Customer Reviews

In Living Color - Season 4

5 star:		(5)
4 star:		(2)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(3)
1 star:		(7)

 

 

This season totally sucks. Damon Wayans was what really put fire into the show, but he left. He did make some comebacks on Men On Fitness and Handi Man, which were the classics. Keenan and Marlon were only on there for half of a season. This was truly the last season of In Livin' Color because after this, all the Wayans sibilings were gone. What really made this season suck were cutting off the original sketches that were funny : The Whitney Houston, Boys II Men, Joe and Latoya Jackson's parody to Michael's "In the Closet", The Jackson Bunch, Prince (WHY THEY DO THAT!?), and Michael Jacksons Black & White (BIG BIG MISTAKE!!!!!! - I'M MAD CUZ THAT WAS THE BEST AND FUNNIEST IN LIVING COLOR SKETCH!!!!!!). Total Ripoff! They don't edit these sketches when they play them on BET (they are on BET now) so for those that did'nt buy this DVD, DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY ON THIS PIECE OF TRASH THAT DOES NOT GIVE YOU THE COMPLETE EPISODES!!! Just tape them on BET! I'm really disgusted and I give this DVD a F-!!!!!

Like I said, the show is good but Fox cut sketches which did parodies of music. Such as the Brady Bunch theme for a Michael Jackson/Jackson Family Sketch. And a funny send up of "Black and White" in which Jackson sings questioning if he is Black or White to that famous tune. Disappointing that Fox would do this. I would think most people would pay extra for the complete shows as they were originally aired.

i don't agree with anyone who thinks this season is awesome. most of the skits are only 15 minutes in length. once again cheap fox won't buy the music rights. there is sections (i think) that have been either doctored or just cut out. you'll be watching an episode and you'll see the screen mismatch up for a brief moment. you'll think it's your eyes but it's not. thank you fox for butchering all of the seasons of in living color. even though my review isn't that great i still believe that in living color was and is one of the best sketch comedy series on t.v. so they're all still worth buying.

Kinda dissappointing after the first 3 seasons. But it's not so much the fault of the Wayans. Fox censors really started cracking down on them and the skits became more homoginized. This was Keenan's brainchild and he could no longer persue his vision of what the show could be. So, he and Damon basically jumped ship to persue bigger and better interests. Kim and Shawn stayed on a while as well as Jim Carrey and David Allen Grier. I think season 4 also had the last new "Men on...." with men on fitness, which was a scream. And a new Fire Marshall Bill handling the LA riots. Other than that, and the addition of the newest Fly Girl Lisa, the season is lackluster with no focus and no camaraderie. It's a shame that "The Man" had to kill this show.

Honestly i was pretty dissapointed with this season. From the very beginning you can tell the show had sold it's soul. In the first episode Keenen Ivory comes out in an expensive suit and tries to talk seriously to the crowd. Where in the other seasons he would come out in jeans and a t-shirt eager to get the show rolling. It's like they wanted to take this season into the mainstream but they forgot that the comedy is what made it so popular. Sure there are still some good sketches. Carrey's fire marshal bill character is funnier then ever. However there is a serious lack of skits on each episode. The fly girls went from being an intro to and from commercials to having two solid 4-5 minute dance routines. That on top of 10 minute rap acts at the end of the show really cut into the sketch time(Some episodes have only 3 skits on them!). You just dont get the amount of pure comedy that you did with earlier ones. It's like they were trying to fit so much other stuff into the show, they forgot what it was originally all about. The lack of Damon Wayans really hurts this season as he had many of the better characters. If you have all the seasons, obviously pick this up. But if your just getting into this series, get season one or two, preferably both. As they are the golden years of this show.

Don't buy this DVD. They've included some of the exact same sketches already shown on Seasons 1-3 dvds right down to the music performances at the end. On one episode, they showed Another Bad Creation performing. The exact same performance was on Season 2. Just watch it on tv.

The 4th season is terrible. You can tell that once Keenan and Marlon left, the sketches went down hill. Most were almost a train wreck with no clear direction. Don't waste your money on this DVD.

This is where I first 'met' and fell in love with Jamie Foxx. We used to get this show in NZ and I'd kick everyone out of the room so I could watch it in peace. I think it started lacking something here and don't find this nearly half as funny as the other seasons. This is the last season for the Wayons' and I think they got out while the going was somewhat good.
I'd recomend this dvd to fans of the show only; if you are new to ILC, then definately don't start here - go back to the beginning because those first couple of seasons were the absolute best (see my review for season 1).

I bought this dvd collection for my son as a Christmas present. We used to watch "In Living Color" together when he was a teenager and loved it. If you want to laugh, buy these videos.

I bought the first couple of seasons of "In Living Color" before all the others were released. I like the first two, and am hesitant to get the rest because the show went downhill pretty much around the third year. I am VERY disappointed that the show did not do one special dvd specifically for all the music video parodies they did - which were outstanding. Does anybody know if such a dvd will be produced?