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FORUM IN FOCUS: Keegan-Michael and Elle Key + Daniel Clowes

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KQED

Politics, News, News Commentary

4.6656 Ratings

🗓️ 7 October 2023

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Each week we bring you a selection of interviews we don't want you to miss - in 30 minutes or less! This week Mina Kim speaks with comedian Keegan-Michael Key and writer/director Elle Key about the couple's new book "The History of Sketch Comedy: A Journey Through the Art and Craft of Humor," and we hear Alexis Madrigal's conversation with Oakland-based graphic novelist, Daniel Clowes on his new book "Monica." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:34.7

Xfinity internet required. Actual speeds vary. From KQED. From GQED in San Francisco, I'm Mina Kim.

0:42.3

I'm Alexis Madrigal.

0:43.3

This is form and focus where each week we bring you a couple selections from interviews that we don't want you to miss.

0:49.3

What have you got this week, Mina?

0:50.3

Well, you know why I wanted to talk about my conversation with the Keys, Keegan Michael Key and L. Key?

0:55.4

Because they're really funny.

0:56.4

Well, they're both really funny, but you know what I did? I actually made Keegan laugh.

1:00.3

Yeah.

1:00.7

I mean, I will say that I made him laugh with a joke that he himself made in his own book and on his own podcast.

1:07.9

So I don't know if that counts.

1:09.5

That is a guaranteed win, though.

1:11.1

You know, you gotta take them where you can get them.

1:12.9

So this week, you had a great interview with graphic novelist, screenwriter Dan Klaus.

1:17.1

Why was this a highlight for you?

1:19.6

Klaus is just really smart and he created a masterpiece, as Juno Diaz called it in the New York Times.

1:26.1

And so it really is unlike any comic book or graphic novel I've ever read.

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