If you look at any successful skit comedy show, ever, there is that format of introducing you to the player in the beginning, and then going on to see those sketches.
Keegan-Michael KeyMy father has passed away. He was African-American. My mother is white. So I was adopted by a couple that was of a similar dynamic as my biological parents.
Keegan-Michael KeyWe share plates [with Jordan Peele], and we also very often will sit in the corner and kind of speak in our own language.
Keegan-Michael KeyThe fact of the matter is, you can't do comedy unless someone is behaving badly. Otherwise, it's not a comedy.
Keegan-Michael KeyThere's a thing called the 'One Drop' theory in African-American culture, which is if you have one drop of black blood in you, you're black.
Keegan-Michael KeyLike every human we have to categorize ourselves, so you kind of start to build a mythos 'cause I had no information about [ biological mother]. So you have to build a mythos around yourself. And so my mythos included me not being wanted or me being a wretched person, which is just great fertilizer for comedy.
Keegan-Michael Key