but with potatoes, i could. >> say goodnight, gracie. >> and, scene. goodnight gracie. that's right. jeffrey: it still works. >> it still works. it works 100 years later. >> you don't expect it. >> yeah, misdirection is misdirection, no matter whether it's 2023 or 1923. jeffrey: the keys love these comedic connections. >> it's always nice to know where you're coming from or where you came from. even jokes have a history. even jokes have an origin. and not just necessarily specifically where the joke came from, but also just humor. >> that same thing that we're laughing at now? our parents laughed at, our grandparents, laughed at. >> our great grandparents laughed at. >> and then you go, wait a second, how far back does this go? jeffrey: they first explored all this in a podcast series titled the history of sketch comedy. >> ahead of us is a colorful and enlightening journey through the world of sketch comedy. i'm not wearing any pants, film at 11:00. jeffrey: and now in a new book by the same name, with a cover that has keegan as some of the key characters along the way