![]() ![]() “I don’t want to trick the audience I want them to know what we’re doing.”ħ Slang was the Key to ‘In Living Color’s Edge “I wanted to kick the door in, guns blazing,” Wayans told the Archive of American Television. However, Wayans disagreed with deceiving the audience into thinking the show was something it wasn’t. ![]() 8 Fox Nearly Chickened Out on ‘In Living Color’Īfter In Living Color’s pilot was shot, Fox recommended pulling the same three sketches that led to them greenlighting the project, “Men on Film,” “Wrath of Farrakhan,” and “The Homeboy Shopping Network,” fearing they were too offensive to kick off the show. He came back with pitches for the sketches “Men on Film,” “Wrath of Farrakhan” and “The Homeboy Shopping Network.” From there, Fox greenlit the pilot for In Living Color. The first call he got afterward was from Fox’s television department, who offered him “total freedom” to develop a project for them. He was credited as “Keenen Wayans” and played a bar customer whose drink order gets screwed up by Shelley Long’s Diane.ĩ ‘I’m Gonna Git You Sucka’ Led Directly to ‘In Living Color’Īfter the success of I’m Gonna Git You Sucka, Wayans held a screening of the film for all the major studio executives. Wayans had a speaking part in the second-ever episode of Cheers. He grew up in Manhattan and was the first to enter show business, beginning a career in stand-up in 1977. While Damon, Shawn, Marlon and Kim are the best-known of Wayans’ siblings, Keenen is actually the second of 10 children. He’s also conquered the big screen with the first two Scary Movie installments, revitalizing the spoof genre in the process, an area he was already familiar with thanks to his work in the cult hit I’m Gonna Git You Sucka.Ĭlick right here to get the best of Cracked sent to your inbox.Īnd so, today, on Wayans’ 65th birthday, we decided to pay tribute by diving into some facts about the comedy trail he has blazed thus far. Creating In Living Color, one of the most influential sketch shows of all time, he helped to launch the careers of *deep breath* Jim Carrey, Jennifer Lopez, Jamie Foxx, David Alan Grier, Tommy Davidson and his siblings Damon, Shawn, Marlon and Kim. Writer, director and actor Keenen Ivory Wayans has more than secured his spot in comedic history. ![]()
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