--- description: Now that they've been identified as two of the most influential people on the planet, the comic duo wonders if it's "downhill from here." title: Watch Key & Peele Ponder What Lies Ahead image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7cd02bb26e25efb1/69868c21169ab05333278f7a/key_peele_1280f.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [TIME 100](/tag/time-100/) ## TIME 100 Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Key & Peele: "It's All Downhill From Here" by [Harry Swartout](/author/harry-swartout/) ## Harry Swartout Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 24, 2014 9:45 PM CUT  After making the TIME 100, it's all downhill for Key and Peele After making the TIME 100, it's all downhill for Key and Peele by [Harry Swartout](/author/harry-swartout/) ## Harry Swartout Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 24, 2014 9:45 PM CUT After TIME selected them as one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World, Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele joke that they may have peaked early. Despite the duo’s combined 11 years on MADtv and numerous television and film roles, they didn’t become household names until 2012 when their eponymous sketch-comedy show “Key & Peele” debuted on Comedy Central in 2012. Now that they have been called out for their influence, they say are honored, and a bit surprised: “I was curious who numbers 2 through 100 would be,” Peele said. False braggadocio aside, the pair are both humble and hilarious. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/73028/key-peele-its-all-downhill-from-here/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/73028/key-peele-its-all-downhill-from-here/"},"headline":"Key & Peele: \"It's All Downhill From Here\"","datePublished":"2014-04-24T21:45:38.000Z","dateModified":"2026-07-21T07:15:14.429Z","description":"Now that they've been identified as two of the most influential people on the planet, the comic duo wonders if it's \"downhill from here.\"","url":"https://time.com/73028/key-peele-its-all-downhill-from-here/","keywords":["TIME 100","Comedy","Influence","TIME 100","comedy central","Comedians"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7cd02bb26e25efb1/69868c21169ab05333278f7a/key_peele_1280f.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Harry Swartout","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/harry-swartout/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7cd02bb26e25efb1/69868c21169ab05333278f7a/key_peele_1280f.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Key and Peele","caption":"After making the TIME 100, it's all downhill for Key and Peele","creditText":"","representativeOfPage":true}],"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":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-100/","name":"TIME 100"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/73028/key-peele-its-all-downhill-from-here/","name":"Key & Peele: \"It's All Downhill From Here\""}}]}] ```