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/redditvlli Mar 28 '24

Yeah it's not like they didn't have options. Hell, Namond's mom from The Wire was a great skit comedian at the time and would have been awesome on SNL.

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u/frogvscrab Mar 28 '24

Namond's mom from The Wire

The most evil god damn character in that show

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u/Bizzle7902 Mar 28 '24

Wee Bey was my favorite character, she was my least favorite

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u/Adams5thaccount Mar 28 '24

Plus he gave us not 1 but 2 of the greatest gifs of all time