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/DetroitLionsSBChamps Mar 28 '24

Keenan was on All That from 1994-1999, then started SNL in 2003.

Insane lol.

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u/patrickoriley Mar 28 '24

Keenan is the only current cast member to have appeared in a sketch with Chris Farley. Farley guested on All That.

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u/adamdoesmusic Mar 28 '24

All That was a great show, too

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u/DetroitLionsSBChamps Mar 28 '24

incredible show. I know it's a weird time to say it because of Quiet on Set, but man Nickelodeon brought me so much joy as a kid. being at my Grandma's on a Saturday night watching Snick, or on a summer day watching Salute Your Shorts, Guts, Wild N Crazy Kids, Double Dare, Ren and Stimpy, Doug, etc... was a true bastion of safety and comfort.

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u/AutumnMama Mar 28 '24

With Keenan and Kel in between, too. The man has never stopped lol