Rob Delaney (comedian)

Rob Delaney (born January 19, 1977) is an American comedian, actor, and writer.

Early life

Delaney was born and raised in Boston, Massachusetts. He attended New York University's Tisch School of the Arts and graduated with a degree in musical theater in 1999.

Career

Twitter

Delaney first came to the attention of the public via his Twitter account which he created in February 2009. As of December 2015, Delaney had 1.22 million followers. While many other comics were initially hesitant to share their material on social media, Delaney is considered one of the first comedians to fully use social media to his advantage by sharing jokes on Twitter. Delaney credits comedy writer and director Graham Linehan with his rise in popularity on Twitter and in the comedy community after Linehan began responding to Delaney's tweets.

In 2010, Paste magazine named Delaney one of the ten funniest people on Twitter. In May 2012, he became the first comedian to win the 'Funniest Person on Twitter Award' at The Comedy Awards hosted by Comedy Central.

List of Key & Peele episodes

Key & Peele is an American sketch comedy television series starring Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele, both former cast members of MADtv. Each episode of the series consists of several pre-taped sketches starring the two actors. The sketches cover a variety of societal topics, often with a focus on African-American culture and race relations. The series premiered on January 31, 2012 and ended on September 9, 2015, with a total of 53 episodes, over the course of five seasons. A special entitled "Key & Peele's Super Bowl Special" aired on January 30, 2015.

Series overview

Episodes

Season 1 (2012)

Season 2 (2012)

Season 3 (2013)

Season 4 (2014)

Season 5 (2015)

Special (2015)

References

Rebecca Drysdale

Rebecca Drysdale (born 1978 or 1979 or 1632) is an American comedian who was a member of the Second City Chicago E.T.C. cast. She won the 2005 Breakout Performer Award at the 2005 United States Comedy Arts Festival. She performed as part of the multi-arts group performance Synesthesia. She has written for sketch comedy shows such as The Big Gay Sketch Show and Key & Peele. In 2011 she made a viral video for the It Gets Better Project.

Personal life

Drysdale currently lives in Los Angeles. She is openly lesbian.

She is the younger sister of comedy writer Eric Drysdale.

Filmography

References

External links

Key & Peele

Key & Peele is an American sketch comedy television series created by Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele for Comedy Central. Both Key and Peele previously worked on MADtv.

Each episode of the show consists mainly of several pre-taped sketches starring the two actors. The sketches cover a variety of societal topics, often with a focus on American popular culture, ethnic stereotypes, and race relations.Key & Peele premiered on January 31, 2012 and ended on September 9, 2015, with a total of 53 episodes, over the course of five seasons. A special entitled "Key & Peele's Super Bowl Special" aired on January 30, 2015.

Key & Peele won a Peabody Award and has been nominated for various other awards, including Writers Guild Award,NAACP Image Award and several Primetime Emmy Awards.

Format

An episode usually consists of a cold opening, with a short sketch. After the intro plays, the two hosts introduce themselves to a studio audience and explain a possible situation, with the following sketch having a similar situation. The show then follows this pattern, with about 7 sketches, each varying in time. Not all the segments are introduced by a studio segment.

Keegan-Michael Key

Keegan-Michael Key (born March 22, 1971) is an American actor, writer, and comedian. He stars in the Comedy Central sketch series Key & Peele and co-stars in the USA Network comedy series Playing House. He spent six seasons as a cast member on MADtv. In 2014, he also starred in the first season of the FX series Fargo and the final season of the NBC series Parks and Recreation. He has had supporting roles in several films, including Let's Be Cops, Tomorrowland and Pitch Perfect 2. In 2015, Key appeared at the White House Correspondents' Dinner as the character Luther, President Barack Obama's anger translator. Since 2013, he has made several guest appearances on Whose Line is it Anyway?

Early life

Key was born in Southfield, Michigan, and was raised in Detroit. He is biracial, and was adopted as a child by a black father and a white mother. Being biracial has been a source of comedic material for Key, who told Terri Gross in an interview for NPR that "I think the reason [Key and Peele co-star Jordan Peele and I] became actors is because we did a fair amount of code switching growing up, and still do."

Jordan Peele

Jordan Haworth Peele (born February 21, 1979) is an American actor, comedian, and screenwriter. He is best known for starring in the Comedy Central sketch series Key & Peele and for his five seasons as a cast member on MADtv. In 2014, he also had a recurring role in the first season of the FX anthology series Fargo.

Early and personal life

Peele was born in New York City, New York. He attended the Computer School in I.S. 44 for Junior High School and went on to attend The Calhoun School for high school, graduating in 1997. He then went on to attend Sarah Lawrence College as a member of the class of 2001. His mother is white and his father is black.

Peele has been dating comedian Chelsea Peretti since 2013. They became engaged in November 2015.

Career

Peele regularly performed at Boom Chicago in Amsterdam and The Second City in Chicago. He and Nicole Parker were well known for their musical duets at Boom Chicago. He portrayed a popular character called "Danish Supermodel Ute" during his time at Boom Chicago and hosted MTV's Comedy Weekend in 2002.