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Rating:  - Loved it!!!
This classic comedy series is still funny 15 years later! I loved it, I was only about 11 years old when the show was on, but now I'm grown and I can really enjoy it, and get all the jokes! Anton,Frenchie, Benita ("Nobody betta not eva say nuttin' 'bout Ms. Jenkins!!") and Calhoun Tubbs ("Wrote a song bout it, like to hear it?Here it go!) are my favorites!! The Wayans family is so talented! I love them all! This DVD is worth the $30 bucks!!!
Rating: - Bold and original...!
Nominated for 17 Emmys in its short four-year stint, In Living Color is widely considered the best skit comedy show since SNL. Created by the multitalented star Keenen Ivory Wayans (the eldest child from a large and talented family), the 30-minute TV show became an instant hit for emerging big network competitor FOX in the spring of 1990. Showcasing the talents of the Wayans family (especially 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 movie career that would begin 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 successful 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 hire 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 create a number of legendary recurring characters such as Homey D. Clown (Damon Wayans), Fire Marshall Bill (Jim Carrey), and Men on Film (Damon Wayans & David Alan Grier)...
In Living Color (Season 2) DVD features a number of hilarious episodes including the season premiere "Big Brother" in which Queen Latifah guest hosts and serves as the musical guest as well. This first episode also features the popular skit "Men on Films II"... Other notable episodes from Season 2 include "Anton at the Recruiter" which features skits "Roseanne Sings America" and "Homey the Clown: When Homey Met Sally," and "Funky Productions" which features Jim Carrey in the sketch "Vera De Milo: Buffed, Beautiful, and Bitchin'"...
Below is a list of episodes included on the In Living Color (Season 2) DVD:
Episode 14 (Big Brother)
Episode 15 (Anton at the Recruiter)
Episode 16 (Spike's Joint)
Episode 17 (Hour of Power)
Episode 18 (Miss Black Person USA)
Episode 19 (The Black Man's Guide to Understanding the Black Woman)
Episode 20 (Funky Finger Productions)
Episode 21 (Laquita Meets Billy Dee)
Episode 22 (Men on Vacation)
Episode 23 (Anton's Thanksgiving)
Episode 24 (Justice Legions of America)
Episode 25 (Veracosa)
Episode 26 (Johnny Abdul)
Episode 27 (Introducing... Fire Marshal Bill)
Episode 28 (My Dark Conscience)
Episode 29 (Anton in the Burbs)
Episode 30 (PCN's Win, Lose, or Draw)
Episode 31 (Lil Magic's School Play)
Episode 32 (Hour of Power: Tag Team Evangelists)
Episode 33 (Super Fly)
Episode 34 (Anton at the Recruiter)
Episode 35 (Arsenio Hall of Justice)
Episode 36 (Compilations)
Episode 37 (Homey the Sellout: Part 1)
Episode 38 (Dickie Peterson: Cherub of Justice)
Episode 39 (Men on Vacation)
The DVD Report
Rating: - Homey Don't Play Dat!
The Greatest sketch comedy in the early 90's. My favorite sketches are Vera Demilo,Homey,the 3 champs,and especially the Men on film! this is worth the price.
Rating:  - Homey don't play dat. Neither do I.
I will NEVER buy ILC season 2. Not until Fox re-releases it, unedited. (and maybe gives a coupon for those who had bought it.)
Anybody who's kept up on my reviews, for better or worse, would know that I find nothing worse than editing - especially when they don't bother to say on the packaging. Television is supposed to be art. To chop it up and remove pieces, regardless of excuse, is no better than me going to the Louvre to paint over the Mona Lisa's nose with pea green paint or, worse, an advertisement for Tootsie Rolls in the nostrils.
I'm hoping season 3 will be full and unedited.
It's a shame; the show itself was not only funny at the time; it's held MUCH of its humor that many skit or sitcom shows have managed to lose over time. That is extremely rare, to say the least.
In Living Color is special. A cultural influence, no less, as it remains as fresh today as it did in 1990 (unlike many other skit shows...). To neuter it by replacing music soundtracks (while not updating the end credits either) and removing entire skits (namely the Vanilla Ice parody for no apparent reason) crosses the line. Particularly when, as said by others, no word of the atrocity had been mentioned on the packaging!
Now if this set was $20, then I would buy it. But not for $40.
One other note, I want to send a gigantic note of thanks to amazon.com, for being an invaluable service. In terms of both price and especially with allowing consumer reviews, I turn to amazon.com first to find out what users have to say about new releases.
Rating: - Poor DVD set
I'm sorry but this is not a true representation of the show in 1991. The editing company RUINED it. The original songs from the dances were not the same and have missing skits.
Now that TV on DVD is all the rage these days we don't deserve to pay a lot of money to have these sets so poorly altered.
Anyone wanting to buy the set to have a reminder of how it really was when it originally aired will be disappointed.
I want a refund!
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