Key & Peele
Severed Head Showcase
TV Flash files “Severed Head Showcase” as hour 46 of 53 in the TV Flash guide — Key & Peele (2012–2015) on Comedy Central, season 5, episode 4, aired 2015-07-29, 30 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S05E04: listed hour 46 of 53 in the Key & Peele guide, hour 4 of 11 in season 5. It aired 2015-07-29 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “A Cappella Club” (S05E03). Next is “Killer Concept Album” (S05E05).
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Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
A gospel group must practice without their coach, a group of warriors celebrate a beheading, a prisoner tries to trick his guard, and a young man is confronted for only speaking in catchphrases.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Severed Head Showcase sit in the Key & Peele guide?
S05E04 is listed hour 46 of 53 — hour 4 of 11 in season 5, season 5 episode 4.
When did Key & Peele S05E04 air?
Severed Head Showcase aired 2015-07-29 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…
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- 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…