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Sleep Talker

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The setup

A camping trip turns hostile when Jordan's supposed sleep talking sounds a lot like insults aimed squarely at Keegan.

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The premise

Here’s the bit.

After a long day of hiking, Keegan and Jordan settle into their tent for the night, and Jordan casually warns that he talks in his sleep. Once he seems to drift off, the mumbling turns into a stream of insults: he mocks Keegan's relentless cheerfulness on the trail, jabs at his bald head and even sneers at his hyphenated name. When Keegan tries to wake him, Jordan makes it clear he was never asleep, and the abuse keeps coming.

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Highly quotable.

I forgot to tell you… I talk in my sleep.

Shove that Clif Bar up your ass, you bald sucker.

Not asleep yet.

Behind the scenes

The people who made it.

A little extra

Notes from the archive.

This was the opening sketch of the Season 3 episode, with a brief follow-up later in the same broadcast. It is one of the rare Key & Peele sketches in which the duo play themselves and call each other by their real names.

ScriptEnglish · 16 turns

Automatically generated script; wording may contain errors. Speaker labels are inferred.

  1. 00:00

    Keegan

    Great hike today, buddy. Yeah, I was coming up that last hill, and I turned around, and you were nowhere to be found. Thought I was gonna have to go back and get you.

  2. 00:09

    Jordan ?

    At least we made it.

  3. 00:14

    Jordan

    Oh, yeah, I forgot to tell you, I talk in my sleep.

  4. 00:18

    Keegan ?

    Oh.

  5. 00:18

    Jordan

    Yeah, quite a bit, actually. So if it bothers you, just wake me up.

  6. 00:24

    Keegan ?

    Okay, buddy. Cool.

  7. 00:26

    Keegan ?

    Good night.

  8. 00:27

    Jordan ?

    Good night.

  9. 00:34

    Jordan

    Dickhead. You stupid dickhead. Head.

  10. 00:40

    Jordan ?

    Hey, Jordan, let's go camping. Come on, Jordan, keep hiking. We're almost there, huh, buddy? So much energy.

  11. 00:50

    Jordan

    Shove that cliff bar up your ass, you bald sucker.

  12. 01:03

    Jordan ?

    you, Keegan, hyphen, Michael Key.

  13. 01:08

    Keegan

    Jordan, wake up, you're talking in your sleep.

  14. 01:11

    Jordan

    Not asleep yet.

  15. 01:14

    Jordan ?

    Oh, nature's gonna be so great once we get, shove nature up your ass. You bald sucker.

  16. 01:21

    Jordan

    And by bald sucker, I mean you suck bald . Still awake.

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