Key & Peele
Flash Mob
TV Flash files “Flash Mob” as hour 6 of 53 in the TV Flash guide — Key & Peele (2012–2015) on Comedy Central, season 1, episode 6, aired 2012-03-06, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E06: listed hour 6 of 53 in the Key & Peele guide, hour 6 of 8 in season 1. It aired 2012-03-06 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Gay Marriage Legalized” (S01E05). Next is “Bobby McFerrin vs. Michael Winslow” (S01E07).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Sketches include a guest's requests for a DJ at a wedding reception; a barbecue with the finest food; and a trash-talking mixed-martial-arts fighter.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Flash Mob sit in the Key & Peele guide?
S01E06 is listed hour 6 of 53 — hour 6 of 8 in season 1, season 1 episode 6.
When did Key & Peele S01E06 air?
Flash Mob aired 2012-03-06 and is listed at 30 minutes.
Do I need to watch in order?
Sketch comedy: jump by character or viral clip, or play seasons straight. Substitute teacher, Anger Translator, and the rest were built to detach and still land.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Sketch comedy that treated race, masculinity, and cable-news panic as a two-man demolition derby. Substitute teachers, Obama's anger translator, and character work so sticky the clips outlived linear airings. Two chameleons who made YouTube the co-equal of Thursday night, and still sharper than the timeline they mocked.
The group chat still quotes the substitute teacher like it's *canon*. Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele's Comedy Central series (2012–2015) treated race, masculinity, and cable-news panic as a two-man demolition derby. Character work so sticky the clips outlived linear airings. Obama's Anger Translator Luther entered actual political-comedy canon. YouTube became the co-equal of Thursday night. Hundreds of millions of views online. (I said spoiler-free. The sketch already spoiled itself into a clip.) Lana can…
Filed against
- Keegan-Michael Key as Various
Keegan-Michael Key made Key & Peele a two-man demolition derby — sketch comedy that treated race, masculinity, and cable-news panic as character work sticky enough to outlive linear night. Clips as co-equal of Thursday. TV Flash files him…
- Jordan Peele as Various
Jordan Peele’s Key & Peele various made sketch a two-man demolition derby — race, masculinity, and cable-news panic as character work so sticky the clips outlived linear airings. Substitute teachers, Obama’s anger translator, YouTube as…