--- --- # Watch Key & Peele Talk About Teachers in the Same Way SportsCenter Talks About Athletes ## Video: The Best of Stephen Colbert [Watch (HLS stream): The Best of Stephen Colbert](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/PNJDP9f3.m3u8) (4:30)  _Published 2014-04-10. The next host of_  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Jul 28, 2015 8:45 PM UTC  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Jul 28, 2015 8:45 PM UTC In a clip previewing Wednesday night’s episode of _Key & Peele,_ the Comedy Central duo discuss teachers as if they were professional athletes. They stage a fake draft at Radio City Music Hall and critique how and why teachers call on certain people in class. Although it’s all in good fun, the jokes about the salary differences between a teacher and a professional athlete is the most depressing part. Just imagine if a public school teacher could actually sign a contract guaranteeing a $80 million salary over the next six years with a $40 million in incentives based on test scores. Key, Peele Parody SportsCenter with Teaching Center ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3975777/key-peele-teaching-center-espn-sportscenter-comedy-central/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3975777/key-peele-teaching-center-espn-sportscenter-comedy-central/"},"headline":"Watch Key & Peele Talk About Teachers in the Same Way SportsCenter Talks About Athletes","datePublished":"2015-07-28T20:45:29.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:22:43.104Z","description":"Both require training, after all","url":"https://time.com/3975777/key-peele-teaching-center-espn-sportscenter-comedy-central/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. Waxman","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3975777/key-peele-teaching-center-espn-sportscenter-comedy-central/","name":"Watch Key & Peele Talk About Teachers in the Same Way SportsCenter Talks About Athletes"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"The Best of Stephen Colbert","description":"The next host of","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/PNJDP9f3/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-04-10T21:49:49.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/PNJDP9f3.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3975777/key-peele-teaching-center-espn-sportscenter-comedy-central/","duration":"PT4M30S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3975777/key-peele-teaching-center-espn-sportscenter-comedy-central/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```