{"id":974002,"date":"2022-02-02T19:31:54","date_gmt":"2022-02-02T19:31:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/02\/02\/watch-craig-robinson-plays-rich-prick-in-teaser-for-peacocks-killing-it\/"},"modified":"2022-02-02T19:31:54","modified_gmt":"2022-02-02T19:31:54","slug":"watch-craig-robinson-plays-rich-prick-in-teaser-for-peacocks-killing-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/02\/02\/watch-craig-robinson-plays-rich-prick-in-teaser-for-peacocks-killing-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Craig Robinson plays &#8216;rich prick&#8217; in teaser for Peacock&#8217;s &#8216;Killing It&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"slide-image-container\" onclick=\"st_ss_sh1();\">\n<p>1\/5<\/p>\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 100%;\" width=\"975\" height=\"646\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Killing-It-teaser-Craig-Robinson-plays-rich-prick-in-Peacock-comedy.jpg\" title=\"'Killing It' teaser: Craig Robinson plays 'rich prick' in Peacock comedy\" alt=\"'Killing It' teaser: Craig Robinson plays 'rich prick' in Peacock comedy\"\/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"stph_caption\">Craig Robinson stars in the new Peacock comedy series &#8220;Killing It.&#8221; File Photo by Rune Hellestad\/UPI | License Photo<\/div>\n<article itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p><span class=\"story_dl\">Feb. 2 (UPI) &#8212;<\/span> Peacock is giving a glimpse of the new series<i> Killing It<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>The streaming service shared a teaser trailer for the comedy Wednesday featuring Craig Robinson as a &#8220;rich prick&#8221; who made his money by killing snakes for the government.\n<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<p>The preview shows Robinson&#8217;s character reflect on his road to success. The camera then pans out to show that Robinson is bragging to an employee.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The story I&#8217;m about to tell you could only happen in the U-S-A,&#8221; he says. &#8220;Are you even listening to me, Andrea? I&#8217;m inspiring you with my personal journey.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>According to an official synopsis, <i>Killing It<\/i> is &#8220;a comedy about class, capitalism and one man&#8217;s quest to achieve the American dream. And also about hunting really big snakes.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p><emb><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"OLwvrybZlvU\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Killing It | Official Teaser | Peacock Original\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OLwvrybZlvU?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><\/emb>\n<\/p>\n<p><i>Killing It <\/i>hails from <i>Brooklyn Nine-Nine<\/i> co-creator Dan Goor and executive producer Luke Del Tredici.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We love all the ambitious, challenging, thematically-rich series that populate the current peak-TV landscape. We also love jokes. So, we tried to make a show that could deliver both,&#8221; the pair said in a statement. &#8220;We wanted<i> Killing It <\/i>to explore America&#8217;s quasi-religious obsession with entrepreneurship and wealth, and we also wanted it to be funny. Really, really funny. Plus, we wanted it to have big snakes.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s a daunting creative balancing act, but lucky for us, we were writing for Craig Robinson, aka the most likable man in the world. His hilarious, effortlessly charming performance grounds even the wildest comic moments in something deeply human and relatable,&#8221; they added.<\/p>\n<p>Robinson is known for playing Darryl Philbin on <i>The Office<\/i> and Doug &#8220;The Pontiac Bandit&#8221; Judy on <i>Brooklyn Nine-Nine<\/i>. He also appeared in the films <i>Pineapple Express<\/i>, <i>Hot Tub Time Machine<\/i> and <i>This is the End<\/i>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1\/5 Craig Robinson stars in the new Peacock comedy series &#8220;Killing It.&#8221; File Photo by Rune Hellestad\/UPI | License Photo Feb. 2 (UPI) &#8212; Peacock is giving a glimpse of the new series Killing It. 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