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Pegasus Sighting
SKETCH-O-VISION
A VERY GOOD USE OF YOUR TIME.
The setup
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The premise
Here’s the bit.
Sent to fill airtime in a quiet neighborhood, a Channel 6 reporter asks his cameraman to name a mythical creature and starts asking residents about a pegasus. Two eyewitnesses describe it in wildly conflicting detail, a hunter vows to capture it, a resident blames it for his wrecked car and a churchgoer demands it be put down. The arguments over whether the pegasus belongs to the neighborhood grow until the station cuts to live coverage of a pegasus riot.
The funny people
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Say it with us
Highly quotable.
In this neighborhood, there's always a story.
Here, give me the name of a mythical creature.
God ain't put no wings on no horse.
A little extra
Notes from the archive.
The sketch aired in “The Branding” on February 21, 2012, Jordan Peele’s 33rd birthday; Comedy Central posted the official clip online the same day.
Script
Automatically generated script; wording may contain errors. Speaker labels are inferred.
- 00:02
Cameraman
What do we do? They told us at the station to come down here and fill time, but, uh, there's no story here.
- 00:10
Reporter
In this neighborhood, there's always a story. Here, give me the name of a mythical creature.
- 00:15
Cameraman
A mythical creature? I don't...
- 00:16
Reporter
Trust me.
- 00:17
Cameraman
Uh, I don't know. A pegasus.
- 00:18
Reporter
Pegasus. Perfect. Just roll, watch, and learn.
- 00:23
Speaker 1
Everybody can stay in my house if they want to.
- 00:25
Reporter
Hi there. Rick Nicholsby, Channel 6 News. We've had reports of a pegasus in the area. Has anybody seen anything like that?
- 00:31
Keegan-Michael Key
Uh, yeah, man. I seen a pegasus. I've seen it every day.
- 00:34
Jordan Peele
I've seen it, too, man. We both see that Pegasus.
- 00:37
Keegan-Michael Key
Yeah, I saw it with my own two eyes, man. That horse had a big ol' snake head on top of it.
- 00:42
Jordan Peele
Aw, man, it ain't got no snake head, fool. Y'all, that horse had some big wings, man.
- 00:46
Keegan-Michael Key
Yeah, yeah, yeah, that horse had big ol' wings, man, like two sets of wings, yeah, man.
- 00:50
Reporter
Y'all see the Pegasus?
- 00:51
Speaker 1
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.
- 00:52
Pegasus Eyewitness
Everybody up in here sees the Pegasus, man.
- 00:55
Reporter
Curiosity has brought out large crowds to see the alleged Pegasus in this South Lenox neighborhood.
- 01:00
Oh, look, there it is.
- 01:01
Pegasus Eyewitness
I'm gonna find it, break it, and then ride it to the Pegasus treasure.
- 01:07
Reporter
Residents say the creature resembles this amateur sketch.
- 01:11
Speaker 2
Kick the out of my car. City's gotta pay for that too. I ain't got no coverage with no Pegasus, bitch. He laying down on my roof, man. Look at my roof, man. He busted it up. He busted the whole thing up, man. Yeah, he been sitting up there every day.
- 01:23
Reporter
While many revel in the possibility of seeing the winged horse, others are not so welcoming.
- 01:28
Hunter
I just know this neighborhood will be better if that Pegasus is put down.
- 01:33
Pegasus Protester
I tell you this, God ain't put no wings on no horse.
- 01:37
Speaker 3
Now, see, if this was a white neighborhood, animal control would be up in here with a Pegasus trap.
- 01:43
Pegasus Fan
That's right. They can't take our Pegasus. This is our Pegasus.
- 01:47
Pegasus Fan
Yeah, yeah. Pegasus up in this mother
- 01:48
Pegasus Fan
Hey, man, why you interrupting me? I'm trying to talk about the Pegasus.
- 01:52
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- 01:53
Pegasus Fan
Hey, don't be disrespecting the Pegasus. I love Pegasus.
- 01:58
Reporter
Yes, we're here live on the scene in South Lenox where riots have broken out over the alleged appearance of a flying horse.
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