As of this summer, I have completed seventeen years in education. In every location I have worked, the student rosters have been filled with children of multiple nationalities and some name which do not naturally flow right off the tongue. I strive to say students the names with integrity, and I am not afraid to ask “did I say that correctly?”
That is what makes Keegan-Michael Key’s substitute teacher one of my all-time favorite sketch comedy pieces. Not only does he not make a valiant attempt to say a name correctly, but stands by his version with hostile aplomb.
Mr. Garvey doesn’t play. And the original sketch still makes me laugh out loud.
The character is so renowned that Mr. Key has often been stopped and asked to read names of athletes as his famed substitute.
I just saw this piece in which Key was asked to read some NBA players names. One of those is San Antonio Spur Victor Wembanyama.
If you didn’t have a hard enough time saying “Wembanyama” during his first season (I’m talking to you Reggie Miller), you may have to retrain your brain after watching this moment.
Key would have a heck of a time as a Spurs interim coach. Add Wembanyama to a list including Emanuel* Ginobili (notice the misspelling of his name on draft night), Fabricio Oberto, Tiago Splitter, Beno Udrih, Boban Marjanovic, and Sandro Mamukelashvili, and all of a sudden Tee-MOH-thee Done-CAN might be the easiest get on the roster.
*I utilize every opportunity to post Tim Duncan saying Manu’s name exactly how he heard it on draft night, it is the purest moment of comedy from an otherwise quiet superstar.
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