A pair of Comedy Central comics come up with a bullying skit worthy of a Peabody Award

Plot Device · Nov 10, 2012

These guys are more typically a couple of modern day Cheech & Chongs. But this one video they made is amazing.

2-minutes long, not safe for work

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRs845qUepE

::ETA::

The above link has been taken down by YouTube due to copyright complaint from Viacom.

Here's the official link at Comedy Central's channnel.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUvFeyGxaaU

(I do want to add that before I even launched this thread the other day, I tried VERY FRICKING HARD to go through the Comedy Central channel to locate the "Key & Peele School Bullly" video on their channel. After 10 minutes I struck out and opted for the pirated version above. I am only going to offer a half-hearted apology to Viacom for either their own inability to make their channel navigable, or for YouTube's inability to make it navgiable. Either way, I did try. But 10 minutes is more than most people would have given it. )
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Chrissy · Nov 10, 2012

That was so awesome, and I couldn't agree with it more.

Thanks, PD.

regdog · Nov 10, 2012

missesdash · Nov 10, 2012

Holy crap, that was hilarious. And obviously really insightful.

"y u readin' bitch" is how I'm going to greet my husband from now on.

Opty · Nov 10, 2012

Their show on Comedy Central is pretty hilarious. Always very good oftentimes with some underlying scathing social critique. I've seen very few skits fall flat. Most are top notch. They're very talented. Used to be on MadTV, I think?

missesdash · Nov 10, 2012

Opty said:
Their show on Comedy Central is pretty hilarious. Always very good oftentimes with some underlying scathing social critique. I've only seen a very few skits fall flat. Most are top notch. They're very talented. Used to be on MadTV, I think?

Ah, right! I thought I recognized them.

Chrissy · Nov 10, 2012

It was so good, I was compelled to post again and say so.

There's a saying, "Hurting People Hurt People," and I believe it.

I so desperately want to compose a work of fiction that will somehow meaningfully convey this truth. I feel that my skills are not up to the task. I'll keep trying anyway, damnit.

And I'm so thankful for those who can creatively send the message. It's the truth. And it will eventually change people all over the globe, I really and truly have hope.

clintl · Nov 10, 2012

That was brilliant.

juniper · Nov 10, 2012

Insightful and a wow punch in a short amount of time. I'll look for their show - I liked Cheech and Chong.

druid12000 · Nov 10, 2012

Thanks for posting that! Brilliant. Just brilliant

Zoombie · Nov 10, 2012

Brilliant!

Lyv · Nov 10, 2012

Wow, thanks. Am sharing it!

Don · Nov 10, 2012

Definitely brilliant. That needs to be shown in every school in the country. Bullies would have nowhere to hide if their classmates started psycho-analyzing them.

Manuel Royal · Nov 10, 2012

I never saw Key & Peele before, but after watching that I started looking at their other videos. Funny stuff.

_Sian_ · Nov 10, 2012

retlaw · Nov 10, 2012

I gotta say - I've watched quite a bit of K&P, but I didn't really like that one. K&P is like that for me - real hit or miss.

Xelebes · Nov 10, 2012

I've never seen K&P before. I felt this one sorely missed if it were meant to introduce me. Maybe because I've never actually met bullies who were like that so. . . *shrug*

Celia Cyanide · Nov 10, 2012

Xelebes said:
I've never seen K&P before. I felt this one sorely missed if it were meant to introduce me. Maybe because I've never actually met bullies who were like that so. . . *shrug*

Bullies who were like what?

Plot Device · Nov 10, 2012

Celia Cyanide said:
Bullies who were like what?

A hyperbollic characature?

Xelebes · Nov 10, 2012

Celia Cyanide said:
Bullies who were like what?

Exactly the problem.

Filigree · Nov 10, 2012

I adore K&P. I send clips of them to my racist relatives.

muravyets · Nov 10, 2012

Xelebes said:
I've never seen K&P before. I felt this one sorely missed if it were meant to introduce me. Maybe because I've never actually met bullies who were like that so. . . *shrug*

Like a caricature of a personality type that speaks aloud, almost Greek chorus style, what the authors believe is the underlying cause of vicious behavior in bullies for the purpose of shining a light on the issue for the audience? In other words, characters in a sketch?

To each his own. Me, I thought it was brilliant.

Celia Cyanide · Nov 11, 2012

Xelebes said:
Exactly the problem.

No, I don't understand what you mean. You didn't know any bullies who harassed other kids? Or you didn't know any who did it because they were insecure themselves?

LOG · Nov 11, 2012

I like K&P all right. I don't really seek em out, but if I stumble across them I'll usually stay to watch.
I like their Obama commercials.

Monkey · Nov 11, 2012

I loved their skits about Obama's Rage Interpreter.

This one was... interesting. Not so much funny as pointed.

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