"In Living Color" Trivia Quiz

Answer: Homey

Homey D. Clown was the alter ego of a convict named Herman Simpson who agrees to the degrading job as part of his parole. Homey would rant about how The Man was out to get him. If a child tried to make Homey do a clown trick, Homey would whack the kid on the head with a tennis ball-filled sock and tell them, "I don't think so. Homey don't play that."

Damon also played homeless wino Anton Jackson, disabled superhero Handi-Man, and gay film critic Blaine Edwards.

Damon was on the show for the first three seasons, Siblings Keenen Ivory, Shawn, Marlon, Dwayne, and Kim also appeared on the show. By the time the fifth and final season started, not a single member of the Wayans family was still on the show.

Answer: Jim Carrey

Carrey's most memorable roles include Fire Marshall Bill and Vera DeMilo. Carrey was one of a few of the actors to appear in all five seasons of the show.

Answer: Heavy D

Heavy D (Jamaican born Dwight Myers) was the leader of 1990s hip-hop group Heavy D & The Boyz, whose biggest hit was 1991's "Now That We Found Love." The song was a cover originally written by Philadelphia's Kenneth Gamble and Leon Huff.

Answer: False

Rosie Perez was nominated for the Best Supporting Actress honor in 1993 for her role as plane crash survivor Carla Rodrigo in "Fearless," but lost out to eleven-year-old Anna Paquin of "The Piano." Notable Fly Girls include Carrie Ann Inaba, Jennifer Lopez, Laurie Ann Gibson, and MaDonna Grimes.

A future Oscar winner was on the show. Jamie Foxx was on the show from 1991 to 1994, years before he won an Oscar for his role as Ray Charles in "Ray." Foxx's characters include Wanda, Duke, Carl "The Tooth" Williams, and T-Dog Jenkins.

Answer: David Alan Grier

Grier was on the show all five seasons. After the show, Grier starred in a number of short-lived sitcoms, went on Broadway, was a guest host on the radio show "Loveline," and a contestant on "Dancing with the Stars."

Answer: Arsenio Hall

Davidson played Sweet Tooth Jones in a send-up of 1970s blaxploitation movies, Jesus from "Cellblock Entertainment TV," and a club bouncer who tried to keep everyone out, even if the featured celebrity is actually there. Davidson was on the show all five seasons.

Arsenio Hall was done by Keenen Ivory Wayans.

Answer: "Love Connection"

The first episode aired on April 15, 1990. It featured a memorable skits including the Homeboy Shopping Network (street dealers selling stolen goods), an installment of "Great Moments in Black History," and "Men on Film." The final episode was aired May 19, 1994.

Answer: False

Coffield was not on the show the fifth season. Alexandra Wentworth was a cast member seasons four and five.

One woman did appear on the show all five seasons. T'Keyah Crystal Keymah played customer service rep LaShawn and one of members of the hard-working West Indian Headley family in "Hey Mon" sketches.

Answer: Kim Coles

Coles was on "In Living Color" for the first season. She was involved in one of the most infamous sketches in history. The "Bolt 45" sketch, which was a parody of a Billy Dee Williams Colt 45 commercial, was aired only one during its original broadcast in May 1990.

The censors felt it was making light of date rape and has not been shown in syndication or featured on DVD. Coles played a passed-out woman.

Answer: 1990-1994

The first season was thirteen episodes long and it ran from April to September 1990. The final episode aired in May 1994.

After "In Living Color" was gone, Fox tried another sketch comedy show with "House of Buggin'," featuring a mostly Latino cast that included John Leguizamo and Luis Guzman. The comedy did not have the same edginess and was canceled after four episodes aired in January 1995. Months later, "MADtv" was born and that show lasted fourteen seasons, from October 1995 to May 2009.