Video:

In Living Color Season 2 holds up pretty well for a show from the early 90s. The colors are a little muted, but there's no artifacts or other digital flaws.

Audio:

The stereo 2.0 track is about all that could be expected for a television release. As a fan of that era's hip-hop, it's disappointing to hear some of the musical performances in such a flat environment, but the bulk of the dialogue is easy to understand and audience applause isn't overwhelming.

Extras:

There are selected commentary tracks for some sketches from writers Kim Bass and Buddy Sheffield. With all due respect to the duo, they are hardly the names fans would be wanted to hear. The commentaries themselves are light on actual information; the two mostly talk about how much fun they had and how talented the people who worked on the show are.

There are also three featurettes: An overview of season two (mainly just highlights), Notorious ILC: Characters and Appreciating In Living Color. All three featurettes suffer a bit from spotty participation from the main players – David Alan Grier and Tommy Davidson are the biggest names from the cast to talk about the show.

Final Thoughts:

It's hard to imagine any sketch comedy show again capturing this kind of talent. In Living Color billed itself as a racially diverse exercise, kind of a balance to the usually-lilywhite Saturday Night Live. But more important than the demographic appeal was that the show was flat out funny – to everybody. In Living Color Season 2 does a good job of capturing that and reminding us exactly what sketch comedy looks like at its best.