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Robin Thede Made Comedy History… and Got Proposed to 5 Times?

4/28/20261 hr 16 min

Keke and Robin Thede get all the way into it, and you’ll be laughing start to finish. From the groundbreaking A Black Lady Sketch Show, where she made space for funny Black women to go bold and big, to writing for comedy legends and her historic firsts in late night. And just when you think the convo can’t get any better, Robin drops relationship tea so wild Keke is completely gagged… and you will be too!

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Clips

Five proposals, five refusals
Gondola proposal derailed
AI bias and erasure
Comedy without apology
‘Women aren’t funny’ rebuttal
How comics craft jokes
Defining Black magic on-screen
Keke’s late-night vision
Watch your mouth, online too

Transcript preview

First 90 seconds

  1. Keke Palmer· Host0:00

    Today's guest didn't just make us laugh, she changed the way comedy speaks. Robin Thede is a true multi-hyphenate. Comedian, writer, actor, executive producer, and showrunner, and one of the first Black women to host her own late night talk show. Head writer in late night television and the White House Correspondence Dinner during the Obama administration. And then she had the audacity to create the Emmy-winning A Black Lady Sketch Show, one of the most culturally defining sketch shows of our time. So get ready to laugh, because, baby, this is Keke Palmer.

  2. Speaker 10:34

    [upbeat music] No matter what we doing, in the car just chilling. Pop on Amazon Music, sit back and listen.

  3. Keke Palmer· Host0:40

    Hey.

  4. Speaker 10:41

    Life, love, sex, science, covering it all. Especially the latter, 'cause money's always involved. Mm-hmm. No matter what it is, we gonna make it make sense. Nothing else to do but kick it with the homies and kin. [laughs] So grab you a drink and a snack you enjoy. And get into the vibe that only we can bring.

  5. Keke Palmer· Host0:53

    You know it's your girl.

  6. Speaker 10:54

    Baby, this is, this is Keke. Baby, this is Keke Palmer. Yeah.

  7. Keke Palmer· Host1:03

    Please welcome one of my faves, Robin Thede.

  8. Robin Thede· Guest1:09

    [upbeat music] Ah!

  9. Keke Palmer· Host1:11

    [laughs] Oh, girl, you look too good.

  10. Robin Thede· Guest1:13

    Ah!

  11. Keke Palmer· Host1:14

    I'm freaking you. Yes. Come on. [laughs] Hair done, nails done, everything did.

  12. Robin Thede· Guest1:21

    Everything did.

  13. Keke Palmer· Host1:21

    Okay?

  14. Robin Thede· Guest1:21

    I have the show on for my girls.

  15. Keke Palmer· Host1:23

    How you doing? You look so good, boo. Where you been? You been in LA? You been out of town? What's been tea?

  16. Robin Thede· Guest1:28

    I've been... What do I do with this? How do mics

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