The Most Racist Skit in "In Living Color" History

[@aliciagwrjrnfj]

I miss these simpler times before the internet

[@TheEnD-pf8cw]

The days when we all used to laugh because IT WAS FUNNY. I miss those days, no overthinking necessary, just relax and embrace great comedy. How on earth did this change so drastically? I cannot watch most television today.

[@Nop3nop3]

Can’t nobody play a character like David Alan greer ..this man is crazy talented

[@drakependragon8439]

To bad he became a racist in a stupid movie that is failing

[@PartnerBoss]

Yes he is! I'm so glad that someone else realizes it too. DAG, David Alan Greer, deserves his flowers while he's alive.

[@drakependragon8439]

@@PartnerBoss yeah he played a racist really well in that recent movie. He deserves to be called a racist for being in that garbage.

[@PartnerBoss]

@@drakependragon8439 To what movie are you referring to? I'm not familiar with it. So, does your logic apply to non-Black actors who play parts in movies or TV shows?

[@drakependragon8439]

@@PartnerBoss look up his IMDB and look at the flop he was in recently. If they are in an openly racist movie then yes, so if you can name an actor in something like "birth of a nation" that is an openly racist movie then they are racists. Though I can't imagine any actor in the last 60 years being in an openly racist movie against blacks like they qill against White people.

[@diannegonzalez1436]

Recently saw an interview with David Allen Grier where he was asked about a reboot or reunion episode. He said that they would never be allowed to do the sketches now that they did back then.

[@drekafine8831]

HELLLLLL NALL! Didn't you see how he "frisked" down the teacher?😂😂😂😂

[@Random_vids_girl]

Ahhh, back to the '90s, when you could still tell jokes, and they were received AS JOKES!!!

[@tishtish4442]

In Living Color, Martin, Married with Children and Living Single...🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@danavixen6274]

In Edith Bunker voice, THOSE WERE THE DAYS!😂😂😂😂

[@chick-fil-agal2264]

Rip Heavy D

[@deebo6584]

That's not heavy D😢

[@PartnerBoss]

Heavy D wasn't in this episode. You do know that Prince Markie D and Heavy D are different people, don't you?

[@hijabibeautiful]

@@PartnerBoss he rapped the intro song…

[@PartnerBoss]

@@hijabibeautiful Ok, then RIP to Heavy D.

[@hijabibeautiful]

@@PartnerBoss you were being condescending and mean spirited but end up being loud and wrong trying to play someone. You should either apologize or delete your comment

[@Ohsnapitzann]

take me back to the 90s

[@RueKake]

My bags are packed and I'm ready to go

[@slyharris2088]

Please don’t leave sis😁

[@slyharris2088]

Please don’t leave me sis😁

[@CalvinMayes-zv5di]

Brought you back to the future .

[@RestingCatNipFace]

I’m working on a Time Machine. I promise to get us all back 😂

[@kaydublin5164]

We rushed home on Sunday nights from my in-laws to watch this show, one of the best shows on tv, EVER. 😂❤

[@DiceChickie]

It would be cancelled today. Sadly

[@imillion82]

Definitely family night

[@kaydublin5164]

@@imillion82yeah it was great, no one got offended and cried about everything hurt their feelings.

[@arcayalove2526]

It was so incredibly funny & way ahead of its time ❤

[@turnoffmainstream]

Fox was a new network also! They more pg13😊

[@fixfireleo]

In Living Color and MadTV were LIGHT YEARS ahead of SNL.

[@lilamontoya5609]

👏🏽

[@lenoxwheat438]

Richard Pryor show too

[@NonHuman-BeyondProGamerz]

'Light Years' no they were in an entirely different dimension No offense but Like Literally some offense Literally I mean Literally

[@victoriastout5609]

YOU BETTA KNOW IT!!💯💯

[@annettespradlin4945]

Fridays and MadTV too.

[@bellacairothehookqueen5373]

The fact is we used to laugh at stereotypes instead of believing them like people do today. I miss those days.

[@dora_thedestroyer]

People believed stereotypes in the 90s too.

[@DallasSniper]

Unfortunately, this great show would not survive on tv in this day in age due to a lot of people taking offense. I'm glad I was old enough to be able to watch it on tv when it aired.

[@rudeondude21]

Yup they tested it in 2015 the Wayne bros took note that the issue wasn’t going to be viewership but network executives and diverse groups coming at them aka woke media would be all over complaining but the show would have the highest viewership and ratings but it would get pulled just like the first run

[@MrRedberd]

Right wingers say that now, and hated the show back then

[@cekspree]

​@@MrRedberd😂

[@Mike_Greene]

YEAH IT WOULD THEY would be to present more drags to us when they brought in jlo and made us all think it was a female nvm yall prob haVE doubts

[@Jebbreh]

@@MrRedberd The delusion is strong with you. I knew people with both sides loving this show. Oddly enough, more right I knew watched it than the left I knew.

[@rgee3972]

Kelly Coffield is so underrated!!

[@deanevangelista6359]

The voice was spot on!

[@JoelCrump-uc9by]

You people who underrate everyone and everything should stay off UTube/Facebook and find something else to do

[@rgee3972]

@@JoelCrump-uc9by WTF are you talking about?

[@snappwolftv]

@@JoelCrump-uc9byNah I feel you. That term is overused nowadays I hate it lol "so and so is underrated" 💯

[@maryannclementiii-uw5pk]

@@snappwolftv It's overused, but this isn't a good example since Kelly was the only original cast member besides Kenan who didn't become a notable film star or series regular on another show. And even if she had, it's ridiculous that a guy too lazy to write out "KZbin" all the way still has time to get angry at other people just for holding harmless opinions.

[@themaggattack]

None of this was racist- it was the opposite. It was calling out racism.

[@RestingCatNipFace]

Exactly!

[@sharonmiller7213]

I never watched these

[@Cantetinza17]

And stereotypes. Which was so hilarious because we did know people who did act that way if we didn't have moments like this.

[@JoelCrump-uc9by]

The unemployment skit was, you're most likely a behind smacking Stephen

[@lovejumanji5]

You are so right we’ve gone backwards .

[@alymaej419]

I loved this show when I was growing up. We watched it every Sunday night. Memories.

[@SarahLeeMe]

I consider myself BLESSED to have been alive when ILC came out and watched them in real time. ❤❤😂😂😂

[@chriswarfield7520]

David Alan Grier is so underrated

[@divatz78]

Back when everyone wasn’t so offended by everything 😂😂😂

[@victoriastout5609]

Yesssss

[@danielbryant3437]

so true. Barbara rapping, funny as crap.

[@SixxThirtyFive]

Back when calling out racism was funny and racists didn't get offended they were embarrassed.

[@GraceLove33]

We kept it real

[@k.b2457]

@@SixxThirtyFive exactly!

[@DoYouLikeMyVest]

I'm confused, which clip exactly was the "most racist" bc I'm not seeing it. In Living Color was/is brilliant. Untouchable, to this day. Touched on serious issues, did it with humor & did it damn well.

[@SchofieldAJ]

The MakeUp Counter seemed both Racist n Rude as the others were just fine.

[@yesic7196]

I miss touching on serious issues with humor for all. It's cool these days to like offensive humor. If someone is offended, it's all about blocking now however they don't stop and continue to hurt those around them.

[@kinjo2169]

They meant this skit 6:32 , which I found funny as hell…

[@celieboo]

This is the best quality upload of "In Living Color" that I haveseen on KZbin. Thank you!

[@cekspree]

You're welcome! If i had the right upscaling program, i'd upload the whole collection!

[@dorothygrantham4370]

Not once was I offended....thank you for the laughs and a MUCH simpler time, ILC!

[@pwallace5359]

Feels like just yesterday doesn’t it 😊

[@davemathews7890]

@@pwallace5359 Jim Crow was only 50 years ago.

[@chezy415]

One of the best of the 90s

[@KnowledgeSeeker78491]

I work in Atlanta and no one knows who Bozo the clown is…so nice to hear that name again

[@cekspree]

😂

[@cekspree]

Ask them if they remember HOMEY the clown...😂 (i DO remember Bozo, and Scoopy from the ice cream cone box, also creepy)

[@kharris9359]

Bozo, Cooky, and Wizzo were great!

[@mylightgraycottage4913]

I used to love this show! My husband and I were just married and we used to watch it every Sunday night. This was when people understood how humor can fight any prejudice. Butt hurt is no way to go through life 🙄🙄🙄

[@labrea654]

Probably because he hasn't come out yet but I see you know. 😂😂😂

[@cr8zystar282]

All the races were equally made fun of on this show, Nothing wrong with that! 😂

[@tammi67able]

Every race and everybody they didn’t discriminate they roasted everyone.😂

[@Theegoaat]

lol Shiela was going in 😂😂😂😂

[@drekafine8831]

Equal opportunity 😂😂😂

[@ieataspergers6943]

One of the most underrated shows ever. So many big stars came a long way from this

[@skabuoy]

HOMEY DON'T PLAY THAT!

[@natus6244]

@ 14:18 She said Donald Trump would be pleased that someone else wears orange paint lol 😮

[@imightfixit]

😂

[@richierich3541]

That line was very prophetic 😂😂😂

[@ParahSalin]

How well that joke has aged 😂

[@samsneadd]

The intro alone has Jim Carey, Tommy Davidson, Shawn Wayans, Jamie Foxx, JLO, david Alan Grier and some really funy other such as Kim Wayans and Alexandra

[@BusinessMan1619]

This show was so unique and we all loved it.

[@randumb2020]

It's not a racist skit. What she's referring to is the one with the lady talking to the native American. This skit is outrageous comedy shining a light on racism and racist behavior. The same way that Norman Lear did with Archie Bunker in the '70s with All in the family and The Jeffersons. We need more shows like this today.

[@danielmiller210]

They took it off the air because it was killing Saturday night live and they no it😂

[@MrRedberd]

No, it wasn't. It aired on Sundays. You are thinking of MAD TV, and that sucked.

[@JesusLovesEVERYTHING]

​@@MrRedberdmadtv was much better and funnier SNL, I think madtv was maybe one percent funnier than in living color.

[@MrRedberd]

@@JesusLovesEVERYTHING it is all relative. That's what is great about comedy. I loved the intro video for the "Lowered Expectations" dating service skits. Where the guy walks up to a fence, puts his hands on it to relax and watch the sunset, then recoils, because it is a barbed wire fence, and you hear, "Lowered Expectations," lol. The actual skits didn't do it for me, but the intro was gold.

[@ruthmiale1239]

SNL could be such a bore half the time.

[@wildwaning9427]

@@MrRedberdTrue but it still doesn't mean some folk were butt hurt about those huge ratings. At that time, BP couldn't see themselves very often on SNL (aside from an occasional spot from Garrett Morris and then later Eddie).

[@helbitkelbit1790]

The last decade worth living in . No phones ....... yeah , im using one

[@markwoods4439]

That skit wasn’t that racist, it was funny and cute. Love that show and the talent it produced!

[@tiabrooks5572]

The talented have spoken!😘That series is a classic and it paved the road for many artists today!

[@saptarshibhattacharya9442]

The slang on this show was so ahead othe time it aired, the Malaysian censors did not know what to censor. THank you for putting all the Jamaican slang out for us kids who wanted to know.

[@chandac3839]

I absolutely love David Alan Grier 😂

[@PartnerBoss]

Dude, I'm so glad you kept searching until you found it! I never saw this one back when the show was on TV. The second skit it everyone, the way it should be.

[@gregorydubya]

I knew J-Lo was a fly girl, but I didn't remember her announcing the final acts.

[@dchi2012]

All the fly girls had a turn in announcing the musical guests

[@MsDisneylandlover]

Love her as a fly girl

[@MsDisneylandlover]

Crystal is such a talented actress 😂❤

[@denisedillinger1354]

Kelly coffield was amazing she said if you just run a comb thru that hair 😂😂😂

[@ShayButter91]

We weren't that sensitive. A joke was a joke. Of course, we knew the underlying truth, but they just let it rock out

[@sunniecaffey7907]

I loved watching in living color ❤

[@jroc2k]

Man I miss this show!

[@mchevre]

I'm assuming the "most racist skit" is referring to the one in the unemployment office with the racist white lady. That skit wasn't racist at all though - it was literally an anti-racist commentary on racism. This is another case of people who long for the "good old days before PC took over" just not understanding what racism is. Something isn't racist just because race is mentioned or stereotypes are depicted. The question is what is the butt of the joke? In the skit here, the various racial minorities depicted are NOT the butt of the joke. The actual butt of the joke is the racist white lady herself. She is the one being mocked. The skit is mocking her for assuming that every minority fits her narrow imagined stereotype of them, when in reality they're all unique individuals. If the minority stereotypes themselves were the butt of the joke, then this would be very racist, but since the racist lady is the joke, it's an anti-racist skit.

[@AliciaGuitar]

Having a black person in jew-face playing a jew in black-face is probably what did it

[@maryannclementiii-uw5pk]

Did you even read the description? I sincerely doubt the person who spent 10 years hunting this sketch down and calls it a "national treasure" has trouble grasping its core concept. They gave it kind of a clickbait-y title that *gasp* got people to click on it. But in the process, they also attracted a lot of people explaining the joke when literally nobody in this comment section has failed to get it. They simply said "most racist skit" when they should've said "most racist character." Getting pedantic about it doesn't make you look as smart as you seem to think it does.

[@vladivanov5500]

The irony is this was precisely around the time "PC took over" (not pre-PC, but when they'd gained an iron monopoly on media) You even hear the woman in this skit bemoan "for heaven's sakes, 'politically correct'!" You could scarcely go one interview in the 90s without someone chiming in 'you know how politically correct everything is nowadays!' And it was. It's just gotten so much worse with each passing decade that the younger generation thinks this was 'before all the politically correct stuff'

[@cekspree]

@@maryannclementiii-uw5pk Thank you for saving me a re-explanation😊

[@Cantetinza17]

I loved this show. This show , TGIF, Saved By the Bell, and Married with Children. Back when Jim Carey was James 😆

[@ohh338]

The Black People Show music was hilarious

[@BloodfoxV]

Oooohhh! They made a "SA" joke, I hope this channel doesnt get a strike 🤣

[@BamaBoy_Davis]

The show was called In Living Color for a reason memories

[@MegaAli]

And now I know where Keenan got "Wassup wit dat"

[@erikkibler3466]

Yeah his unfunny ass couldn’t even come up with something that simple…

[@elmastero1]

Hey, it's a young Zahn McClarnon. He was the Native American (6:38) . I know him mostly from Reservation Dogs and that Marvel show Echo but he's been in a bunch of stuff.

[@cekspree]

"Reservation Dogs?" sounds like he was still playing the same role as he was here😂

[@dnachistatrax1029]

Fargo as well

[@abraxasjinx5207]

Hell yeah, I was like "that's Big!" He's also in the second season of Fargo.

[@Daron7181]

He was also in Into The West, WestWorld (Season 2) and The Son (Seasons 1 & 2)

[@abraxasjinx5207]

@@Daron7181 what ever happened to Westworld?

[@njtomboy]

That is Jenifer Lewis playing Tonya Hodges!!! 😮❤

[@gangstertwist8118]

Man now if a show did these skits the sensitive people would be having heart attacks

[@Turtlefast235]

A young and beautiful Jennifer Lopez @ 21:00, before she turned into a diva!

[@Rabbsson726]

When "Everybody" had a Sense of Humor...

[@albertoroberto7705]

I agree, everyone was allowed to poke fun at each other back then.

[@Rabbsson726]

@albertoroberto7705 people are being "overly" conditioned to believe "Everything" is an "Either/Or" condition "Except For The Child Molestors and Butt-Buddies"... They REFUSE To Acknowledge The Simplest Fact That "The Digital Age" does not apply to "Human Emotions and Interaction".... That Clarifies (to me) That THEY ARE PURE EVIL...

[@luvvjulia21917]

Right good times

[@chrissyhaskell4658]

Should never be not allowed to speak freely. This shit is gold

[@yesic7196]

My brother and I used to laugh watching this until we started to become conditioned with stereotypes, he's not able to watch these shows anymore and views people differently. You realize you're in a white world until you speak freely and deal with the consequences. A lot of people have had to tone it down for safety reasons or jokes have become too vulgar. I miss people making all of us laugh. Missing the simple 90s life.

[@MsTraydale]

"Tissues anyone?!" Is being added to my list immediately!

[@letitiatsunami3749]

And always remember my brother, one fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish. Knick knack paddy whack give a dog a bone. 2000 zero zero party. Oops, out of time. My bacon's smelling fine. 😂😂😂😂

[@debramiller5151]

Loved it and still do. I search it on the website all the time. It still makes me laugh my head off.😂😂🤣🤣

[@theblissfrequency]

What I loved about in living color is through comedy they exposed the truth. Someone their skits actually reflect today's times. The one with the actress who is at the make up counter is funny but sad because now that is the type of service you get alot. There are so many people who either have poor customer service skills or no customer service skills in positions like these. I know people don't like self checkouts but I prefer it over dealing with negative employees. More fixing the issues and less talking so I can have a smooth and quick shopping experience.

[@missfirenice1421]

The Good days are gone. People are too whiny now. I loved this show.❤❤

[@maryannclementiii-uw5pk]

Considering every old comedy sketch posted to KZbin receives 100,000 comments like this despite virtually no comments by people actually getting offended, I'll agree that people indeed whine a lot.

[@jaeful454]

I miss the 90s!!!!!! Dear god it was an amazing time to be alive to be outside TO BE BLACK!!!!!! We took more pride about US!!!! I WANT THE 90s back!!!!!!!

[@hdervish2497]

Is that a super young Zahn McClarnon? Wow

[@TracyAllenPreplanner]

Good grief… Donald Trump‘s name is mentioned in almost every old TV show at some point

[@Kyle-nm1kh]

He used to be idolized once upon a time

[@anajaisummers]

So glad I was outside for this

[@soulsunderseige4946]

I was waiting for the racism. All i saw was hilarious comedy.

[@BozeDoesGodsWork]

Hilarious…right..

[@MrRedberd]

Did you check in your truck bed tool box?

[@GiveMeTheLook]

When no one was ever offended, and people actually had a sense of humor, and understood comedy. Oh, how I miss the days.

[@MrRedberd]

The right hated the show back then for being so multicultural. Now, they like it for the racist comments.

[@janga75]

Lol people were always offended back then especially the christian right and middle Americans lol. If it weren't for christians complaining married with children would have never been popular

[@maddmatter2003]

You dont need to lower yourself to clickbait titles Cekspree, We will watch ILC anytime.

[@littlejoe9381]

“Outstanding” (The Gap Band -1982)

[@justdnice49]

RIP Prince Markie D 🙏🏾 And there was nothing wrong with that skit being racist… It was merely calling out racism. Nostalgic memories and a classic show!

[@LaTreseHammond]

I was always a fan of this show I grew up watching this I have never been offended by their skits

[@paulastafford1642]

Genius show! I loved it.

[@doreenvanlee2424]

Hold it right there Webster.

[@nicoleraheem1195]

I absolutely adore 90's fashion. ❤

[@ShoehornBundy]

The good old days. When everyone could make fun of everyone and no one cried.

[@Ophelia_Pain]

I miss this TV show!

[@Ophelia_Pain]

Everyone did a Barba skit in those times and it was hilarious 😂 this, SNL, Madtv, Roundhouse I was born 1982 So a mix of lots of things I grew up with.

[@Kboogie90]

Wow! This show bred alot of stars 🤩

[@mikeecko]

I'm so glad I got to witness this and watch these episodes in real time as a young teenager. I can't believe how much of this would never see the light of day in today's world. Everybody is offended by everything. As a kid from the '80s who grew up in the '90s, this was comedy Gold. Then we got mad TV. SNL was slowly going downhill at this point

[@p.rabbitt4914]

Wow, that brought back memories..

[@benitanichols8136]

I'm glad I was a teenager in the 70's before people started having thistles in their knickers.

[@mattmarzula]

Are you kidding? That's where protest and PC culture came from.

[@Lamere86]

"When u file ur Blistering condemnation of my retail skills... " 😂🤣😭

[@terrifiorelli9819]

It was a great show.

[@Tjd1982]

Cocaine is a hell of a drug.

[@sanfranman4919]

And the school skit with the metal detector was a slightly similar Fire Marshal Bill character.

[@lescobrandon9539]

This was back when race relations were at their best in this country. We didn't take ourselves so seriously like we do today. Now people are offended by anything.

[@awildaquinones6222]

"EspanCHOLO"😂

[@flewis02]

The black people show and the Chappelle show themes cant ne that close as a coincidence 😅

[@SailorGreenTea]

4:40, interesting

[@JesseGonzales-kv7gz]

🤣🤣 way before mad TV I remember all the living colors episodes this one here was one of my favorites my other one Jim Carrey as vanilla ice 😂😂

[@theoriginalkrabbypatty]

When comedy was FUNNY! We didn’t give F*CK about anyone’s feelings 🤣🤣🤣

[@Deephouse_Gent66]

"Welcome to the Black People's Show." It sure was.

[@Chris-zm7kg]

God i used to love this show.

[@kumaranvij]

David had a great sense of humor about himself, too. He graduated from the Yale School of Drama and is a classically trained actor. He does a "sendup" of himself as an "I'm in the theatah" type of actor many times throughout the show's run, including, I think, here with Jamie Foxx's character - also demonstrating how little work there was/is for Black people in serious starring roles.

[@sglant]

So So Funny!!!! I'm falling out from laughter!!!!

[@Brbos06]

This is one of the funniest skits ILC ever did!

[@SixxThirtyFive]

This show was calling out racism and it was funny. Racists were always made to look like fools. But now racists get offended. That is the ONLY reason this wouldn't make to the screen now.

[@kaivabrown51]

How is In Livin Color not on tv, But SNL is still on after 45yrs.? And SNL hadn't been funny in 30yrs. Smdh!

[@hollygolden9673]

I thought the same thing! MadTV was better than SNL too.

[@pr1mu]

that ending rap is the bomb

[@MrRedberd]

da bomb

[@miriam.6304]

People would go wild if this came on tv now😂 I would beg my mom to stay up and watch it but it was bed time 🥱

[@danicegewiss862]

I remember watching this in the day when it was on TV.

[@psor9983]

I love how they used an actual native American. Even today you never see natives on TV