IN LIVING COLOR: SEASON ONE, EPISODE THREE (TV)

Summary

One in this African-American-based sketch comedy program. Creator and star Keenen Ivory Wayans opens this program by introducing DJ SW-1, whom he is annoyed to see is wearing his shoes, and the in-house dance troupe, The Fly Girls. Sketches include the following: a preview of an upcoming TV series "Lean On Me, Beautiful," about a harsh beauty-school principal who wins over his students with his no-nonsense attitude; an advertisement for "Mitzvah Train," a black/Jewish dating service that promises "interracial splendor"; an installment of the woman-centric talk show "Go On Girl!" that turns sour when two outspoken guests realize that they are dating the same man; a nonsensically-worded plea for donations to the United Negro Scholarship Fund; a commercial for the "sassy" new sitcom "Too-Too Ethnic"; "Lassie '90," in which a vicious pit bull wreaks havoc in a bad neighborhood, unnoticed by Timmy and his mother; a new film in which comedian Richard Pryor is "Scared For No Reason"; and an ad for the extremely absorbent "Vortex II tampons." Commercials deleted.

Details

• NETWORK: FOX
• DATE: April 28, 1990 9:00 PM
• RUNNING TIME: 0:23:57
• COLOR/B&W: Color
• CATALOG ID: B:85636
• GENRE: Comedy/Variety
• SUBJECT HEADING: African-American Collection - Comedy; Comedy/Variety; Sketch comedy
• SERIES RUN: Fox - TV series, 1990-1994
• COMMERCIALS: N/A

CREDITS

• Keenen Ivory Wayans … Executive Producer, Created by, Writer
• Tamara Rawitt … Producer
• Michael Petok … Co-Producer
• Christie Stentz … Associate Producer
• Paul Miller … Director
• Franklyn Ajaye … Writer
• Jeanette Collins … Writer
• Barry "Berry" Douglas … Writer
• Rob Edwards … Writer
• Sandy Frank … Writer
• Mimi Friedman … Writer
• Jeff Joseph … Writer
• Howard Kuperberg … Writer
• Buddy Sheffield … Writer
• Joe Toplyn … Writer
• Damon Wayans … Writer
• Matthew Wickline … Writer
• DJ SW-1 (see also: Shawn Wayans) … Music by
• Tom Rizzo … Music by
• Rosie Perez … Choreographer
• Heavy D & The Boyz … Theme Music by
• Cari French … Dancer
• Deidre Lang … Dancer
• Michelle Whitney-Morrison … Dancer
• Lisa Todd … Dancer
• Carrie Inaba … Dancer
• Keenen Ivory Wayans … Cast
• James Carrey (see also: Jim Carrey) … Cast
• Kelly Coffield … Cast
• Kim Coles … Cast
• Tommy Davidson … Cast
• David Alan Grier … Cast
• T'keyah "Crystal" Keymah … Cast
• Damon Wayans … Cast
• Kim Wayans … Cast
• Richard Pryor