Talk:In Living Color

Tommy Davidson
Even though he is credited on this page as one of the only cast members to appear in all episodes, I am positive of the fact that Tommy Davidson was not a part of In Living Color Season 4, for I worked on the show at the time. While he remained on the theme song, he was not a part of any sketches until the season finale when he appeared in a "Funky Fingers Production" sketch to a rousing ovation from the studio audience. Someone please fix and make a note of this.


 * So the question now is WHY was Tommy Davidson off the show yet still credited in S4?

After looking at the famous sketches and characters, I now believe that the decline of In Living Color didn't begin with the departure of Keenen Ivory Wayans in the fourth season, but actually with the departure of Damon Wayans at the end of the previous season. After all, look at the list of characters that he portrayed -- Homey, Anton, Tom Brothers, Handiman, Oswald Bates, Head Detective, Blane Edwards ("Men On ____")... Somehow I don't think it was a step up to replace Damon with Marlon Wayans. In fact, the best season four episodes were those in which Damon returned, with or without Keenan. B.Wind 04:08, 17 November 2005 (UTC)


 * It's interesting to note that Keenan's on-camera time was drastically reduced after Damon's departure. The program had changed with Keenan's departure, but not as much as when he lost the opportunities to play off his brother.  147.70.242.21 16:26, 17 November 2005 (UTC)


 * Damon is WAY funnier than Keenan. Stusutcliffe 13:28, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

In Living Color Season 5 DVD?
I am wondering as an In Living Color fan (I have all four seasons). Somebody please inform me on this will Season Five be released on DVD or they're gonna do what they did to MADtv by halting the next season please inform me reply


 * meh, why? ILC was only good until the 3rd season.


 * According to Best Buy, the In Living Color Season 5 DVD (in the purple box) will be available tomorrow, April 4, 2006. 147.70.242.39 23:36, 3 April 2006 (UTC)


 * They were actually released a week later. Like the other seasons, this was edited as some bits (and not just some of the musical ones) that aired are not in the DVD set. B.Wind 05:30, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

Men on Films
Isn't the title plural?

(note: when posting on talk pages, please sign with ~, even if you're anonymous. Thank you). Actually the running name was "Men On..." In one instance, "Films" was used, but in at least two other occasions, it was the singular "Film"; so, either way would be correct. 147.70.242.39 22:55, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

Twist: one person or two?
I have noticed that someone has now edited so that Twist is "Leroy Casey and L.C. Casey." I am of the impression that Leroy and L.C. are one and the same person. Am I correct? If so, I would recommend that the article be edited to show that Twist is Leroy Casey only... unless someone would like to write an article for Twist and Wikilink the name here. B.Wind 17:27, 4 May 2006 (UTC)

Yes, L.C Casey, Leroy Casey and Twist are one person. Because if you look at seasonms three four and five it's the same D.J Metlover21

Ugly woman
Which character, (played by Foxx), is a woman who chases men around? --71.224.19.29 16:46, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

He played Wanda Wayne. Wanda is supposed to be the ugliest woman in the world. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.172.232.71 (talk) 02:38, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

Copyright issues

 * The DVD version has the language intact (except for the "drop the soap" line from Men on Film), but numerous sketches have been cut, particularly the music video parodies due to copyright reasons.

What copyright issues? Did some people involved in the production retain some copyrights for the music videos? Or is it referring to copyright fears of the original music videos? If so, I thought under US law, the right to do parodies/satire is protected and is not a copyright violation? Nil Einne 12:00, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
 * From what I've read FOX cheaped out and wouldn't pay the royalties to the copyright owners of the songs so they were cut from the DVD season 2 and 3 releases. Alatari (talk) 12:35, 28 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Reminds me of what I've heard about MTV and how they won't issue Daria on DVD, despite fairly loud fan outcry. --24.21.149.124 (talk) 03:40, 11 December 2008 (UTC)

TLC section removed
I wanted to edit the TLC section but it doesn't make sense.

Here it is below:

TLC was scheduled to perform on In Living Color but did not because BET told them to change around the words in Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg. They weren't going to perform because BET told them they had to take the condoms off of their clothes but they decided they were going to go ahead and perform, but the night before a cast member called them and told them they had to change around the lyrics, and they refused to perform on the show.

This show originally aired on FOX and this sentence is unclear. 64.191.211.54 (talk) 18:05, 7 August 2008 (UTC)


 * Its also funny, considering BET doesn't seem to have an issue with asses bouncing in your face all day. --24.21.149.124 (talk) 03:44, 11 December 2008 (UTC)

Lone "White" person(s)
Is there some reason why this article has to mention that the show only had one or two whites on this show? I don't see how that is siginificant to the show, anymore than saying Seinfield never had any blacks or SNL usually had its token black person or two. If no one cares, I vote to delete those references, unless they can be balanced somehow? MPA 22:23, 24 November 2008 (UTC)


 * BTW, for what its worth, while Seinfeld only occasionally had blacks (i.e. the visiting track and field guy who stays at Jerry's, and the Johnny Cocharan parody guy), there were frequently people of just about every other race in the show. --24.21.149.124 (talk) 03:44, 11 December 2008 (UTC)

Comedy Central
I read that this show is supposed to start airing on Comedy Central this Thursday (New Year's Day). I haven't seen this in TV listings or on Comedy Central's Website. I think either they changed the date, it was just a rumor, or it's going to be on Comedy Central in another country. I think if they changed the date, it will probably start airing January 19 (MLK's Birthday). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.207.209.16 (talk) 05:42, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

Time slots, ratings
I came to this article to find out what in what time slots the series ran and what kind of ratings it got.... nothing like that here. Any suggestions for sources where I can track this info down and add it? Dlabtot (talk) 19:01, 14 March 2009 (UTC)
 * I know wikipedia should not be used as a source, but searching through the early 90's US network television schedules:


 * 1990–91, Sundays, 8:00 PM
 * 1991–92, Sundays, 8:00 PM, #49 12.2/18
 * 1992–93, Sundays, 8:00 PM, #53 10.4
 * 1993–94, Thursdays, 9:00 PM
 * Hoof Hearted (talk) 14:45, 17 March 2016 (UTC)

A few inquiries
First off, though this is pretty minor, the article doesn't mention that Chris Rock had left Saturday Night Live when he was on ILC (I'm pretty sure if he was still under contract with SNL, he'd be forbidden to appear on ILC). Next, Jim Carey's lack of availability wasn't soley due to his movie career rising, but more specifically, that he was filming The Mask (at least I think it was The Mask he was filming) around the same time as season 5, hence the reason he wasn't a full time repository member in that season. Next up, has anyone found out the reasons why the rest of the Wayans were cut from the show (I know why Keenan and Damon did, but no reason was given for the rest of the family) and why Tommy Davidson was missing for most of season four and five? Lastly, Can anyone confirm that a uncensored and uncut set of all five seasons was supposed to be released sometime last year? Thanks 142.68.226.36 (talk) 21:55, 6 March 2013 (UTC)

Orphaned references in In Living Color
I check pages listed in Category:Pages with incorrect ref formatting to try to fix reference errors. One of the things I do is look for content for orphaned references in wikilinked articles. I have found content for some of In Living Color's orphans, the problem is that I found more than one version. I can't determine which (if any) is correct for this article, so I am asking for a sentient editor to look it over and copy the correct ref content into this article.

Reference named "official": From Carl Lewis:  From In Living Color (2013 TV series):  

I apologize if any of the above are effectively identical; I am just a simple computer program, so I can't determine whether minor differences are significant or not. AnomieBOT ⚡ 17:51, 27 May 2013 (UTC)

None of the controversies have been included
Considering how many times there is a reference to its controversial subject matter and its content none of them are mentioned in this article. The Colt 45 incident. So maybe someone with deep knowledge could include this. Hausa warrior (talk) 14:14, 5 June 2023 (UTC)