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August 23, 2022 1:28 PM

The dramatic epic emotional rollercoaster of Key & Peele's "Nooice" (SLYT).

From the comments: "The only guy that understood him he drove away because he wanted to be unique. Almost deep."

For the subject line.

Semantic satiation.

posted by MollyRealized (16 comments total)

Aw c'mon, if there's already a "Nooice", you gotta be the one to yell "Sweeeeet!" But never together.
posted by Catblack at 2:21 PM on August 23, 2022 [3 favorites]

He left his backpack behind, in the rain.

Nooice!
posted by Ivan Fyodorovich at 2:38 PM on August 23, 2022 [2 favorites]

> Catblack: "But never together."

but I was just noicing your noice
posted by mhum at 4:19 PM on August 23, 2022 [4 favorites]

I've always liked how K&P forgo the usual straight man/jokester tradition in skits, and instead they're usually two people constantly trying to up the stakes on each other, each of them equally stubborn and equally responsible for whatever happens next.
posted by The Pluto Gangsta at 5:11 PM on August 23, 2022 [15 favorites]

On Vimeo for those not living in the world's default country.
posted by CaseyB at 6:56 PM on August 23, 2022 [2 favorites]

The genius of these two was under recognized for too long.
posted by interogative mood at 7:08 PM on August 23, 2022 [5 favorites]

I love how Key and Peele manage to do the same thing as some of the great British comedy teams like Mitchell & Webb or Armstrong and Miller -- do a ridiculous scene but with good dramatic acting. So awesome. It's something Saturday Night Live only stumbles into occasionally.
posted by mmoncur at 8:06 PM on August 23, 2022 [11 favorites]

Ah chur bro
posted by happyinmotion at 10:09 PM on August 23, 2022

Thanks for posting this. Nice to see a great video with some cheeky context. At first I was worried that this would be an oral history. No need to tell the story- genius comedy and creative team, amazing production staff. Key and Peele are truly great.
posted by kittensofthenight at 10:11 PM on August 23, 2022

I've been rewatching Key and Peele, going slowly and savoring each sketch. I love how they veer from the sublimely ridiculous to the most biting racial comedy, and sometimes do both in the same sketch. We never deserved them.
posted by LarryC at 11:06 PM on August 23, 2022 [2 favorites]

Longtime fan of the duo, so last year I got a hold of Key's History of Sketch Comedy podcast/audiobook. He does give a shout out to the golden age British sketch shows, and it's a good companion if you're rewatching bits to see where things are coming from.
posted by Wrinkled Stumpskin at 1:49 AM on August 24, 2022 [2 favorites]

I love how Key and Peele manage to do the same thing as some of the great British comedy teams like Mitchell & Webb or Armstrong and Miller -- do a ridiculous scene but with good dramatic acting. So awesome. It's something Saturday Night Live only stumbles into occasionally .

So...noice?
posted by Literaryhero at 1:58 AM on August 24, 2022 [3 favorites]

Even as I was watching the show it was apparent, but really, in retrospect, Peele's trajectory into pure horror is inevitable.
posted by cendawanita at 2:35 AM on August 24, 2022 [4 favorites]

n[OK, it's bits of different jokes that have been done many times before,]o[the weirdly intense competition, the "he's suddenly gone, was he ever even really here" thing]i[even the "looking for someone that became important to you over a very brief time who's gone now, only to spot them a little ways away" thing was done on Rick and Morty]C[but Key and Peele can still sell it, it's so good to see them working together, why didn't I appreciate them more while they were still a regular team--wait, I see them down the block, I'm not even really talking to you any more, I'm running, running, running through the rain...]E

I guess what I'm saying here is...

excellent
posted by Halloween Jack at 7:25 AM on August 24, 2022 [1 favorite]

Look, if I wanted it on the rocks, I’d ask for that.
posted by zamboni at 10:52 AM on August 24, 2022

Ctrl-F rosen

Huh....

Khowwwwap Tchk!... Noice!
posted by rum-soaked space hobo at 4:25 PM on August 24, 2022