Chris Rock was never an official cast member on
In Living Color, but did appear (as a "special
guest star") in a number of skits in the fifth season, and reprised his "Cheap Pete" character from ''
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka. In the early years of In Living Color
, Rock was parodied as being the only African American cast member on Saturday Night Live (SNL'' also had
Tim Meadows and
Ellen Cleghorne). In an SNL skit honoring
Mother's Day, Rock's mother jokes that she is disappointed in him for being on
SNL, and asks "Has
In Living Color called yet?" (and later, when Adam Sandler hosted, Chris Rock sang about how he got fired from
SNL and kicked off
In Living Color when the latter show got canceled). Other recurring guest stars in the fifth season include show writer
Nick Bakay (for
The Dirty Dozens sketches) and
Peter Marshall (ringmaster for several urban parodies of
Hollywood Squares). Rapper
Biz Markie also appeared in various roles as a guest star in the fifth season, such as being (not too much) in drag as Wanda the Ugly Woman's sister or as "Dirty Dozens" contestant Damian "Foosball" Franklin. ==Fly Girls (house dance troupe)== The Fly Girls troupe had various members over
In Living Colors five-season run. The original lineup consisted of Cari French,
Carrie Ann Inaba,
Deidre Lang,
Lisa Marie Todd, and
Michelle Whitney-Morrison.
Rosie Perez was the choreographer for the first four seasons. Lang was the only Fly Girl to stay for the entire run. Sometimes the Fly Girls could be used as extras in sketches, or be part of an opening gag (in one sketch, they were shown performing open-heart surgery and revealed that they were dancing in order to pay their way through medical school), though, mostly, the Fly Girls appeared in commercial break bumpers and filler scenes in between sketches (not unlike the bikini-clad female cast members on ''Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In''). In the fifth season Arthur Rainer became the main choreographer with
Lisa Joann Thompson and
Deidre Lang as assistant choreographers. •
Cari French: Seasons 1–3 (1990–1992) •
Carla Garrido: part of Season 2 (1991) •
Laurie Ann Gibson: Season 5 (1993–1994) •
Jossie Harris: Seasons 4–5 (1992–1994) •
Carrie Ann Inaba: Seasons 1–3 (1990–1992) •
Deidre Lang: Seasons 1–5 (1990–1994) •
Jennifer Lopez: Seasons 3–4 (1991–1993) •
Lisa Joann Thompson: Seasons 4–5 (1992–1994) •
Lisa Marie Todd: Seasons 1–3 (1990–1992) •
Michelle Whitney-Morrison: Seasons 1–2 (1990–1991) •
Masako Willis: Season 5 (1993–1994) ==Cast/DJ and Fly Girls timelines==