He's my favourite thing about this dumb show
― Karl Rove Knausgård (jim in glasgow), Monday, 7 December 2015 20:38 (eight years ago) link
he is so one-note
it's the right note
― Οὖτις, Monday, 7 December 2015 20:44 (eight years ago) link
i think he worked better on kids shows because he has like zero edge
― k3vin k., Monday, 7 December 2015 20:48 (eight years ago) link
his one note is m/l variations of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straight_man_(stock_character)
― k3vin k., Monday, 7 December 2015 20:50 (eight years ago) link
hmm maybe you're right, what's up with that
― Οὖτις, Monday, 7 December 2015 20:50 (eight years ago) link
i mean it's great that he's gonna go down in history as one of the longest-serving cast members, but there's a reason the best talent tends to leave early -- they get their own shows or star in movies. kenan's edge-free, squeaky clean image isn't really suited for adult tastes in those fields. which again is why he was so great in kids shows (and good burger!!) -- but he's 37 now and basically is the same dude
― k3vin k., Monday, 7 December 2015 21:04 (eight years ago) link
idk who you think has an "edge" on this show, this show hasn't been dangerous to anybody in like 30 years
― Οὖτις, Monday, 7 December 2015 21:05 (eight years ago) link
I dunno, I can sorta get how Kate McKinnon has an "edge" that Kenan does not, but:
^^^ this.
― Retro novelty punk (Dan Peterson), Monday, 7 December 2015 21:14 (eight years ago) link
Kenan's done "adult" material - sexual stuff, race stuff - idg what the criteria is for "edgy" or why that's even important.
― Οὖτις, Monday, 7 December 2015 21:20 (eight years ago) link
Vanessa Bayer is the most underrated person in the current cast IMO
my comedy crush
― rip van wanko, Monday, 7 December 2015 21:24 (eight years ago) link
I think everyone on this cast right now is great except maybe Beck Bennett (he's... ok. I need to see more) and Jon Rudnitsky (has he even been in anything yet?). I still don't get why Cecily Strong isn't used anywhere near as much as she should be.
― nerd shit (Will M.), Monday, 7 December 2015 21:28 (eight years ago) link
Beck did the Boss Baby sketches so: classic
― Οὖτις, Monday, 7 December 2015 21:30 (eight years ago) link
boss baby was pretty awesome
― nerd shit (Will M.), Monday, 7 December 2015 21:31 (eight years ago) link
It's pretty clear that "edgy" means the cast member that makes the others struggle to stay in character, folks with a preternatural ability to keep a straight face while doing the most ridiculous things. Aka, also the reason people tune in.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 7 December 2015 22:19 (eight years ago) link
ppl dissing kenan that is crazy talk
― rip van wanko, Monday, 7 December 2015 22:35 (eight years ago) link
tbf it's only one person
― Οὖτις, Monday, 7 December 2015 22:38 (eight years ago) link
Wasn't it always Kenan making Hader/Samberg/guest laugh during those "scared straight" sketches?
― nerd shit (Will M.), Monday, 7 December 2015 22:38 (eight years ago) link
xp k3vin and Hadrian XIII
― rip van wanko, Monday, 7 December 2015 22:45 (eight years ago) link
http://d236bkdxj385sg.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Kenan-Whats-Up-With-That-pic.jpg
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 7 December 2015 23:02 (eight years ago) link
Oh man, this guy!https://ionetheurbandaily.files.wordpress.com/2010/10/jimmy-mcmillian-snl-keenan-thompson.jpg?w=593&h=356Shouldn't this guy be running for president?
I like Reese de'WHAT
― Capitalism Is A Death Cult And Science Is A Whore (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Tuesday, 8 December 2015 00:15 (eight years ago) link
i love keenan but i'm not sure he's had a better character in his career than Pierre Escargot
― Mordy, Tuesday, 8 December 2015 00:16 (eight years ago) link
kenan thompson snl characters poll
― johnny crunch, Tuesday, 8 December 2015 00:27 (eight years ago) link
me otm in that thread
you all are free to like this super square one note dude i am not judging you for it
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 8 December 2015 00:39 (eight years ago) link
https://media.giphy.com/media/5LVYF2rZkT80U/giphy.gif
― the grimes of claire boucher ('90s on) (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 8 December 2015 01:58 (eight years ago) link
Can someone remind me of that really weird last sketch of the night that was like.. A job interview, maybe? And the guy went nuts because the applicant ate one of his pretzels(?) when left alone in the room?
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Tuesday, 8 December 2015 02:20 (eight years ago) link
Years old, I learned about it from this thread - not from last episode fwiw
http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/potato-chip/n12630
― pplains, Tuesday, 8 December 2015 02:28 (eight years ago) link
Thank you pp! That was driving me nuts.
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Tuesday, 8 December 2015 02:43 (eight years ago) link
Vanessa Bayer is the most underrated person in the current cast IMOmy comedy crush― rip van wanko, Monday, 7 December 2015 21:24 (Yesterday) Permalink
― rip van wanko, Monday, 7 December 2015 21:24 (Yesterday) Permalink
Mine also. She's ridiculously attractive!
― daavid, Tuesday, 8 December 2015 20:40 (eight years ago) link
...and funny and perfect in every way!
― daavid, Tuesday, 8 December 2015 20:42 (eight years ago) link
The potato chip sketch is one of my all-time favorites.
― Some Pizza Grudge From Twenty Years Ago (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 8 December 2015 20:46 (eight years ago) link
thank you for reminding me of the potato chip sketch! definitely an all-timer. jsut wish i oculd view those videos in canada :(
another all-tiem fave of mine that includes will forte is the one where he's a... high school? basketball coach, and his team includes host Peyton Manning, which sounds like it'll be bad, and has a LOT of breaking character/laughing from everyone except Forte (stay with me, i know this sounds terrible) and the whole joke is that will forte wants to pump the loser team up at half-time by playing them a song... and the song is the dorkiest polka-type thing (or whatever... not polka, but something "dorky") to which he has hilarious dance moves and he knows every time the silliest instrument is about to make a sound. god it's incredible. i'll try to find it
― nerd shit (Will M.), Tuesday, 8 December 2015 20:49 (eight years ago) link
it's almost ruined at the end by peyton manning doing a dumb football endzone dance
hopefulyl this works http://www.fastcocreate.com/3046062/anatomy-of-a-sketch-how-will-forte-made-dance-magic-with-peyton-manning
― nerd shit (Will M.), Tuesday, 8 December 2015 20:52 (eight years ago) link
the lines they wrote for peyton manning are so perfect and so funny that it's kind of a tragedy he's so lame.
― nerd shit (Will M.), Tuesday, 8 December 2015 20:53 (eight years ago) link
yeah i love it too, sudeikis and forte were so great together. sudeikis accent reminding me of maine justice.
xp
― balls, Tuesday, 8 December 2015 20:59 (eight years ago) link
Forte is instrumental in a number of all-time sketches. The spelling bee comes immediately to mind (the rare comedic thing that reliably cracks me up every time I experience it).
― Some Pizza Grudge From Twenty Years Ago (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 8 December 2015 21:02 (eight years ago) link
need to watch macgruber again
― balls, Tuesday, 8 December 2015 21:06 (eight years ago) link
Will Forte is an insane human being and it saddens me that he didn't overlap with Molly Shannon.
― you're breaking the NAP (DJP), Tuesday, 8 December 2015 21:10 (eight years ago) link
I swear, you could count the number of strokes he was having whenever he'd do Zell Miller on Update.
― pplains, Tuesday, 8 December 2015 21:37 (eight years ago) link
Forte as Tim Calhoun is my favorite thing on SNL ever.
Forte as the halloween child-molester on the first Jon Hamm episode is amazing as well.
― dan selzer, Tuesday, 8 December 2015 21:44 (eight years ago) link
I'm gonna echo the sentiments about not understanding this board's love for Kenan Thompson. Dude is the embodiment of mediocrity, the good will from What's Up With That can only carry you so far.
― someone's attractive cousin (st. nico), Tuesday, 8 December 2015 23:19 (eight years ago) link
get out
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 8 December 2015 23:26 (eight years ago) link
But that's still pretty far!
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 8 December 2015 23:27 (eight years ago) link
does Black Jeopardy mean nothing to you people
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 8 December 2015 23:29 (eight years ago) link
why you be sadhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lq2xW3Ie70M&list=PLR7_pvseCMqrXBkmIGSiUIGuJQkk2Tq3t&index=52
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 8 December 2015 23:33 (eight years ago) link
Kenan Thompson is hilarious, foh
― poorzingis (Whiney G. Weingarten), Saturday, 19 December 2015 23:00 (eight years ago) link
What the hell was that accent Tina was trying to do in the Bronx Beat sketch? Granted, I've only been to Philadelphia once, but I think I'd remember it if I'd heard people talk like that.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Sunday, 20 December 2015 07:36 (eight years ago) link
Bucks County, Pennsylvania (and parts of South Jersey), dude. It was exaggerated and not entirely accurate but a rare appearance of a Philly accent that isn't just New York/North Jersey.
― stupid children forever (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Sunday, 20 December 2015 09:08 (eight years ago) link