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He couldn't cross over like Jamie Foxx did, and Jim Carrey did it better unfortunately
Bruh I was too young to see it but Arsenio had to be PISSED watching this shyt
You knew he was pissed with that fake long finger
I wasn't alive during In Living Color, this shyt got me dying
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He couldn't cross over like Jamie Foxx did, and Jim Carrey did it better unfortunately
You knew he was pissed with that fake long finger
In living color, Madtv>>>>>>>>SNL
Laidbackman
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I guess a lot of people was still watching it, but wasn't necessarily telling everybody. This was during a time when we also felt dumb for ever liking "Good Times" after it went off the air. We started mocking JJ's "Dyn -o- mitie!", and them always living in the ghetto, but had the nerve to call the show "Good Times". When Generation X came around, they saw nothing wrong with the stereotyping of Black comedy. It's been that way since.Admit to missing prime black comedy material during its initial run.
I don't know any black folks who were alive back then who didn't watch both of In Living Color and Martin.
Matter of fact add in New York Undercover to that list. Them 3 shows, everybody was watching.
Anyway, with "In Living Color", I didn't like the ideal of seeing the same stereotyped characters, like Home the Clown, the Muslim in jail, etc... Those characters were already controversial. Then they became regular, and I found it boring. I liked fresh material, like the "Laugh-Inns" had. "In Living Color" was the Black Laugh-Inns, but better, until they kept showing those stereotyped characters over and over again. I never thought they'd make a "Homie the Clown" doll.
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desjardins
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GOAT sketch comedy show imo
Rank it over chappelle show cause the skits on there aged like milk
In living color is a decade+ older and somehow the sketches still hit
Rank it over chappelle show cause the skits on there aged like milk
In living color is a decade+ older and somehow the sketches still hit
Bboystyle
Bang Bang Packers gang!
The show had me cracking up with the impersonations, but like I said, I never was much of a fan of those Black character stereotypes. The skit impersonating Arsenio Hall, and that other skit impersonating DC mayor Marion Barry, were classics.
get lost cac00n
lame
divided the black community
cant make this shyt up
Bboystyle
Bang Bang Packers gang!
Admit to missing prime black comedy material during its initial run.
I don't know any black folks who were alive back then who didn't watch both of In Living Color and Martin.
Matter of fact add in New York Undercover to that list. Them 3 shows, everybody was watching.
guy is a legit fukking weirdo lame making up shyt. He legit said In Living Color divided the black community
I mean..
Look at where the cast ended up
Foxx
Carey
All the Wayans
Paula Abdul. Rosie Perez.
Even Davidson and Grier are still around
I was a weird kid I guess cause I didn't appreciate a lot of stuff til later.
This. Martin. Soul music. Even some rappers (Hip Hop is my religion but I'm very critical so I dislike more acts than I am a fan of).
But In Living Color is very good. Most Black people swore by it when it was on
Look at where the cast ended up
Foxx
Carey
All the Wayans
Paula Abdul. Rosie Perez.
Even Davidson and Grier are still around
I was a weird kid I guess cause I didn't appreciate a lot of stuff til later.
This. Martin. Soul music. Even some rappers (Hip Hop is my religion but I'm very critical so I dislike more acts than I am a fan of).
But In Living Color is very good. Most Black people swore by it when it was on
Laidbackman
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Ignorantguy is a legit fukking weirdo lame making up shyt. He legit said In Living Color divided the black community
Bboystyle
Bang Bang Packers gang!
Didn't even mention jlo breh..
The show was so fukking successful it turned a backup dancer into a almost billionaire empiress.
I've never heard a single person say in living color divided the community ever. People really be making up shytCuz i called u out on some BS?
Laidbackman
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A lot of Black people probably watched it, but I doubt if they really swore by it. The children might have. As a grown up, it would have you cracking up, but feeling guilty afterwards. Because every last one of those stereotyped characters reminded us of someone we knew, who was either in jail, strung out, or really having it hard.
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Laidbackman
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First you were ignorant. Now you're on ignore for being ignorantCuz i called u out on some BS?
Old nikkas, how was this received?
It was funny. I was in elementary school back then, so every monday morning the kids who were allowed to watch TV that late at night would be talking about the funniest skits and making the kids who weren't allowed to stay up late jealous.
Like people saying it was un-PC.
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