![]() ![]() Sign up for our newsletter to get the best of VICE delivered to your inbox daily. By then, Peele will probably have another nine projects in the works. Weird City doesn't have an official release date yet, but its supposed to hit the streaming service sometime next year. The show is an exciting get for the newly-minted YouTube Premium, following on the heels of YouTube's surprisingly solid Karate Kid spinoff, Cobra Kai. With a team like this behind it, Weird City is definitely gearing up to be something special. Writer/producer Jose Molina will serve as the series' showrunner, which is pretty exciting -Molina is a brilliant storyteller, and the co-host of what is low-key the greatest film industry podcast with the worst name, Children of Tendu. "Now, with YouTube, we present a series of comedy-driven, twisted-ass science fiction stories that take place in a world close to ours but just a little bit off." "Writer/creator Charlie Sanders and I collaborated on some Key & Peele sketches that took on everything from the ‘Black Republicans’ to 'Continental Breakfasts’ to ‘Family Matters,'" Peele said in a statement. He co-created the show with former Key & Peele writer Charlie Sanders, and the pair will write the six-episode first season together. Knowing Peele, he'll figure out a way to make the whole thing his own. According to Deadline, the show is an "an anthology set in the not-too-distant future metropolis of Weird," with each episode exploring "issues that pertain to present day life" and telling "stories that could only be told now through the prism of sci-fi and comedy."įrom that synopsis, Weird City sounds a lot like a less fucking depressing Black Mirror, or maybe Twilight Zone with a few more laughs thrown in. For more reviews and a kickass podcast, check out: Friday, YouTube announced that it had given Peele a direct-to-series order for his new sci-fi comedy series, Weird City. Peele's imitation of President Obama is impressive, and the "Anger Translator" skits are hilarious. Dave Chappelle used to do the same thing successfully. I enjoy their two-man stand up (I think it's a successful formula, when you have the right team), and watching the entire episodes actually allows you to enjoy the episodes more than simply watching them on YouTube because the setups often give you additional insight. Key and Peele are both extremely witty, charismatic, and talented comedians and actors. Not every skit is a hit, but the producers manage to cut the less-funny skits before they get annoying, unlike Saturday Night Live (again, an unfair comparison because that show is live, while Key and Peele is pre- taped and edited). The Key & Peele channel is the place to watch comedy sketches from Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele, whose Comedy Central show took on everything from. You'll still get a few ROTFLMAOs, but a lot of the laughs may just be LOLs, or smirks. Key and Peele is a bit more subdued, and much of its humor lies in its subtext. Chappelle's Show was outrageous and far beyond the bounds of anything anyone had seen on TV before (not taking away from the fact that it was extremely creative, witty, and funny), leading to ROTFLMAOs. Winslow," "Ultimate Fighting Match Preview," "Yo Mama Has Health Problems," and "Gay Marriage Legalized," I was hooked! Next thing I know, I was ripping through episodes on Hulu, and posting and emailing episodes to my friends I was even pulling co- workers into my office and telling them, "You HAVE to watch this sketch RIGHT NOW it's only 4 minutes long." This is the closest production I've found to Chappelle's Show, although the comparison isn't exactly fair. But the videos kept going viral on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube, and after clicking on "McFerrin vs. ![]() I told myself that I would definitely start watching this show but my hectic schedule caught up with me, and it faded from my memory before I was able to set aside time to watch one episode. ![]() See actions taken by the people who manage and post content. ![]() It caught me off guard with how clever, perfectly-timed, well-acted, multi-dimensional, and downright funny it was. 7 weeks ago Page transparency See all Facebook is showing information to help you better understand the purpose of a Page.I saw their "I Said Bitch" skit a few months ago when one of my friends shared it on Facebook. ![]()
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