We’re rolling through every episode of Key and Peele on Pop Thruster. Here we go with “MC Mom,” Season 5 Episode 7. Follow along on the journey!
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Drive By
“He’s fronting… ain’t no one here scared of you.” – Key
This short episode opener starts out feeling very Boyz n the Hood, with Peele (giving Ice Cube vibes) rolling up to a house with a gun hanging out the window. Except Peele’s “car” is cardboard, and he’s wearing a garbage bag for a shirt. Oh, and the gun? Twizzlers.
Key & Peele On the Road: Part Eighteen
“All I’m asking is if you go around the back.” – Peele
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 inappropriate subjects with moms, the reality of reality TV, post-Key & Peele careers, and Peele’s learner’s permit situation.
MC Mom
“How many crispy socks she gonna find, son?” – Carl’s dormmate
This one unlocks not one but two K&P superpowers: conjuring a hyper-awkward and hilarious situation (“MC Mom” made a “rap video” for her son, Carl Stewart, played by Peele, which of course his dormmates discover and pop into the DVD player), and the duo’s exceptional musical talents (MC Mom segues from super cheese ‘80s rap to dropping tight bars when things get real). And then the topper is a call back to putting the… well, you know, on the chainwax.
Two Hustlers
“I too have multiple IDs, crescendo-ing in this.” – Peele
Wherein K&P – just two guys who both happened to have their respective cars breakdown about a mile away and just need a few bucks for gas – attempt to out-hustle one another.
Undercover Boss
“I got a rare condition that make me unlikable.” – Joseph Carlisle
When Don Mofield (Peele), President of Mofield Floor Coverings, does his #BossReveal on this edition of Undercover Boss, Joseph Carlisle (Key), who works in shipping/receiving, is hopelessly hoping against hope to cash in on the rewards getting handed out.
Outkast Reunion
“I thought perchance you went missing.” – André 3000
When Big Boi (Peele) runs into André 3000 (Key) at a coffee shop in Atlanta in 2005, the former is none too enthused about getting the proverbial band back together. Key’s wildly bizarre and over the top André 3000 elevates this one. Hey ya, indeed.
Fender Bender
“This is a Walgreens receipt.” – Key
This one plays off the anxiety we all would naturally have that the driver involved with you in a minor accident flees the scene before exchanging insurance information. The set-up is solid but the joke – Peele’s bro dude insists on annoyingly messing with Key’s straight man – never quite lands.
Some stats and info about Key & Peele, “MC Mom”
TV SHOW – Key and Peele
SEASON/EPISODE – Season 5, Episode 7
AIRED ON – August 19th, 2015
NETWORK/STREAMING SERVICE – Comedy Central/Hulu
GENRE – Comedy, Sketch Comedy
CREATED BY – Keegan-Michael Key, Jordan Peele