On Drugs

Keith and Kenny Lucas stand shoulder-to-shoulder, wearing matching denim and identical thick-rimmed glasses, delivering jokes in a synchronized deadpan. On stage behind them at The Bell House in Brooklyn stands a giant portrait of Richard Nixon. The setup is the joke: two former law students turned stoner comedians dismantling the War on Drugs with the laid-back rhythm of a late-night living room conversation. They never address each other by name, relying entirely on pronouns like “he” or “him” while trading lines that blur where one twin’s thought ends and the other’s begins.

Filmed in 2017, the special catches the brothers at a peak in their early-career momentum, fresh off their FXX animated series Lucas Bros. Moving Co. and memorable roles in 22 Jump Street. The performance leans heavily on nostalgia, weaving together riffs on ‘90s pop culture with sharper political observations. They riff on the absurdity of being suicidal while listening to Missy Elliott, propose a hybrid political persona named Bernie Mac Sanders, and imagine a Space Jam phone call between Michael Jordan and Charles Barkley. The hour ends with a custom cartoon segment confronting Nixon’s drug policy head-on, adding an unusual structural twist to a performance that feels part stand-up set and part joint-therapy session.