People forget that comedy is the only way for some people to deal with trauma. When you tell people it’s wrong or offensive, you take away their defense mechanism. It’s not meant to be cruel, it’s meant to make the brain process the situation.
Comedy has long served as a powerful social tool by establishing a platform where challenging themes and societal concerns can be openly addressed, employing an approach that can resonate with the general public. They are masters of this.
Some use comedy to escape Some use comedy to heal Others use comedy to address serious topics on a casual level and bring awareness. Reguardless censorship and saying topics are off limits destorys comedy.
I’m from the UK, and I think that Key and Peele might be my favourite Sketch artists of all time and that’s saying a lot coming from the UK. THIS IS MY JAAAAAAAAAAAAAM!
It's uncomfortable, but yeah I am laughing my ass off. I remember when this first aired. They have such a brilliant way of talking about difficult issues.
I love your positive vibes and reflection on society now. I also believe comedy can help some through trauma personal and historical and if people want to be offended they shouldn’t expose themselves to it?
I'm so glad you see this in the manner it was intended. You can't make this kind of stuff anymore, and it's a shame. This is hysterical. People need to chill out, but they are being conditioned in school and colleges to be offended by EVERYTHING. It's a shame. This is good stuff.
This skit is an incredibly sharp commentary, not on sl---ry, but on the process of trying to find work in a capitalist society. They are making an analogy.
This is simply two boys that didnt want to get picked last in dodgeball & couldn't understand why others (they deemed lesser) were getting picked ahead of them 😂 K&P are hilarious!
Wow love your gererous smile Britt. Great reaction by you again like always love it thank you for sharing this with us as always your so awesome on your youtube channel love it Britt.❤️❤️❤️🌹👍
I can't wait till you do "Meegan and Andre's First Date". Also, there's this really funny one where Peele plays a soon to be stepdad called "Bonding with a child shouldn't be this Hard". And one where Peele is trying to impress a date at a French restaurant. The amazing thing is after having known of these guys for several years now, I STILL find sketches of theirs I've never seen:)
That's the exact point of comedy. It's to address a topic, maybe a controversial one, make fun of the situation and then the comedian takes the audiences hand and the all cross the line together.
$3 in 1848 would be approximately $120 today. Not that it is really the point of this comedy sketch whatsoever, but Britt's comment about money near the beginning made me curious, so I found an online inflation calculator. I don't know if the writers of this sketch were super accurate in their dollar amounts for what sl@ve$ were going for in 1848, so I don't know how accurate this will be, but just in case anyone else was curious: Opening bid $3 on the first "Lot A" was approximately $120.00 in 2023 money. Lot A sold for $5, which is almost $200 today. The second Lot A- big guy- had an opening bid of $6, which is about $230, sold for $9, which is about $350. Lot A number three- the skinny one- opened and sold for $2, which is about $77. The "actually short in real life" Lot A opened and sold at $8, which is about $300 in today's 2023 money. Again- I don't guarantee the accuracy of the calculator I found, but it's probably in the ballpark. And I don't know how much research went into writing this script, whether these were accurate prices of the period. (I'm not going to put that question into my search history!!). But yeah: these human people were being bought for between $77 and $350 dollars a piece. Like the irony and satire of the guys in the sketch not wanting to be bought, then feeling bad about not being wanted- the idea of buying a person at all, vs. buying a person for the cost of a cheap cell phone? Adding insult to injury. Good satire finds the humor in the terrible, and pokes at it with a stick, to help show us how horrible that thing is. By showing us a different angle from which to view the horrible thing, it can sting a little less, but also show us some reality at the same time. Key & Peele and their writing staff were MASTERS of this kind of biting satire.
It's just occurred to me that I don't think you've reacted to another one of their most brilliant sketches, Gay Wedding Advice. And the great thing about it there is a star-studded cast of black television actors.
remember that in that era a penny was equal to a dollar today..... with bad estimation.... so really a person is about 4-8 hundred dollars today! know your value!
In 1916, when the first Africans were brought to America, $1USD(2023) was equal to close to $28USD. The real thing to think about here is, if that's what they were being retailed for, how much were they being bought for wholesale from Africa. I say this because most African slaves were captured by African slavers and sold to foreigners on the coast (because it wasn't safe for foreigners to go inland due to diseases and environmental dangers). Depending on location and the physical specimen being sold, early American slaves sold for between $18-216USD. The idea that slavery is steeped in racism is actually one propagated by the government because racism is one of the many tools they use to maintain power and control. Millennia before Europeans settled in America, the strong have enslaved and oppressed their weaker neighbors. It wasn't until nations became a thing that places were able to get the resources and finances to circumnavigate the globe's oceans in order for African slave trading to happen with foreigners and when it did happen, Africans were in charge of the rules of slave selling. The more you know. :)
On a somewhat related note, you should react to Waylon Jennings' "I've Always Been Crazy". A good follow-up reaction would be Waylon's former wife Jessi Colter's "I'm Not Lisa." Miss your reactions, and waiting for your return.
Good satire finds the humor in the terrible, and pokes at it with a stick, to help show us how horrible that thing is. By showing us a different angle from which to view the horrible thing, it can sting a little less, but also show us some reality at the same time. Key & Peele and their writing staff were MASTERS of this kind of biting satire. There are some comedians who like to make rude jokes about sensitive topics, then say "it's just a joke" when people express their dismay. Good satire is difficult, and it's important to recognize that. Not all humor is the same. Making fun of a sensitive topic in an unfeeling, and/or un-clever way, is just rude. Taking a sensitive topic, and deftly twisting our perception of it through well-crafted humor is a fine skill, not a blunt instrument. Getting "offended" by well-crafted satire means you haven't really understood what the satire was going for. Those people should indeed "lighten up" where humor is concerned- or more accurately, they should learn to appreciate satire for the art form it is. Mel Brooks, Monty Python, George Carlin, Richard Pryor, etc, etc: masters of the craft of satire that pokes holes in the powerful, the hypocritical, the obtuse. Some a-hole spouting racist/sexist/homophobic jokes at the expense of the already downtrodden is not clever. Those are the kinds of jokes that people ARE offended by, and with good reason. Because they're not satire, they're punching down. Members of society should not simply "lighten up" and "get a sense of humor" about those situations, because they are a symptom of a larger, deeper problem. That is the major difference, IMHO. Many folks on the outside edges of the socio-political spectrum do not have the sense to tell the difference. Bigots refuse to learn the difference between blunt-instrument cruel jokes, and the biting satirists who are actually mocking bigotry. Bleeding-hearts sometimes mash them all together, equating satire with bigotry and throwing it all away. Both extremes are unhelpful, unhealthy for society. Key & Peele are master satirists; this sketch is a prime example. In the hands of some right-wing racist white "humorist" who tried to show the "fun" side of the sl@ve trade, might have had all of the black folks vying and jockeying for best position, "pick me! pick me!" Trying to make it seem like sl@very was "not that bad" by making out the black people to all be vain and self-centered, with the white folks just standing around confused. That would not be satire, that would be racism. But K&P did not do that. They wove in layers of sentiment, with a build and a climax, showing how ridiculous the idea of buying and selling human beings actually is. That's the difference. Anyway, that's my 2¢.
I’ve always loved this sketch.
Just the idea that vanity can survive any situation.
Sure, I don’t want to be owned, but I do want to be wanted.
"Sure, I don’t want to be owned, but I do want to be wanted." that literally summarises this bit so well. well said.
Really well said..
"My question is how did they catch him?"
Is hilarious.
I’m so happy you’re going down the Key & Peele rabbit hole. Exceptional comedy. And so underrated.
Does anybody understand what "underrated" means anymore? The show was a huge hit for years.
@@quantumman555 people just throw that word on the internet like its nothing ffs
@@quantumman555 I figured somebody would get offended by that LMAOOO 😂 Something can be a hit and still not be as appreciated as it should
@@emillyyelen5169 this is literally the internet. It’s not that serious. Promise.
@@user-ne1tb2cm4d Irritated maybe but not offended.It’s not that serious. Promise.
This is such a great skit showing the human nature that no one likes to be picked last… for anything.
Yeah, they quickly went from being angry that they were enslaved to being competitive and wanting to feel valued.
Well irl they were being like taken from their families into more horrifying torturous environments
@_bruhbus that's what makes the joke funny
Blazing Saddles was a film that did exactly what you were talking about. K&P are wonders.
People forget that comedy is the only way for some people to deal with trauma. When you tell people it’s wrong or offensive, you take away their defense mechanism. It’s not meant to be cruel, it’s meant to make the brain process the situation.
Its also funny asf 😂
@@jairodda4484 that too.
I'm a big believer in comedy, it can fix so many problems if everyone just laughed more
Same. It's a great outlet and tool to openly talk about the dark aspects of life and society.
They have an impeccable sense of irony.. combined with great character writing
I love being impressed by someone so young speaking wisdom.
“I said biiiiitch”
My favorite skit from K&P :D
"Comedy meant to help us eacaping real life." Totally agree with you !
i believe this type of humor is healing. it’s important to talk about these topics and we are doing it in a positive way.
"Humor is the politeness of despair".
This world needs people like you.
Yes, I was laughing!😂
And you are SOO right about what comedy is supposed to do!❤
I can't think of a more powerful response in the face of fear than laughter - it really is an expression of the indomitable spirit of man.
Comedy has long served as a powerful social tool by establishing a platform where challenging themes and societal concerns can be openly addressed, employing an approach that can resonate with the general public. They are masters of this.
"Find the funny." That's great advice, right there.
What's funny about this skit, is they upset at being sold/owned. But they are also human, nobody wants to be rejected either.
These guys are beyond comic geniuses, they're savages. Thanks for the reaction,
Lol, you bopped your head to Dixieland. 😅
I know right. Comedy is comedy, this is a funny skit but I'm black and from the south so I'm not bobbing my head to THAT song. 😂
The black comedian Stephen K Amos also says : "Find the funny, folks.", Just like you said here. That's the way it should be
Some use comedy to escape
Some use comedy to heal
Others use comedy to address serious topics on a casual level and bring awareness.
Reguardless censorship and saying topics are off limits destorys comedy.
That's is hilarious! What makes it funny is the absurdity of it and how their slighted egos flip the script.
I’m from the UK, and I think that Key and Peele might be my favourite Sketch artists of all time and that’s saying a lot coming from the UK.
THIS IS MY JAAAAAAAAAAAAAM!
Strong take. I put them at #2, because you can’t beat the talent that came from In living Color.
Mattress Shopping from K&P is a must watch - hilarious stuff 😂
Key and Peele, national treasure.
It's uncomfortable, but yeah I am laughing my ass off. I remember when this first aired. They have such a brilliant way of talking about difficult issues.
Two of my favorites are, "I said...b****", and the "Meegan, your jacket" series
I love your positive vibes and reflection on society now.
I also believe comedy can help some through trauma personal and historical and if people want to be offended they shouldn’t expose themselves to it?
i think this is the best one they have done
Gotta love that pose key does. Like he's a swimwear model 😂😂😂
Oh bless your heart, so innocent. What have we done To you...
The zombie skit is quite funny too. Stay smiling stay gorgeous
I'm not sure that the prices are historically accurate but if they are, $1 in 1860s is about $30 today.
Humor is the best medicine
Key and Peele are great. I think you'd enjoy the "super hero has a discrimination problem" skit. They're so crazy 😂
I'm so glad you see this in the manner it was intended. You can't make this kind of stuff anymore, and it's a shame. This is hysterical. People need to chill out, but they are being conditioned in school and colleges to be offended by EVERYTHING. It's a shame. This is good stuff.
You can actually easily look it up. The start said it was 1878, so 5 dollars is about 150 dollars today.
The wizard school in the inner city is too funny! 😂
Comedy helps us all realize the stupidity of our normal lives and in that way nothing should be off limits in comedy. It’s funny and it’s funny
Their 'I said B*tch' is hilarious....😂😂
The telemarketer, and charity saving children sketches are really funny.
Waiting for Key and Peele Gay Wedding Advice. One of my favorites from them 😂
At start of video they say 1848 and around that time 5 dollars was worth what around 200 dollar is now.
you should watch their "M.C. Mom Tears It Up" sketch, i have never laughed so hard
This skit is an incredibly sharp commentary, not on sl---ry, but on the process of trying to find work in a capitalist society. They are making an analogy.
these 2 dudes are sharp as :) love them :) they be droppin it RUFFF!!!!!
Key and Peele - Scat Duel
Two great Key and Peele skits are "When Your Friend Goes Steampunk" and "You Can't Con a Con Artist if You're Also a Con Artist".
Just remember that insurance companies still put a monetary value on your life today.
Doesn't that value depend on how much premium you pay? You can get on a higher tier if you can pay a higher premium.
These guys are full send for entertainment!
Seeing as Key & Peele have only been working together since 2012, I find it hard to believe that it took 34 years to discover them.
They actually worked earlier than that on MadTV (since 2005 I believe). In fact some of their sketches on K&P started on that show
This is simply two boys that didnt want to get picked last in dodgeball & couldn't understand why others (they deemed lesser) were getting picked ahead of them 😂 K&P are hilarious!
Comedy has always been pain multiplied by time.
"I can sleep in a bucket..." 🤣🤣🤣
Wow love your gererous smile Britt. Great reaction by you again like always love it thank you for sharing this with us as always your so awesome on your youtube channel love it Britt.❤️❤️❤️🌹👍
"I can sleep in a bucket"😅
Can i be the first to say your braids are always on point? Much love. Great reaction.
accounting for inflation, depending on year they are depicting (i went with 1830), 5$ is around $150+ today
The actual value of slaves was from a few hundreds of dollars to over a thousand. More than the value of a house.
I totally agree with you. Comedy is just meant to be funny.
"THe question is how did they CATCH him"
Quick math indicates that $3 in 1860 is about $109 today which, even given super duper racism seems low.
You are hilarious - you were so clueless about what kind of auction. I was waiting for the shock. I've seen it before.
The average slave sold for about $1,000 which was a whole lot of money at the time
I can't wait till you do "Meegan and Andre's First Date". Also, there's this really funny one where Peele plays a soon to be stepdad called "Bonding with a child shouldn't be this Hard". And one where Peele is trying to impress a date at a French restaurant. The amazing thing is after having known of these guys for several years now, I STILL find sketches of theirs I've never seen:)
That's the exact point of comedy. It's to address a topic, maybe a controversial one, make fun of the situation and then the comedian takes the audiences hand and the all cross the line together.
The joke missed is that they didn’t get sold because they wouldn’t shut up. The rest were dead silent.
$3 in 1848 would be approximately $120 today.
Not that it is really the point of this comedy sketch whatsoever, but Britt's comment about money near the beginning made me curious, so I found an online inflation calculator. I don't know if the writers of this sketch were super accurate in their dollar amounts for what sl@ve$ were going for in 1848, so I don't know how accurate this will be, but just in case anyone else was curious:
Opening bid $3 on the first "Lot A" was approximately $120.00 in 2023 money. Lot A sold for $5, which is almost $200 today.
The second Lot A- big guy- had an opening bid of $6, which is about $230, sold for $9, which is about $350.
Lot A number three- the skinny one- opened and sold for $2, which is about $77.
The "actually short in real life" Lot A opened and sold at $8, which is about $300 in today's 2023 money.
Again- I don't guarantee the accuracy of the calculator I found, but it's probably in the ballpark. And I don't know how much research went into writing this script, whether these were accurate prices of the period. (I'm not going to put that question into my search history!!). But yeah: these human people were being bought for between $77 and $350 dollars a piece. Like the irony and satire of the guys in the sketch not wanting to be bought, then feeling bad about not being wanted- the idea of buying a person at all, vs. buying a person for the cost of a cheap cell phone? Adding insult to injury.
Good satire finds the humor in the terrible, and pokes at it with a stick, to help show us how horrible that thing is. By showing us a different angle from which to view the horrible thing, it can sting a little less, but also show us some reality at the same time. Key & Peele and their writing staff were MASTERS of this kind of biting satire.
Key and peele gay in the office next please
“Ooh, I see, I’m not persecuted, I’m just a asshole” 😅
One of my favorites
It's just occurred to me that I don't think you've reacted to another one of their most brilliant sketches, Gay Wedding Advice. And the great thing about it there is a star-studded cast of black television actors.
You need to check out their WW2 sketches too… so wrong but so funny. Comedy geniuses.
I knew this one would be coming soon.
Their zombie sketch, the H*tler story, and the alien sketch are great examples of your speech lol
remember that in that era a penny was equal to a dollar today..... with bad estimation.... so really a person is about 4-8 hundred dollars today! know your value!
Keep in mind that 3-5 dollars in the 1800s was a lot of money. Was probs at least 200-500 dollars, probs more if we look it up lol.
The cowboy hat in the background was a nice touch, considering the video. 😁
4:45 that is why comedy must not be silenced by the so called "woke" or told that there are somethings that cannot be put in comedy
Not Britt vibing to the Dixxie lile song 💀
Civil war reenactors. Is hilarious
In 1916, when the first Africans were brought to America, $1USD(2023) was equal to close to $28USD. The real thing to think about here is, if that's what they were being retailed for, how much were they being bought for wholesale from Africa. I say this because most African slaves were captured by African slavers and sold to foreigners on the coast (because it wasn't safe for foreigners to go inland due to diseases and environmental dangers). Depending on location and the physical specimen being sold, early American slaves sold for between $18-216USD. The idea that slavery is steeped in racism is actually one propagated by the government because racism is one of the many tools they use to maintain power and control. Millennia before Europeans settled in America, the strong have enslaved and oppressed their weaker neighbors. It wasn't until nations became a thing that places were able to get the resources and finances to circumnavigate the globe's oceans in order for African slave trading to happen with foreigners and when it did happen, Africans were in charge of the rules of slave selling. The more you know. :)
Slaves didn't sell for $5 back then. It was more like $1,500, which back then was like buying a car. But saying $5 makes the joke funnier.
👍Your "lightbulb moment" was fantastic. ;)
Key & Peele are kind of hit & miss for me, but this one is a classic. Incredible.
You really need to see the I Said B---h skit!!!!
Well, you haven't lived until you've watched their complete airline skits. Trust me. Your stomach is going to be in pain.
Damn your channel took off. You're really good at this 😮
Well said!!!
On a somewhat related note, you should react to Waylon Jennings' "I've Always Been Crazy". A good follow-up reaction would be Waylon's former wife Jessi Colter's "I'm Not Lisa." Miss your reactions, and waiting for your return.
I am not laughing.. I am crying, they way too funny...
His is a funny scit. Tough subject. But key and Peele make it funny. I love them
1 dollar in the year 1800 would be a little over 24 dollars now. so 5 bucks is about 120 dollars now.
It won’t make you feel better but the going price in 1861 was 1300 to 1600. Only wealthy people afforded slaves
Good satire finds the humor in the terrible, and pokes at it with a stick, to help show us how horrible that thing is. By showing us a different angle from which to view the horrible thing, it can sting a little less, but also show us some reality at the same time. Key & Peele and their writing staff were MASTERS of this kind of biting satire.
There are some comedians who like to make rude jokes about sensitive topics, then say "it's just a joke" when people express their dismay. Good satire is difficult, and it's important to recognize that. Not all humor is the same. Making fun of a sensitive topic in an unfeeling, and/or un-clever way, is just rude. Taking a sensitive topic, and deftly twisting our perception of it through well-crafted humor is a fine skill, not a blunt instrument.
Getting "offended" by well-crafted satire means you haven't really understood what the satire was going for. Those people should indeed "lighten up" where humor is concerned- or more accurately, they should learn to appreciate satire for the art form it is. Mel Brooks, Monty Python, George Carlin, Richard Pryor, etc, etc: masters of the craft of satire that pokes holes in the powerful, the hypocritical, the obtuse.
Some a-hole spouting racist/sexist/homophobic jokes at the expense of the already downtrodden is not clever. Those are the kinds of jokes that people ARE offended by, and with good reason. Because they're not satire, they're punching down. Members of society should not simply "lighten up" and "get a sense of humor" about those situations, because they are a symptom of a larger, deeper problem.
That is the major difference, IMHO.
Many folks on the outside edges of the socio-political spectrum do not have the sense to tell the difference. Bigots refuse to learn the difference between blunt-instrument cruel jokes, and the biting satirists who are actually mocking bigotry. Bleeding-hearts sometimes mash them all together, equating satire with bigotry and throwing it all away. Both extremes are unhelpful, unhealthy for society.
Key & Peele are master satirists; this sketch is a prime example.
In the hands of some right-wing racist white "humorist" who tried to show the "fun" side of the sl@ve trade, might have had all of the black folks vying and jockeying for best position, "pick me! pick me!" Trying to make it seem like sl@very was "not that bad" by making out the black people to all be vain and self-centered, with the white folks just standing around confused. That would not be satire, that would be racism. But K&P did not do that. They wove in layers of sentiment, with a build and a climax, showing how ridiculous the idea of buying and selling human beings actually is. That's the difference.
Anyway, that's my 2¢.
They are THE funniest EVER!!! You have got to see their Obama's hype man stuff. Then actually doing it with the REAL Obama at a white house dinner.
"I can't fathom someone valuing my life at $5."
That's right girl, know your worth. You'd definitely be worth at least $20! 😂
Just to make it real, there is MANY more slaves today than ever before in history!
Wish more people in the world would think like you, we would have less division in the world.
its more men don't want to lose even if its getting sold last.
$5 in 1780 adjusted for inflation would be $110.72 today.