In Living Color

In Living Color - Volt 45. On the May 5, 1990 broadcast, Keenen Ivory Wayans did a take-off on a Billy Dee Williams "Colt 45" commercial (in which the purpose of the beverage is to get your lady friend wasted) that ended with a woman (played by Kim Coles) passed out on her back on a dining table, and "Billy Dee" lifts her leg up and over his head to get into position between her legs. Note: The "Volt 45" sketch was seen only once during the original broadcast. The sketch was omitted from repea ...

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In Living Color, In Living Color - Popular recurring sketches, In Living Color - Memorable one-time or infrequent sketches, In Living Color - Volt 45, In Living Color - Cast, In Living Color - Original cast First and Second Seasons 1990-1991, In Living Color - Third Season 1991-1992 cast additions, In Living Color - Fourth Season 1992-1993 cast additions, In Living Color - Fifth Season 1993-1994 cast additions, In Living Color - Fly Girls house dance troupe

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Canadian humour is an integral part of the Canadian Identity. Canadians have excelled at comedy and humour in many domains. There are several traditions in Canadian humour in both English and French. While these traditions are distinct and at times very different, there are common themes that relate to Canadians' shared history and geopolitical situation in North America and the world. Various trends can be noted in Canadian comedy. One thread is the portrayal of a "typical" Canadian family in an on-going radio or television se ...

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• Canadian humour - Literature
• Canadian humour - Music
• Canadian humour - Radio
• Canadian humour - Television
• Canadian humour - Personalities

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Damon Wayans (born September 4, 1960), one of the Wayans brothers, is a stand-up comedian, writer, and actor who began his career as a stand-up comic in 1982. He was briefly on Saturday Night Live as a featured performer, before getting fired for not playing his character as scripted. He went on to do In Living Color from 1990 to 1992, part of a team that was nominated for Emmy Awards all three years. He produced Waynehead, a cartoon for the WB, loosely based on his own childhood growing up in a large family, starring a ...

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A clown today is one of various types of comedic performers, on stage, television, in the circus and rodeo. Though not every clown is readily identifiable by appearance alone, clowns frequently appear in makeup and costume, as well as typically unusually large footwear, oversized or otherwise outlandish clothing, bright colors and patterns or patchwork, a funny or unusual hat or wig or wildly unusual hairstyle and/or color, often with a bulbous or otherwise unusual nose, and enacting humorous sketches, usually in the interludes betwee ...

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• Clown - History
• Clown - Word origin
• Clown - Clown skills
• Clown - Types
• Clown - Customs and traditions
• Clown - A knock is a plug
• Clown - The Code
• Clown - Clown superstition
• Clown - Entrées
• Clown - Side dishes
• Clown - Clown Stops
• Clown - Track Gags
• Clown - Gags
• Clown - Bits
• Clown - Blow-off
• Clown - Clowning Frameworks
• Clown - Prop Stunts
• Clown - Cooperative bits
• Clown - Pete and re-Pete
• Clown - That's good/that's bad
• Clown - Some other clowns
• Clown - Fictional clowns
• Clown - Causes of the phobia
• Clown - Reality vs. Media
• Clown - Clowning as a protest tactic

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Twentieth (20th) Century Fox, shorthand for Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, is one of the major movie studios, located in the Century City area of Los Angeles, California, USA, just west of Beverly Hills. The studio is a subsidiary of News Corporation, the media conglomerate controlled by Rupert Murdoch. 20th Century Fox - History. The company is the result of a 1935 merger of two entities, Fox Film Corporation founded by William Fox in 1914, and Twentieth Century Pictures, begun in 1932 by D ...

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• 20th Century Fox - History
• 20th Century Fox - Notable films
• 20th Century Fox - 1930s
• 20th Century Fox - 1940s
• 20th Century Fox - 1950s
• 20th Century Fox - 1960s
• 20th Century Fox - 1970s
• 20th Century Fox - 1980s
• 20th Century Fox - 1990s
• 20th Century Fox - 2000s
• 20th Century Fox - 20th Television
• 20th Century Fox - TV series
• 20th Century Fox - Popular culture references and spoofs

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The 1992 Los Angeles riots, also known as the LA riots, the Rodney King uprising or the Rodney King riots, was sparked on April 29, 1992 when a mostly white jury acquitted four police officers accused in the videotaped beating of black motorist Rodney King. Thousands of people in Los Angeles, mainly young black and Latino males, joined in what has often been characterized as a race riot, involving mass law-breaking, including looting, arson and murder. In all 50 to 60 people were killed during the riots. Including:

• 1992 Los Angeles riots - Underlying causes
• 1992 Los Angeles riots - Racial tensions
• 1992 Los Angeles riots - The riots
• 1992 Los Angeles riots - First day Wednesday April 29
• 1992 Los Angeles riots - Second day Thursday April 30
• 1992 Los Angeles riots - Third day Friday May 1
• 1992 Los Angeles riots - Fourth day Saturday May 2
• 1992 Los Angeles riots - Fifth day Sunday May 3
• 1992 Los Angeles riots - Sixth day Monday May 4
• 1992 Los Angeles riots - Aftermath
• 1992 Los Angeles riots - The riots in popular culture
• 1992 Los Angeles riots - Music
• 1992 Los Angeles riots - Film
• 1992 Los Angeles riots - Other
• 1992 Los Angeles riots - Notes

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This is a list of television-related events in 1991. 1990 in film 1991 in film 1992 in film 1990 in home video 1991 in home video 1992 in home video 1990 in television 1991 in television 1992 in television For the United States network television schedule, see 1991-92 United States network television schedule. 1991 in television - Events.

This is a list of television-related events in 1994. 1993 in film 1994 in film 1995 in film 1993 in home video 1994 in home video 1995 in home video 1993 in television 1994 in television 1995 in television For the American network television schedule, please see 1994-95 American network television schedule. 1994 in television - Events. Fe ...

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• 1994 in television - Events
• 1994 in television - Debuts
• 1994 in television - Miniseries
• 1994 in television - Television shows
• 1994 in television - Ending this year
• 1994 in television - Deaths

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Louis Farrakhan (born Louis Eugene Walcott, May 11, 1933 in Bronx, New York), is the leader of the largely black Nation of Islam. Walcott was raised within the West Indian community in the Roxbury section of Boston. His mother had emigrated from the Caribbean island of Saint Kitts in the 1920s; his father was a Jamaican cab driver from New York but was not involved in his upbringing. As a child, he received training as a violinist. At the age of six, he was given his first violin and by the age of 13, he had playe ...

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• Louis Farrakhan - Controversy
• Louis Farrakhan - Farrakhan and classical music
• Louis Farrakhan - Farrakhan parodies

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There are several different types of clowns, including: The whiteface clown, the best-known of modern clown types - Joey Grimaldi (whose name, Joey, is the insider term for clown) was a whiteface clown. The whiteface clown uses makeup to exaggerate their facial features and expressions rather than modify or conceal them. When a whiteface is performing with other clowns it is usually the leader and the smartest one. skullcaps/baldcaps or headgear appliances simulating a tall, pointy, or otherwise unusually shaped head. The ...

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Clown, Clown - History, Clown - Coulrophobia, Clown - Word origin, Clown - Clown skills, Clown - Types, Clown - Customs and traditions, Clown - A knock is a plug, Clown - The Code, Clown - Clown superstition, Clown - Entrées, Clown - Side dishes, Clown - Clown Stops, Clown - Track Gags, Clown - Gags, Clown - Bits, Clown - Blow-off, Clown - Clowning Frameworks, Clown - Prop Stunts, Clown - Cooperative bits, Clown - Pete and re-Pete, Clown - That's good/that's bad, Clown - Some other clowns, Clown - Fictional clowns, Clown - Quotes

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There have been several revivals, each with variations in the prize-winning rules but still based on the core premise. Hollywood Squares - 1983-1984. Main article: Match Game-Hollywood Squares Hour From October 31, 1983 to July 27, 1984, Jon “Bowzer” Bauman of Sha-Na-Na hosted a version packaged back-to-back with Match Game. The Match Game - Hollywood Squares Hour as it was called was jointly produced by Orion Television, which had purchased the rights to ...

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Hollywood Squares, Hollywood Squares - Basic rules, Hollywood Squares - Original version, Hollywood Squares - The Storybook Squares, Hollywood Squares - Revivals, Hollywood Squares - 1983-1984, Hollywood Squares - 1986-89, Hollywood Squares - 1998-2004, Hollywood Squares - Other versions, Hollywood Squares - Reruns

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Denny's was founded under the name Danny's Donuts in 1953 by Harold Butler in Lakewood, California. Butler expanded to twenty restaurants by 1959, when he renamed the chain to Denny's. The business continued to grow and by 1981 there were over 1,000 restaurants. In 1977, Denny's introduced the still-popular Grand Slam breakfast. In 1994, Denny's became the largest corporate sponsor of Save the Children, a national charity. Denny's headquarters were located in Irvine, California until 1991. At that time, the main office was moved to th ...

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Denny's, Denny's - History, Denny's - Controversy, Denny's - Dateline NBC report, Denny's - The Denny's Diner prototype, Denny's - Trivia

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Fox Broadcasting Company - Launch. The groundwork for the launch of the Fox network began in March 1985 with News Corporation's $250 million purchase of 50% of TCF Holdings, the parent company of the 20th Century Fox movie studio. Six months later, in September, Murdoch agreed to pay $325 million to acquire the rest of the studio. In May 1985, News Corp agreed to pay $1.55 billion to acquire television stations in six major U.S. media markets from John Kluge's company, Metromedia--KTTV in Los Angeles, WFLD ...

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Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox Broadcasting Company - History, Fox Broadcasting Company - Launch, Fox Broadcasting Company - 1980s, Fox Broadcasting Company - 1990s, Fox Broadcasting Company - 2000s, Fox Broadcasting Company - Criticism, Fox Broadcasting Company - Fox Sports, Fox Broadcasting Company - Notes, Fox Broadcasting Company - Children's programming, Fox Broadcasting Company - Books About Fox

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FX Networks - fX 1994-1997. The first fX channel was launched in the United States on June 1, 1994. Broadcasting from a large "apartment" in Manhattan, fX ushered in a new era of interactive television, but did not exist long enough to see the eventual success of such interactivity. The network centered around original programming, broadcast live every day from the "fX Apartment", and rebroadcasts of ki ...

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FX Networks, FX Networks - United States, FX Networks - fX 1994-1997, FX Networks - FX 1997-Present, FX Networks - Australia, FX Networks - UK & Ireland, FX Networks - Latin America, FX Networks - Other countries, FX Networks - Original programs

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Taking the stage name Carlos Mencia, he was a quick success at such venerated LA stand-up venues as The Comedy Store and The L.A. Cabaret. This led to appearances on The Arsenio Hall Show and Buscando Estrellas, where he attained the title "International Comedy Grand Champion". Then, in 1994, Carlos was chosen to host HBO's latino comedy showcase, Loco Slam. Carlos followed up Loco Slam by hosting Funny is Funny! on Galavision in 1998. He would continue to do stand-up, including a very success ...

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Carlos Mencia, Carlos Mencia - Early Career, Carlos Mencia - Comedy, Carlos Mencia - Current Work, Carlos Mencia - Filmography, Carlos Mencia - Discography

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The dozens can be a harmless game of casual, good-natured jibes, an exchange of malicious insults, or, if tempers flare, a prelude to physical violence. While the competition on its face is usually light-hearted, smiles sometimes mask real tensions. In its purest form, the dozens is part of an African-American custom of verbal sparring, of "woofin'" and "signifyin'", ostensibly intended to defuse conflict nonviolently, descended from an oral tradition rooted in traditional West African cultures. Likely this stems from how many tribal dispute ...

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The dozens, The dozens - History and practice, The dozens - The dozens in literature, The dozens - Related practices outside the African-American community, The dozens - Examples of snaps

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The dozens can be a harmless game of casual, good-natured jibes; an exchange of malicious insults; or, if tempers flare, a prelude to physical violence. While the competition on its face is usually light-hearted, smiles sometimes mask real tensions. In its purest form, the dozens is part of an African-American custom of verbal sparring, of "woofin'" and "signifyin'", ostensibly intended to defuse conflict nonviolently, descended from an oral tradition rooted in traditional West African cultures. Likely this stems from how many tribal dispute ...

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The dozens, The dozens - History and practice, The dozens - The dozens in literature, The dozens - Related practices outside the African-American community, The dozens - Examples of snaps

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Since it is broadcast live, SNL has had several infamous events that were either unplanned or provoked sufficient controversy to receive media coverage. Several hosts and musical guests have also been banned from returning due to their actions during the show. On the second season premiere (September 18, 1976) Chevy Chase, playing Gerald Ford during a Ford/Carter debate sketch, falls over a unpadded podium and injures his testicles in the process. He misses the next two shows. October 30, 1976, John Belushi accid ...

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Saturday Night Live, Saturday Night Live - Structure of the show, Saturday Night Live - History, Saturday Night Live - Cast, Saturday Night Live - Current repertory players, Saturday Night Live - Current featured players, Saturday Night Live - Notable tenures, Saturday Night Live - Family connections, Saturday Night Live - Cast member deaths, Saturday Night Live - Contracts, Saturday Night Live - The Studio, Saturday Night Live - Production process, Saturday Night Live - When it's not live, Saturday Night Live - When it's less than live, Saturday Night Live - Rights to SNL, Saturday Night Live - Infamous moments, Saturday Night Live - Banned from the show, Saturday Night Live - Frequent hosts, Saturday Night Live - Last-minute replacements/changes, Saturday Night Live - Recurring characters and sketches, Saturday Night Live - Movies based on SNL skits, Saturday Night Live - Trivia

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Sketch comedy - Roots and Development. Sketch comedy has its origins in vaudeville and Music Hall, where a large number of brief but humorous acts were strung together to form a larger program. In England, it moved to stage performances by Cambridge Footlights, such as Beyond the Fringe and A Clump of Plinths (which evolved into Cambridge Circus), to radio with such shows as ITMA and ISIRTA and then to television with such shows as Monty Python's Flying Circus< ...

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Sketch comedy, Sketch comedy - History, Sketch comedy - Roots and Development, Sketch comedy - Festivals, Sketch comedy - Amateurs, Sketch comedy - List of sketch comedy groups, Sketch comedy - Australia, Sketch comedy - Canada, Sketch comedy - China, Sketch comedy - Ireland, Sketch comedy - UK, Sketch comedy - USA, Sketch comedy - India

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FX Networks - fX 1994-1997. The first fX channel was launched in the United States on June 1, 1994. Broadcasting from a large "apartment" in Manhattan, fX ushered in a new era of interactive television, but did not exist long enough to see the eventual success of such interactivity. The network centered around original programming, broadcast live every day from the "fX Apartment", and rebroadcasts of ki ...

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FX Networks, FX Networks - United States, FX Networks - fX 1994-1997, FX Networks - FX 1997-Present, FX Networks - Australia, FX Networks - UK & Ireland, FX Networks - Latin America, FX Networks - Other countries, FX Networks - Original series

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