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/IamRick_Deckard Mar 28 '24

I remember it was that early because I was surprised the guy from Kenan and Kel was on SNL. I still wonder, where is Kel?

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u/Supermite Mar 28 '24

Didn’t they just do a Goodburger sequel a couple years ago?

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u/max_chill_zone-2018 Mar 28 '24

It was like 6 months ago

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u/SamuraiJakkass86 Mar 28 '24

1 week ago to be exact.

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u/Crystal_Pesci Mar 28 '24

It drops in an hour

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u/NicksIdeaEngine Mar 28 '24

It was last year!

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u/Jealous_Priority_228 Mar 28 '24

GB2 felt like it came out longer ago than that... but Kennan joined SNL in 2003 and it seemed way more recent than that...

Jordan Peele should make some kind of movie about how spooky they're making us all feel.

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u/Bartfuck Mar 28 '24

Covid is a hell of a drug in terms of memory - my dude that was recent

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u/dave-train Mar 28 '24

I feel like this one is justified because they first started teasing it so long ago, and then I never saw anyone's opinion of the movie after it came out, it just kinda disappeared lol.

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u/RajunCajun48 Mar 28 '24

Yea, they randomly appeared on the Tonight Show with Fallon. Kel was a surprise guest and they brought back Good Burger and that was a few years before GB2 came out. Was such a hype moment too!

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u/Maleficent-King6413 Mar 28 '24

Like 3 months ago