Keegan-Michael Key

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard

Armchair Umbrella

Tv & Film, Music, Comedy

4.6 • 68.2K Ratings

🗓️ 21 October 2024

⏱️ 128 minutes

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Summary

Keegan-Michael Key (Transformers One, Key and Peele, Keanu) is an actor and comedian. Keegan joins the Armchair Expert to discuss the lore of the Milford panther, growing up in Detroit, and gives a masterclass on the history of sketch comedy. Keegan and Dax talk about dark underbelly of Key and Peele comedy, how most characters are based on basic archetypes, and getting emotional while hosting SNL. Keegan explains how important it is to stay connected with your audience as a comedian, how social media has changed the way people consume comedy, and Shaquille O’Neal pops by for a visit.

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0:00.0	Wundry Plus subscribers can listen to armchair expert early and ad free right now.
0:06.2	Join Wundry Plus in the Wundry app or on Apple Podcasts.
0:09.8	Or you can listen for free wherever you get your podcasts.
0:13.6	Welcome, welcome to armchair expert.
0:16.1	I'm Dan Shepard and I'm joined by Lily Padman.
0:18.4	Hi there.
0:19.2	I'm deaf leopard.
0:20.5	That was the thing that Catherine Han wanted me to say.
0:23.0	No, I ended up listening to that episode.
0:26.0	Yeah, after the fact.
0:28.0	Deaf leopard.
0:29.0	Okay, there we go.
0:30.0	Today with a very musical name,
0:32.0	Keegan Michael Key, Keegan Michael Key.
0:34.0	Keegan Michael Key.
0:35.6	He is a genius.
0:37.0	He is.
0:38.0	What a blessing he is.
0:39.0	An award-winning actor, comedian, producer, and writer Kianpeel, Kyanu, Wonka, Mad TV, Schmigadoon! and his new movie
0:45.0	new movie that's out right now Transformers 1.
0:48.0	An origin story for the Transformers universe.
0:54.6	We got to hear a lot about comedy in this episode,
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