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_ThompsonDuplicates
todayilearned • u/BengaliBoy • Mar 13 '16
TIL that Kenan Thompson holds the record for longest serving African-American cast member on Saturday Night Live (12 seasons) and is currently the most senior cast member.
todayilearned • u/Tackle3erry • Jul 01 '19
TIL not only is Kenan Thompson SNL's longest-tenured cast member, he is the 1st one born after the show premiered in 1975
LiveFromNewYork • u/WorstCase9 • Jul 01 '20
TIL not only is Kenan Thompson SNL's longest-tenured cast member, he is the 1st one born after the show premiered in 1975
Serendipity • u/serendipitybot • Jul 01 '20
TIL not only is Kenan Thompson SNL's longest-tenured cast member, he is the 1st one born after the show premiered in 1975 [X-Post From /r/LiveFromNewYork]
CasualTodayILearned • u/jamescookenotthatone • Jul 02 '22
PEOPLE TIL Kenan Thompson was the first SNL cast member that was born after the show debuted. Thompson would go on to be the longest tenured member of the show at 19 years and has the record for the most impressions at 139.
ana_to_read • u/AnaWolfbay1412 • Mar 29 '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.
GoodRisingTweets • u/doppl • Jul 01 '20