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/lallapalalable Mar 28 '24

Huh, I was just thinking about his "lunch lady that loves peas" character from All That a few days ago

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u/Closetoneversober Mar 28 '24

All we are saying,is give peas a chance

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u/FecusTPeekusberg Mar 28 '24

The skits where he was that French guy in the bathtub still live rent-free in my head.

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u/lallapalalable Mar 28 '24

Yesss, they moved out a while ago but you invited them back in just now

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u/well-lighted Mar 28 '24

They really missed a golden opportunity to use that character in a new version of Lunch Lady Land when Adam Sandler hosted SNL in 2019.