We’re rolling through every episode of Key and Peele on Pop Thruster. Here we go with “Slap-Ass,” Season 3 Episode 3. Follow along on the journey!
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Go Ahead
“Are you talking right now?” – Key
K&P are pals having a video chat, or at least they’re trying to. It’s possible that this sketch feels very different in a not great way after having lived through the Covid years.
Slave Fight
“Let me get you for a second, please?” – Key
It’s the Civil War-era South, and K&P are slaves forced to fight one another “to the death” before a roaring fireplace at the behest of their owners, Robert (Jack McBrayer of 30 Rock fame) and Mr. Jacob Dixon (Joshua Funk). The boys can’t figure out the best way to fake one of their deaths as egos comedically come into play, but thankfully, their lives (and the sketch) are saved by the end of the war.
Gangster Meeting
“Sometimes people sit in chairs.” – Key
Key and Peele (Carlito) are Latino gangsters, and it’s time for a gangster meeting, except Carlito doesn’t want to sit down. He’s too gangster to sit in a chair, which is confusing to Key and the other gang members. Things proceed from there in a way that has very Monty Python’s Flying Circus energy to it in the best kind of way.
Tallahassee Black Republicans
“We’re not a monolith.” – Peele
It’s the fifth annual meeting of the Tallahassee Black Republicans, and Peele relays from the podium how miffed he is that President Obama has been reelected with help from the vast majority of Black voters. The joke here is that the Black Republicanmembers at the meeting are near look-alikes (Key and the entire audience are dressed, look, and sound very similar), but this sketch reads completely differently in the wake of Donald Trump getting elected to a second term circa 2024.
Slap-Ass
“Guys, who cares how much I slap-ass?” – Rafi
The Rhinos baseball team is victorious, which means it’s time for Rafi (Peele) to initiate a vigorous round of “slap-ass.” Except Garcia (Key) and the team (including Eugene Cordero, a standout on shows like The Good Place and A Man on the Inside) have had enough. In fact, they’ve been counting how many times Rafi has been slapping ass (427), and they’ve reached a breaking point: this is an intervention, and a funny one.
Metta World News: Part Three
“In fashion: if you woke up, and there was a four-inch miniature human standing on your chest, would you swat them off?” – Metta World Peace
This is the third outing of Metta World Peace (Ron Artest) at the news desk for a short, existentially weird and deadpan news anchor bit. I appreciate that these keep getting weirder, but I’m not quite feeling the comedy.
Some stats and info about Key & Peele, “Slap-Ass”
TV SHOW – Key and Peele
SEASON/EPISODE – Season 3, Episode 3
AIRED ON – October 2nd, 2013
NETWORK/STREAMING SERVICE – Comedy Central/Hulu
GENRE – Comedy, Sketch Comedy
CREATED BY – Keegan-Michael Key, Jordan Peele