“In Living Colour” is a really funny comedy sketch show that was easily the best thing done by the Wayans brothers (“I’m Gonna Git You Sucka”) and it also helped launch Jim Carrey (“The Mask”) to stardom. The sketches vary in quality but some of them are just really funny.

We get a great variety of sketches with lots of different whacky characters. A lot of the comedy focuses on African-American culture. There are also a lot of references to celebrities and popular figures from the era. Every episode also features dance performances from the Fly Girls dance troupe with a disc jockey playing tunes in the background.

While a lot of the characters only appear in individual sketches, there are some recurring characters. Jim Carrey’s most famous character on here is probably Fire Marshall Bill, who always seems to cause more catastrophes than he prevents. I also really like Damon Wayans (“The Last Boy Scout”) as Homey D. Clown, a miserable party clown that doesn’t want to make a fool of himself. Carrey is easily the funniest of the bunch but Damon Wayans is often entertaining here too. In later seasons, Jamie Foxx (“Collateral”) appears and is entertaining to watch.

“In Living Colour” has a terrific theme song with a fun opening sequence that gets you in the mood for something silly and fun. A lot of the humour is quite dated as it relies on knowledge of 90s pop culture so it’s not as timeless as a sketch series such as “Monty Python’s Flying Circus”. However, some of the skits in “In Living Colour” are as funny today as they were back in the 90s. Definitely check this out if you are a fan of Jim Carrey and I can also assure you that this show is way better than later films made by members of the Wayans family such as “Scary Movie” and “White Chicks”.