We’re rolling through every episode of Key and Peele on Pop Thruster. Here we go with “The 420 Special,” Season 5 Episode 9. Follow along on the journey!
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Astrophysicsplaining
“Whether I’m ready now or in 500 years, well, cosmically speaking the distinction is meaningless.”– Neil deGrasse Tyson
Peele clearly has fun as Neil deGrasse Tyson in this three-parter sketch, leveraging the scientist’s vast knowledge of astrophysics to talk his way through “reasons” why he couldn’t possibly walk the dog, get ready to go to Aunt Nelly’s funeral, or presumably anything else that he wants to get out of – including divorce?
Key & Peele On the Road: Part Twenty
“The craziest part about this: I actually am on acid right now.” – 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 marijuana laced with acid, driving through space with a rainbow trail, and Bill Nye the Science Guy as… a passionate man.
The Marble Trick
“They’re just so beautiful… I was just wondering what they would feel like in my mouth?” – Mr. Wise
Winslow Thachet (Peele) welcomes Mr. Wise (Key) to his first day of work as Arizona’s Assistant State Attorney, but the latter is much, much more interested in the beautiful bowl of marbles on his new boss’ desk. If you have marbles in your mouth while watching this one, I suggest you spit them out first because you will be laughing hard.
Naan Sense at the Tailor
“Who goes there?” – Sal
There are those sketches where you’re pretty sure where it’s headed on early on, but it’s really going to a totally different place. Here we have Peele as a bro dude who has just eaten at a “trashy Indian place at a strip mall” (called Naan Sense, which, brilliant name) and has now arrived at the tailor, where poor older gentleman Sal (Key) is forced to have his face near Peele’s “lower half,” shall we say, to ply his trade. But who could guess that what’s really going on is that a demonic spirit has been conjured? From the eternal, from within.
A Game of Thrones Appreciation Sketch
“It’s cold blooded up in Westeros, dog.” – Peele
Key and Peele, valet parking attendants, are back doing their super improv-y thing going deep on the Ned Starks, Khaleesis, dragons straight roasting goats, Taiwan Lannisters, Da Dinkles, and so forth. You know nothing, Jon Snow.
Star 69
“These new call scripts are really great.” – Colin Valenti
Getting annoyed at home by cold calling telemarketers – mostly an anachronism now in the age of smart phones – gets its script flipped, so to speak, when Colin Valenti (Peele) from Master Travel Incorporated has the temerity to hang up on Gavin (Key).
Some stats and info about Key & Peele, “The 420 Special”
TV SHOW – Key and Peele
SEASON/EPISODE – Season 5, Episode 9
AIRED ON – September 2nd, 2015
NETWORK/STREAMING SERVICE – Comedy Central/Hulu
GENRE – Comedy, Sketch Comedy
CREATED BY – Keegan-Michael Key, Jordan Peele