The breakout duo of MADtv, Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele, are now the proud owners of a Peabody Award and two Emmy awards. After leaving MAD, Key booked guest stints on a variety of shows, including Reno 911, Wilfred, Parks and Rec, and Playing House, while Peele made his mark on The Mindy Project, Kroll Show, Wet Hot American Summer: First Day Of Camp, Wanderlust, and Super News. In 2012, Comedy Central greenlighted their sketch show Key & Peele, a blend of silly and searing satire that scored hit ratings as well as awards. As the accolades rolled in, including a forever fan in President Obama, the two were cast together as a Rosencrantz and Guildenstern-type duo on FX's TV adaptation of Fargo.

Key also had the distinction of performing at the White House Correspondent's Dinner as President Obama's Anger Translator, alongside the president himself—calling back to a popular sketch from their Comedy Central show in which the often frustrated but stoic commander-in-chief needed a translator to let all his anger out. The duo ended their eponymous show in 2015, but quickly made the jump to movies the following year with the suitably bizarre kitten crime caper Keanu. Both have a number of projects in the works: Peele has directed a film and is executive producing a new Tracey Morgan project, while Key is writing several scripts, including a Key & Peele starring project. They're also both attached to the new Police Academy revival, written by their MADtv buddy Ike Barinholtz.