Sketch comedy shows are TV’s wild card. One sketch drops you into a classroom with a substitute teacher who’s having a tough time with students’ names; the next has you in a fast-food counter where a clueless cashier has become an unlikely pop-culture hero.
If you’re looking for a great sketch-comedy show to liven up your next binge-watch, you’re in the right place. The lineup of sketch-comedy shows available to stream now on Paramount+ is deep. You’ve got the razor-sharp satire of Key & Peele, the animated mayhem of Drawn Together, and more. Read on to get the full list, and to start learning – or relearning – iconic catchphrases.
1. Key & Peele
Who’s in it: The brains and faces of the show are Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele, stars who sharpened their skills as cast members on Mad TV.
Why it’s so funny: What’s not to like? Some sketches hit big cultural notes — parodies of President Obama, horror tropes, or football culture — while others lean into sheer absurdism, like a valet duo obsessing over “Liam Neesons.”
What everybody remembers: Two words: “Substitute Teacher.” (Pro tip: You’ll find it in the Season 2, Episode 4 episode, “I’m Retired.” It’s at about the eight-minute-20-second mark, if you must know – and if dare to miss all the other great bits.)
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2. Drawn Together
Who’s in it: Voice-acting heavyweights Tara Strong (The Fairly OddParents), Cree Summer (Rugrats), and Jess Harnell (Animaniacs) lead the voice cast of this animated comedy created by Dave Jeser and Matt Silverstein.
Why it’s so funny: The show’s conceit is brilliant: What if a reality show like The Real World cast animated archetypes instead of real people? The characters spoofs familiar animation tropes — a Disney princess, a superhero, a video game fighter, a mystery-solving musician — and then drops them into raunchy, anything-goes situations.
What everybody remembers: Drawn Together (2004-2007) goes down in history as Comedy Central’s first animated series to earn a TV-MA rating.
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3. Chappelle’s Show
Who’s in it: Created by namesake comedian Dave Chappelle and writer-director Neal Brennan, Chappelle’s Show pulls a rotating ensemble of performers, including Charlie Murphy, Donnell Rawlings, Paul Mooney, and a parade of guest stars, like Wayne Brady, Questlove, and Rick James, into sketches that channel Chappelle’s stand-up sensibility.
Why it’s so funny: This show is fearless. Its satire cuts right to the bone; race, politics, fame, and American culture are all fair game.
What everybody remembers: The tales told in the recurring reenactment sketch, “Charlie Murphy’s True Hollywood Stories,” remain some of TV’s finest, thanks to Murphy’s deadpan delivery, and Chappelle’s iconic impressions of Prince and Rick James.
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4. Kroll Show
Who’s in it: Nick Kroll was already a familiar face thanks to The League and his stand-up before launching Kroll Show on Comedy Central. Here, he teams up with a killer roster of collaborators: Jenny Slate (Obvious Child), John Mulaney (Saturday Night Live), Jon Daly (Big Mouth), and a rotation of comedy all-stars like Jason Mantzoukas, Chelsea Peretti, and Adam Pally.
Why it’s so funny: The show has a gift for creating characters – like, PubLIZity‘s Liz G. and Liz B., and the delusional DJ Bobby Bottleservice – with enough depth to feel real, even when they’re absolutely ridiculous.
What everybody remembers: The San Diego Diet (from the same-titled Season 1, Episode 1)!
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5. The State
Who’s in it: Premiering on MTV in 1993, The State introduced a massive ensemble of comedians who would go on to shape comedy for decades. Michael Ian Black, Thomas Lennon, Ken Marino, David Wain, Joe Lo Truglio, Michael Showalter, Kerri Kenney-Silver, and more make up the cast. Many of the stars will go onto become the backbone of cult classics like Wet Hot American Summer, Reno 911!, and Stella.
Why it’s so funny: The State thrives on anarchy. The sketches are fast, surreal – and deeply committed to bizarre premises (like the sketch that lasts just three seconds).
What everybody remembers: All these decades later, “I wanna dip my balls in it!” (from Season 1, Episode 2) remains a catchphrase suitable for random shout-outs. Then there’s the Guys and Dolls-inspired “Porcupine Racetrack” (from Season 3, Episode 6) and the absurd “The Bearded Men of Space Station 11” (from Season 3, Episode 3) both perfect examples of how the show can take nonsense, and make it feel like genius.
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6. All That
Who’s in it: Budding stars of the 1990s, that’s who’s in it. Debuting on Nickelodeon in 1994, All That features the then-teenaged likes of Kenan Thompson (now the longest-tenured cast member in Saturday Night Live history), Kel Mitchell, Amanda Bynes, Nick Cannon, Jamie Lynn Spears, and more.
Why it’s so funny: All That strikes a balance between kid-friendly goofiness and genuinely sharp comedy. The sketches are simple enough for kids to follow, but inventive enough for teens to stay obsessed.
What everybody remembers: The most legendary All That sketch is “Good Burger,” with Kel Mitchell’s spaced-out cashier Ed turning “Welcome to Good Burger, home of the Good Burger, can I take your order?” into a generational catchphrase. (Catch it in episodes like, Season 4, Episode 4.)
Hungry for more Good Burger? Watch the two movies that the sketch spawned, 1997’s Good Burger, and its 2023 sequel, Good Burger 2. Like select episodes of All That, both movies are now streaming on Paramount+.
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