I n the opening sketch of the very first episode (with laugh track!), K&P turn up their “black voices” on their respective phone calls, each fearing the other one will mug him.Ģ78. Some delicious Key physical bits, as per usual, but the sketch drags on a bit too long. Key plays a guy in - you guessed it - horrible pain, who can barely move and often screams out. “Guy in Horrible Pain” (Season 4, Episode 2) Peele’s character reveals his “famous joke” to his co-worker in the office break room, but he laughs at all the wrong things.Ģ81. “Laughing at the Wrong Time” (Season 4, Episode 3) They’re two guys who just really don’t want people to know they were in a cult?Ģ83. This is the low point of LaShawn’s otherwise memorable and enjoyable journey on K&P.Ī funny setup, but the ultimate premise of this sketch eluded me. No real jokes here, aside from a lot of yelling from Peele’s LaShawn character about various things. “Dental Insurance” (Season 3, Episode 10) But also, the parents are aliens? Weird twist.Ģ85. Key is engaged to Melanie Lynskey, but her parents just don’t approve.
“Biracial Engagement” (Season 5, Episode 4) “Baby Prudence” (Season 1, Episode 5)Ī short and sweet look at a lost baby named Pru.Ģ86. “Bank Robbers Can’t Open a Car Door” (Season 4, Episode 1)Ģ87. Tatiana Ali makes a cameo in this confusing bit about a guy trying to one-up his friend by discussing The Lion King.Ģ88. “ Lion King Flirting” (Season 5, Episode 8) “Macedonian Cafe” (Season 4, Episode 5)Ī good chance to focus on an oft-unseen group of American immigrant - the Macedonian - ends up being just okay.Ģ89. I never really liked the sketches that played out as long arguments, but this is certainly something we’ve all faced. He’s definitely not going to murder anyone.Ģ91. Here, Key plays a crazy bearded man who wants to buy weird shit at a pawnshop. “Mary Magdalene’s Pimp” (Season 2, Episode 1) K&P would stumble into a few of these over the run of the show.Ģ93. They’re army recruiters - at a gay bar! An early dip into gay jokes that don’t quite work. “Murder Laughs” (Season 1, Episode 8)Ī profoundly dark sketch that asks the question: What’s funny about shooting someone?Ģ94. Peele meets his real father (Key), who at first is dismissive, but when Peele says he “has his own show,” this gets Dad more interested. Paint splotches can also look like titties.Ģ96.
Here they try their hand at picking up ladies at the gym.Ģ97. Unfortunately, K&P’s Middle Eastern catcalling guys always rubbed me the wrong way. “Karim and Jahar at the Gym” (Season 3, Episode 11) So, with that: Let’s set off on a journey that spanned well over 10,000 words!Ģ98. But, hey, this is the internet: a sea of lists and rankings that pepper our lives with opinions we didn’t even know we wanted! To settle on a ranking, I tried to combine multiple factors - subversive qualities, good, old-fashioned LOLs, and viral success - into each decision. Not only because so many K&P bits were stunningly shot, hilariously funny, utterly prescient, or all of the above (even the least-successful sketches still hold up better than most on other shows), but also because comedy is completely subjective in every way, and what I, a single person in this crazy world, find funny is bound to differ from what you, a different person, find funny. Also, while we’re here: The props and production design and costumes were consistently at the toppest notch, too.)īefore our rankings begin, let’s get this out of the way: Ranking every Key & Peele sketch is a ridiculous, near-futile endeavor. (And speaking of combs, we can’t forget hair and makeup with K&P ending, The Americans and Drag Race are left to hold down TV’s wig game. What Jordan Peele and Keegan-Michael Key accomplished as comedic performers will be recognized for years to come, as will the directing talents of Peter Atencio, who turned even the silliest ideas into memorable short films and the writers, who picked through both the absurd and the topical (oftentimes simultaneously) with a fine-tooth comb. Insane, right?īut also not that surprising, considering the level of care and attention that seemed to go into every sketch from the top down - from the subversive, racially aware sketches that gave the show its edge, to the many others about farts.
BLACK DYNAMITE SEASON 1 EPISODE 5 UNCENSORED SERIES
Truly an internet juggernaut, K&P sketches racked up more than a billion views on YouTube over the course of five seasons, which culminated last week with a two-episode series finale. Key & Peele will go down in history as one of the greatest sketch shows of all time, one that redefined the “filmic” sketch and established such a strong viral presence that many people didn’t even know it was a show that aired on actual television. Photo: Illustration: Maya Robinson and Photos by Comedy Central
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