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The show has generated a host of recurring characters, twoeerily prescientpost-apocalyptic framing devices, and GIFs galore.
It provides a spotlight for Black women and their comedy to shine.
Thats womEN plural in every sketch, like its no big deal.
Sketches onABLSSalways make wild turns, or twist in on themselves.
There are gorgeous performances going unsung in this completely unranked and unordered list.
Skye Townsendsplatitude-spewing R&B songstress, Punkie JohnsonsUs-likedance-move biter, and Laci Mosleysdesperate lesbian commentatorcome to mind.
But if a cream must be cropped, here are the ten best sketches fromABLSSso far.
The sketch is one of the crowning glories of season one, a mission statement of sorts.
Everything you oughta know aboutABLSSis encapsulated in this one sketch.
These areStardust-level fey folk rules, folks.
This sketch gets a callback in a later scene about a wish-granting genie.
The cosmology ofABLSSis internally consistent and strong.
Most other sketches feature okay bitches and sus bitches, so the entire bitch spectrum is explored.
Post-Date Presser
Puns are fun!
It could come off too salty to make your You know what?
embeddable, you know?
They dont even feel adequately represented by a TV-sized mirror.
Rude Poisoning
It is a truth universally acknowledged that no one is immune to Bell Biv DeVoe.
The arguments feel authentic, but the real joy of the sketch is hearing Poison a bunch of times.
It only takes ten seconds max for that song to completely refresh your brain.
The quintessential white people Pavlovian response song, Sweet Caroline, takes forever to get to the chorus.
Black Table Talk
Give Gabrielle Union everything.
Could also be intrusive when youre just trying to sit in the bad feelings for a minute.
Invisible Spy
Sometimes not being male-gaze-approved really does feel like a superpower.
In this sketch, Black plays Trinity, a woman so average-looking that shes basically invisible.
