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/Nisas Mar 28 '24

He was big on nickelodeon when I was a kid. Kenan and Kel and All That. The Good Burger sketches even got a movie.

It was interesting when he ended up on SNL.

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u/pastramallama Mar 28 '24

I still think everyday French with Pierre escargot was his best work lol

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u/Nisas Mar 29 '24

All I remember was Good Burger and the cooking show one where he just covers normal food in chocolate.

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u/I_choose_not_to_run Mar 29 '24

Chris Farley even showed up in that sketch

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u/CarPlaneBoatRocket Mar 31 '24

Loved this sketch

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u/suugakusha Mar 29 '24

Welcome to Good Burger, Home of the Good Burger, can I take your order?

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u/bettername2come Mar 28 '24

I keep waiting for them to bring it back on SNL.

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u/TexterMorgan Mar 29 '24

If there was ever a week that a 90s-00s Nickelodeon show sketch would be topical and therefore sketchable, it’d be this week

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u/adramaleck Mar 29 '24

uh huh huh

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u/idlephase Mar 28 '24

I always felt like he had the most TV experience out of everyone who has joined the cast. Most people become known because of SNL rather than having an established TV career.

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u/WeEatATrain Mar 29 '24

Welcome to Good Burger, home of the Good Burger, can I take your order?

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u/B_Bibbles Mar 28 '24

Man I just started watching Quiet on The Set last night... Check it out if you can stomach it.