- one of the most iconic sketches on key & peele involved barack obama and his alter ego, luther. - a lot of folks say that i haven t done a good job at communicating my accomplishments to the public. - because y all mother (beep) don t listen! - and it was so popular that obama himself invited luther to come up on stage with him during a white house correspondent s dinner. so funny. - we won t always see eye-to-eye. - oh, and cnn, thank you so much for the wall-to-wall ebola coverage. for two whole weeks we were one step away from the walking dead! - key & peele proved that an all-black sketch show could be something that was bankable, and the best thing about it is that it paved the way for the next one. - kevin was a good boyfriend, okay? now he stole my car one time, but he brought that shit back. - uh-huh, with a girl in it! - the creator of a black lady sketch show robin thede, packed that show with so many talented black women,
progression is possible in this country sometimes. (upbeat music) - when barack obama was elected president, there was such this exhale and you felt that the world had shifted, it changed. - and not only has america changed, but we have changed as a culture. we expect fair representation. - when chappelle decided not to renew his contract and return with the chappelle s show, comedy central knew they needed to do something to capture that magic again. and they looked to mad tv alums, keegan-michael key and jordan peele, and decided to give them their own show. - where d the picture go? - we deleted it. - gross. - what? - i had child-birth face. - yeah, i looked like my grandmother having an orgasm. - [both] deleted! - key & peele was so brilliant to me because the range of characters was out of this world. - man, how you want me to smoke somebody when i got poop in my pants? - from the wigs to the voices to the risks that they were willing to take, it s unbelievable work.
at communicating my accomplishments to the public. - because y all mother (beep) don t listen! - and it was so popular that obama himself invited luther to come up on stage with him during a white house correspondent s dinner. so funny. - we won t always see eye-to-eye. - oh, and cnn, thank you so much for the wall-to-wall ebola coverage. for two whole weeks we were one step away from the walking dead! - key & peele proved that an all-black sketch show could be something that was bankable, and the best thing about it is that it paved the way for the next one. - kevin was a good boyfriend, okay? now he stole my car one time, but he brought that shit back. - uh-huh, with a girl in it! - the creator of a black lady sketch show robin thede, packed that show with so many talented black women, so it was huge. - the reefs have an exciting year of gang banging ahead of us, blippity, blippity. - [all] scat, scat, scat. - it s so awesome to see black women
- when barack obama was elected president, there was such this exhale and you felt that the world had shifted, it changed. - and not only has america changed, but we have changed as a culture. we expect fair representation. - when chappelle decided not to renew his contract and return with the chappelle s show, comedy central knew they needed to do something to capture that magic again. and they looked to mad tv alums, keegan-michael key and jordan peele, and decided to give them their own show. - where d the picture go? - we deleted it. - gross. - what? - i had child-birth face. - yeah, i looked like my grandmother having an orgasm. - [both] deleted! - key & peele was so brilliant to me because the range of characters was out of this world. - man, how you want me to smoke somebody when i got poop in my pants? - from the wigs to the voices to the risks that they were willing to take, it s unbelievable work. - one of the most iconic sketches on key & peele involved barack obama an
during a white house correspondent s dinner. so funny. - we won t always see eye-to-eye. - oh, and cnn, thank you so much for the wall-to-wall ebola coverage. for two whole weeks we were one step away from the walking dead! - key & peele proved that an all-black sketch show could be something that was bankable, and the best thing about it is that it paved the way for the next one. - kevin was a good boyfriend, okay? now he stole my car one time, but he brought that shit back. - uh-huh, with a girl in it! - the creator of a black lady sketch show robin thede, packed that show with so many talented black women, so it was huge. - the reefs have an exciting year of gang banging ahead of us, blippity, blippity. - [all] scat, scat, scat. - it s so awesome to see black women really step into so many different characters. the beauty of sketch is everyone is different. so you get the villains, the goofballs, you get straight-lace characters. - sources are telling me