This isn’t meant to be answered with certainty, but for a moment, ask yourself: What is the single best comedy sketch of all time? From any source — Abbot & Costello, Monty Python, “Saturday Night ...

The Carolina Panthers still aren’t sure about the penalty called on running back Rico Dowdle last weekend — so they asked the expert. The team invited comedian Keegan-Michael Key to a team meeting on ...

Keegan-Michael and Elle know more than a few of the Key characteristics of successful sketch comedy. Which means they would be the first to point out that lines like that don’t pass muster.

There's no recipe for sketch comedy. There might be a few shared ingredients. Take characters contending with contemporary credos or circumstances, plop in an unexpected, even outrageous element like ...