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In Living Color - Season 2

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This release should be titled, "In Living Color: Season 2 (Edited and Modified for Your Viewing Displeasure)". The cheapos at FOX apparently didn't want to pay for certain music rights involved in the skits so they either replaced the music or cut the skit all together (as is the case with The Jim Carrey Vanilla Ice skit). What an underhanded move by Fox. I consider this false advertising. It's not Season 2. It's MOST of Season 2, MODIFIED. I LOVE "IN LIVING COLOR". This review is based on this DVD RELEASE ONLY. I am very disappointed and would advise others to avoid purchasing. Maybe FOX will get the message and do a re-release, but don't hold your breath. I've really lost respect for Fox and its Home Entertainment Division. They could have, at the very least, acknowledged the modifications on the DVD packaging.

I will NEVER buy ILC season 2. Not until Fox re-releases it, unedited. (and maybe gives a coupon for those who had bought it.)

Anybody who's kept up on my reviews, for better or worse, would know that I find nothing worse than editing - especially when they don't bother to say on the packaging. Television is supposed to be art. To chop it up and remove pieces, regardless of excuse, is no better than me going to the Louvre to paint over the Mona Lisa's nose with pea green paint or, worse, an advertisement for Tootsie Rolls in the nostrils.

I'm hoping season 3 will be full and unedited.

It's a shame; the show itself was not only funny at the time; it's held MUCH of its humor that many skit or sitcom shows have managed to lose over time. That is extremely rare, to say the least.

In Living Color is special. A cultural influence, no less, as it remains as fresh today as it did in 1990 (unlike many other skit shows...). To neuter it by replacing music soundtracks (while not updating the end credits either) and removing entire skits (namely the Vanilla Ice parody for no apparent reason) crosses the line. Particularly when, as said by others, no word of the atrocity had been mentioned on the packaging!

Now if this set was $20, then I would buy it. But not for $40.

One other note, I want to send a gigantic note of thanks to amazon.com, for being an invaluable service. In terms of both price and especially with allowing consumer reviews, I turn to amazon.com first to find out what users have to say about new releases.

I'm sorry but this is not a true representation of the show in 1991. The editing company RUINED it. The original songs from the dances were not the same and have missing skits.
Now that TV on DVD is all the rage these days we don't deserve to pay a lot of money to have these sets so poorly altered.

Anyone wanting to buy the set to have a reminder of how it really was when it originally aired will be disappointed.

I want a refund!

This was a great show when it was on TV!!! Why did FOX have to edit it??? I loved the end of Anton's army skit and also miss Jim Carey's Vanilla Ice impression. RELEASE the series UNEDITED!!!!!!! It would absolutely get 5 stars without the editing. At least explain to us why some of the material is changed and WARN us before we buy it!!!!

True fans of In Living Color will notice some differences between this season of episodes as compared to season one and the broadcast run of this series, either on Fox or reruns on FX.

One of the positives of this season is that all of these episodes are as they were when they first aired on Fox, meaning all the sketches are not like the reruns on FX when they cut and butchered the episodes and had all sorts of sketches from all five seasons of the show. The best thing about this is that there is some material that hasn't been seen since it originally aired on Fox.

One of the most serious downfalls of this season is that the most of the original music bumpers have been removed and replaced with generic music. I am surprised that they didn't edit out the special musical guests at the end of the shows. I understand that they would have to pay for the music rights, but this is just sad. They also manupliated the credits of each show, and it is VERY noticeable.

One other downside is that some of the sketches have been altered. 95% are still in tact, but in two instances I have seen where they have been altered. One of the sketches being one where Anton Jackson goes to join the Army. The end of the sketch was cut where he started to sing his version of the "Be All You Can Be" Army song. One other instance involves a jailhouse call with Oswald. It was supposed to be a commerical for AT&T, but they edited over the original music with some more "upbeat" kind of song.

Diehard fans should like this classic collection of episodes, but these suddle changes and alterations are enough to make some upset.

This dvd was art! Before viewing this, I thought I would never see In Livin COlor again! Altohugh this season lost Kim Coles, Jaime Fox did not join yet, and they omitted some skits like Vanilla Ice parody, it has so many heavy weights:

1. Men On Film ("Two snaps, a twist and a kiss! Stop, can't touch this" - lol)
2. All the Frenchie's ("I'm slick, I'm hip, and all the woman love my ____, gotcha!!")
3. All The Hey Mons ("ONE JOB!!!! GET UP YOU LAZY HEIFER, YOU FINE!")
4. All the Homey The Clowns especially Homey Meets Sally ("White Girl's Off Beat" - after the homey love song)
5. The Snack 'N Shack with the orthodontists("Don't make mama have to spank you!")
6. Lil' Miss Trouble and Parnell
7. Caulhoun Tubbs funeral home ("Fatback had no life insurance. You gonna loose the house and car. - aaahaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!! thank you")
8. The skit with the gay choregrapher at the football field ("I'm gonna be your mother, father, sister and your brother")
9. Miss Black USA ("I'm a woman, all woman!")
10. The sexy fly girls, especially the fine Lisa.
11. Cephus & Reesie (one of the funniest Ashford and Simpson like skits. I really loved the Last Request skit of C&R)
12. Fire Marshall Bill (he got funnier on season 3)
13. That poor actress that taught that class ("OUTTA MY WAY, BITCH!!")
14. I Love Laquita with Billy Dee Williams (Williams tried so hard to dance in the closing credits, but the old guy just did push ups)
15. Handi Man sketches
16. Homeboy Shoppin' Network ("I'm bout to go crazy!! Don't do that homeboy!! I'm sorry folks bu that was only a display item!" - Ghetto Fabulous!)
17. All the Anton sketches

Damon Wayans, David Alan Grier, Tommy Davidson, Kim Wayans, and T'kea Knight were the main highlights of the season as well as the series (before Jaimee came in). A must have show although they false advertised the buyers by not having the complete episodes. Thats why it gets 4 stars instead of 5! Overall, I love it!! Watch out for season 3 and 4 dvds because you will NOT get as much as a break as you did with this season and season 1.

As hilarious and groundbreaking as season one of In Living Color was, I was blown away by the second season. Some of the highlights from this season included Kelly Coffield's hilarious "Velma Mulholland", "Magenta Thompson" and "Andrea Dice Clay" characters. Other standouts are the return of Homey the Clown, the return of Blaine & Antoine, Anton Jackson, the debut of Handi-Man and Wes and Les Rawls. One of my favorite sketches was the "Foundation of Golf Heritage" where a controversy erupts when the PGA refuses to host a golf tournament at an all-white country club. The image of Tommy Davidson and David Alan Grier arriving at the golf course playing loud rap music (and dressed like Run DMC) and playing golf like one would play pool or basketball- is enough to make you split your sides in laughter.

The only complaint I have about the box set is some sketches some to have been deleted. I can't find Jim Carrey's Vanilla Ice parody in there anywhere. And there is a noticeable part in the end credits where the names of the artists who were played is deleted. Also in the sketch where Anton goes to the recruiter he sings a song at the end that is deleted on the box-set. He basically sings, "Be all that you can be. Get an ugly wife and a messed up life in the army!"

Why it was deleted, I have no clue. Other than that, it's a killer DVD box set.

I used to watch this show all the time while I was in middle school, when it first aired, and the thing I remember and enjoyed most about it were the spoofs of then-popular music acts. Thus, imagine my disappointment, when I bought this DVD set, and Jim Carrey's classic Vanilla Ice routine was missing (cut from episode 15). What a shame! If studios are going to cut pieces out of, or in any way alter their original shows, I feel it needs to SAY SO somewhere on the packaging. I don't want to pay $40 for a collection of shows that has been edited.

That aside, many of the other acts are great. Magenta Thompson stands out as one of the funnier sketches in this set, as are "Men on...", Benita Buttrell, and the random pokes at familiar commercials of the day. I noticed some picture glitches during the "Oprah's Resteraunt" segment, as well as "Men on Television", but otherwise, the image and sound is good.

Extras are limited, but overall this is a decent set of a funny, funny show. It's just a pity that any of it had to be altered, and it makes me wary about wanting to purchase any future sets of this series.

I have some fond memories of sitting in front of the TV set those Sunday nights at 9 O'Clock watching this great show. I probably never missed an episode.

Here in season two we are introduced to my favorite character of this series: Fire Marshal Bill, played by Jim Carrey. He was a crazy character. He was always getting burnt-up or blown-up in some ridiculous way with a product that seems safe (and usually was until Fire Marshal Bill got his hands on it). His catch-phrase was "Let me show you something"

There were so many memorable recurring sketchs from this show, it really was the best show on TV. Most would say the Simpsons or something (which you know that I loved), but the Wayans family and Jim Carrey, come on now.

The Snack Shack; Damon Wayans' prison character with the messed-up vocabulary; the "Men on" segments; Jim Carrey's Vanilla Ice impression; the lady who loved to gossip (especially about Miss Jenkins); The Brothers Brothers skits (the whitest black guys you'll meet); Handicap Man; the Homeboy Shopping Network; Damon Wayans' detective who was only a head, hands, and feet; Hey Mon; and who could forget Homey the Clown (which the advertising world loved, and hey, so did I)

Check out this DVD when it comes out.

After the successful first season of In Living Color, Keenan Ivory Wayans and company started to realize that they had something... they were famous now. The show had brought them recognition. Homey D. Clown and Men On [stuff] were already household names. So now they knew that had to work hard to keep it going. And kept it going they did...

The second season is better than ever. In this box set, you get TWICE the episodes (although a couple are clip shows), and you not only see MORE Homey D. Clown (including a cliffhanger at the end) and Men On [stuff] (also includes a cliffhanger), but we also get the debut of what might be the most signature character of the series, Fire Marshall Bill, which is easily tied with Men On [stuff] for my favorite sketch(es). His appearance and dialogue are funny enough, but his "methods" of teaching fire safety are hysterical. "LET ME SHOW YOU SOMETHIN'..." Also, the Brothers Brothers (AKA The Toms), as seen on one sketch in season one, get more sketches here, and thus, more character development; they're two black guys who act like corny white guys. And when Keenan as the one Tom gets mad, he yells "DOOHICKEY! GOSH DARN IT! HECK!" and Damon Wayans as the other Tom says "He never talks like this!", haha. Also introduced are the BS Brothers, two "hip" agent wannabes ("Ain't that a blip?" "BAMM!!!"), Frenchy, a goofball Rick James fan who shows up at fancy events just to embarrass someone, and Velma Mulholland, an actress from the 1940's stuck in 1990-91. Kelly Coffield did a great job with that character. How the camera made her look black and white against living color (no pun intended) I'll never know. Oh yeah, and Vera De Milo, Calhoun Tubbs, the prisoner who uses big, random words, Ceephus and Reesie (who are actually funnier this time around), Hey Mon, Anton, the Homeboys, Parnell, I Love Laquita, etc. return for more laughs.

Other noteworthy sketches: "2 Live Crew", "Tag Team Evangelists" (Jim Carrey singing the hymn cracks me up), "Spike's Joint", etc, etc.

If you liked Season One, you'll love this one even more. BUY IT. This is one DVD set Homey can play.