Season 1

In Living Color

Season 1

13 episodes • 6 seasons
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Release Date

Premiered

In Living Color Season 1 released on April 15, 1990.

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S01E01 • Aired April 15, 1990

Pilot

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"

S01E02 • Aired April 21, 1990

The Wrath of Farrakhan

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"

S01E03 • Aired April 28, 1990

Lean on Me Beautiful

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"

S01E04 • Aired May 05, 1990

Transitions

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"

S01E05 • Aired May 12, 1990

A Date with Grace Jones

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"

S01E06 • Aired May 19, 1990

Jheri's Kids

Sketches include: "Bad Karate Class" "Greshan Formula" "Jheri's Kids" "Tracy Chapman's Creative Process" "Oppression for Black Men" "Snackin' Shack"

S01E07 • Aired May 27, 1990

Don King-The Early Years

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"

S01E08 • Aired June 03, 1990

Endangered Species

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

S01E09 • Aired June 17, 1990

Introducing..Homey D. Clown

Sketches include: "Mo' Money with Whiz and Ice" "America's Funniest Security Camera Videos" "Andrea Dice Clay" "Hey Mon/Hedly Airlines" "Homey D. Clown"

S01E10 • Aired June 24, 1990

Vera DeMilo

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"

S01E11 • Aired July 15, 1990

Anton in the People's Court

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

S01E12 • Aired September 02, 1990

Conspiracy

Sketches include: "Vortex of Fear" "Ray Charles in Charge" "Little Richard's Playhouse" "Della Reese's Pieces" "Secret Council" "I Love Laquita"

S01E13 • Aired September 09, 1990

Homey D Clown Returns

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"