A Black Lady Sketch Show: A Celebration of the Most Memorable Sketches

With the always awesome Angela Bassett playing the leader of the Bad Bitch Support Group, the series let us know right from the start that it was going to give us all the Black comedy we’d been waiting forever to see.

Only A Black Lady Sketch Show would take the invisibility that some Black women feel and turn it into a hilarious take on spy thrillers.

Honestly, we could’ve chosen any of the sketches featuring The Coral Reefs. They’re all funny as hell. But the first time we meet them is the best because the show brilliantly combines gang culture into corporate culture and it just never gets old.

What if Patti LaBelle showed up every time you had a break up? That’s the premise and it’s fantastic.

Robin Thede told The Root this was the one she didn’t see coming. Out of all the sketches the show has done, this one was a totally unexpected hit. “That shit took off in a way…it has become a cultural touchstone, this is what people are telling me,” she said.

Everyone knows how dramatic offices can be, but this one takes that idea to a new level with a soap opera following the rift between two “work wives.” It’s one of those underrated bits that you find yourself going back to rewatch.

The bible ladies journey to see the baby Jesus and things get real dramatic with the Three Wise Men and Mary. Once again, only A Black Lady Sketch Show can take something like this and make it so completely ridiculous.

This one is all about Robin Thede’s spot on impression of Jackée Harry as Sandra. It is truly brilliant.

Dr. Haddassah is ridiculously over the top, so she needs to play off of someone who is all in on the joke. Gabrielle Union barely keeps it together, but she’s clearly having a ton of fun on this nonsensical talk show.

This is the dream of every Black woman. A Black beauty salon with plenty of products, punctual appointments and an absolutely flawless result. I really want to live in this salon forever.

We’ve all been to those restaurants where we want to support them, but there’s something off about the atmosphere. Until A Black Lady Sketch Show came along it didn’t occur to me that it was a portal to hell.

The eternal battle between moms and their kids has never been funnier. The game show aspect will take viewers back to their own childhoods.