Talks to Watch

Substitute Teacher - Key & Peele

233.4M views · Oct 18, 2012 · 3:02 · 0 HN recommenders · 4 mentions · discussed 2017–2024

A Key & Peele sketch in which an inner-city substitute teacher, Mr. Garvey, keeps mangling the names of his middle-class students during attendance.

Why Hacker News points people here: HN commenters mention it as a joke in threads about names being mispronounced or causing problems.

What Hacker News said 4

JokethrowanemJul 2017

“All of us named Aaron will, though.”

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All of us named Aaron will, though. For those who aren't, or are and somehow haven't yet had this pointed out: this video

JokegotaNov 2019

“Have you seen the Substitute Teacher sketch by Key and Peele?”

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> I've been more flexible, going by "A Aaron" I'm sorry, but if I found that name IRL I'd have a hard time not laughing. Have you seen the Substitute Teacher sketch by Key and Peele? this video

in “My name causes an issue with any booking” · view on HN
Jokeno_wizardDec 2022

“its worth watching in its entirety if you like this kind of humor”

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I agree with you 100%. For all of humanities fallibleness, every averted nuclear close call was due to having a human in the loop[0] in one way or another. For instance, in 1960 Norway's sunrise was interpreted by radar in Greenland as a nuclear attack by the Soviet Union. Thankfully there were no automated responses, and humans in the loop realized the error quite quickly once they assessed all the surrounding facts [0]: link [1]: I couldn't help but think of this skit and pronunciation when seeing O'Shaughnessy from Key & Peel (video is linked to the pronunciation but its worth watching in its entirety if you like this kind of humor) this video

in “JxckSweeney suspended (ElonJet guy's personal account)” · view on HN
JokeDonHopkinsFeb 2024

“It must be as annoying as mispronouncing Aaron like "A-A-Ron".”

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Does anyone find themselves accidentally mispronouncing Jason like "JSON"? It must be as annoying as mispronouncing Aaron like "A-A-Ron". this video

in “Documentation for the JSON Lines text file format” · view on HN