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  • Fire Marshal Bill Burns - Jim Carrey portrayed a crazed, masochistic (and supposedly immortal) fire marshal with a manic grin and laugh along with a scarred face whose safety advisories usually include demonstrating (on himself) the very disaster he's warning against. (Every sketch illustrates a timeline of readily-visible damage on Bill from previous episodes). Usually, the warnings are against ridiculous situations that would never come to pass, such as an alien crab-people invasion, a sex doll that was accidentally inflated with hydrogen instead of air which then exploded due to static electricity, or an outbreak of psychotic elves. Every sketch ends with Fire Marshal Bill blowing up the facility he's teaching at, to which the people involved look at the burning facility and either lament what will become of them or simply stare in shock while Fire Marshal Bill says a witty comment and (sometimes) leaves to do more "safety advisories". Despite each sketch showing him lose parts of his body (in one sketch, only his head remained), Bill never dies. In about half the sketches, he gave his full name as Fire Marshal Bill Burns. In one episode when on a cruise, he had a blonde wife named Ashley (a play on the term ash) who also was seemingly immune to the damage Bill caused. Her face was similarly scarred like Bill's was and she was a party to his demonstrations (spreading gasoline in a life raft to prove Bill's point about the danger of flare guns). His catchphrases included "Lemme show ya something!!", "Don't worry folks, I'm a Fire Marshal!" and "It can be very, very DTUHHH-DTUHHH ... DEADLY!"
    In Living Color was an American sketch comedy television series that originally ran on the Fox Network from April 15, 1990, to May 19, 1994. Brothers Keenen and Damon Wayans created, wrote and starred in the program.
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  • @MonCappy
    @MonCappy 2 роки тому +1142

    Jim Carrey's physical performance as Fire Marshall Bill was nothing short of phenomenal. It's arguably one of the best skits from In Living Color.

    • @jedjestat1630
      @jedjestat1630 Рік тому +10

      Why hasn't this comment got more likes?

    • @hansangb
      @hansangb Рік тому

      @@jedjestat1630 Maybe because he's a lunatic SJW now who hates capitalism after having benefited from it. I could be wrong.

    • @donarthiazi2443
      @donarthiazi2443 Рік тому +9

      ​@@jedjestat1630
      Maybe because the character was too silly

    • @Dominicmasonmason-mt9er
      @Dominicmasonmason-mt9er Рік тому +1

      Ant that the truth I laught so ard the first time and the ending still gets to me

    • @Dominicmasonmason-mt9er
      @Dominicmasonmason-mt9er Рік тому

      1:06 to 1:26 is funny along with 2:17

  • @septiawoman2911
    @septiawoman2911 3 роки тому +338

    Fire Marshall Bill was a dam lunatic, but I have to give him credit for pointing out actual fire hazards before he screwed up what he was attempting to prevent.

    • @arriuscalpurniuspiso
      @arriuscalpurniuspiso 11 місяців тому +4

      He really pointed out how they could potentially burn down their house by accident and carelessness

    • @hiawathaclemons
      @hiawathaclemons 3 місяці тому +1

      Exactly

  • @quattro4468
    @quattro4468 4 роки тому +1868

    I took this era in human history for granted.

  • @maniacsteight4210
    @maniacsteight4210 2 роки тому +223

    Jim Carrey is such a good actor notice his lazy eye changes when he gets electrocuted. Funny as heck 🤣

  • @jokersasylum24
    @jokersasylum24 2 роки тому +54

    I lost it when he said "that's nothing I've caught fire so many times I can't feel it anymore " 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @MrBofinn
    @MrBofinn 5 років тому +616

    How the hell is Jim Carrey doing that with his neck?

    • @dutchvanderlinde6209
      @dutchvanderlinde6209 5 років тому +7

      Robert Wright that’s what I Thought

    • @asanoposting9797
      @asanoposting9797 5 років тому +18

      he's hyperlax, you can see it on a sketch when he plays Vera de milo

    • @akumabazooka9169
      @akumabazooka9169 5 років тому +8

      I can do that

    • @naturesfinest4871
      @naturesfinest4871 4 роки тому +1

      @@afairplayerasoldieroffortu8897 eXcersi💲o?

    • @patrickmcleod111
      @patrickmcleod111 4 роки тому +20

      @@asanoposting9797 👍(Pretending that I already know the definition of hyperlax, I say) "Yes, you hit the nail right on the head with your assertion of hyperlax-icity sir! By sheer coincidence, that's exactly what I myself was just about to post! But alas, you beat me to the punch by mere seconds(or 3 months)!"
      👉 (Now, quickly exits UA-cam and searches Wikipedia for a 'potentially accurate' definition of "hyperlax")

  • @anthonymanuge6237
    @anthonymanuge6237 4 роки тому +240

    I always thought that he should have made a movie with this character. I think that this was his funniest best character over the years!

    • @eligebrown8998
      @eligebrown8998 4 роки тому +9

      And the female gymnast. To great skits

    • @80swoodpanel
      @80swoodpanel 3 роки тому +26

      They considered it but Jim Carrey said that it would have been impossible because his face would have fallen off. I get it, I get cramps just from looking at him!

    • @mellowyello1478
      @mellowyello1478 2 роки тому +15

      They would have ruined it. Some skits are best in short doses.

    • @Elipson52008
      @Elipson52008 2 роки тому +2

      @@mellowyello1478 good burger comes to mind.

    • @smartcasualpenguin4826
      @smartcasualpenguin4826 Рік тому +2

      Jim spoke about it on a Marc Maron podcast and said they had considered it but he eventually used a lot of the mannerisms to create Ace Ventura.

  • @georgesoros8589
    @georgesoros8589 6 років тому +513

    Jim Carey, and the Wayans family are comedy legends.

  • @natepatrick6896
    @natepatrick6896 Рік тому +5

    1:33 "That's Nothing!" "I've got fired so many times I can't even feel it anymore."

  • @Theluckypessimist
    @Theluckypessimist 3 роки тому +92

    So many talented people from this show! I miss the 90s!

    • @Carson_Cole_Family
      @Carson_Cole_Family Рік тому +2

      It’s easy when you can make fun of anyone. True comedy genius requires a more creative approach.

  • @theodoreroberts3407
    @theodoreroberts3407 3 роки тому +24

    Fire marshal Bill was one of the best things he created! I'd love to see him doing it in a movie. They never let him be himself.

    • @ryanstauffer119
      @ryanstauffer119 Рік тому +1

      Technically, Fire Marshall Bill has been in a movie. In the movie “Liar Liar” at the airport when the police and firefighters arrive at night, you can see in the background Fire Marshall Bill on a walkie talkie wearing sunglasses. Jim Carrey decided to have this little cameo in the movie.

  • @donactdum6635
    @donactdum6635 5 місяців тому +2

    2:45 “POOF went up like a powder keg” had me cryinggg

  • @davidebiagi9941
    @davidebiagi9941 Рік тому +7

    This dude is a genius, he must come back on tv shows, he must!!!!

  • @einrazer
    @einrazer 2 роки тому +4

    You can tell this is probably one of the earlier versions of fire marshall bill. As the years progressed he got way more chaotic. I love both variations of him of course. either way, he is my favorite skit character in all skit comedy shows.
    Any time my kid asks me to explain something to them, I always give em the ol' "let me show you sumthon!"

  • @duomaxwell6523
    @duomaxwell6523 2 роки тому +12

    In Living Color was my jam in the 90s! To me, this is Saturday Night Live for African American people! Highly, HIGHLY hilarious, especially with Fire Marshall Bill seen here, and Homey D. Clown. Loved the shit out of it a LOT!

  • @TheBrianator88
    @TheBrianator88 4 роки тому +14

    “LEMME SHOW YOU SOMETHING!” Lol classic Jim Carrey

  • @iwasneverhere9189
    @iwasneverhere9189 2 роки тому +16

    Kids today don't know the fire hazards we used to live with.
    Always in fear of a fire, thank you for your service Fire Marshal Bill 🔥🧯👨‍🚒

  • @samwlodawskitheone
    @samwlodawskitheone Рік тому +1

    You know, looking back on it fire marshal bill had an unbelievably high tolerance for pain.

  • @Liamzilla4777
    @Liamzilla4777 8 місяців тому

    I just realized, Fire Marshal Bill looks like he got caught in a fire, and lived. And considering all these skits, I bet it was one of those "This is fine" moments too.

  • @45hotro
    @45hotro 5 років тому +152

    This was when Jim Carrey peaked.

    • @keithcarey4623
      @keithcarey4623 5 років тому +13

      You must know nothing about Jim Carrey then.
      This show was in the early 90s & Jim Carrey really didn’t find true Stardom until the mid 90s with SNL, Batman . And everything else he was in DURING the 90s after this show was canceled in 94’ then he went to peak with dumber and dumber , ace Ventura and the Truman show soo yeah.

    • @travisjohnson6703
      @travisjohnson6703 5 років тому +3

      Nah, that was Cable Guy

    • @cochrane626
      @cochrane626 5 років тому +9

      Carrey tried out for SNL in 1980, but he wasn't chosen. In Living Color made him famous. He didn't host SNL until 1996. He was already a famous star when he played the Riddler in Batman Forever.

    • @keithcarey4623
      @keithcarey4623 5 років тому +2

      Wayne Minana true.
      Just saying at the peak of his career was not living color, it would in my Opinion be when he starred in dumb and dumber and Ace Ventura.

    • @rickstone5547
      @rickstone5547 4 роки тому

      @@keithcarey4623 I think el jefe was referring to his artistic peak

  • @kiddetroit8403
    @kiddetroit8403 4 місяці тому +1

    Did Fire Marshall Bill just say the first time he spontaneously combusted😂 fucking gorgeous

  • @steveparadise3710
    @steveparadise3710 5 років тому +9

    One of the funniest characters ever - and here is the reason why ...
    LEMME SHOW YOU SOMETHN’!!!

  • @AboutLeon
    @AboutLeon 2 роки тому +1

    This was a nice blast from the past. Thanks for the upload!

  • @phoenixman8569
    @phoenixman8569 2 роки тому

    what best about this funny scene is not the comedy but the fact that Jim is making that face with control of his facial muscles alone......

  • @yungxbro2168
    @yungxbro2168 5 років тому +31

    Back memories when i was just 12 and couldn't stop laughing for hours..thanks to this show my child hood was nice..

  • @Khryptic
    @Khryptic 2 роки тому +5

    Jim Carrey 😂😂😂 funniest actor ever

  • @jorteron-lx3ev
    @jorteron-lx3ev 5 місяців тому

    That is not fire burning in the house, that is a storm inside.
    *Jim Carrey practical demonstration to the highest level.

  • @nickamato4540
    @nickamato4540 5 років тому +51

    Haven't seen this since i was 11. I'm 38 now. Still funny as ever

    • @danp7463
      @danp7463 5 років тому +3

      Me too. Good time's when TV was worth watching.

    • @RoyceLovesHisShotgun
      @RoyceLovesHisShotgun 5 років тому +5

      Way back when I had late charges on my Predator 2 video rental

    • @nickamato4540
      @nickamato4540 5 років тому +1

      @@RoyceLovesHisShotgun lmao, that's llooong ago

  • @harmonicajay91
    @harmonicajay91 2 роки тому

    I love the subtle makeup done on Jim Carrey to show the burns from the fire.

  • @freda2758
    @freda2758 4 роки тому +8

    2:59 That sound he makes. 🤣

  • @Daneiladams555
    @Daneiladams555 2 роки тому +1

    Wish I could go back to these times

  • @admirosmanovic1368
    @admirosmanovic1368 5 років тому +10

    "Hey look a gaggle of geese WHERE? WHERE?" Lmao!!

  • @MrStrikecentral
    @MrStrikecentral 3 роки тому +7

    Imagine if Bill got his own movie!

  • @javontakelly6981
    @javontakelly6981 11 місяців тому

    Jim carry man he’s amazing man if anyone says he not they got issues he’s one of my favorite actors of all time

  • @mikkalinka9781
    @mikkalinka9781 3 роки тому +7

    This show was FANTASTIC! The characters, skits...everything! Wierd how thay all went on to Super Stardom.....but were Never as good as in THIS show!

  • @johnroscoe2406
    @johnroscoe2406 5 років тому +149

    The greatest success to come out of a majority black variety sketch comedy where the main purpose was to be a majority black comedy sketch comedy...
    ...was the token white guy.

    • @MrGrace
      @MrGrace 5 років тому +18

      I wouldn't call him a token, he was talented and they knew it

    • @ericanulph1980
      @ericanulph1980 5 років тому +6

      I really enjoyed the Fire Marshall Bill skit. But the one that might top it or at least be equal, was the grandpa Jack McGee character from the dysfunctional home show skit

    • @knifedreamer
      @knifedreamer 5 років тому +12

      John Roscoe - Lol a lot of great careers came outta this show

    • @johnroscoe2406
      @johnroscoe2406 5 років тому +2

      @@knifedreamer You can only mean Jennifer Lopez

    • @knifedreamer
      @knifedreamer 5 років тому +20

      John Roscoe - What? Keenen, Damon, Shawn & Marlon Wayans all came outta this show. So did Jamie Foxx, Chris Rock, David Alan Grier, Tommy Davidson & Paul Mooney.... this show was stacked with talent. What are you talking about only J-Lo 😂

  • @redwolflancer3051
    @redwolflancer3051 3 роки тому +3

    This brings back memories, the family sitting in front of the t.v eating our red barons laughing our ass off. I miss the early '90s

  • @rik4369
    @rik4369 2 роки тому +2

    Jim Carey's best role.

  • @Crazyblubutterfly
    @Crazyblubutterfly 2 місяці тому

    So glad I grew up with these shows. 😂

  • @veryveryindecisive
    @veryveryindecisive 8 місяців тому

    This Fire Marshall bill sketch was the first time I realized Jim Carrey could play Joker.

  • @adamarmstrong6646
    @adamarmstrong6646 4 роки тому +4

    Lately I thought he had kinda lost his mind but the more I think about it he’s kinda right..

  • @melissas9245
    @melissas9245 Рік тому +1

    Y’all can have the Jim Carrey movies but I will take him on In Living Color anytime. I wished he would have done a Fire Marshal Bill movie.

  • @ingodwetrust8195
    @ingodwetrust8195 3 роки тому +6

    Omg, I miss these skits! Absolutely Gold! Best of Jim Carey ever!

  • @razor198042
    @razor198042 Рік тому +1

    The glory days of television

  • @kamarjaycain9204
    @kamarjaycain9204 2 роки тому

    The panicked screams when being shocked lol

  • @jaylenebarton4043
    @jaylenebarton4043 2 роки тому +1

    HE KEEPS A STIFF UPPER LIP THATS FOR SURE!!! DONT KNOW HOW HE CAN GET ALL HIS CRAZY EXPRESSIONS!!! OMG WHAT A TRIP!!! LOL!!! ♡♡♡

  • @aarongeorge917
    @aarongeorge917 22 дні тому

    You got a fork in your hand and not only are you well done. But you forgot about the octopus too😂😂

  • @Trenz0
    @Trenz0 Рік тому

    The funniest thing about the ridiculous scenarios required for the fires in his hypotheticals is that as far as his unlucky ass is concerned, these are reasonable lmao

  • @YTSuperDJArnold2k
    @YTSuperDJArnold2k 2 роки тому +16

    Lemme tell y'all somethin! We need more actors like Jim Carrey. I miss good comedy!!!

  • @2006glg
    @2006glg Рік тому

    "Lemmeshowyasomethin'!" Bruh, I used to say that so much when I was a kid in my best Fire Marshall Bill voice.

  • @ddl3718
    @ddl3718 8 місяців тому

    I just realized Jim Carrey would’ve been the perfect cat in the hat.

  • @real_name_hidden3538
    @real_name_hidden3538 2 роки тому

    What a lot of people don't know Jim Carrey was an unknown who had a hard time breaking through prior to the Wayans. In Living Color launched Carrey's career.

  • @jasonjones7461
    @jasonjones7461 2 роки тому

    This could never work today but that's why it's so great

  • @tocagamer4775
    @tocagamer4775 9 місяців тому

    The way they all screamed “hey”

  • @Mihoyminoy124
    @Mihoyminoy124 2 роки тому +1

    Jim carrey is a gift to mankind

  • @hazetoonz
    @hazetoonz 2 роки тому

    ‘They just keep building them higher’. A line from the 70s movie ‘The Towering inferno’. Nice one Jim!

  • @peterostash
    @peterostash Рік тому

    Fire is you're friend. The trick is not to panic. Words to live by.

  • @NoNameEntered
    @NoNameEntered 3 місяці тому

    When I read my toddler “The Cat in the Hat”, when the cat arrives I do the voice like Fire Marshall Bill

  • @VipMike
    @VipMike 2 роки тому +2

    I would love the day Jim brings him to the Big Scene 😁 let Me show ya something.

  • @brittinispurlock7547
    @brittinispurlock7547 5 років тому +6

    Are you joking I've been hit by lightning 19 times

  • @hutyra_509hutyra4
    @hutyra_509hutyra4 Рік тому

    These were the glory days for Jim Carrey.

  • @kevinsnyder8448
    @kevinsnyder8448 11 місяців тому

    Those were the best days of our lives

  • @18BIG78
    @18BIG78 2 роки тому +1

    God I miss these shows. Pure humor.

  • @jakeleon381
    @jakeleon381 5 років тому +10

    LET ME SHOW YOU SOMETHIN

  • @chefgiovanni
    @chefgiovanni 2 роки тому

    Fire Marshal Bill Burns never dies. Let us cook !

  • @adrianridgway4333
    @adrianridgway4333 11 місяців тому +1

    Jim Carrey actually LOOKS like that now! Lol

  • @joeyface1787
    @joeyface1787 3 роки тому +4

    Omg I can't believe how much he looks like Biden

  • @v-g-lant
    @v-g-lant 2 роки тому

    Bro his head long af 🤣 and he ain’t got no lips …..everything he does is immediately funny after that ….Jim Carrey you snapped on this one

  • @yeahsurebuddy
    @yeahsurebuddy Рік тому

    Not sure how I got here but thankyou, I really needed that laugh🖤

  • @pwhit59
    @pwhit59 3 роки тому

    Mad TV and Living Color was the results of writers and actors that made slapstick comedy fun

    • @leonardonavarretex1967
      @leonardonavarretex1967 2 роки тому

      All That was the also results of writers and actors that even more slapstick comedy fun like MADtv and In Living Color.

  • @lopazio
    @lopazio 2 роки тому

    Jim Carrey is a Legend of comedy. He is so above all others...

  • @slavomirsamec8471
    @slavomirsamec8471 3 роки тому +1

    my young years watching television and waiting for new parts of living colors. super humor.Los Angeles 1993-94

  • @williamneely8366
    @williamneely8366 2 роки тому

    What’s scary is we could grow old like fire pants.

  • @dvdjkaufmn
    @dvdjkaufmn 2 роки тому

    Omg, HE lights the house on fire 🤣🤣🤣
    Can't believe this was over 30 years ago.
    I miss 80s and 90s TV 😔

  • @LordZontar
    @LordZontar 3 роки тому +1

    David Allen Grier, the Dad, was Don "No Soul" Simmons in the movie Amazon Women On The Moon (1987).

  • @jacobsinger97
    @jacobsinger97 2 роки тому +1

    Jim is just like those cartoon figures
    Expressions and poses 😍🤣 priceless

  • @blakespower
    @blakespower 3 роки тому +1

    it was a magical time for Television back then everything was funny on FOX or interesting like X files

  • @neemz0117
    @neemz0117 Рік тому +1

    I use " let me tell ya somethin" all the time... and its sad how many people dont get it.

  • @kynmasters8670
    @kynmasters8670 2 роки тому +1

    Definitely far and away the most talented and successful part of that show. Gee I wonder why.

  • @Orpheusftw
    @Orpheusftw 2 роки тому

    I forgot how much of a delightfully twisted freak Fire Marshall Bill was. 😂

  • @berryscott3590
    @berryscott3590 Рік тому

    There's been at least one, infamous forensic fire investigator, who turned out to be an arson... There's no punch line... But it puts me in mind of Fire Marshall Bill....

  • @CallJimRice
    @CallJimRice 2 роки тому

    i was a newly wed in 1990 & my bride & I would always look forward to our tv dinners on Sunday evening in the den watching "j-low" & the fly girls & In Living Color!

  • @uptowndunker6346
    @uptowndunker6346 2 роки тому

    That’s is some nice good oll acting you rearly see now

  • @NickellessCageless
    @NickellessCageless Рік тому

    ...Live long enough to see yourself become the fire marshal....villlllainyyyyyyyy

  • @davidbeltran20
    @davidbeltran20 2 роки тому

    BEST CHARACTER EVER BY JIM CAREY

  • @victo44344
    @victo44344 2 роки тому

    I I find it hilarious that the first part of the skit has a voice over from a Megadeth song “The Scorpion”

  • @NoahSpurrier
    @NoahSpurrier Рік тому

    2:07 the practical effects were hilarious.

  • @tom_something
    @tom_something 2 роки тому

    It's only a four-minute video and my posture is all jacked now. The aspect ratio make's Carrey's rubber qualities even rubberier in this one.
    These days we don't talk about ILC nearly as much as we should.

  • @danielvolosin6614
    @danielvolosin6614 3 роки тому +1

    The greatest sketch comedian 👌

  • @flygirl7611
    @flygirl7611 Рік тому

    Who's still here in 2023? Still enjoying these!

  • @JUST_ONE_ID10T
    @JUST_ONE_ID10T 17 днів тому

    LOL the gas stove. My dog jumped at my stove and turned the gas on before. I was upstairs and started to smell gas strong. It was in the winter time and I was afraid that if I opened the doors to air out the house the furnace or something would turn on. I turn the thermostat down as low as it would go and opened the doors. luckily my water heater didn't ignite it and I was home to catch it. I am sure if I wasn't home my dogs would be dead and my house blown up. After that i started to keep a child gate at my kitchen door to keep the dogs out of my kitchen.

  • @piguy3280
    @piguy3280 Рік тому +2

    im a korean woman and sometimes cant remember basic requirements of my job

  • @frantibaldi624
    @frantibaldi624 Рік тому +2

    Awesome

  • @twistedpair
    @twistedpair 2 роки тому

    can't believe I've never seen this before.
    absolutely brilliant

  • @seamusmckeon9109
    @seamusmckeon9109 3 роки тому +1

    He’s like if don knots was possessed

  • @patriciamooney928
    @patriciamooney928 2 роки тому

    Fire Marshal Bill and Homey D. Clown were my favorites.

  • @instaspy509
    @instaspy509 3 роки тому

    my favorite actor for life. Jim Carey

  • @salbellajr
    @salbellajr 11 місяців тому

    I’ve been stuck by lighting 17 times
    -That’s horrible
    -Not really, I’m starting to enjoy it.
    Had me rotfl

  • @UserName_no1
    @UserName_no1 2 роки тому

    Jim Carrey's introduction to the general public. Forgot how funny these skits were.

  • @loganentertainment1814
    @loganentertainment1814 Рік тому +1

    Jim Carry is hilarious!!!!!!! XD