As the title reveals, Key and Peele have made three previous ‘Substitute Teacher’ videos, all of which have been unique and extremely funny. In the original ‘substitute teacher’ video, a street-wise sub from a rougher part of town, will not tolerate nonsense from his new charges. He believes that his white, middle class homeroom students are playing games with him as he calls roll. He is certain they’re pretending to pronounce their names in strange ways. For instance, he just knows that Denise should be pronounced ‘De-Nice’ Shane should be ‘Shaw nee’ and so it continues until he is hopping mad, and going ‘full Luther’ on them!
In this, the fourth episode – we come full circle. This substitute couldn’t be more unlike his hard-nosed predecessor who suffered no fools, or normal kids, for that matter. This teacher loves everyone. Most of all, he is cool. He is out to befriend his students and be their pal. Clad in a casual Hawaiian shirt, and rockin’ a long ponytail – the last resort of a man with encroaching baldness, he expects no negative waves. He’s laid back and hangin’ loose. He is the antithesis of an uncool authority figure…Until Jimmy arrives. Jimmy knows which buttons to push to bring out a side of the man he never knew he had.
One thing he will need to have is a new career, thanks to Jimmy, who is now the class hero. I guess the lesson learned, is it doesn’t pay to try to befriend ’em. The crazy substitute from the proceeding episodes knew that all along.