because that brotha was funny as hell on that show, and in a lot of the roles he's done since then.

imo, "in living color" was funny as hell then, and still is. how you can discount a show that has both paul mooney and franklin ajaye doing the writing is beyond me. (the same writers for richard pryor) if anything, "in living color" proved they were still on their game. granted, the show started to fall off after season three, but the first three years of that show can stand up to any snl any day of the week.