>> Stephen: WELCOME BACK TO "THE LATE SHOW," EVERYBODY.
LADIES AND GENTLEMENS. WELCOME BACK.
HE'S AN EMMY AND PEABODY-WINNING WRITER AND PRODUCER.
SHE'S AN AWARD-WINNING FILM AND TV DIRECTOR, WRITER,
AND PRODUCER. TOGETHER THEY'VE CO-AUTHORED
A NEW BOOK, "THE HISTORY OF SKETCH COMEDY."
PLEASE WELCOME KEEGAN-MICHAEL KEY
AND ELLE KEY. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
WON'T YOU PLEASE. WON'T YOU PLEASE.
THERE YOU GO. [CHEERING]
LOVELY TO SEE YOU BOTH AGAIN. KEEGAN, WE'VE HAD YOU ON MANY
TIMES. EVERYBODY KNOWS WHO YOU ARE.
PEOPLE MAY NOT KNOW THAT YOU AND KEEGAN HAVE BEEN WRITING AND
PRODUCING COMEDY FOR YEARS AND ARE MARRIED AND THE QUESTION I
NEED TO ASK. >> Keegan-Michael: WHAT?
>> Stephen: YOU'RE MARRIED. SORRY YOU HAD TO FIND OUT THIS
WAY. HOW --
DID YOU THINK IT WAS A GOOD IDEA TO HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH
ANOTHER COMEDIAN? I'M NOT SURE IF I COULD DO THAT.
BECAUSE WHEN SHE SAID "I LOVE YOU" I WOULDN'T KNOW WHETHER IT
WAS A REALLY DRIVE IT. HOW DID THAT HAPPEN?
>> Elle: I GUESS WE STARTED TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WORKING
TOGETHER AND PRODUCING TOGETHER IF WE HAD A SIMILAR SENSE OF
HUMOR. >> Stephen: IT WAS A
PROFESSIONAL RELATIONSHIP FIRST? >> Keegan-Michael: YEAH AND
THEN ROMANCE BLOSSOMED LATER ON DOWN THE LINE.
>> Stephen: DID H.R. KNOW ABOUT THIS?
[LAUGHS] WHAT WAS THE SPARK?
WHAT WAS THE MOMENT? >> Keegan-Michael: FOR THE END
OF KEY NPO I WAS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT I WAS GOING TO
DO NEXT TO MY CAREER. I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT I WANTED TO
DO AND I WAS A LITTLE ADRIFT. AND ELLE BEING A VERY GOOD
FRIEND SHE WAS AND STILL IS, WAS LIKE, WHAT IS IT THAT YOU WANT
TO DO? TELL ME SOMETHING YOU WANT TO
DO. I KEPT ON PUTTING LIMITS ON
MYSELF. I KEPT ON DOING THAT.
TELL THEM WHAT YOU SAID TO ME. IT >> Elle: BASICALLY WAS
TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO AND EVERY TIME HE CAME UP WITH
SOMETHING, HE CAME UP WITH A REASON WHY HE COULDN'T DO IT.
I WAS LIKE, WHAT IF, WHAT IF YOU COULD DO ANYTHING.
IF YOU HAD A SILVER PLATTER, ANYTHING YOU WANTED TO DO AND
YOU DIDN'T PUT LIMITS ON YOURSELF.
IF YOU COULD DO ANYTHING YOU WANTED TO DO, WHAT WOULD YOU DO?
IT TOOK HIM A WHILE. HE WAS LIKE, I WOULD DO THIS.
BUT I CAN'T BECAUSE OF THIS OR I CAN'T DO IT BECAUSE OF THAT.
WHAT IF YOU DIDN'T HAVE ANY STORY STANDING IN YOUR WAY, WHAT
WOULD YOU DO? >> Stephen: TURNED OUT THE
ANSWER WAS "DATE YOU." >> Keegan-Michael: I WAS LIKE
THAT'S NICE, I LIKE THAT AND THAT'S HAVE BEGINNING.
>> Elle: THE FIRST THING HE SAID WAS SHAKESPEARE, BY THE WA
WAY. >> Keegan-Michael: I SAID I
WANTED TO DO SHAKESPEARE AND DO JASON BOURNE.
>> Elle: NOT AT THE SAME TIME. >> Stephen: THE JASON BOURNE
SOLILOQUY. I WOULD SEE THAT IN THE MINUTE.
PEOPLE SAY I JUST WANT TO BE WAS A BUDDY WHO MAKES ME LAUGH.
YOU REMEMBER THE F FIRST TIME YU MADE HIM LAUGH?
>> Elle: WE HAD A MEETING AND WE WERE TALKING ABOUT HUMOR AND
JOKES AND STORIES AND TV SHOWS WE LIKED.
HOW MANY JOKES IN A MINUTE. >> Stephen: JP M.
>> Elle: WE WERE KIND OF BEING LIKE COMEDY NERDS, BREAKING ON
THE SCIENCE OF WHAT MAKES THINGS FUNNY OR TURN FUNNY.
I TOLD HIM A JOKE THAT I LIKED. AND HE HAD NEVER HEARD IT BEF
BEFORE. HE REALLY LAUGHED.
>> Stephen: AN OLDIE BUT A GOODY?
>> Elle: I DON'T KNOW HOW OLD IT IS.
>> Stephen: WHAT'S THE JOKE? >> Elle: THIS REALLY TRULY IS
THE FIRST JOKE THAT I EVER TOLD KEEGAN.
IS EVERYONE OVER 18? >> Stephen: WE ARE ALL TEED
UP. >> Elle: THERE'S A LITTLE KID
AND HE IS SMOKING. THIS OLD GUY COMES UP TO MANY
SAYS, YOU KNOW, SMOKING IS REALLY BAD FOR YOU.
YOU REALLY SHOULDN'T SMOKE. IT'S REALLY UNHEALTHY.
THE KIDS AS WELL, MY GRANDFATHER'S 95 YEARS OLD.
THE GUY GOES WOW, AND HE'S A SMOKER?
AND THE KID GOES NO, HE MINDS HIS OWN [BLEEP]
BUSINESS. [LAUGHTER]
>> Keegan-Michael: AND THAT WAS THERE.
>> Stephen: AND STRAIGHT TO TIFFANY TO GET A RING.
OKAY, THE TWO OF YOU HAVE JOINED FORCES TO WRITE A NEW BOOK
CALLED "THE HISTORY OF SKETCH COMEDY."
NOT A HISTORY, THE HISTORY OF SKETCH COMEDY.
THERE'S HISTORICAL FACTS AND HEAR ABOUT JOKES BUT IT'S ALSO
PART MEMOIR. FOR YOU, KEEGAN, WHAT'S YOUR
FIRST EXPERIENCE WITH SKETCH? >> Keegan-Michael: MY FIRST
EXTREMES WITH SKETCH WAS "SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE."
I WAS WITH MY DAD ONE NIGHT AND WE ARE WATCHING A SKETCH.
WE WERE WATCHING A SKETCH WHERE EDDIE MURPHY IMPERSONATES STEVIE
WONDER, IF YOU GUYS REMEMBER THAT SKETCH.
MY DAD WAS HOWLING. MY DAD WAS TYPICALLY A PRETTY
STOIC GUY. HE WASN'T THE BIGGEST LAUGHER IN
THE WORLD. HE WAS ON THE FLOOR JUST BELLY
LAUGHS. I AM LOOKING AT THE SCREEN AND
LOOKING AT EDDIE MURPHY AND LOOKING AT MY DAD AND LOOKING AT
MY DATA EDDIE MURPHY AND, HOW DO I DO THAT?
THAT WAS IT FOR ME. >> Stephen: ELLE, YOU STARTED
AS A PERFORMER. BUT QUICKLY WANTED TO BE BEHIND
THE SCENES. PEOPLE DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND
WHAT PRODUCERS DO. IT CAN MEAN A LOT OF DIFFERENT
THINGS. PRODUCERS MAKE SHOWS POSSIBLE.
THEY MAKE THE CHUTE POSSIBLE. BUTT THEY ARE PROBLEM SOLVERS.
WHAT'S THE PROBLEM? >> Stephen: CAN YOU REMEMBER A
TIME WHEN HE SOLVED A PROBLEM THAT YOU THOUGHT WAS UNSOLVABLE?
>> Elle: I WILL TRY TO KEEP IT QUICK.
IT'S FUNNY, HE SAID, BOURNE IDENTITY AND SHAKESPEARE.
ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AFTER HE SAID THAT, HE WAS IN HAMLET AT
THE PUBLIC THEATER WITH OSCAR ISAAC.
AND I HAD BECOME VERY GOOD FRIENDS WITH DOUG LYMAN WHO
DIRECTED "THE BOURNE IDENTITY," AND DOUG PUT HIM IN AN ACTION
SEQUENCE. HE DID.
IT WAS PRETTY COOL. IT'S NOT GOING TO BE THE LAST.
IT'S NOT GOING TO BE THE LAST. SO DOUG ASKED, DOUG SAID, WE
WERE DOING THIS MOVIE CALLED "FAIR GAME" WITH SEAN PENN AND
DOUG WAS DIRECTING AND SAID I WANT TO SHOOT LOGAN AIRPORT.
I WANT TO FILM LOGAN AIRPORT IN THE SNOW EITHER SUPPOSED TO BE A
BLIZZARD ON SUNDAY BUT WERE NOT FLYING TO BOSTON UNLESS THE
WEATHER IS REALLY BAD. IF THERE'S A BLIZZARD, THEN WE
ARE FLYING TO BOSTON. IF THE WEATHER'S NICE, WE ARE
NOT FLYING. WE WOULD WAIT AND CHECK THE
WASHER. ISN'T THAT ENOUGH?
IS IT BAD ENOUGH? WE DO END UP GOING TO BOSTON AND
HE FILMS THROUGH SECURITY, FILMS THROUGH THE AIRPORT.
>> Stephen: ARE YOU PERMITTED TO DO THIS?
>> Elle: NOTHING. NO PERMITS.
>> Stephen: AIRPORTS ARE NOTORIOUSLY HUMORLESS ABOUT
THESE THINGS. >> Elle: I WOULD FIND THE
BIGGEST COP I COULD FIND, HI, WE ARE MAKING A DOCUMENTARY AND
IT'S NOT THAT EXCITING AND YOU'RE PROBABLY GOING TO YELL AT
US. THE BOSTON COP WOULD SAY I'LL
PROBABLY YELL AT YOU. I WAS LIKE, THAT'S FINE.
DOUG, JUST GO. WE GET ON THE AIRPLANE TO GO
BACK TO LaGUARDIA AND NOW -- >> Stephen: THEY LET YOU ON AN
AIRPLANE WITH A CAMERA? >> Elle: DOUG IS SO SMART.
HE WAS LIKE, IT'S EXPENSIVE. IT'S GOING TO SIT ON MY LAP.
>> Stephen: I HOPE THE TSA IS WATCHING THIS.
I HOPE YOU GET ON A NO-FLY LIST. GO AHEAD.
>> Elle: SORRY, DOUG. WE GET ON THE PLANE AND DOUG IS
LIKE HIM I WANT TO FILM OUT THE WINDOW.
I WANT TO GET THE SNOW PLOWS ON THE RUNWAY.
BECAUSE NOW IT'S REALLY SNOWING. I WAS LIKE WAIT, DON'T TURN THE
CAMERA OUT. GIVE ME ONE SECOND.
I GET UP AS IF I WAS GOING TO THE BATHROOM.
I MADE A MALE FLIGHT ATTENDANT TURNED AROUND AND I WAS LIKE,
I'M SO SORRY. THE PLANE IS BEING DEICED AND
THAT'S A LIQUID BUT IT DOESN'T FREEZE.
CAN YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS OF DEICING?
[LAUGHTER] THAT FOOTAGES IN THE MOVIE.
>> Stephen: SO A PRODUCERS JOB IS TO LIVE.
THAT'S WHAT I'M GETTING. YOU HAVE THE BOOK, "THE HISTORY
OF SKETCH COMEDY. "
YOU ALSO HAVE A PODCAST. YOU WERE PITCHING, TALKING ABOUT
THIS, YOU'RE PITCHING THE CONCEPT OF THE PODCAST TO
AUDIBLE WHICH GOES ALONG WITH HIS BOOK.
I UNDERSTAND YOU PUT HIM ON THE SPOT AND A WAY THAT YOU DID NOT
EXPECT. WHAT DID SHE SAY?
>> Keegan-Michael: SHE SAID IN THE MEETING, SHE SAID WHAT WE'RE
GOING TO DO IS WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET AN ECLIPSE OF PEOPLE'S
VOICES FOR THIS PODCAST. >> Elle: NO LICENSING.
>> Stephen: THE SKETCHES THAT YOU TALK ABOUT.
>> Keegan-Michael: WE TALKED ABOUT NUMEROUS SKETCHES AND SHE
SAYS WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO THAT, NOT GOING TO GET THE LICENSING,
NOT GOING TO GET AN ECLIPSE. WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IS THAT
KEEGAN IS GOING TO DO EVERY VOICE FOR EVERY SINGLE CHARACTER
IN EVERY SKETCH THAT WE HAVE. AND I SAID, I'M GOING TO DO WHAT
NOW? >> Elle: HE CAN DO IT.
HE'S GOING TO HIT IT OUT OF THE PARK.
>> Stephen: YOU CAN DO IT AND I AM HOPING IS WHAT YOU GO OUT
HERE IF YOU COULD DO -- DO YOU DO PAUL LYNN?
>> Keegan-Michael: I CAN DO PAUL LIND.
>> Stephen: IF YOU CAN DO PAUL WENT SAYING GOODBYE.
DURING THE OUT ROW RIGHT HERE. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
TAKE IT AWAY. >> Keegan-Michael: OKAY.
"THE HISTORY OF SKETCH COMEDY" IS AVAILABLE NOW.
KEEGAN-MICHAEL AND ELLE KEY, EVERYBODY.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH JOHN CARPENTER.