![]() How did you come up with the idea for the Obama anger translator? So let's start with the sketch that we just heard. Keegan-Michael Key, Jordan Peele, welcome to FRESH AIR. KEY: (As Luther) Yeah, dial it back, Luther, damn. I have a hot diggity, daggity, mama-sey mama-sa ma-ma-kos-sa (ph) birth certificate you crackers. KEY: (As Luther) They're coming from Hawaii, which is where I'm from, which is in the United States of America, y'all, OK? This is ridiculous. PEELE: (As Obama) …And that my intentions as your president are coming from the right place. PEELE: (As Obama) These achievements should serve as a reminder that I am on your side… PEELE: (As Obama) We ended the war in Iraq. PEELE: (As Obama) Since being in office, we've created 3 million new jobs. KEY: (As Luther) Because y'all don't listen. JORDAN PEELE: (As Obama) I know a lot of folks say that I haven't done a good job at communicating my accomplishments to the public. She began the interview with the sketch that introduced the president's anger translator. They met in Chicago when they were part of the improv scene and also worked together on the sketch comedy series “Madtv.” Key and Peele recently announced that their Comedy Central series will wrap up this September after five seasons. Key and Peele each have a white mother and a black father. Perhaps because they’re biracial, they’re perfectly comfortable satirizing white people and African-Americans, as well as everybody else. Oh, and by the way, just if you haven’t noticed, you don't have Ebola.ĭAVIES: A lot of Key and Peele’s comedy is about race. ![]() KEY: And then y’all got up and just moved on to the next day. For two whole weeks, we were one step away from “The Walking Dead.” KEY: Oh, and CNN, thank you so much for the wall-to-wall Ebola coverage. KEY: And we can count on Fox News to terrify old white people with some nonsense. ![]() OBAMA: Because despite our differences, we count on the press to shed light on the most important issues of the day. KEY: Jeb Bush, do you really want to do this? KEY: And why am I required to come to it? KEEGAN-MICHAEL KEY: I mean, really, what is this dinner? At the White House Correspondents dinner in April, Key surprised everyone by appearing at the president's shoulder and translating Obama's remarks into what the president was really thinking.īARACK OBAMA: In our fast-changing world, traditions like the White House Correspondents dinner are important. One of the best-known sketches in their Comedy Central series features Key playing Luther the anger translator for President Obama, saying what the president wishes he could say. Today, we’ll listen to Terry’s interview with the comedy duo Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele. ![]()
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