If you've ever ventured through the inner city in your hometown or anywhere else, chances are you've probably run into some African American men and/or women engaging in something called "the dozens", where they insult each other's mothers in a good natured way.
Curtis writer-artist Ray Billingsley occasionally uses "the dozens" when the title character is hassled by school bullies.
During season 5 of In Living Color, the show's writers turned "the dozens" into a game show, as The Dirty Dozens, a game show parody structured similarly to Jeopardy!, for example.
Actor-comedian Nick Bakay, later of Sabrina, The Teenage Witch, was one of those writers, and played the MC in these sketches. From February 1994, we have a "tournament of champions", with guest stars Biz Markie and, crossing over as himself, Married.....With Children star Ed O'Neill......
Wack, man.
Rating: B.
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