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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

idk who you think has an "edge" on this show, this show hasn't been dangerous to anybody in like 30 years

I dunno, I can sorta get how Kate McKinnon has an "edge" that Kenan does not, but:

it's the right note

^^^ this.

Kenan's done "adult" material - sexual stuff, race stuff - idg what the criteria is for "edgy" or why that's even important.

Vanessa Bayer is the most underrated person in the current cast IMO

my comedy crush

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.

Beck did the Boss Baby sketches so: classic

boss baby was pretty awesome

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.

ppl dissing kenan that is crazy talk

tbf it's only one person

Wasn't it always Kenan making Hader/Samberg/guest laugh during those "scared straight" sketches?

xp k3vin and Hadrian XIII

http://d236bkdxj385sg.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Kenan-Whats-Up-With-That-pic.jpg

Oh man, this guy!
https://ionetheurbandaily.files.wordpress.com/2010/10/jimmy-mcmillian-snl-keenan-thompson.jpg?w=593&h=356
Shouldn't this guy be running for president?

I like Reese de'WHAT

i love keenan but i'm not sure he's had a better character in his career than Pierre Escargot

kenan thompson snl characters poll

me otm in that thread

you all are free to like this super square one note dude i am not judging you for it

https://media.giphy.com/media/5LVYF2rZkT80U/giphy.gif

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?

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

Thank you pp! That was driving me nuts.

Vanessa Bayer is the most underrated person in the current cast IMO

my comedy crush

― rip van wanko, Monday, 7 December 2015 21:24 (Yesterday) Permalink

my comedy crush

Mine also. She's ridiculously attractive!

...and funny and perfect in every way!

The potato chip sketch is one of my all-time favorites.

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

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

the lines they wrote for peyton manning are so perfect and so funny that it's kind of a tragedy he's so lame.

yeah i love it too, sudeikis and forte were so great together. sudeikis accent reminding me of maine justice.

xp

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).

need to watch macgruber again

Will Forte is an insane human being and it saddens me that he didn't overlap with Molly Shannon.

I swear, you could count the number of strokes he was having whenever he'd do Zell Miller on Update.

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.

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.

get out

But that's still pretty far!

does Black Jeopardy mean nothing to you people

why you be sad
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lq2xW3Ie70M&list=PLR7_pvseCMqrXBkmIGSiUIGuJQkk2Tq3t&index=52

Kenan Thompson is hilarious, foh

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.

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.

Well she got the wooder part right at least

The biggest tells are "forehead" and "orange," imo. Cracks my wife up (I'm from the Philly area).

Didn't see that sketch, but watched a bit of this last night, because of Bruce and because the timing was right. Pretty much not funny, if not totally miserable. "Meet Your Second Wife" had an edge I don't usually see from the show. A whole lot of kids used as props in this ep.

Not the best episode. Sometimes I think the more they put into a video, like the tina/amy and their posse video, the less time they have to work on actual skits.

Maya stole the show though, esp with her drunk singer flashback bit.

none of your "all time" faves predate 2002, right guys

I like Kenan, but that "Jeffersons" skit with he as a director telling actors filming a serious period piece movie to do "Jefferson" tv show bits, was not funny.

Maya was good.

Paul McCartney always looks happy showing up--in the closing Springsteen "Santa Claus" number last night.