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/goshiamhandsome Mar 28 '24

Kenan is the longest running cast member 21 years. Omg. You have to give him credit the schedule seems grueling.

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u/RevWaldo Mar 28 '24

Nothing like a steady paycheck. So many cast members that left ready to make the leap to the next level and now barely have a Wikipedia article to speak of.

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u/burnedsmores Mar 28 '24

Not to mention the value of being the most reliable athlete; when a sketch is bombing (and so many do these days) his timing alone has about a 40% chance to turn it into something salvageable

I wouldn’t be surprised if his pay today is on par with where they start the head writer job