We’re rolling through every episode of Key and Peele on Pop Thruster. Here we go with “Killer Concept Album,” Season 5 Episode 5. Follow along on the journey!
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Senatorial Scandal
“I may have sent one photo of my genitalia.” – The Senator
I found this one more shocking than funny – shocking only because this sketch was made in a far more innocent time, before Donald Trump introduced the term “fake news” into the lexicon, a time when mainstream, national news organizations held a certain default degree of respect by a reasonable percentage of the public, and a time when even the most heinous politicians had some degree of shame about their screwups (even if it was fake shame!). Anyway, the bit here is that a Senator (Key) continuously gets caught out for being an Anthony Weiner-esque dick pic guy.
Key & Peele On the Road: Part Sixteen
“Is the word murder with two Rs?” – Key
K&P are back on the road out west, chitchatting away about all manner of things as an interstitial between sketches during the fourth and fifth seasons. Topics include snitching, sexting, ghosts, and pretending to understand things you don’t understand.
Killer Concept Album
“The name of the album is I Killed Darnell Simmons!” – The Detective
It’s hard to tell if this one is a silly parody of police procedurals or has something deeper to say, but it lands more in the cute but not funny range as a frustrated Detective (Key) has overwhelming yet (seemingly?) circumstantial evidence that a multi-platinum selling rapper named Gun Rack (Peele) killed Darnell Simmons… which includes an entire album of Gun Rack boasting about how he very specifically killed Darnell Simmons.
Lightning in a Bottle
“How do you know about Honkers?” – Levi
Levi (Peele) and Cedric (Key) are getting their smoke on, as dudes are wont to do, when Levi suggests that they should build an app together. Cedric blows this off, saying that’s like creating lightning in a bottle. But as it turns out, Levi actually has lightning in a bottle, and that’s not even getting to the goose that laid the golden egg.
The Art of the Compliment
“You gotta be subtle.” – Key
K&P are field workers of some sort in an old timey setting (a harmonica playing helps clue us in on this, along with the costumes and dialects). While Key is eloquent and charming with the young ladies who pass by – if decidedly over the top by our modern standards – Peele has subzero game.
Graveside Visit
“You didn’t have to bring me flowers, man.” – Stuart Furfle (1978 – 2007)
Wherein social awkwardness extends past this mortal plane.
Crime Scene Misread
“Tell that to his widow.” – Peele
K&P are CSI detectives at the scene of yet another brutal murder. When Key laments that they’re always going to be two steps behind and never going to find the guy who did this, he then also completely misreads Peele’s sarcastic rejoinder. Short, sweet, and dark. Delicious.
Some stats and info about Key & Peele, “Killer Concept Album”
TV SHOW – Key and Peele
SEASON/EPISODE – Season 5, Episode 5
AIRED ON – August 5th, 2015
NETWORK/STREAMING SERVICE – Comedy Central/Hulu
GENRE – Comedy, Sketch Comedy
CREATED BY – Keegan-Michael Key, Jordan Peele