thread of loving key and peele

i had no idea about any of that weird family matters stuff

I know taking a concept and stretching it way beyond the breaking point is these guys thing but damn did that two old ladies in church sketch go farther than I could've possibly imagined. Went from "I hope this ends soon" to "WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON" real fast

that family matters sketch was hilar

i have never watched this before, didn't even know what it was, turned on the tv in a hotel at random and saw the "old ladies in church" sketch, holy crow, how have i never encountered this insanity before

i mean good insanity by the way

i liked the steampunk sketch the other week as well

http://comedycentral.tumblr.com/post/100512000615/loving-this-conversation-in-case-you-missed-it

oh my god the ending to this one

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nl_eJ-zdLrA

the punchline to the slap-ass revisited sketch almost killed me

I don't think there will ever be a sketch I love more than one that has an impersonation of the coke head in die hard that calls out the insanity of how family matters evolved

I am forever in their debt for it

as did that xp

the punchline to the slap-ass revisited sketch almost killed me

yeah I'm cracking up just thinking about it

i haven't found anything they've done in two episodes funny; this is completely missing me now

They're v inconsistent. And prone to running jokes into the ground.

They're increasingly hit and miss for sure

They definitely are, though I've rewatched some old episodes and found I liked a some of 'em way more the second time around. There are a lot of funny moments and great lines that they don't pause for. Also they tend to base a lot of sketches on kind of obscure tropes or insignificant tropes.

They're v inconsistent. And prone to running jokes into the ground.

Well the second part is what I love about them, they come out the other side sometimes and taking things a few steps further than any other comedy show would is kinda their thing. If nothing else they really know how to end a sketch which is really lacking in a lot of sketch comedy (see: like 80% of all SNL skits)

The ending of the mattress skit is good, but what really gets me is when the sales guy goes to shake the customer's hand and the customer just sticks out his finger. It's a tiny moment in an otherwise pretty OTT skit but it's those tiny moments that make me love the show.

I wish there were an occasion for me to yell at someone, "I've done more cocaine than you WEIGH, motherfucker!"

Also they tend to base a lot of sketches on kind of obscure tropes or insignificant tropes.

this was a mr. show tic, and they are big fans

like "pussy on the chainwax"?

it feels like, as of late, they're leaning heavier on an insignificant trope to prop up an entire sketch and then not trusting the viewer to be clever enough to keep up
good example is the "Sex Investigator" skit last night where the character does the whole Hannibal 'this is my design' bit as he walks through the crime scene only he has to stop and masturbate every time he gets a revelation
just overly labored and without much payout; woulda been fine for a minute and a half and without the "Stand down Sergeant, that man is the best sex crime investigator in the department etc" expository
as much as i appreciate K&P show's high production values, i think the quality of the setup and filming sometimes hamstrings them by forcing them to ride a joke longer than they would otherwise if it were just a digital camera on location or in a set
the hit-it-and-quit-it dada quality of mr show and kids in the hall is lacking

but criticizing comedy is a losing game

your formatting of that post is a losing game.

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this show does look really good. i was watching chappelle's show recently and was struck by how cheap and shoddy everything looked-from the sets and the props to the video quality. I guess part of it is how far digital video/cheap CGI has come in the last 10 years.

I feel like I'm walking into the fire here but Chapelle's Show was really inconsistent too. All sketch comedy shows are really. I can't prove it but I also feel like Chapelle's only had like 10-15 minutes of comedy sketches in it per episode, it always seemed like it had way more commercials than any other CC show.

I guess I would agree that K&P tend to go on a little longer than they need to sometimes but I think their most brilliant sketches are the longer ones like "Flicker" or "High on Potanuse" or "Das Negros", and I think they work because they're not just comedies, they're like mini-dramas in a way. That's why I love the ending to the Matress Shopping one, cuz it's such an emotional shock

Like I don't if they've ever seen the UK show "Jam" but there's a similar vibe there sometimes

Chappelle's per episode content was definitely skimpier but I think it's writing was more consistent and audacious. Mr. Show and KITH are the gold standard for solid comedy sketch writing imo - not sure what I would contribute their higher quality control to.

also agree that this show looks REALLY expensive next to a lot of its predecessors but eh y'know that doesn't make it funnier

But even the gold standards of KITH and Mr. Show had lots of bummer sketches. Lots and lots.

yeah i watched all of mr show recently and there's a lot of painfully unfunny stuff in the latter seasons. chappelle's show always had a lot of pretty hacky sketch concepts/jokes that were saved by chappelle being an extremely funny performer.

even lesser KitH is pretty great

idk I'm lookin through the episode list of Mr. Show's last season and there's pretty much at least one genius sketch per episode imo: Law School (aka "a series of blowjobs"), Wyckyd Sceptre, Phone Sex, Dalai Lama, Intervention, God's Book on Tape, Fat Survivor, Teardrop Awards... the one largely laugh-less episode is Everest, I think

the one largely laugh-less episode is Everest, I think

wtf

what can I say I don't like that sketch and the rest is v filler-ish

Lethal Logo (Cold Open)
Sweetie Pie (Open)
Family Of Five (Link)
Rapist
Clumsy Waiter
Pallies
Food Ads (Fairsley Foods)
Everest
Bumbling Fool (Close)
Sweetie Pie (Cold Tag)

u r a madman

the story of everest is my favorite sketch from mr show! yes there are some gems there. just a lot of really unfunny dragged-out sketches as well imo.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oElF2ptOCkc

idgi

i heard a podcast with bob odenkirk (i think it was kevin pollack's?) where he says they did the everest pratfall so many times in a row that it was noticeably tense in the audience, and that there were more takes of it that were going to be in the sketch but the crowd had turned on it so much that they were unusable.

anyway seems like maybe the biggest distinction between K&P and the better shows is all the other shows mentioned had really good casts. K&P has a regular cast of two plus the occasional cameo guest star and that's it.

xp

I think I'm actually a little more forgiving because of that. Well, also because I missed the first couple of seasons mostly

I was just thinking that, though K&P can each do so many characters they don't really need other guest stars. Still only having two ppl in the focus limits what they can do and the sketches with say Ty Burrell or Cedric Yarbough are real good so I dunno why they don't bring people in more often

the horror workout sketch was pretty excellent.
had no idea until today that it was inspired by some weird Taylor Swift "Shake It Off" mashup

probably inspired by the original video that the swift was mashed up with, unless they turned the episode around super quick

I was v impressed/sorta surprised by Jordan's nimbleness & physique in that sketch; feel like Keegan-Michael is the one always doing the leg-showing-off humor (see his production company logo!).

They brought in a couple of ringers for this one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&x-yt-ts=1422411861&x-yt-cl=84924572&v=mDp-ABzpRX8

nice that they found guys with senses of humor but hooooboy they have run this joke into the ground now.

i don't know who any of those other people are but "Swordless Mimetown" got me.

its too popular a sketch for them not to do it