- Where did you plant flowers?
- I used to work at a place called Acacia Park Cemetery
in Birmingham, Michigan.
I planted the flower beds
and it was really, really fun.
I used to get up at five o'clock in the morning
and go hang out with the chipmunks
and the rabbits (audience laughing)
and make sure I was pruning all the flowers
and having a good time.
I felt like Snow White,
you know what I mean? (audience laughing)
- I love that.
If you're working in the face
of mortality- - Right.
- Does it make you think
about life? - Yeah it does
it gives me some perspective
because when you're doing something like that,
you kind of think to yourself, so what did these people,
did these people get the dreams
that they wanted in their lives?
Did they achieve the things they wanted in their lives?
And it makes me think of things like,
when I first met Elle, we were having a conversation-
- His wife.
Who's amazing. - That's my wife, Elle, yes.
We were having a conversation about
what was gonna happen after "Key & Peele."
And I remember,
she asked me a question I had never heard before
in my life, which was,
if there were stories that you made up about yourself,
about why you couldn't do something,
if those stories weren't there, what would you do?
What would I want to accomplish
if I was not getting in my own way?
- I know.
- What would you accomplish
if you weren't telling yourself stories about
why you couldn't do something, what could you accomplish?
- I mean, that moves me so much.
Look, I see these two women up there.
This is what just happened.
They looked at each other and they go.
(Keegan-Michael laughing) I'm not kidding!
It was the best thing ever!
Thank you so much.
- You guys are accomplishing something
in your lives right now?
Look at that, I feel like they started
a business together or something.
- May I ask, first, what your names are?
- I'm Alexa.
- Savannah.
- Why did you guys just look at each other
and do the I know nod.
- I have a severe fear of flying.
So it was tough.
It was so tough flying here
because I was like holding her hand,
grasping it for dear life.
So when you said that, I was like, "Oh, my gosh."
I would love to travel.
I wanna go to Europe.
I wanna go to California, even.
- [Keegan-Michael] See, look at that.
- And I was like, I looked at her
and I was like, "Savannah, oh, my gosh.
I could fly to Europe if I got outta my own head."
- And Alexa, where did you fly from to get here?
- Atlanta.
- From Atlanta?
- Yes. - And you did it?
- I did it.
It was rough, but I did it.
(audience applauding) - Yeah!
(audience whistling)
- If you will get on the flight,
I'm gonna get you two tickets to Europe.
But you gotta go.
Can you do it?
- Yes. - I can do it.
- You'll do it?
(audience cheering)
Look at you.
(Keegan-Michael laughing)
- [Alexa] Thank you.
(audience applauding) (Keegan-Michael laughing)
- Okay, speaking of like, I can do anything amazing,
imaginative world, "Super Mario Bros."
I can't remember a time of life without it.
- Yeah, no, I know. (audience applauding)
I know.
It is really part of the fabric of this society,
it really is that game.
And I go way back to the OG, to the DK OG.
I was a "Donkey Kong" guy.
- Ah huh. - So, I love, right
I love "Donkey Kong"
which is, you know, that original debut of Mario.
And I love how imaginative the game is because,
I mean, why does a mushroom make you grow bigger?
- Why does hitting the thing- - Well...
Make coins come out? - Because...
- And who cares, you know what I mean?
(audience laughing)
Okay.
- Lewis Carroll from "Alice in Wonderland,"
was like eat me.
Small, big.
(Drew muttering) (Keegan-Michael laughing)
So, I love that "Super Mario Bros."
is something that transcends everything
and global, too. - Intergenerational.
And global, right, yeah.
(audience applauding) Intergenerational.
- Okay, there's also "Schmigadoon!"
And your character does not like singing.
And is it true, like, that you sang impromptu.
I think this is another Elle moment.
- This was an Elle, yes. - You told me once
when I was with you and Elle and I think we were actually
on a phone call on speaker at this point.
You were singing somewhere you weren't supposed to sing.
Doors opened, Elle, what happened?
- Well, the big thing was that I sang, well,
I sang to my wife at our wedding,
and during that time, Elle was saying to me,
"You enjoy singing so much, maybe you should sing more."
And then after she said that, I was like,
"Yeah, you're right."
And she was so encouraging in this endeavor
of me singing more.
And now the last few projects I've done,
I'm singing in them.
I sang in "The Prom"
with Meryl Streep. - Meryl Streep and you.
- Yeah, exactly.
I sing to Meryl Streep.
I mean, and this is 'cause my wife said,
"Why don't you sing a little bit more?"
(audience applauding) You know.
So I get to sing to Meryl Streep.
- If this doesn't accomplish, drop the narrative
and go forward with your dreams.
You too could be singing with Meryl Streep.
I mean- (audience applauding)
And that's not the, yeah-
- No, go ahead. - No, you go.
- I was just gonna say, because it made me think
about Alexa and Savannah, it made me think about the fact.
So, when you're in Europe, think about my wife,
because she was the one that told me this
wherever you go. - It's true and,
as you said, all good doors, like,
lead to Elle and her opening that.
- Yeah, she opened.
Yeah, it's like I'm the key
and she knows where the doors are.
So you just have to have the courage
to put the key in the door.
It's always wonderful you have someone in your life
who can show you where the doors are.
And I'm very, very fortunate in that regard, you know?
(Keegan-Michael laughing) (audience clapping)
Drew? (laughs)
- Alright, I have a new mantra for my love life,
thank you.
- [Keegan-Michael] Okay, hon.
- You need to find someone who helps you open the doors.
- Yes. - Yes.
- Thank you. - You're welcome.
You're welcome.
Because I want that for you.
- Thank you. (audience applauding)
That means so much to me.
- You do this a lot, do you?
- Is it true that singing
at your wedding wasn't the only time you sang though?
Didn't you sing back in the day for something?
- Oh, I did, yes.
I used to do singing telegrams
and I used to play, (laughs)
I used to wear this, like, to bring it full circle.
I used to wear this like Grim Reaper costume
and go into like, office buildings
for people's 40th birthdays.
And I'd walk in, in this big lumbering, you know,
Grim Reaper costume.
And I also played like a caveman.
I did like a caveman and I wore tails and a white tuxedo
and played this guy named Mr. Wonderful.
And it was this company that was around for a long time.
And that was something I did in my career.
I did singing telegrams. - And you did it
for people's birthdays?
- [Keegan-Michael] And for people's birthdays, yes.
- And isn't it your birthday?
- Today is my birthday.
(audience applauding)
(bright music)