Key & Peele
The 420 Special
TV Flash files “The 420 Special” as hour 51 of 53 in the TV Flash guide — Key & Peele (2012–2015) on Comedy Central, season 5, episode 9, aired 2015-09-02, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S05E09: listed hour 51 of 53 in the Key & Peele guide, hour 9 of 11 in season 5. It aired 2015-09-02 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Hollywood Sequel Doctor” (S05E08). Next is “Meegan & Andre Break Up” (S05E10).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Neil deGrasse Tyson relaxes at home, Keegan must keep it together during a job interview, a tailor deals with a gassy client, the valets discuss "Game of Thrones," and a telemarketer tries a new strategy.
Viewer FAQ
Where does The 420 Special sit in the Key & Peele guide?
S05E09 is listed hour 51 of 53 — hour 9 of 11 in season 5, season 5 episode 9.
When did Key & Peele S05E09 air?
The 420 Special aired 2015-09-02 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…