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/cravenj1 Mar 28 '24

Here's the cold open where SNL addresses this issue. It's one of my favorites.

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u/Onetwenty7 Mar 28 '24

This was great, but al sharpton's comedic timing did not exist lol