Damon Wayans is opening up about his short stint ... to be on Saturday Night Live” and had already been working on characters that would later become part of his sketch show In Living Color.

Damon Wayans has revealed how he "purposely" got ... and that he had a handful of characters he had been working on. "I felt like I was born to be on ‘Saturday Night Live,'" he said.

By Carly Thomas Associate Editor Damon Wayans is opening up about his reason ... He recalled trying to pitch characters and sketches to SNL writers, “but they would shoot my ideas down.” ...

So when actor and comedian Damon Wayans was offered a spot on the season ... Wayans pushed for some of his own characters to appear on the show and tried to push back against some of the more ...

Tetona Jackson and Damon Wayans Jr. in “Poppa’s House ... and I feel like we bring that into these characters. Even though they’re different from who we are, also pieces of them are ...

Damon Wayans Jr. is looking forward to breaking ... that the episodes are heartfelt and that you fall in love with these characters and that they feel like real people,” Wayans Jr. added.

For nearly four decades, Damon Wayans has been creating some of the edgier characters on TV and film, from a Marine drill instructor in "Major Payne," to the angry clown from "In Living Color ...

Damon Wayans Sr. is far from being the last Boy Scout. After the “My Wife and Kids” star, 64, admitted to dating his nephew’s former girlfriend after his 2000 split from ex-wife Lisa ...

Played by Damon Wayans Jr., Derek #2 instantly hits it ... Part of the reason the pairing works so well is because like their characters, the actors also share a sense of humor.

Damon Wayans has revealed how he “purposely” got himself fired from “Saturday Night Live” by going off script. Wayans was a cast member for Season 11 of the sketch comedy series ...