Why Jim Carrey says that a revival of living color needs to happen (exclusively)

It's been more than 26 years since In living color Jim Carrey says it's now the perfect time for the famous series of skits to join the long list of shows that await a revival.

Kevin Frazier of ET met the icon of Frank comedy during the premiere of his new drama series Showtime Joke at the Cinerama Dome in Hollywood on Wednesday, where he enthusiastically accepted the idea of In living color return to the TV.

"This show must really happen! This show must exist," Carrey marvels. "Especially now, man, there's so much to eat and spit, so I'd like to see him rebuild in another form."

Carrey had his great chance as a cast member of the Fox skit series on which he played from 1990 to 1994.

Carrey left the series after the release of his blockbuster movies Ace Ventura: pet detective, mask and Beast and even more stupid, who are all out in his last year on the show. However, he said that he would gladly participate if they brought back the series.

"I'll come back and go out with them," shared Carrey. "Of course I would!"

The new Showtime series from Carrey, Joke, marks the first return of the star on television since In living color, and is his second collaboration with acclaimed director Michel Gondry after 2004 Eternal sun of impeccable spirit.

In JokeCarrey plays Jeff, an icon of Mr. Pickles' children's television (which was created in the vein of Mr. Rogers) and has guided the hope and happiness of American children for generations.

However, as Jeff's life implodes around him and the pressure of his fame begins to be stifling, he suffers an emotional collapse and sinks into a very complicated and public madness.

Carrey told ET that digging into the role of Mr. Pickles was "like cultivating me".

"That's what happens – projects choose me more and more, when something happens or when I've reached a certain level of understanding of this world … ideas seem to find me", a- he declared. "So that's the perfect thing."

Carrey also touched on the darkest and most painful themes that the show explores and talked about her philosophy about tragedy and loss.

"Nobody goes through this life without being struck by lightning and it's just [a question of]"Will lightning cause a fire? Will you stop there and just think it's a disaster or will you continue to see new growth? And that's what it's all about: keep seeing the new growth, "he shared.

Last month, Carrey and her Joke The co-stars, Judy Greer and Catherine Keener, met with ET Nischelle Turner during the Television Critics Association press tour in the summer and talked about the new series.

"There is a tragedy but it is not a tragedy," said Greer. "You are talking about innocence and finding innocence in yourself that we are trying so hard to build these walls around, but really we are all ourselves as children at the same time. inside. "

Carrey added that, although his character has a nervous breakdown in the series, the show is actually "a nervous breakthrough".

Joke premiere on September 9 on Showtime.