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  • While she only spells a word in the skit, Dot managed to win a national spelling bee competition, under the impression that she will be stung be a bee and then she eats it.
  • When Coach Hines (the crazy, near-homicidal Catholic school gym teacher as played by Keegan-Michael Key) reveals he is the heir to the billion-dollar Heinz company and got a job as a Catholic high school coach so he can help delinquent teens, like Yamanashi [Bobby Lee].
  • Any of the "Man Up" skits can count. But the wedding one has Key and Jordan Peele go all out in a fantastic bit that includes flipping around, wild jumps and dances in perfect union. When the show cuts to commercial, the break video shows the two coming back on set to soak in the massive cheers of the audience.
  • A sketch created for the 40th anniversary of the movie version of The Sound of Music has Julie Andrews (portrayed spot-on by Nicole Parker) present some Revised Endings for the film, including one where the Von Trapp children use X-Men-style powers to outsmart the Nazis. One can't blame Andrews for calling it, "kick-ahss".
  • The "Sopranos on PAX" sketch. Will Sasso absolutely nails his impression of James Gandolfini and it was a scathing look at how stringent American TV censorship can be (and also provided a few retroactive laughs when The Sopranos actually did get Edited for Syndication on A&E (though it wasn't as bad as what the sketch showed. Violent scenes were covered up with alternate footage, as were the scenes featuring nude female strippers, while offensive language was redubbed).
  • A Running Gag of Will Saso's sketches mocking Steven Seagal is Seagal's tendency to pull a Neck Snap on anyone who mildly annoys him (or just standing there). While shooting a film version of Kung Fu (1972), Seagal meets co-star David Carradine, the pair talking and Seagal breaks Carradine's neck...and Carradine gets right back up as if it's nothing. Seagal does it again with Carradine coming back up.
    Seagal: Wow, you're one tough hombre. What's your name?
    Carradine: Steven Seagal. (snaps Seagal's neck)

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