men on fitness in living color

season 4 ep 20 Men on Film (Damon Wayans and David Alan Grier) – In this parody of Siskel & Ebert, a pair of extremely effeminate gay men, Blaine Edwards and Antoine Merriweather, review films completely based on their potential for homoerotic content. Variations of this sketch include Men on Books, Men on Television, Men on Fitness, Men on Vacation, Men on Art, Men on Football and Men on Men. It was the source of many popular catchphrases such as, “Hated It!” (used for any film/book/program centered on one or more female characters), “Fish!”, “My second favorite form of liquid protein”, “Three words – fa – bu – lous!” and “the yet unheard of Zorro snap, in Z formation!” (almost every sketch had a sassy variation of finger-snapping). In a two-part, season cliffhanger sketch, Blaine gets hit on the head by a stage light and gets a sort of amnesia, making him straight and conventionally “macho”. The characters were resurrected for an episode of SNL hosted by Damon Wayans. The theme song to the pair’s “show” was “It’s Raining Men” by The Weather Girls.
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