Kenan Thompson On ‘SNL’ Future: “It Would Be Cool If I Never Left The Show”
Kenan Thompson On ‘SNL’ Future: “It Would Be Cool If I Never Left The Show”
Kenan Thompson has starred on Saturday Night Live for 22 seasons and he doesn't seem to be leaving anytime soon.
I too want job security
Pretty sure he could retire and fuck around in improv classes for the rest of his life or whatever it is sketch comedians do for fun
well they gave home his own sitcom, and he’s tried his hand at movies, with neither really panning out. So yeah I can see why he wouldn’t want to leave. He doesn’t really have a lot waiting for him outside of snl.
He's been doing this style of show for the longest time. I remember watching him on All That, started in 1994.
I'm shocked that SNL is still on TV. Can't remember the last time I saw a funny sketch. Meanwhile Key and Peele are banging them out one after another.
Key and Peele isn't running anymore though right?
I watched the first episode of SNL, and have been a fan ever since. I started hearing the "SNL is no good anymore" complaint in Season 2 after Chevy left. It got tiresome after about the 4th season, yet I've kept hearing it for the next 46 seasons. It's not an edgy opinion, it's just lame.
Have you ever watched the first season? Or any of the early seasons, when it was supposed to be so great that it sucks now? People seem to have this idea that every episode introduced iconic characters and sketches, but EVERY episode had sketches that bombed. Most episodes only had one really good sketch, and the iconic sketches, like the Land Shark, or the Bees, or Emily Litella, etc. happened a few times per season. Often, the musical guest was the best thing about the show. Lorne Michaels once said that everybody thinks the SNL era that happened during their high school years was the best era.
If you really want some perspective on SNL, watch Fridays, which is now on Hulu. Fridays was ABC's response to SNL, coming out about 4-5 years later. The first cold open was a sketch about how different they would be from SNL, and then went on to have a clone of SNL in every way, except one - it wasn't funny at all. The studio audience almost never laughs. Once you've watched a few episodes of Fridays, SNL is incredible in comparison.
Fridays was interesting for one thing though - the cast included Larry David and Michael Richards, and the writers included Larry Charles, who all went on to partner up with Jerry Seinfeld to create Seinfeld.
Bro's got a good gig. People stay long term at other jobs all the time. Why are people giving him a hard time?
I personally think he's been the weakest member of the cast the entire time he's been on snl. He's got like one role he plays and he can't even stay in character.
That's absolutely fair. I honestly only watch for black jeopardy and the Californians, so you won't see me arguing that snl is great.
But hey, it's a paycheck