Episode
In Living Color: Great Moments in Black History
Overview
Sketches Include: "Achy Breaky Head" (cut from DVD) "Great Moments In Black History: The First Record Scratcher" "Al Sharpton's Hunger Strike" "Reality Check: Bald Men vs. Men with Hair" (repeat from Season 3, episode 28) "What If Archie Bunker was Black?" (would later become "All Up in the Family" in the fifth season; featuring Marc Wilmore as Bunker) "Mr. Rogers: Insufferable Prick" (a.k.a. "Mr. Rogers at the Video Store") Close featuring Heavy D & the Boyz performing "Truthful"
Details
- Series
- In Living Color
- Season
- Season 4
- Episode
- Episode 22
- Air date
- 1993-04-25
- Runtime
- 30 min
Episode context
Great Moments in Black History is Episode 22 in Season 4 of In Living Color. It aired on 1993-04-25. The runtime is 30 min.
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Episode 21: Louise Jefferson for Weezies
Sketches include: "Isabel Sanford's Weezies brand Throat Drops" (featuring Marc Wilmore as Sanford) "A Different Message" "Why: Reporters Affecting Accents" "Super Dave Dance Transition/Finale" (with guest star Super Dave Osborne as himself) "Charles Bronson's 'Make a Death Wish' Foundation" "Super Dave Dance Transition/Finale" (conclusion) "Grandpa and Duke the Dead Dog: Best in Show" Close featuring Naughty by Nature performing "Hip Hop Hooray"
Episode 23: Best-of episode
Sketches Include: "Rodney King and Reginald Denny PSA" (repeat from Season 4, episode 1) "Why? Black Eyewitnesses" (repeat from Season 4, episode 11) "Oswald: Booked on Phonics" (repeat from Season 4, episode 17) "Ross Perot Buys Up Airtime" (repeat from Season 4, episode 13) "Driving Miss Schott" (repeat from Season 4, episode 11) "Beauty Tips with Lori Davis" (repeat from Season 4, episode 4) "Trail Mix-a-Lot" in "Baby Got Snacks" (repeat from Season 4, episode 5; cut from DVD) "Ugly Wanda: Dracula" (repeat from Season 4, episode 10)
More episodes from this season
Episode 20: Passenger 227
Sketches include: "Boyz II Wimps: End of the Road" (cut from DVD) "Jackée Harry in Passenger 227" "Background Guy at the White House" "The Dysfunctional Home Show: Wedding" "Ugly Woman: The Fifth En Vogue Member" (with guest stars En Vogue as themselves; cut from DVD)
Episode 24: What if Barbara Streisand was Black?
Sketches include: "What If Barbra Streisand was Black?" "Al MacAfee: Metal Detector at School" "Sheila Peace: Employment Agency" "Lashawn: Makeover" "The Black People's Show" (with guest star Jenifer Lewis as Tonya Hodges) Close featuring Prince Markie Dee & The Soul Convention performing "Typical Reasons (Swing My Way)"
Episode 19: Best-of episode - Tribute to Men on Film
Sketches include: "Men on Film Festival" (excerpt from Season 3, Episode 10) "Rise to Stardom" (repeat of "Men on Films II" from Season 2, Episode 1; introduced by Chris Connelly) "Cliff Hanger" (excerpt from Season 2, Episode 24 and repeat of "Men on Film: Straight Man Out" from Season 3, Episode 2; introduced by Jeffrey Lyons) "Sponsors" (excerpts from Season 1, Episode 4; Season 1, Episode 7; Season 2, Episode 9; Season 3, Episode 16; Season 4, Episode 9; and Season 4, Episode 15; introduced by Michael Medved) "Ratings" (excerpts from Season 1, Episode 1; Season 1, Episode 4; Season 1, Episode 7; Season 2, Episode 9; Season 3, Episode 16; Season 4, Episode 9; and Season 4, Episode 15; introduced by Chris Connelly) "Men on Film Festival" (excerpt from Season 3, Episode 10)
Episode 25: Baby Lonnie at the Doctor
Sketches include: "Reality Check: Dancing Like The Fly Girls" (cut from DVD) "Baby Lonnie at the Doctor" "Overly Confident Gay Man Comes Out" "Snookie" (with guest star Jenifer Lewis as Snookie) "Sgt. Koon's Police Academy" (featuring Molly Shannon as a cadet) Close featuring Da Youngsta's performing "Crewz Pop"
Episode 18: Thighmaster
Sketches include: "Joe Jackson: Lock You in the Closet" (cut from DVD) "Suzanne Sommers for Thighmaster" "Calhoun Tubbs: Prison Performance" "Little Richard in: Dirty Little Dick" "Geraldo Rivera: The Black Child Star Mill" "Rodney Dangerfield Gets Pulled Over" (with guest star Dangerfield as himself) "Mr. & Mrs. Brooks: Garage Sale" Close featuring Shawn Wayans as Chris Rock and Jamie Foxx as Garrett Morris
Episode 26: Best-of episode - Best Commercial Parodies
Sketches include: "The Player's Club brand Billy Club" (repeat from Season 3, episode 22) "SillyCone Brand Breast Implants" (repeat from Season 3, episode 29) "Vera De Milo: Milk Commercial" (repeat from Season 3, episode 6) "Sally Struthers: Feed the Planet" (repeat from Season 3, episode 18) "Tes-T-Shields Masculine Hygiene Pads" (repeat from Season 3, episode 12) "Muttco's Coyote Ugly One-Night Stand Escape Kit" (repeat from Season 3, episode 6) "George Hamilton Luggage and Belts" (repeat from Season 4, episode 4) "Amy Fisher's "Bang For Your Buck" Seminar" (repeat from Season 4, episode 13) "Juicemania" (repeat from Season 4, episode 5)
Episode 17: Oswald Booked on Phonics
Sketches include: "Oswald: Booked on Phonics" (with guest star Damon Wayans as Oswald Bates) "Forever Silky" "Lashawn: Dry Cleaners" (with guest star Sherman Hemsley as Mr. Jefferson) "Reality Check: Singing to Aretha Franklin" (cut from DVD) "Fire Marshall Bill: Teppanyaki Restaurant Safety" Close featuring Arrested Development performing "Mr. Wendal"
Episode 27: Teen Court
Sketches include: "Arsenio Hall, Whoopi Goldberg, and Jay Leno: Undigable Hosts" (cut from DVD) "Loomis Simmons: Psychic Hotline" "MTV's Teen Court" "James Brown in The Groom Room" (with guest star Brown as himself) "Carl "The Tooth" Williams" (cut from DVD) Close featuring Showbiz and A.G. with Dres performing "Bounce Ta This"
Episode 16: Best-of episode - Valentine's Show
Sketches include: "Bill Cosby's Condom Commercial" (repeat from Season 3, episode 12) "Homey D. Clown's Parole Romance" (repeat from Season 2, episode 2) "Ejector Bed" (repeat from Season 2, episode 16) "Velma on a Blind Date" (repeat from Season 2, episode 13) "Ugly Woman's One Night Stand"
Episode 28: Best-of episode - Night at the Movies
Sketches include: "The Superfly" (repeat from Season 2, episode 20) "El Grande Y Spectacular Muchacho Rocketeer" ("The Mexican Rocketeer") (repeat from Season 3, episode 3) "My Left Foot of Fury" (repeat from Season 3, episode 10) "Oswald: Silence of the Lambs II" (repeat from Season 3, episode 2) "Passenger 227" (repeat from Season 4, episode 20) "Ugly Wanda in Basic Instank II" (repeat from Season 4, episode 2)