Key & Peele
Quarterback Concussion
TV Flash files “Quarterback Concussion” as hour 36 of 53 in the TV Flash guide — Key & Peele (2012–2015) on Comedy Central, season 4, episode 5, aired 2014-10-22, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S04E05: listed hour 36 of 53 in the Key & Peele guide, hour 5 of 11 in season 4. It aired 2014-10-22 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Baseball Player Addicted to Slapping Ass; Mobster Takes Vengeance; Steve Urkel Drives Man Insane” (S04E04). Next is “Scariest Movie Ever” (S04E06).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Sketches include a concussed football player cheering his team on; a man accusing his wife of being unfaithful; and a restaurateur scaring away his customers.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Quarterback Concussion sit in the Key & Peele guide?
S04E05 is listed hour 36 of 53 — hour 5 of 11 in season 4, season 4 episode 5.
When did Key & Peele S04E05 air?
Quarterback Concussion aired 2014-10-22 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…
Also in season 4
- S04E01 Aliens Invade Earth; Gay Wedding; Racists Express Surprising Views
- S04E02 Little Homie
- S04E03 Two Old Women Battle Satan; Dance Club Patrons Face Truth
- S04E04 Baseball Player Addicted to Slapping Ass; Mobster Takes Vengeance; Steve Urkel Drives Man Insane
- S04E06 Scariest Movie Ever
- S04E07 Sex Detective