Kenan Thompson
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998 appearances
4 recordings
4 series
first heard Nov 2024
last heard 16 Jun
Kenan Thompson’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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One thing to hear a joke about yourself is another thing to watch someone pretend to be you. Yes. Probably. Yes.
Keenan Ivory Wayans, Arsenio was probably the craziest thing ever. The long fingers. Long fingers, big butt. When did Arsenio have a big butt? At what point? You know, it was just like walking around acting like that. I don't think he ever did. But that was his take on him for some reason.
Oh, my God. It's hilarious, bro.
Is that real? Yeah, he just, no, he padded that for that character. And I'm like, why? Yeah. I've seen it. It was the skinniest guy ever. Totally. But it was the craziest shit. That was a big and little killer guy. Who were your guys growing up that you really looked up to? These guys, that whole Wayans family for sure, Murph.
Like everybody on the black side of things that's done it pretty obviously. But Jim Carrey I feel like is one of the greatest performers overall.
Bernie was great. But, yeah, that's what I'm saying. Everybody on the black side is good. Learned about, like, George Carlin and those guys later. And he had, like, the SNL, you know, alumni for sure.
Yeah, he had a tough year. That's why he was only there for a year. But he still was able to find one of the greater sketches with Nat X. Like, it was always the best thing in the show.
It was just brilliant. You know what I mean? And it fit him and the time, you know, and it just, it worked. Yeah. But, yeah, he had a tough time, you know. You know, Tracy had a tough time for a long time. Really? It's weird that him and Tim Meadows weren't closer than I would like them to be in my mind. You know what I mean?
100%. Like night and fucking day. But to me, that doesn't matter. Like I get along with whoever, you know what I'm saying? Yeah. They both, you know, chose based on the reaction, you know what I mean? To be like, oh, well, this isn't what I was expecting. So I'm just going to go over here and do whatever.
I'm sorry. I'm trying to read. Yeah. I said I would get you pregnant.
Oh, yeah. Damon was the original star. Yes. He was a great stand-up. He had a rough time on SNL, too. Oh, yeah? Yeah. I don't even think he did the full season. It was like six weeks. It was some tough story.
But, yeah, he had a tough time because it's another. I want to say stand-ups have a tough time. Yeah, why do you think that is? It's because you're going from an individual pursuit to an ensemble pursuit. You know what I mean? And it's tough for stand-ups probably to play the black ground, if you will. Right. Also, it's like, yeah, you're right.
It's like going from like tennis to playing baseball or something. Yeah, and being in the outfield. Yeah. You know what I'm saying? And just like you get your moments, but it's not as cracking as the infield or something like that or whatever.
So, you like to do stand-up is what you're saying.
yeah with the writers that's what jim brewer used to say when he was on right that he was like oh i'm not like one of these you know harvard guys you know yeah and it's probably tough to match wits or have your wits on display you know like i thought i was done with school you know what i'm saying like yeah we were like right all in the sandbox but like no like is really not going to laugh if they don't find it impressive
Yes. To make it impressive is like usually something has to be really smart or some sort of reference that is eye opening to people. And it can't be the same old thing. Like it can't just be. you know, a black reference for the sake of the second time or the first time. You know, the first time is like, yeah, okay, cool. Thanks for like enlightening us or whatever.
Second or third time is like, why are you excluding people in your thought process? Like you should be thinking just overall a dinner scene between a father and a son or, you know, a family arguing over some shit, you know what I mean? As opposed to like,
specifics based on like visual culture things or whatever because that's when like you start leaving shit out you know i mean yeah you know you're getting pocket laughs as opposed to like whole room laughs right it's hard i think for stand-ups to think like that 100 even want to engage in that i don't know who george harrison was when i started over there you know what i mean yeah
the Beatles, but our stage manager, Jenna, had a George Harrison cartoon pin on, you know what I mean? And I was like, who's that? She was like, George Harrison? I was like, yeah. I'm still asking the question. And she was like, he's one of these, there's My Sweet Lord and Brothers. I was like, oh, okay. But I genuinely didn't know that name. That is a big name in a white culture, I would say.
Oh, yeah. It's a whole lot to take on while you're also trying to figure out your career and if it's working and it's live, it's just a lot going on there. I understand when people get confused or they start butting heads with it because It's not the normal situation, you know what I mean? Especially for, like, stand-up. Like, that's a fish out. If they had no acting experience kind of thing.
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