Kenan

Birdie, your bag's huge.

It's not good for you to carry around all that weight.

And it's not good for you

to wheel your books around like you're going to the airport.

Don't be that kid.

Yeah, she's right. You don't want them calling you

Aubrey Airlines for the next five years.

Didn't they call you Sweaty Betty through college?

Hey, I told you that in confidence.

Fine, I'll switch it out.

Hey, you want me to pick up the girls from school today?

I think I finally figured out

which direction the carpool lane goes.

That's okay. Aubrey has debate

and this one signed up for wrestling despite my wishes.

Off the top ropes! Ah!

Make sure you do that every time.

-Hey, Gary. -Hey.

You want to go down to the golf course

and pretend sneeze at people's backswings?

Ah, I love doing that, man, but no can do.

That fine teller works at the bank today,

so I gotta go down there and pretend to open an account

so I can "plan for my future."

Found a better bag.

Oh, well, yeah, that's perfect.

She went and got a bigger one?

-You're gonna get roasted. -Let them talk.

You want me to come down there and talk to them for ya?

No thanks.

Did you just offer to confront some tweens?

Oh, my God, no. That's crazy.

No, never mind.

-Uh, you good? -Oh, yeah.

Yeah, I'm good. I'm headed out myself.

I got a... big meeting. -Oh.

-You have a business meeting? -Yeah.

'Cause you're in your pj's, and that means no undies.

Hmm.

Yeah, that's an old negotiating strategy.

Really throws them off their game.

Oh, if that's the case, why don't I drop you off?

Yeah.

-Have a good meeting. -Ha, Pajama Man.

Bye.

Ugh.

Put on some damn underwear!

All right, y'all, huge announcement.

Guess who I booked for tomorrow's show.

-My dad. -Why would I book your dad?

-So we can meet. -Yeah, no, look.

It's actually Atlanta's newest candidate for mayor,

Regina Tyson.

Oh, she got my vote 'cause she fine as hell.

Gary.

It's not just about her looks.

It's also her power and money, and then looks.

Now, Kenan, there's gonna be a lot of difficult

policy questions, so if you get into the weeds, just do your...

Head scratching signal

to let me know that you need me.

Uh, Mika, I think I'll be fine.

I'm a bit of a policy wonk.

Uh, wasn't Obama the only two times you voted?

No, I also voted for Kanye.

And I haven't had to use the head scratching signal

since the audience turned on me for voting for Kanye.

You know what I'm talking about?

Yeah, they hated that so much.

Yeah, that was worse than

when I came back from Jamaica with my hair braided.

Mm, the audience did not like that.

-No. -Mm-mm.

-Neither did I. -Don't do that again.

-I won't. -I don't know, Mika.

I mean, everybody does the in-studio politician thing.

It's boring, but Gary told me about this new spot, L&W.

Maybe we do the interview there,

and it seems like we got our finger on what's hot.

Nothing says politics like some sweet molasses pork chops.

They poppin'.

The streets are talking about how those chops pop.

Okay, look, y'all, it's way too late for that.

Okay, and plus, if things go sideways

it's gonna be a PR disaster for her and us.

Come on. It will work out.

You know it's me who always makes it work out, right?

Yeah, that's why we love you. So go on, get to worky-worky.

No, I am making the executive producer decision

to do the interview in-studio, periodt.

Oh, and she added the T.

She sure did. She added that T, didn't she?

You know what, I think I know a little something

about executive producing myself,

so maybe slow your roll.

Oh, yeah, that's right, you just executive produced

the reboot of your old sitcom in LA.

What's the premiere date for that again?

Mika, the show is not moving forward

and that's why Kenan came back.

She's taking a shot at me, Tami.

Oh.

Oh...

Well, I mean, it's not a shot.

I just want to make sure that this show doesn't wind up

like "Cancelled Ass Little Boy."

Cancelled ass...

Oh, I got that one.

Because the show's called, "Grown Ass Little Boy."

-Mm-hmm. -You know, they say

explaining the joke makes it less funny,

but I beg to differ.

-Yeah. -Stop laughing at my brother!

It's all right.

Cancelled on three. One, two, three.

All: Cancelled!

That's fun.

'Cause his show got cancelled.

One more lap.

Gotta make the turn this time.

This is not supposed to be a jump on Formula One,

but he goes for it.

Hello, old friend.

Man, I can't believe you just sat there fake laughing

while Mika clowned you like that.

Yeah but I got her back.

Remember when I squinted my eyes up real tight

and stared at her?

She knew what was up. -Yeah, okay.

For real though, man, that was a lot of jokes

about your time away in LA.

I mean, what's up with that?

Classic power struggle, man, you know?

She been on the throne for so long, and now I'm back

and she's still trying to act like the queen bee.

No, this feels personal, man.

Did y'all ever talk about how you left things

when you bailed on the show

right when y'all were on the precipice of smashing?

Yeah, man, we talked about all of that,

and we been cool for months.

-Okay. -Hey, guys, you're back.

How was your day? Boy, mine was jam-packed.

Rick, come on, man. Stop it.

We got Ring cams all over this damn house.

Okay, fine. I was bored out of my mind.

Yeah.

Even my trusty old sax didn't do it for me.

Yeah, you are missing that after-sax glow.

Yeah, I don't know what it is.

I think I lost the passion for it.

Really, 'cause our neighbor lady left a note.

And I quote, "Are you playing that sax

with your mouth or your ass?"

What?

Give me that. That sax is my passion.

You just said it wasn't.

The relationship between a musician

and his instrument is complicated.

And this Loretta woman is not getting in the way of that.

You can bet that. -Go do your thing, Rick.

Well, look, if you're right and this thing with Mika

is a classic power struggle, what you gonna do about it?

Attention, "Wake Up with Kenan" staff and crew.

Please gather around. Thank you very much.

It has been decided by me,

Kenan, that the Regina Tyson interview

is going to be taking place at L&W.

So it has been decreed, so it shall be done.

Uh, no, it shall not.

We talked about this, Kenan, remember?

Well, do you remember that I have been doing television

since I was a child?

Because my parents forced me to.

Wait.

That was like a burn on our parents.

-Yeah, stay focused. -My bad.

The point is, I know what I'm doing.

Oh, is that right,

Mr. Everything-I-Say- Comes-From-a-Producer?

Is that what a producer does?

'Cause I could've sworn all I see you doing is this.

"Um, quiet on the set, everybody.

Quiet on the set even though I'm the only one talking."

Oh, okay, is that what we doing?

Here's how you talk.

"Hi, I'm Kenan.

"Thanks for waking up with me and my million eye boogers

that keep getting stuck in my makeup brushes."

Oh, are we doing job swap?

Hold on, I got one.

Crikey, mate.

Let's bring out the kangaroo, but keep an eye out.

He's not just a jumper, he's a humper.

Whoo, Tami! Give her her own show.

What?

I'm portraying a fan of Tami.

Face it, Mika, this is my house.

I mean, my name is on the wall.