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Foreign Intervention

Key & Peele 2014 Season 4 Episode 10

SKETCH-O-VISION

A VERY GOOD USE OF YOUR TIME.

The setup

Two village leaders plead with a visiting U.S. ambassador for help against warlords, and he politely declines until they mention oil.

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The premise

Here’s the bit.

A U.S. ambassador strolls down a forest path with two local leaders and a crowd of children, offering warm sympathy and ideological support but no military aid. As the men describe terrorism, village raids and atrocities, he answers each with a mild expression of regret and explains that American forces are stretched too thin. Then one of them mentions the country's newly discovered oil reserves, and the ambassador's concern vanishes: he takes a call, authorizes an operation, and a fleet of aircraft appears overhead. His handshake and a welcome to democracy are followed by the locals hurriedly adding that they have natural gas too.

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Highly quotable.

We can't afford another intervention at this time.

Operation Golden Eagle is a go.

Welcome to democracy.

ScriptEnglish · 13 turns

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

00:00
Ambassador
Gentlemen, it has been a pleasure and an honor to meet you and your people. The U.S. government supports you in every possible way.
00:10
Ambassador
Ideologically, of course. However, we cannot offer any military aid at this time.
00:16
Village Leader
With all due respect, Ambassador, we need more than that.
00:19
Village Representative
We are dealing with terrorism on a daily basis.
00:22
Ambassador
Oh, that's so unfortunate.
00:24
Village Representative
Warlords overrun villages.
00:26
Ambassador
Yes, that's regrettable.
00:27
Village Representative
Rapes, tortures, all manner of human atrocities.
00:31
Ambassador
That's really sad, but the U.S. military is simply spread too thin. We can't afford another intervention at this time.
00:39
Village Leader
But what we could use your help with, really, is protecting our vulnerable, plentiful, and newly discovered oil reserves.
00:47
Ambassador
Oil? Excuse me one second. Operation Golden Eagle is a go. Welcome to democracy.
01:07
Village Leader
Uh, we also have natural gases.
01:10
Village Representative
Oh, yes, a lot. Lots of it.