Sep 10 2015
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Peele: “The greatest. Comedy. Or. Otherwise. Show. Ever. Made.”
Key: “Okay, well… I do enjoy our show. You think it’s…
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Sep 3 2015
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B+
Back when this current season of Key & Peele was supposed to be the second half of season four, “The 420 Special”…
Aug 27 2015
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B
Key & Peele talks a lot about what it means to be a male feminist and the gender roles of men and women; sometimes…
Aug 19 2015
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A
When an episode of Key & Peele really gets going, all of its sketches—no matter how much of a variety there is—feel…
Aug 13 2015
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B+
A few years back, when I was home from college on winter vacation, I ended up having the flu. My makeshift bedroom…
Aug 5 2015
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Before last week’s episode of Key & Peele, it was announced that this season—which had originally been part of…
Jul 29 2015
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The first sketch of “Severed Head Showcase,” in which a church choir tries to warm up without the guidance of their…
Jul 22 2015
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After a solid season premiere and last week’s uneven episode, Key & Peele’s fifth season finally hits it out of the…
Jul 15 2015
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C
After last week’s solid premiere, “Airplane Showdown” is a bit of a letdown. It’s one of those episodes that’s not…
Jul 8 2015
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B+
Key & Peele’s fifth season premiere is a bit like getting a terrific high five from your coolest friend at a party…
Jan 31 2015
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B
Making fun of professional football isn’t hard to do. I love football—but the ethical contradictions, hyperbole, and…
Dec 10 2014
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Comedy Central is touting this episode as the season finale, so I guess that 22-episode order is going to be split…
Dec 3 2014
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Here’s the rundown of tonight’s episode. First up, a bumper sticker about how America’s interest in developing…
Nov 19 2014
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In the opening sketch, Key and Peele have just parked in a garage, section H5. So Peele comes up with a handy…
Nov 12 2014
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It’s a slow week, with four substantial sketches, two quick bookends, and four—count’ em, four—car interludes.…
Nov 5 2014
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Obama sighting! Finally some politics this season from our Obama impersonator-in-chief. The president doesn’t have a…
Oct 29 2014
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The annual Key & Peele Halloween episode is both the funniest and freakiest of TV’s late October rituals, and I’m…
Oct 22 2014
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Goofy suits Key & Peele. I laughed more at this episode than I have in a few weeks, and it was all so goofy. The…
Oct 15 2014
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B
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The funniest sketch: “At my lowest point, I would sneak into a horse’s stable.” Somehow it’s the sequel sketch that…
Oct 8 2014
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The funniest sketch: I hate to say it, but I didn’t laugh too much in this episode. Comedy’s subjective—if you don’t…