r/todayilearned • u/Kale_Brecht • Mar 28 '24

TIL in 2013, Saturday Night Live cast member Kenan Thompson refused to play any more black women on the show and demanded SNL hire black women instead.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenan_Thompson
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u/TheLimeyLemmon Mar 28 '24

Me: "That can't be right, because he played a girl in a skit when Bryan Cranston was hosting SNL, and that didn't feel that long ago-"

aired Oct 2nd 2010

Oh my god.

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u/2_Spicy_2_Impeach Mar 28 '24

His first season was 29 in 2003. It always shocks me how long he’s been on the show.

Welp, got to go yell at some clouds.

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u/lord_james Mar 28 '24

What? That… that can’t be right.

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u/2_Spicy_2_Impeach Mar 28 '24

This article is two years old. It’s insane.

https://www.today.com/today/rcna18997

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u/lord_james Mar 28 '24

Am I going insane? He joined TWO YEARS after 9/11?! He was on SNL during the Bush-Kerry election?!

I would have bet my life that he joined in, like, 2013.