Some of you might not remember that a score ago, Keegan-Michael Key, Jordan Peele, Alex Borstein, Ike Barinholtz, Bobby Lee, Will Sasso, Mo Collins, and way more were all on one sketch variety show together.
That show was called MADtv and, tonight, The CW is doing a special honoring the show’s 20th Anniversary with the cast.
If you want to see what brought all these folks before they hit it really, really big, tune into The CW at 8PM.
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This will probably be a pretty great balance between Key & Peele and Jordan Peele’s recent foray into horror.
The forces of Keegan-Michael Key, Jordan Peele, and Nightmare Before Christmas director Harry Selick are coming together to entertain a delightfully darker side of stop-motion animation in a new film Wendell and Wild.
It’ll follow two demons versus a nun and a couple of goth kids and we can only imagine how ridiculous this could get. Just check Key & Peele’s last time they dealt with a demon battle.
With Bob & David have just released this second sketch ahead of their premiere on Netflix next week and it offers great advice on how to not deal with cops, especially if you’re not in any sort of trouble.
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It would seem that the worlds of sketch comedy and Vine meet at a single camera sitcom at Fox.
Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele undoubtedly had a lot of things come across their desk as well as their own projects after finishing up with Key & Peele. It turns out it didn’t take them long at all to move on to their next project as they are now producing a new project at Fox with one of the writers from their show, Alex Rubens.
Vine megastar King Bach (AKA Andrew Bachelor) is set to star as an undercover cop that will tap into the King Bach persona that’s gotten Bachelor over 14 million followers.
We’ll be curious to see what comes of all of this as well as if Jordan and Keegan will be in front of the camera in some capacity.
There’s no real context we can or wish to give you to watch this latest Key & Peele sketch.
We will say that if this is a sort of thing that Jordan Peele would have in his foray into the horror genre, then we can’t wait to see what he’s concocting right now.
With that, you should just watch and enjoy Marbles here.
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If that wasn’t enough of a hook for you, take into consideration that the cast of this film will be comprised of Keegan-Michael Key, Chris Gethard, Kate Micucci, Gillian Jacobs, Tami Sagher, and Mike Birbiglia himself.
Don’t Think Twice will follow all the off-stage drama, jealousy, bitterness, etc. that often exists within an improv group.
If we we’re placing bets, we’d put a lot of money on this being an indie darling/film festival hit even though it has just gone into production.
Sure, watching the head of a big company go undercover amongst his own employees then revealing himself as the boss to the delight of some and dismay of others is entertaining.
Key and Peele’s version is, of course, more entertaining, perhaps filled with more “drama”. Watch it here.
Rehearsing with the President of United States isn’t, as you can imagine, your typical rehearsal.
Keegan-Michael Key went though that experience when preparing for a bit as Obama’s Anger Translator Luther during the last White House Correspondents Dinner.
Just because Las Vegas is a center for constant growth and expansion shouldn’t lead you to believe that a Hotwives of Las Vegas wouldn’t be any more filled with “wanting no drama” than Hotwives of Orlando.
Just see for yourself in the trailer that features Erinn Hayes as a new Hotwife and Keegan Michael-Key as a Hotwife husband.
Then, be sure to catch The Hotwives of Las Vegas Aug. 18th on Hulu.
The showmanship involved in finishing your opponent on the battlefield, especially when you cut their head clean off with a giant sword is pretty impressive.
In fact, it’s so impressive that it might be a little hard to dismount from the performance.
Just let Key & Peele show you what we’re talking about.
Professional athletes have their every move watched by the likes of several sports media outlets and rightly so with the millions of dollars invested in them.
In their latest sketch, Key & Peele imagine a world where teachers, arguably some of the most crucial stewards of generations to come, get the treatment that those pro athletes get, which they deserve.
So, watch TeachingCenter here.
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Keegan and Jordan want to emphasize that it’s them, not Comedy Central, that has brought them to this decision to end the show, which is regarded as a stand-out in this golden age of television.
After five groundbreaking seasons, both Key and Peele want the breathing room to explore other projects and passions and are thus bringing their highly acclaimed sketch series Key & Peele to a close.
Take note that they do want to keep working together plenty in the future. On leaving, Keegan says, “I’m thinking we could do that every three years – take a year, go bang out a movie. That’s the plan right now.”
So, before you go getting all wistful and start going through Key & Peele all over again (a thing you should totally do), remember this isn’t the end of one of the great comedy duos to ever be.
Tina Fey and Amy Poehler don’t get to work on everything together, but it’s all the more special when they do and perhaps that what it will be like with Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele in the years to come.
Are you getting hitched and want a wedding band that not only plays all the “hits”, but makes it even more personal? Oh, and you want rapper 2Chainz holding a sax to be a part of it too?
Well, Jash’s Buh has the wedding band for you in ABSORPTION! that features Keegan Michael-Key, Jordan Peele, 2Chainz, a gong, and more.
Just watch their promo video here.
We should note that actually booking this band in real life probably costs a lot of money.
In such a subtly perfect Key & Peele sketch, a town hall meeting marking the landmark of gay marriage bans being prohibited nationwide finds an audience camera focusing a lot on Jordan Peele.
It might just be a coincidence or an accident, but you should just see it for yourself.
Watch and enjoy here.
Before any competitive team effort, it’s not uncommon for teammates to get each other riled up and rowdy before heading out. Sometimes, that can lead to screaming and other times it can straight-up hitting each other.
Key & Peele show what happens when that might go a bit too far.
Make sure to set a reminder to catch the new season of Key & Peele on July 8th.
Keegan Michael-Key takes J.K. Simmons’ acclaimed Fletcher in the movie Whiplash to a whole new level in this music video.
Black t-shirt, pants, and lots of yelling at Bhi Bhiman by Keegan for Bhiman’s new single “Moving to Brussels” makes for one of the best Whiplash parodies yet.
We’re sure that we all can’t wait until season 5 of Key & Peele.
Right out of the gate, Key & Peele go big with the first sketch they released from the upcoming season of the show. They make a full-fledged musical number called Negrotown.
There are dozens of dancers with exquisite direction from the show’s long time director Peter Atencio choreography from go-to comedy-dance choreographer Kathryn Burns, bright floral suits and dresses like they’re in The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, and, on top of all of that, a poignant and timely message about racial profiling by the police.
What was being called “Nerd Prom” turned out to be a pretty great roast.
Last night’s Annual White House Correspondents Dinner will be a night to remember whether you were in attendance, watching it on YouTube, or actually tuning into C-SPAN.
President Obama delivered another great performance and even brought along Keegan Michael-Key as his “Anger Translator” Luther. It’s pretty undeniable that he’s the funniest president in American history.
Host Cecily Strong really cut deep with a lot of her jokes when she took the stage and dished it out throughout the whole room including President Obama himself and even Hillary Clinton who she favors. In fact, some jokes probably hit too close to home for some in the room and play way better to those watching it on screen.
Even though HBO has picked a showrunner to fill in after Armando Iannucci leaves Veep, it wouldn’t be entirely surprising to see Barack involved in the show after his leaves the White House.
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Get ready for Cranston to be done up Robot Chicken style.
In announcing their entire upcoming slate, Crackle has unveiled an animated series starring Bryan Cranston that’s set for release in the fall. Collaborating with Robot Chicken’s Matthew Senreich and Zeb Wells, Cranston will star as an older superhero attempting to lead other older superheroes in SuperMansion. Seth Green, Keegan Michael-Key, and Jillian Bell will also be featured voices in the cast.
Now we’re wondering if Seth Meyers’ The Awesomes on Hulu and SuperMansion’s superhero team “The League of Freedom” would ever have a cross streaming service showdown.
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There were talks of this happening last year and whoever was holding their breath in the hopes of this happening can now exhale.
One of Key & Peele’s most popular characters, the veteran substitute teacher Mr. Garvey, is going to get a feature adaptation with Keegan Michael-Key as Garvey will face off teacher-a-teacher against Jordan Peele as antithetical, very likable teacher.
We can see montages of Garvey aggressively mispronouncing common names and Jordan pronouncing them correctly and then giving a positive affirmation to each student individually.
In case you have been too busy trying to catch up with all the hordes of television, movies, music, etc., No, You Shut Up! with Paul F. Tompkins is really hitting its stride in season 3 over at Fusion.
Just look at all the hijinks they get into with Keegan Michael-Key and Jordan Peele when they stop by and you can clearly see why this show should be the most Googled of 2015 instead of just 2nd in 2014.
Also, do remember that you can watch entire full episodes of this season as well as seasons one and two all conveniently on YouTube.
Like we said earlier this week, This Is Not Happening with Ari Shaffir is set to premiere on Comedy Central Jan. 22nd at 12:30AM.
To give you a little taste of what the stories from Bert Kreischer, Marc Maron, Cy Amundson, Bobby Lee, Keegan Michael-Key, Steve Rannazzisi, Cristela Alonzo, Ali Saddiq, Sean O’Connor, Rob Corddry, Will Weldon, Tom Segura, Paul Scheer, Big Jay Oakerson, Barry Rothbart, Jay Larson, Iliza Shlesinger, and more might be like, here’s a trailer.
Also, you get to see how crazy the opening sequence for the show is as well.
The amazing comedian storytelling series This Is Not Happening with Ari Shaffir is having its TV series premiere on Thurs. Jan. 22nd 12:30AM on Comedy Central.
Shaffir, Keegan Michael-Key, and Bobby Lee are set for the first episode focusing on drug stories, so the premiere should be really good.
Be sure to mark this on your calendars and kick off your weekend next week with this.
Whether it be observation or straight up gibberish, Key & Peele have brought a whole new set of vernacular to the forefront of slang.
According to Jordan Peele, there’s a lot of straight-up gibberish that comes from the mind and mouth of Keegan Michael-Key.
Watch their explanation on Conan here.
On Letterman, Keegan Michael-Key and Jordan Peele explain their dynamic on Key & Peele that they divvy up between brains and the ability and willingness to take on an attack dog.
Wanna guess which one is which? Well, take a guess then see if you’re right and watch the clip here.