Barack Obama and Luther The 44th President of the United States, impersonated by Peele, often has difficulty expressing his true feelings. President
Barack Obama's "anger translator" Luther, played by Key, works to interpret the President's low-key statements into raging, profanity-laced tirades. Oftentimes, Luther goes too far with these and has to be reeled in by Obama, while other times Luther's influence ends up rubbing on Obama, prompting him to swear. Other sketches reveal that Obama's
wife and
two daughters each have their own anger translators as well, whom they request help from to speak with each other, as do other politicians such as
Hillary Clinton. Key appeared briefly in-character as Luther at the Annual
White House Correspondents Dinner as an anger translator for the real Barack Obama in early 2015. On January 5, 2017, Key debuted an "Obama-Luther" sketch on
The Daily Show with Trevor Noah. In 2024, a sketch from
Key & Peele gained public attention when the real Barack Obama was filmed at
USA Basketball’s 50th anniversary party in Las Vegas acting in a similar manner to Peele's Obama in one of the sketches. At the USA Basketball party, Obama was filmed shaking the hands of white athletes but giving hugs to black athletes.
The Valets Played by Key and Peele, the two valets from the Berkshire Restaurant (who always use unnecessary plurals in names of people, places, or things) love discussing their favorite movie stars and characters. Despite this, the valets mangle their names and films – such as "
Liam Neesons" from
Tooken, "
Peter Dinkels" (who plays "
Taiwan Lannister"), "
Bruce Willies," "
Michelle Pa-feiffers," "
Timothy Elephants" and "
Racist-Ass Melly Gibsons". They end the sketch by saying that something related to the star in question is "MY SHIT!", then disappearing, by ways such as flying into the air like a rocket or exploding. In February 2014, a sponsored sketch with the valets titled "What About
Non-Stop?" – in which "Liam Neesons" himself shows up to collect his car – was used to promote the film
Non-Stop. Key and Peele also appeared in a parody of "The Valets" in one of the teaser trailers for
Toy Story 4.
East/West Bowl football players The East/West Bowl features
college football stars whose names become increasingly ridiculous. The concept came from Peele discovering there was an actual player with the name of
D’Brickashaw Ferguson while playing
Madden NFL. The sketch utilizes introductions such as those on
NBC Sunday Night Football in which the player states their name and school. Most are played by either Key or Peele, including "Javaris Jamar Javarison-Lamar" of the
University of Middle Tennessee, "Hingle McCringleberry" of
Pennsylvania State University, "Donkey Teeth" of
Boise State University, "Huka'lakanaka Hakanakaheekalucka'hukahakafaka" of the
University of Hawaii, "Squeeeeeeeps" of
Santa Monica College, and "
Firstname Lastname" of "College University". In addition, some West Team players come from non-university organizations, such as "Torque (Construction Noise) Lewith" of "
Nevada State Penitentiary", "
Morse Code" of "
Army/Navy Surplus Store", "
Wingdings" of "Online Classes", and the home-schooled "
God". The West Team’s introductions are always finalized by a white player with a conventional name played by neither Key or Peele - with the two being "
Dan Smith" of
Brigham Young University and "A. A. Ron Balakay" (a mispronunciation on Aaron Blake) of
Morehouse College. In the third edition of this sketch, the fictional athletes were joined by actual players with unusual names, such as
Ha Ha Clinton-Dix,
Ishmaa'ily Kitchen, and Ferguson himself. The last West Team player was
"A. A. Ron Rodgers", with his name modified, in reference to the Mr. Garvey sketches. According to Key, Rodgers improvised his own punchline. ==Guest stars==