Overview
In Living Color is an American sketch comedy television series which originally ran to May 19, 1994, in April 15, 1990. Brothers Keenen and Damon Wayans made, wrote and starred at the app. The show has been recorded before a live studio audience at stage 7 on Sunset Boulevard at Hollywood, California at the Fox Television Center and had been made by Ivory Way Productions in association with 20th Century Fox Television. The title of this series has been inspired by the NBC announcement of broadcasts getting exhibited"in living color" during the 1950s and 1960s, just before main stream color tv. In addition, it refers to the fact most of the show's cast were shameful, unlike other sketch comedy shows such as Saturday Night Live whose sketches are usually white.
Whilst brother Dwayne often appeared as an extra members of the Wayans family -- Marlon, Shawn and Kim -- had routine roles. The show also starred the previously unknown actor/comedians Jim Carrey, Jamie Foxx, and David Alan Grier. Additionally, celebrity Rosie Perez, choreographer Carrie Ann Inaba along with Dancing with the Stars judge and singer Jennifer Lopez were members of the dance troupe The Fly Girls of this show. The series won the Emmy at 1990 for Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series.