What if inner city insults were worthy of a game show? (In Living Color, 1994)

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.