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As funny as ''Series/KeyAndPeele'' is, some of their sketches can cause some serious nightmares.

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As funny as ''Series/KeyAndPeele'' is, some of their sketches can cause some serious nightmares.
make it easy to see how Jordan Peele ended up doing horror movies.
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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6iC0Vi1yEg Cute Puppies]], in which two women look at a puppy in the window of a pet store, gushing about how cute it is and about all the increasingly-violent and absurd things they want to do it in a parody of cute aggression... before a cut to them burying something in a dark field full of graves talking about other cute puppies they've bought makes it clear that they were actually serious.

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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6iC0Vi1yEg Cute Puppies]], in which two women look at a puppy in the window of a pet store, gushing about how cute it is and about all the increasingly-violent and absurd things they want to do it in a parody of cute aggression... before a cut to them burying something in a dark field full of graves talking about other cute puppies they've bought makes it clear that they were actually serious. Bonus points? One half of the duo is ''Meegan''.
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* Mr. Mahina. Trust me, you do NOT want to see what has become of him. What appears to be a sight-gag punchline turns into something extremely terrifying.

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* Mr. Mahina. Trust me, you do NOT want to see what has become of him. What appears to be a sight-gag punchline turns into something extremely terrifying.
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** [[ShootTheShaggyDog The ending]] is pretty damn dark, too.

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** [[ShootTheShaggyDog The ending]] is pretty damn dark, too.too.
* Mr. Mahina. Trust me, you do NOT want to see what has become of him. What appears to be a sight-gag punchline turns into something extremely terrifying.

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* "Don't Press The Button." Key plays a normal-looking young pedestrian waiting for the crosswalk. When Peele tries to press the button to hurry up the slow light, Key objects. When Peele presses the issue, Key gets more and more agitated, to the point where he gets REALLY unglued. Its both hilarious yet incredibly disturbing to watch.

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* "Don't Press The Button." Key plays a normal-looking young pedestrian waiting for the crosswalk. When Peele tries to press the button to hurry up the slow light, Key objects. When Peele presses the issue, Key gets more and more agitated, to the point where he gets REALLY unglued. unglued and starts ranting like a lunatic. Its both hilarious yet incredibly disturbing to watch.watch.
** [[ShootTheShaggyDog The ending]] is pretty damn dark, too.

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* The Andre & Meegan series of skits contain plenty of funny lines and silly performances, but open just about any of them on [=YouTube=] and you'll notice plenty of people in the comments remarking that it gives them a genuine sense of dread or discomfort, as Meegan [[TruthInTelevision really isn’t that exaggerated a depiction of an emotionally abusive partner]]. Easy contender for the most disturbing in the series is the breakup sketch, wherein her rise into ManipulativeBitch mode is accompanied by tense, eerie music before she essentially begins gaslighting Andre into taking back his decision.

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* The Andre & Meegan series of skits contain plenty of funny lines and silly performances, but open just about any of them on [=YouTube=] and you'll notice plenty of people in the comments remarking that it gives them a genuine sense of dread or discomfort, as Meegan [[TruthInTelevision really isn’t that exaggerated a depiction of an emotionally abusive partner]]. Easy contender for the most disturbing in the series is the breakup sketch, wherein her rise into ManipulativeBitch mode is accompanied by tense, eerie music before she essentially begins gaslighting Andre into taking back his decision.decision.
* "Don't Press The Button." Key plays a normal-looking young pedestrian waiting for the crosswalk. When Peele tries to press the button to hurry up the slow light, Key objects. When Peele presses the issue, Key gets more and more agitated, to the point where he gets REALLY unglued. Its both hilarious yet incredibly disturbing to watch.
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** The whole buildup is as terrifying as it is hilarious. The poor passenger they chat up is bewildered. First, he can't understand them, but as he starts to decipher their bizarre metaphors, he sees they are ''batshit'' insane and planning to do something ''very, very'' bad. And he can't talk them out of it or really do much to stop them.
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* While ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMQ2qGmJOVM Weird Playlist]]'' starts out funny -- that Peele is accidentally sharing his embarrassing personal audio journal -- it soon turns very disturbing and dark. Key realizes that he doesn't really know Peele at all, that Peele is ''terribly'' disturbed, and that he actually ''wanted'' to share it. All while being in the confines of a dark car driving down the highway...

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* While ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMQ2qGmJOVM Weird Playlist]]'' starts out funny -- that Peele is accidentally sharing his embarrassing personal audio journal -- it soon turns very disturbing and dark. Key realizes that he doesn't really know Peele at all, that Peele is ''terribly'' disturbed, and that he actually ''wanted'' to share it. All while being in the confines of a dark car driving down the highway...highway...
* The Andre & Meegan series of skits contain plenty of funny lines and silly performances, but open just about any of them on [=YouTube=] and you'll notice plenty of people in the comments remarking that it gives them a genuine sense of dread or discomfort, as Meegan [[TruthInTelevision really isn’t that exaggerated a depiction of an emotionally abusive partner]]. Easy contender for the most disturbing in the series is the breakup sketch, wherein her rise into ManipulativeBitch mode is accompanied by tense, eerie music before she essentially begins gaslighting Andre into taking back his decision.
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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?annotation_id=annotation_1781107781&feature=iv&src_vid=IHQr0HCIN2w&v=bxHEZU0AFcQ Roommate Meeting]]

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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?annotation_id=annotation_1781107781&feature=iv&src_vid=IHQr0HCIN2w&v=bxHEZU0AFcQ Roommate Meeting]]Meeting]] is a deliberate build to an anticlimax for the sake of comedy - turns out, the frat house already know the ghost is there and [[UnusuallyUninterestingSight simply consider him another one of their roommates]] - but the buildup to the twist and some of the imagery of the ghost we get during it is still... pretty creepy.



* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5uyq0aMRw0 Make-A-Wish]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=st21dIMaGMs Continental Breakfast]]

* In ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kH6QJzmLYtw Turbulence]]'', Peele plays a flight attendant who wants a passenger to sit down because the light is on. The passenger, (Kay) wants to use the bathroom, and the attendant reluctantly lets him, because it's not illegal. Peele walks back to the jumpseat and sits down, holding eye contact with Key, who backs down the aisle - then the turbulence hits and batters him from pillar to post. During this period, Peele gets thrown around with the rest of the passengers, and he just stares, maintains eye contact. No expression on his face. Cold, dead eyes. Like a doll's eyes.

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* Liam, the terminally-ill child from [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5uyq0aMRw0 Make-A-Wish]] who speaks in a creepy perpetual whisper and whose final requests include such things as getting to drown a man and make an EldritchAbomination out of prosthetic limbs and dead flesh, easily gives Baby Forest a run for his money as the post CreepyChild featured in a sketch, hence that he provides the image for this page.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5uyq0aMRw0 Make-A-Wish]]
* [[https://www.youtube.
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Breakfast]] is arguably more {{Adorkable}} and silly than anything... up until you get to the ending, which implies that the man visiting the hotel has been DeadAllAlong and going to the breakfast buffet as a ghost for a long time now. It’s a reference to ''Literature/TheShining'' and is foreshadowed (not to mention the character seems totally fine with it), but the suddenness and element of MoodWhiplash is still... a bit haunting.

* In ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kH6QJzmLYtw Turbulence]]'', Peele plays a flight attendant who wants a passenger to sit down because the light is on. The passenger, (Kay) passenger (Key) wants to use the bathroom, and the attendant reluctantly lets him, because it's not illegal. Peele walks back to the jumpseat and sits down, holding eye contact with Key, who backs down the aisle - then the turbulence hits and batters him from pillar to post. During this period, Peele gets thrown around with the rest of the passengers, and he just stares, maintains eye contact. No expression on his face. Cold, dead eyes. Like a doll's eyes.
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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrpoK7Askck Ultimate Cock Blocker]]

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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrpoK7Askck Ultimate Cock Blocker]]Blocker]]. While ostensibly done to extra-emphasize the levels of MindScrew factor the sketch ends up escalating to, it definitely doesn’t help that it winds up being edited, acted, and presented like a horror movie.
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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxWzsrj8bZE LMFAO's Non-Stop Party]]

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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxWzsrj8bZE LMFAO's Non-Stop Party]]Party]] is a fairly silly sketch, if one with an [[BlackComedy ultimately dark punchline]]... if you don't think too hard about the AndIMustScream implications of said punchline.
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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxwMTAy1gP0 Baby Forest]]

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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxwMTAy1gP0 Baby Forest]]Forest]]. Even putting aside that the titular baby Creator/ForestWhitaker is a CreepyChild who intimidates his babysitter to the point of tears, the UncannyValley effect of Peele's head [=CG=]'ed onto a toddler body is unmistakable enough to be creepy even on its own.
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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-eJSHoH9Fs Ultimate Fighting Match Preview]] features two fighters being interviewed on TV before their big match. One of them engages in the expected pre-showdown trash talk, while the other starts talking fervently about being on a MissionFromGod and hoping his opponent converts on his deathbed... and ''then'' starts talking in nonsense and ''levitating'' amidst repeated cuts back to his increasingly-unsettled opponent, finally culminating in...

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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-eJSHoH9Fs Ultimate Fighting Match Preview]] features two fighters being interviewed on TV before their big match. One of them engages in the expected pre-showdown trash talk, while the other starts talking fervently about being on a MissionFromGod and hoping his opponent converts on his deathbed...deathbed, graphically describing the condition he plans on leaving him in... and ''then'' starts talking in nonsense and ''levitating'' amidst repeated cuts back to his increasingly-unsettled opponent, finally culminating in...



* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6iC0Vi1yEg Cute Puppies]]

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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6iC0Vi1yEg Cute Puppies]]Puppies]], in which two women look at a puppy in the window of a pet store, gushing about how cute it is and about all the increasingly-violent and absurd things they want to do it in a parody of cute aggression... before a cut to them burying something in a dark field full of graves talking about other cute puppies they've bought makes it clear that they were actually serious.

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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-eJSHoH9Fs Ultimate Fighting Match Preview]]

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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-eJSHoH9Fs Ultimate Fighting Match Preview]]Preview]] features two fighters being interviewed on TV before their big match. One of them engages in the expected pre-showdown trash talk, while the other starts talking fervently about being on a MissionFromGod and hoping his opponent converts on his deathbed... and ''then'' starts talking in nonsense and ''levitating'' amidst repeated cuts back to his increasingly-unsettled opponent, finally culminating in...
-->'''First Fighter:''' [[RightBehindYou What do you mean, you can't find him?!]]
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--> Jaleel? There is no Jaleel, only Steve. It's always been Seve

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--> Jaleel? There is no Jaleel, only Steve. It's always been Seve
Steve.
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* While ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMQ2qGmJOVM Weird Playlist'' starts out funny -- that Peele is accidentally sharing his embarrassing personal audio journal -- it soon turns very disturbing and dark. Key realizes that he doesn't really know Peele at all, that he's ''terribly'' disturbed, and that he actually ''wanted'' to share it. All while being in the confines of a dark car driving down the highway...

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* While ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMQ2qGmJOVM Weird Playlist'' Playlist]]'' starts out funny -- that Peele is accidentally sharing his embarrassing personal audio journal -- it soon turns very disturbing and dark. Key realizes that he doesn't really know Peele at all, that he's Peele is ''terribly'' disturbed, and that he actually ''wanted'' to share it. All while being in the confines of a dark car driving down the highway...
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* While ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMQ2qGmJOVM/Weird Playlist'' starts out funny -- that Peele is accidentally sharing his embarrassing personal audio journal -- it soon turns very disturbing and dark. Key realizes that he doesn't really know Peele at all, that he's ''terribly'' disturbed, and that he actually ''wanted'' to share it. All while being in the confines of a dark car driving down the highway...

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* While ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMQ2qGmJOVM/Weird com/watch?v=hMQ2qGmJOVM Weird Playlist'' starts out funny -- that Peele is accidentally sharing his embarrassing personal audio journal -- it soon turns very disturbing and dark. Key realizes that he doesn't really know Peele at all, that he's ''terribly'' disturbed, and that he actually ''wanted'' to share it. All while being in the confines of a dark car driving down the highway...
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* [[https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=834357706613164 The two vigilantes on the plane]]. They go from talking about how they're going to hunt down some "terries", then reveal that they've smuggled weapons onto the plane, then when their cover is blown they start brandishing their weapons and shouting about how they're taking control of the plane.

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* [[https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=834357706613164 The two vigilantes on the plane]]. They go from talking about how they're going to hunt down some "terries", then reveal that they've smuggled weapons onto the plane, then when their cover is blown they start brandishing their weapons and shouting about how they're taking control of the plane.plane.
* While ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMQ2qGmJOVM/Weird Playlist'' starts out funny -- that Peele is accidentally sharing his embarrassing personal audio journal -- it soon turns very disturbing and dark. Key realizes that he doesn't really know Peele at all, that he's ''terribly'' disturbed, and that he actually ''wanted'' to share it. All while being in the confines of a dark car driving down the highway...
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--> There is no Jaleel, Carl. There is only Steve.

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--> Jaleel? There is no Jaleel, Carl. There is only Steve.
Steve. It's always been Seve
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"I wish to pee in your mouth."'']]



* In ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URklD1ipsoo&t=195s Pregame Pumpup]]'', Things get super dark.

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* In ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URklD1ipsoo&t=195s Pregame Pumpup]]'', Things get super dark.dark.
* Chris Brown and Rhianna's duet is filled with lyrics about how Chris wants to get Rhianna alone so he can "hit that" and that she shouldn't try to fight it.
* [[https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=834357706613164 The two vigilantes on the plane]]. They go from talking about how they're going to hunt down some "terries", then reveal that they've smuggled weapons onto the plane, then when their cover is blown they start brandishing their weapons and shouting about how they're taking control of the plane.
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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5Zdp1RfoyI Family Matters]], which starts off as Reginald [=VelJohnson=] arguing with Michael Warren over Steve Urkel's [[BreakoutCharacter increasing dominance in the show]]. Then Warren is seemingly possessed into shooting himself, and then Steve is implied to be ''real'', as an EldritchAbomination in a human guise who has taken over the entire studio and forces everyone into doing his bidding.

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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5Zdp1RfoyI Family Matters]], which starts off as Reginald [=VelJohnson=] arguing with Michael Warren a producer over Steve Urkel's [[BreakoutCharacter increasing dominance in the show]]. Then Warren the producer is seemingly possessed into shooting himself, and then Steve is implied to be ''real'', as an EldritchAbomination in a human guise who has taken over the entire studio and forces everyone into doing his bidding.
bidding. From the words of Steve himself:
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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5Zdp1RfoyI Family Matters]], which starts off as Reginald [[=VelJohnson=]] arguing with Michael Warren over Steve Urkel's [[BreakoutCharacter increasing dominance in the show]]. Then Warren is seemingly possessed into shooting himself, and then Steve is implied to be ''real'', as an EldritchAbomination in a human guise who has taken over the entire studio and forces everyone into doing his bidding.

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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5Zdp1RfoyI Family Matters]], which starts off as Reginald [[=VelJohnson=]] [=VelJohnson=] arguing with Michael Warren over Steve Urkel's [[BreakoutCharacter increasing dominance in the show]]. Then Warren is seemingly possessed into shooting himself, and then Steve is implied to be ''real'', as an EldritchAbomination in a human guise who has taken over the entire studio and forces everyone into doing his bidding.

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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5Zdp1RfoyI Family Matters]]

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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5Zdp1RfoyI Family Matters]]Matters]], which starts off as Reginald [[=VelJohnson=]] arguing with Michael Warren over Steve Urkel's [[BreakoutCharacter increasing dominance in the show]]. Then Warren is seemingly possessed into shooting himself, and then Steve is implied to be ''real'', as an EldritchAbomination in a human guise who has taken over the entire studio and forces everyone into doing his bidding.

--> There is no Jaleel, Carl. There is only Steve.

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* In ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URklD1ipsoo&t=195s Pregame Pumpup]]'', Things get super dark.

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* In ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URklD1ipsoo&t=195s Pregame Pumpup]]'', Things get super dark. \n\n* ''[[
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* In ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kH6QJzmLYtw Turbulence]]'', Peele plays a flight attendant who wants a passenger to sit down because the light is on. The passenger, (Kay) wants to use the bathroom, and the attendant reluctantly lets him, because it's not illegal. Peele walks back to the jumpseat and sits down, holding eye contact with Key, who backs down the aisle - then the turbulence hits and batters him from pillar to post. During this period, Peele gets thrown around with the rest of the passengers, and he just stares, maintains eye contact. No expression on his face. Cold, dead eyes. Like a doll's eyes.

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* In ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kH6QJzmLYtw Turbulence]]'', Peele plays a flight attendant who wants a passenger to sit down because the light is on. The passenger, (Kay) wants to use the bathroom, and the attendant reluctantly lets him, because it's not illegal. Peele walks back to the jumpseat and sits down, holding eye contact with Key, who backs down the aisle - then the turbulence hits and batters him from pillar to post. During this period, Peele gets thrown around with the rest of the passengers, and he just stares, maintains eye contact. No expression on his face. Cold, dead eyes. Like a doll's eyes.eyes.

* In ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URklD1ipsoo&t=195s Pregame Pumpup]]'', Things get super dark.

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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=st21dIMaGMs Continental Breakfast]]

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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=st21dIMaGMs Continental Breakfast]]Breakfast]]

* In ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kH6QJzmLYtw Turbulence]]'', Peele plays a flight attendant who wants a passenger to sit down because the light is on. The passenger, (Kay) wants to use the bathroom, and the attendant reluctantly lets him, because it's not illegal. Peele walks back to the jumpseat and sits down, holding eye contact with Key, who backs down the aisle - then the turbulence hits and batters him from pillar to post. During this period, Peele gets thrown around with the rest of the passengers, and he just stares, maintains eye contact. No expression on his face. Cold, dead eyes. Like a doll's eyes.
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* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6iC0Vi1yEg Cute Puppies]]
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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5uyq0aMRw0 Make-A-Wish]]

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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5uyq0aMRw0 Make-A-Wish]]Make-A-Wish]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=st21dIMaGMs Continental Breakfast]]
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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5Zdp1RfoyI Family Matters]]

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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5Zdp1RfoyI Family Matters]]Matters]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5uyq0aMRw0 Make-A-Wish]]
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As funny as ''Series/KeyAndPeele'' is, some of their sketches can cause some serious nightmares.

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-eJSHoH9Fs Ultimate Fighting Match Preview]]
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxwMTAy1gP0 Baby Forest]]
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxWzsrj8bZE LMFAO's Non-Stop Party]]
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrpoK7Askck Ultimate Cock Blocker]]
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?annotation_id=annotation_1781107781&feature=iv&src_vid=IHQr0HCIN2w&v=bxHEZU0AFcQ Roommate Meeting]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5Zdp1RfoyI Family Matters]]

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