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1-888-Beards-4-Kids
SKETCH-O-VISION
A VERY GOOD USE OF YOUR TIME.
The setup
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The premise
Here’s the bit.
A white-haired spokesman walks through a dusty village, asking viewers what it takes to protect children from violence and forced recruitment, then reveals his answer: a donated fake beard, with a cane available for a little extra. When a warlord's truck rolls in, the villagers scramble to disguise every child as an elderly person. The commander squints at a boy hidden behind an enormous grey beard and decides the village holds only old people, then pauses to size up the spokesman himself, tugging at his real whiskers before he and his fighters drive off. The appeal closes on a field of bearded, cane-wielding kids and a hotline number.
The funny people
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Say it with us
Highly quotable.
What if I told you that all it took was just one beard?
And for a little more, you can get him a cane.
These are all old people. We are wasting our time.
A little extra
Notes from the archive.
The official Key & Peele channel upload is titled "These Fake Beards Will Save an African Child’s Life"; the sketch closes on the hotline 1-888-BEARDS-4-KIDS.
The rabbit hole continues
One more couldn’t hurt.
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