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That One Guy Who Still Says "These Nuts"
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The setup
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The premise
Here’s the bit.
When a coworker brings Vince Graham the quarterly analysis he asked for, Vince answers with the “these nuts on your chin” comeback he has been repeating for a week, and he does it again for every remark about low earnings, every offer to listen and every complaint that the bit has stopped being funny. Even when an assistant arrives with news that his parents were in a car crash, leaving his mother dead and his father on life support, Vince folds each detail into the joke until his colleague screams at him to snap out of it. Shaken back to himself, Vince admits the gag seemed to fit every situation, and the two bicker over whether it was ever funny before he leaves. Under a swelling dramatic score he travels by cab and plane to the hospital, where his dying father spends his last breath on the same punchline.
The funny people
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Highly quotable.
These nuts might be dying on your chin.
It worked in every situation.
You’ve been doing this for about a week now, and it was kind of funny at first.
Behind the scenes
The people who made it.
A little extra
Notes from the archive.
This sketch aired in “The End,” the Key & Peele series finale.
Script
Automatically generated script; wording may contain errors. Speaker labels are inferred.
- 00:05
Coworker
Vince? Vince I have that quarterly analysis that you asked for
- 00:10
Vince Graham
I had a quarter of these nuts on your chin
- 00:16
Coworker
Right It's just that I wanted to review some of these numbers with you it seems like our earnings are low against our original projections
- 00:26
Vince Graham
These nuts were low against your chin
- 00:36
Coworker
You know Vince If you ever need to talk to me about something, I'm more than happy to listen
- 00:42
Vince Graham
these nuts would be more than happy to rest against your chin
- 00:44
Coworker
hey Hey, look you've been doing this for about a week now and it was kind of funny at first
- 00:55
Vince Graham
these nuts were kind of funny against your chin
- 00:57
Coworker
i've been so worried about you i
- 01:09
Vince Graham
I was worried about these nuts on your chin
- 01:13
Coworker
seriously
- 01:16
Vince Graham
these nuts were seriously on your chin
- 01:17
Amber
mr graham i just got a call from saint mary's hospital and your parents were in a serious car accident i'm so sorry but your Your mother is dead. And your father is on life support.
- 01:33
Vince Graham
these These nuts are supporting life on your chin.
- 01:40
Coworker
No way, man.
- 01:42
Coworker
Sorry, Amber.
- 01:44
Coworker
Vince, you got to stop it. Your mother just passed away.
- 01:49
Vince Graham
These nuts passed away on your chin.
- 01:51
Coworker
No, they didn't. They didn't. Vince, listen, you got to leave here right now and go be with your dad. This could be the last time that you get to see him.
- 02:00
Vince Graham
This could be the last time I get to see my nuts on your chin.
- 02:02
Coworker
God damn it, Vincent. Vincent, your father might be dying.
- 02:06
Vince Graham
These nuts might be dying on your chin.
- 02:10
Coworker
God damn it, Vince. Snap the fuck out of it. Your mother is dead.
- 02:15
Vince Graham
You
- 02:20
Coworker
All right, all right, you OK?
- 02:24
Vince Graham
I'm OK.
- 02:24
Coworker
You're back.
- 02:26
Vince Graham
He don't know what came over me.
- 02:27
Coworker
It's all right.
- 02:28
Vince Graham
It was so good. It was. It just did. worked in every situation.
- 02:34
Coworker
I know, I know.
- 02:35
Vince Graham
And it's always, it's just,
- 02:38
Coworker
it wasn't that funny. It really wasn't that funny, Vince.
- 02:43
Vince Graham
really I don't funny
- 02:45
Coworker
i would not go so far as to say it was really funny, Vince. But it wasn't, though.
- 02:52
Okay, if It wasn't, though. It wasn't. I they disagree, it's funny. Okay.
- 03:02
Coworker
One more time, I'm just going to go on record and sing it. It wasn't really that funny.
- 03:07
Vince Graham
I'm going to see my dad.
- 03:08
Coworker
That was funny. Wasn't that funny?
- 03:30
Vince Graham
Stay with me Stay with me. Dad, I love you.
- 03:37
Dying Father
and And I love these nuts on your chin.
- 03:59
Dying Father
There is nothing on your chin.
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