writer, and producer.

編劇、製片人。

He co-wrote and performs the new audio series

他與人合寫並表演了新的音頻系列節目。

called "The History of Sketch Comedy,"

稱為 "小品喜劇史"

which is available today exclusively on Audible.

該書今天在Audible上獨家發售。

Here is Keegan-Michael Key!

這是基根-邁克爾-基！

-[ Laughs ] Jimmy Fallon!

吉米-法倫！

-If there was an audience here, they'd be going bonkers for you.

-如果這裡有觀眾，他們會為你瘋狂的.

Buddy, it's so great to see you. Thank you for being here.

兄弟，很高興見到你。謝謝你來這裡。

-You, too, my friend.

-你也是，我的朋友

-Last time you were on our show,

-上次你上我們節目的時候

we did a thing called "Wheel of Musical Impressions."

我們做了一個叫 "音樂印象輪 "的事情。

-Yes. -And you crushed it.

-是的，你把它壓碎了。

And it went viral. Thank you for doing that bit with us.

然後它就變成了病毒。謝謝你和我們一起做的那點事。

I knew you could do some impressions,

我就知道你可以做一些印象。

but I don't think everyone knew that you could sing like that.

但我不認為每個人都知道 你可以唱這樣的。

It was unbelievable.

這真是不可思議。

-Yeah. That was so much fun that I got --

-是啊。這是如此多的樂趣，我得到了 -

that we had the opportunity to do that together.

我們有機會一起做這件事。

Because I really, I love to sing.

因為我真的，我喜歡唱歌。

And a lot of folks don't know that about me,

而很多人不知道我的情況。

let alone that I could sing in a style or styles as it were.

更不用說我可以唱出一種或多種風格的歌了。

-It was Bob Marley. We did Michael Stipe.

-是Bob Marley.我們做了邁克爾-斯蒂普。

You did Sinatra.

你做了辛納屈。

-"Sinatra, baby."

-"Sinatra, 寶貝."

Yeah, that was -- Oh, my God. It was so much fun.

是啊，這是 - 哦，我的上帝。這是這麼多的樂趣。

-Do you do any other musical impressions

-你有做其他的音樂印象嗎？

that we didn't touch on?

我們沒有提到的？

-I can do impressions of certain musicians.

-我可以對某些音樂家進行模仿.

So, I can do an impression of Snoop.

所以，我可以模仿斯諾普。

Oh, you know what I can do? I can impersonate Eddie Vedder.

哦，你知道我可以做什麼？我可以模仿Eddie Vedder.

I think Eddie Vedder's always good, 'cause it's like

我覺得Eddie Vedder總是好的，因為它就像... ...

[Mumbling Pearl Jam's "Even Flow"]

[Mumbling Pearl Jam的 "Even Flow"]

You know, it's -- [Sings indistinctly]

你知道，這是 - [唱隱約]。

I don't know any words to any Pearl Jam songs.

我不知道任何珍珠果醬歌曲的歌詞。

I just know --

我只知道...

[ Mumbling Pearl Jam's "Even Flow" ]

[Mumbling Pearl Jam的 "Even Flow"]

And you can't open your eyes. And you have to keep your eye--

你不能睜開你的眼睛。你必須保持你的眼睛 --

-Yeah, you got to keep your eyes -- and get into it.

-是啊，你得睜大眼睛，然後投入其中。

-The only other thing else that I do is, I can do Snoop Dogg,

-我唯一會做的事情就是，我可以做Snoop Dogg,

not rapping, per se.

不是說唱，本身。

But I was in "Pitch Perfect 2,"

但我在 "完美音調2 "裡演過。

and he was in it, and he and I were in a scene together.

他也在裡面，我和他一起拍了一場戲。

I was playing a music producer. And I remember he came on set,

我當時扮演一個音樂製作人我記得他來過片場

and everybody was, like, really giddy.

每個人都是一樣，真的很暈。

And he walked past me,

他從我身邊走過。

and as he was walking past me, he looks at me,

當他從我身邊走過時，他看著我。

because he knows that I used to impersonate him on "Mad TV."

因為他知道我曾經在 "瘋狂電視 "上模仿過他。

So he walked past me, and he went, "You a bad, bad boy."

所以他從我身邊走過，他說："你是個壞壞的男孩。"

[ Laughs ]

[笑]

-Yes!

-是的！

I love that he said that.

我喜歡他這麼說。

"You're a bad, bad boy." Oh, my gosh.

"你是一個壞壞的男孩。"哦，我的天哪。

-Yeah, that was it.

-是的，就是這樣。

-How do you impressions?

-你的印象如何？

Like, how do you figure out how to do them?

比如，你是怎麼想出辦法的？

-Frankly, the way I get into them

-坦率地說，我進入他們的方式。

is often by -- The way I started

往往是通過 -- 我開始的方式

was by listening to other people do impressions.

是通過聽別人做印象。

In fact, you, listening to you and Jordan

其實，你，聽你和喬丹說的。

and a really amazing impressionist

和一個非常驚人的印象派

named Frank Caliendo, who was on "Mad TV" with me.

叫弗蘭克-卡利多，他和我一起上 "瘋狂電視"。

-Oh, he's fantastic.

-哦，他太棒了

-Amazing, right? -He's unbelievable.

-令人驚訝，對吧？-他真是令人難以置信

-For us, what was always interesting was, it's --

-對我們來說，最有趣的是... ...

It's when somebody else found the hook,

這時別人發現了鉤子。

then I could jump into the hook.

然後我就可以跳進鉤子裡。

So, like with -- Think about Rich Little,

所以，就像... ... 想想小富翁。

when Rich Little used to do President Reagan,

當富小曾經做里根總統。

anybody can kind of do, like, "that husky voice."

任何人都可以種做， 像，"沙啞的聲音。"

But what it was, was that word "Well, well."

但它是什麼，是那個 "好，好 "字。

-It was. -Oh, that's right,

-是的-哦，是的

The president does say "Well."

總統確實說了 "嗯"。

It was like, "Well, as a nation, we are going to --"

這就像，"好了，作為一個國家，我們要 -"

And so, that was --

所以，那是 --

Remember that? And so, I always used to go,

還記得嗎？所以，我以前總是去。

that's how I would get into it is by going,

這就是我如何進入它是通過去。

what's the little hook that you have to find?

你要找的小鉤子是什麼？

-I know you have a President Obama impression,

-我知道你對奧巴馬總統有印象。

and you had the chance to meet him a few times.

而你有機會見到他幾次。

Have you ever done your Obama in front of Obama?

你有沒有在奧巴馬面前做過你的奧巴馬？

-[ As Obama ] "Uh, I've done it for him,

-"呃，我已經為他做了。"。

and, uh, a couple times, so..."

和，呃，幾次，所以..."

[ Laughs ] And it's --

[笑] 它的 -

Last year, I got to do it for him,

去年，我得為他做。

like, explicitly almost for him.

像，明確幾乎為他。

I was telling him a story about impersonating him.

我給他講了一個冒充他的故事。

I was telling the story about the fact

我講的故事是關於

that I was impersonating him to Ethel Kennedy,

我在埃塞爾-肯尼迪面前冒充他。

to Robert F. Kennedy's wife.

給羅伯特-肯尼迪的妻子。

And her kids put me up to it.

而她的孩子們讓我去做

And then, I got to relay that story to him

然後，我就把這個故事告訴了他

and tell him that I was doing this impersonation.

並告訴他，我在做這個冒充。

And he was giggling and laughing at the story,

而他卻在故事中傻傻地笑著，笑得很開心。

and then at the end, Jimmy, he goes, "You know, um,

然後在最後，吉米，他去，"你知道，嗯，"。

my register's a little bit lower than what you're doing."

我的註冊表比你做的要低一點。"

[ Laughs ] -Love it!

[笑]愛它！

-Duly noted, sir. Thank you. Thank you, sir. Appreciate that.

-注意到了，先生注意到了，先生。 - 謝謝你。謝謝你，先生。謝謝你，先生。

-I think I tried to do an impression in front of him,

-我想我是想在他面前給他留下深刻的印象

and he was like, "Is that supposed to be me?"

他當時想，"這應該是我嗎？"

-[ Laughs ]

-[笑]

You're like, I'll be over here.

你就像，我會在這裡。

-Yeah, exactly. What am I gonna do?

-是的，沒錯那我該怎麼辦？

-But how do you do it?

-但你是怎麼做的呢？

How do you hook in to impressions?

如何勾住印象？

-I just start doing people.

-我只是開始做人。

I had this thing when I was a kid, I think,

我小時候就有這個東西，我想。

like I would watch "Rocky," and at the end of "Rocky,"

就像我看 "洛基 "一樣 在 "洛基 "的結尾處

I thought that I was Rocky.

我以為我是洛基。

So I -- -Ah, interesting.

所以我 -- -啊，有意思。

-So I started acting like him, "and talking like him

-所以我開始像他一樣行事，"像他一樣說話

and yo, hey. Hey, Mickey, you know," you know, whatever.

和喲，嘿。嘿，米奇，你知道，"你知道，什麼。

I remember, like, I watched "Seinfeld,"

我記得，像，我看了 "Seinfeld"。

by the end of the episode I was talking,

到了最後一集，我就開始說話了。

[As Jerry Seinfeld] "Everything was like that!

[傑瑞-塞恩菲爾德]"一切都像那樣！

I was doing that.

我正在做的。

I was trying to be him," and --

我試圖成為他，"和 -

-It's -- You're so good at it.

-你很擅長這個。

I mean, I've always enjoyed

我的意思是，我一直喜歡

your Dave Matthews and your Robin Williams.

你的戴夫-馬修斯和羅賓-威廉姆斯。

Those are two that have always, like, blown me out of the water.

這兩個總是，讓我大跌眼鏡。

I'm just like, how is he -- Where did he find that rhythm?

我只是想，他是怎麼... ... 他在哪裡找到的節奏？

It's just so good.

它只是這麼好。

-This is so exciting. "The History of Sketch Comedy,"

-這真是太刺激了"小品喜劇的歷史，"

how did this whole thing come about?

這一切是怎麼來的？

-So, basically, El, you know my wife, El.

-所以，基本上，埃爾，你知道我的妻子，埃爾。

-Of course, I love El.

-當然，我喜歡艾爾

-Yeah, my wife El and I,

-是的，我和我妻子艾爾。

we have always shared this love of comedy.

我們一直都對喜劇情有獨鍾。

And during quarantine, she suggested

而在隔離期間，她建議

that we put our combined knowledge together

我們把我們的知識結合起來

and then try to create, you know, something for everyone.

然後試圖創造，你知道， 東西為大家。

And this is what we came up with.

這就是我們想出的辦法。

It happens that, you know, it's what happens

它發生了，你知道，它是發生了什麼事

when you live with a DGA director and a PGA producer

當你和一個DGA導演和一個PGA製片人生活在一起的時候。

and a brilliant writer. So I just had the opportunity.

和一個優秀的作家。所以我就有了這個機會。

She did it all. She was just like,

她做了這一切。她就像。

"Hey, you know more about sketch comedy than anybody I know.

"嘿，你比我認識的任何人都更瞭解小品喜劇。

Let's smack our knowledge together and do this thing."

讓我們把我們的知識打成一片，做這件事。"

And I was like, "Yeah, that sounds like a good idea."

我當時想，"是啊，這聽起來像一個好主意。"

And then she -- She kind of created this format,

然後她... 她創造了這種形式。

and we started doing all the research.

我們開始做所有的研究。

And then we pitched it to Audible.

然後我們把它投給了Audible。

And it was amazing, because the way she pitched it,

這是驚人的，因為她投擲的方式。

she was like, "What about this, guys?"

她很喜歡，"這個怎麼樣，夥計們？"

She was like, "If Keegan-Michael Key was a guest lecturer at NYU

她當時想，"如果基根 - 邁克爾-基是一個客座講師 在紐約大學。

and was going to give a 10-part class

並打算給一個10個部分的課程。

on the history of sketch comedy,

關於小品喜劇的歷史。

I think that would be very popular.

我想那會很受歡迎。

I think he would get a lot of apples at the end of the class."

我想他在課後會得到很多蘋果。"

And then they bought it. -Good pitch.

然後他們就買了。-好球

-That was her pitch. That was her pitch.

-這是她的推銷。那是她的投球。

-It's a good pitch. -And then, she was --

-這是個好主意.-然後，她是 --

So we started doing it, and we're doing the research,

所以我們開始做，我們在做研究。

which of course was a blast for me.

當然，這對我來說是一個爆炸。

I love -- I'm a nerd about this kind of stuff.

我喜歡... ... 我是一個關於這種東西的書呆子。

And she goes -- I said, "You know, it's fun,

她去 - 我說，"你知道，這很有趣。

because we'll be able to get the clips

因為我們將能夠得到剪輯。

and do this and that and the other thing."

並做這做那，還有其他的事情。"

And El goes, "Oh, no, no, no, there's no clips.

艾爾說："哦，不，不，不，沒有剪輯。

You're going to be performing all the characters,

你要表演所有的角色。

and you're going to be doing all the sketches."

而你要做所有的草圖。"

I was like, "I'm sorry, I'm going to be doing what, now?

我當時想，"對不起，我要做什麼，現在？

I'm doing all the what to the who-who's?"

我做的都是什麼對誰誰的？"

[ Both laugh ]

[兩個笑]

-Wow. -But that is what we did.

-哇哦-但這就是我們所做的.

-You stepped it up. -So I do all the foley,

-你的表現很出色-所以我做了所有的foley,

all the sound effects, all the characters.

所有的聲音效果，所有的人物。

I'll do two-person scenes, three-person scenes.

我會做兩人的場景，三人的場景。

I'll play all three people in the scene.

現場的三個人我都會演。

And then, in the middle of it, I'll, like, analyze it.

然後，在它的中間，我會，喜歡，分析它。

So sometimes there will be like a sketch,

所以有時候會有像素描。

like, there will be a guy saying, you know,

喜歡，會有一個人說，你知道，

from the Marx Brothers, there will be somebody saying,

從馬克思兄弟那裡，會有人說。

you know, "We have to stop war

你知道，"我們必須停止戰爭

because it's prohibitive for our taxes!"

因為這對我們的稅收來說是禁止的！"

And then Chico Marx will be like,

然後奇科-馬克思就會像。

"Hey, I got a uncle who lives in Taxes."

"嘿，我有個叔叔住在稅務局。"

"No! Not Texas. Dollar, money, dollars!"

"不！不是德州。美元，錢，美元！"

"Ha-ha! That's where he lives. Dallas, Taxes."

"哈哈!他就住在那裡。達拉斯，稅務局。"

[ Mumbling as Chico Marx ]

[喃喃自語的奇科-馬克思]

You know?

你知道嗎？

-Dude, there's some Marx Brothers bits that I honestly,

-老兄，有些馬克思兄弟的片子，我真的..,

I have to just pause it or turn it off 'cause I'm laughing --

我必須暫停或關閉它 因為我笑了 --

It's too funny. There's levels of funny.

太好笑了。有層次的搞笑。

-Jimmy, it's crazy. We start at like the beginning.

-吉米，這太瘋狂了。我們從頭開始

I mean, I think some people might go,

我的意思是，我覺得有些人可能會去。

"Oh, he's going to do a history of the last 30 years.

"哦，他要做一個過去30年的歷史。

He's going to -- You know, maybe he's going to start with 'SNL.'"

他要... ... 你知道，也許他要從'SNL'開始。"

But I start with the ancient Sumerians

但我從古蘇美爾人開始

from the 19th century BC

紀元

and work all the way up to today. So --

並一直工作到今天。所以...

-That's wild. But, I mean, like, you go, yeah.

-這是野生的。但是，我的意思是，像，你去，是的。

I mean, you do touch on "SNL."

我的意思是，你觸摸 "SNL"。

Are there any sketches. now that it's done,

有什麼草圖嗎，現在已經完成了。

that you go, "Ah, we should have talked about that."

你去，"啊，我們應該有 談到這一點。"

Or are there any performers -- Let's not even say performers --

還是有什麼表演者 -- 我們甚至不要說表演者 --

any performer that you might have --

任何表演者，你可能有 -

-[ Laughing ]

-[笑]

No, Jimmy.

不，吉米。

No, there is no performer that I forgot,

沒有，沒有我忘記的表演者。

because you're in it.

因為你在裡面。

You're in the Audible series. -Where?

你在Audible系列裡-在哪裡？

-Jimmy, Camp Winnipesaukee,

-吉米，溫尼伯索基營。

with you and me and Justin Timberlake.

和你我還有賈斯汀-汀布萊克一起

-That's right, bud. -And Billy Crystal.

-沒錯，老兄-還有Billy Crystal

-Oh, that's right! -You are in it.

-哦，沒錯！-你在裡面.

I talk about you, and there's a whole section

我說到你，有一整節的內容

about variety entertainment and talk shows. You're in it.

關於綜藝娛樂和脫口秀。你在裡面。

-That's why, everyone, get out there right now.

-這就是為什麼，每個人，現在就出去。

Go to Audible, download "The History of Sketch Comedy."

去Audible，下載 "小品喜劇史"。

Keegan-Michael Key, you are the best, buddy.

基根-邁克爾-基，你是最棒的，夥計。

Thank you so much for being here.

非常感謝你能來這裡。

-Thanks, Jimmy. Good to see you.

-謝謝你，吉米謝謝你，吉米 -很高興見到你

-Good to see you, buddy. -Jimmy Fallon is in this series!

-很高興見到你，夥計-Jimmy Fallon在這個系列裡！

Listen -- -We'll be right back.

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