11/1993
Sketches include: "Rush and Al's 'Can't We All Just Sweat Along?' Gym and Home Fitness Program" "All Up In The Family: Gloria's Jamaican Boyfriend" "The Waiter Who Knows Too Many Specials" "Wanda and Her Baby: Wanda Meets Barry Bonds" (with guest star Bonds as himself) "East Hollywood Squares II" (with guest stars Peter Marshall and Gary Coleman as themselves)
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#10 - Big and Loud Men's Clothes Store
Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/21/1993
Sketches include: "Hag Team: Droop! There It Is" (cut from DVD) "Rush and Al's Big and Loud Men's Clothes Store" "Background Guy: The FOX Newsroom" "A Few Minutes with Randy Rooney" (a.k.a. "What If Andy Rooney Were Black?") "Cheap Pete at the Bar" (with guest star Chris Rock as Cheap Pete) "Ace and the Main Man" (with guest star Marsha Warfield as herself) Close featuring Guru with N'Dea Davenport performing "Trust Me"
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#11 - Circus of the Black Stars
Season 5 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/28/1993
Sketches include: "Wanda and Her Baby, Part 3: Wanda Writes in her Diary" "Carl 'The Tooth' Williams: Rocky Parody" (cut from DVD) "Circus of the Black Stars" "Magnifico Lets Himself Go" "Fire Marshal Bill: Magic Show Safety" (the FXX and Aspire reruns edit out Fire Marshall Bill's line that implies he and an Arab man named Abdul were involved with the 1993 World Trade Center bombing) Close featuring Leaders of the New School performing "What's Next"
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#12 - Ike Strikes Back
Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/16/1993
Sketches include: "Ike Turner Strikes Back" (a.k.a. "You Done Lied; Nothin's True to It") (cut from DVD) The new cast members are introduced in the show opener "Russell Simmons' Def Strawberry Jam" "Seinfeld in the 'Hood" "Kim & Sammy: Korean Grocer Puppet" "Ugly Wanda: Wanda Gives Birth"
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#13 - The Gangsta Group
Season 5 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/13/1994
Sketches include: "Sister Act 3: This Ain't Kosher" "Background Guy: Bigfoot Sighting Report" "The Gangsta Group" "The Waiter Who Knows Way Too Many Specials: Airline Meals" "Grandpa and Duke the Dead Dog: Police Dog Training"
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#14 - Infomercial Awards
Season 5 - Episode 25 - Aired 5/12/1994
Sketches include: "Mustang Brothel for Vista Credit Cards" (does not air on Aspire) "Wile E. Coyote's Mall Appearance" "Infomercial Awards" "All Up in the Family: Gay Barney" "Deronda and Pookie Play Party" "The B.S. Brothers: Gangsta Rappers" Close featuring Meshell Ndegeocello performing "If That's Your Boyfriend (He Wasn't Last Night)"
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#15 - Candy Cane's Last Show
Season 5 - Episode 24 - Aired 5/5/1994
Sketches include: "Rap Masterpiece Theatre: Rap Lyric Dramatic Readings II" (cut from DVD) "Candy Cane: Candy Gets Replaced" "The Waiter in the Diner" (cut from DVD; does not air on Aspire) "Chris Rock's Speech" (cut from DVD; does not air on Aspire) "Grandpa & Duke the Dead Dog: A Time for Love" "Family Dozens" (featuring Nick Bakay as Stu Dunfy)
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#16 - Sweet Tooth Jones
Season 5 - Episode 23 - Aired 4/28/1994
Sketches include: "Snoop Dogg: Drivin' Down the Street" (cut from DVD) "Sweet Tooth Jones: Sexual Harassment Seminar" "Michael Jackson at Disneyworld" (cut from DVD; does not air on Aspire) "Ed Baker, The Insensitive Guidance Counselor" (with guest star Biz Markie as student Marlin Kane) "Ugly Wanda: Bachelor Auction" (with guest star Luther Vandross as himself) Close featuring Boss performing "Progress of Elimination"
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#17 - The Scary Larry Show
Season 5 - Episode 22 - Aired 4/7/1994
Sketches include: "Rush And Al's Greatest Hits" (cut from DVD) "Cheap Pete At The Carnival" (with guest star Chris Rock as Cheap Pete) "Loomis Simmons: Let Me Harass You!" "The Scary Larry Show" (a.k.a. The Vietnam Vet Kids' Show Host) "East Hollywood Squares IV" (with guest star Peter Marshall as himself) Close featuring Souls of Mischief performing "93 'til Infinity"
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#18 - Academy Awards
Season 5 - Episode 21 - Aired 3/24/1994
Sketches include: "Loomis Simmons: Make Him Jealous!" (with guest star Biz Markie as "Albert Einstein") "66th Annual Academy Awards Highlights" "Grandpa and Duke: Beethoven's Sidekick Audition" "Cheap Pete Gets Married" (with guest star Chris Rock as Cheap Pete) "Umbilical Barry Rides the Subway" "Hemorrhoid Patient: Stuck in the Hallway" Close featuring Eazy-E with Dresta and B.G. Knocc Out performing "Real Compton City G's"
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#19 - Dirty Dozens Tournament of Champions
Season 5 - Episode 19 - Aired 2/24/1994
Sketches include: "Risky Business II: The Menendez Brothers" (featuring Nick Bakay as Lyle Menendez; cut from DVD) "Carl 'The Tooth' Williams's Paternity Suit" (with guest star Biz Markie as Williams' friend) "San Francisco" (Philadelphia parody, with guest star Chris Rock as one of the gay attorneys) "Dirty Dozens Tournament Of Champions" (featuring Nick Bakay as Stu Dunfy, with guest stars Biz Markie as contestant "Foosball" Franklin and Ed O'Neill as himself)
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#20 - Mrs. Ikefire
Season 5 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/17/1994
Sketchs include: "Mrs Ikefire" "East Hollywood Squares III" (with guest stars Peter Marshall and Pam Grier as themselves) "Background Guy: Spring Break Report" "Dirty Dozens Home Game" (featuring Nick Bakay as Stu Dunfy) "Fire Marshall Bill: Honeymoon Hotel"
#21 - Hemorrhoid Guy
Season 5 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/3/1994
Sketches include: "Tonya Harding for The Club" "All Up In The Family: Cross-Eyed Boss' White Wife" "John Bobbit: The New Six Million Dollar Man" "Hemorrhoid Guy: Stuck in the Operating Room" (with guest stars Chris Rock as Cheap Pete and Biz Markie as a window washer) "Ugly Wanda and Her Uglier Sister" (with guest star Biz Markie as Wanda's uglier sister, Judy)
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#22 - East Hollywood Squares
Season 5 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/27/1994
Sketches include: "Marlee Matlin Sings & Raps Deaf Def Jams" (cut from DVD) "Cheap Pete On A Date" (with guest star Chris Rock as Cheap Pete) "AWF's Tag-Team Wrestling: Rush & Al vs. Howard Stern & Robin Quivers" "East Hollywood Squares" (with guest stars Peter Marshall and Fred Berry as themselves)
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#23 - Mary Tyler Mo
Season 5 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/16/1993
Sketches include: "B.E.T. Fall Lineup: The Mary Tyler Mo' Sho' "Loomis Simmons: Custom Built Condoms" "Depressed Irish Singer at the Men's Homeless Shelter" "Geraldo: Illegitimate Black Children of White Celebrities" "Ace and Main Man Meet Johnny Gill" (with guest star Gill as himself) Close featuring Patra with Lyn Collins performing "Think (About It)"
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#24 - The White League
Season 5 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/10/1994
Sketches include: "Tonya Harding: Mark Jackson Free Throw" (with guest star Jackson as himself) "The B.S. Brothers Pitch Shoes" (with guest stars Isiah Thomas, John Starks, Charles Oakley, Anthony Bonner, Anthony Mason, Herb Williams, and Patrick Ewing as themselves) "Rap Masterpiece Theater: Rap Lyric Dramatic Readings" (cut from DVD) "The White League" (with guest stars Roy Firestone, Danny Manning, Vlade Divac, and James Worthy as themselves) "Run PMS: Wanna Man" (cut from DVD) "Ace And Main Man Meet Kareem Abdul-Jabbar" (with guest star Abdul-Jabbar as himself) Close featuring Shaquille O'Neal, followed by the video for his song "I'm Outstanding"
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#25 - Umbilical Barry
Season 5 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/2/1993
Sketches include: "Vera DeMilo: I Need a Buffneck" (cut from DVD) "Carl the Tooth Williams Parachutes In" "Pavarotti's New Back-Up Singers" (cut from DVD) "What If The Menendez Brothers Were Black?" "Lorena Bobbit for the Deboner 2000" "Sammy and the Man: The Police Officer Puppet" "Umbilical Barry at the College Party" Close featuring Us3 performing "Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia)"