On the latest episode of The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz, comedian Keegan-Michael Key gives the crew insight into creating a sketch.
Key and Jordan Peele authored many memorable sketches over the years on their legendary program, Key and Peele. One of Key’s most notable sketches is his substitute teacher sketch, in which he plays Mr. Garvey, a black substitute teacher from the inner city who takes over a predominantly white suburban high school class. The power struggle from the first roll call, where he mispronounced the students’ names, to the back-and-forth corrections and eventual outburst, gave us many quotables. He shared with Le Batard that he had been doing sketch comedy for 12 straight years before that famous substitute teacher sketch. He said he made it a point that when it came to playing Mr. Garvey, his approach was to play the character seriously, expressing that the characters in the sketches don’t know they are in a comedy.
Key and Peele have left us all in stitches laughing at how their comedic sketches always hint at the humor behind the reality of specific cultural dynamics, particularly how different cultures greet each other. Le Batard pulls up a side-by-side of Peele, playing former President Obama, and a recent video of the real Obama greeting each NBA player at this past summer’s USA Basketball 50th anniversary event.
Obama daps up the NBA players differently and proceeds to shake hands with the coaches. From Key’s account, the former president tries to make everyone culturally comfortable, essentially physically code-switching in real-time. What is hilarious about the video is that President Obama gives Coach Steve Kerr a handshake and a hug. Key added jokingly that he loves how Kerr is more black-adjacent than all the other coaches there.
Sometimes life really does imitate art, it seems.
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SHOW BREAKDOWN
Local Hour: National Voter Registration Day
Today’s Cast: Dan, Stugotz, Chris, Billy, Mike, Roy. The original crew is in today for a very different show as we do our part in celebrating National Voter Registration Day. We are urging all of our listeners to check their registration status and either register to vote or update their registration if needed as we approach this important election. Around our telethon campaign, Keegan Michael Key joins the show to discuss his appearance in the new animated Transformers movie, a possible return of Key and Peele and President Obama dapping up Team USA basketball. Then, Dianna Russini joins the show to discuss her hectic life that includes her children playing with fire and water, as well as Bryce Young getting benched and how the situation in Carolina has led to this shocking development. To register to vote or check your registration status: Just text ‘DAN’ to 57568 or clink this link — https://headcount.org/dan — for your chance to win a sports vacation.
The Big Suey: Campayne
Dianna Russini sticks around to continue discussing her household chaos, as well as the Philadelphia Eagles’s coaching situation after last night’s disastrous loss. Is Bill Belichick going to be lurking all season? Chris Cote’s friend, Peter Burns, had a harrowing story about choking in a restaurant and Chris Cote seems really excited about SEC commissioner, Greg Sankey, being there for some reason. Mike Ryan has a similar story from a past steakhouse experience of his, Stugotz has his Top 5 Athletes That Connote Election Day–which finishes with what Dan says is the best No. 1 in show history–and Billy has a new segment that Thomas is very excited about. Plus, Pablo crushed it on Family Feud, but can he draw the states better than Stugotz? To register to vote or check your registration status: Just text ‘DAN’ to 57568 or clink this link — https://headcount.org/dan — for your chance to win a sports vacation.
Hour 1: The Revis Islands
Stugotz and Pablo have completed their maps and we check in with Steve Kornhacki to see how Stugotz did. He also has an update on how our voter registration drive is going and which states are doing the best. Are we looking at a LeBatard Lean? Could we possibly swing this election? Then, Ari Berman, author of “Minority Rule” and reporter for Mother Jones magazine joins the show to discuss the flaws in the American voting system, the good news and bad news about voting and what you can do to make voting easier on yourself. Plus, today is moving very fast, did Dan actually break interesting news with Keegan Michael Key?, and should the Bengals feel good that the NFL said they should have won against the Patriots? To register to vote or check your registration status: Just text ‘DAN’ to 57568 or clink this link — https://headcount.org/dan — for your chance to win a sports vacation.
Hour 2: Dan Lives Among The Birds
An action-packed Hour 2 kicks off with Steve Kerr joining the show to discuss his appearance at the Democratic National Convention and how his nerves compared to moments like the NBA Finals. After sharing his thoughts on the importance of the democratic process, we talk with the Warriors head coach about the Olympics, what Phil Jackson taught him about leadership, Kevin Durant leaving the Warriors and the time Draymond Green pissed him off the most. Then, Mike has a video that is going to put We Are The World to shame and Dan has bird parts all over his balcony. Did you know crows are savages? What does this say about Dan’s status in society? Chris has a stat of the day and we check back in with Steve Kornhacki to see how our voter registration is going. Is the LeBatard Lean turning into a Stugotz Storm? To register to vote or check your registration status: Just text ‘DAN’ to 57568 or clink this link — https://headcount.org/dan — for your chance to win a sports vacation.
Postgame Show: That Ari Guy
Dan got something stuck in his teeth and Mike and Chris pounce on it. Honest Abe may have to do something very dishonest and Chris thinks it may be time for a life lesson for Juliette. Then, we have one final update about the success of our voter registration drive from Steve Kornhacki to round out the day. Our drive continues until 24 hours from the start of our show today. To register to vote or check your registration status: Just text ‘DAN’ to 57568 or clink this link — https://headcount.org/dan — for your chance to win a sports vacation.
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