About this episode

Kenan Thompson discusses his career in sketch comedy, his children's book, and iconic SNL sketches.

Kenan Thompson has been doing sketch comedy on TV for decades. He is the longest tenured cast member in Saturday Night Live history. Kenan recently co-wrote a book called Unfunny Bunny. He joins us to talk about why he wrote a children's book about collaboration and why after all these years he finds comfort in performing on SNL. We also get into some of his most iconic sketches including Black Jeopardy, What Up with That, and his time breaking into showbiz on All That as a teenager. Right now is a great time to support Bullseye. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences. NPR Privacy Policy

People in this episode

Host: Jesse Thorn

Guest: Kenan Thompson

Topics covered

• sketch comedy
• children's book
• collaboration
• SNL
• iconic sketches
• showbiz

Keywords

• Kenan Thompson
• Saturday Night Live
• Unfunny Bunny
• sketch comedy
• Black Jeopardy
• What Up with That
• All That

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Saturday Night Live

Books & works: Unfunny Bunny, Black Jeopardy, What Up with That, All That

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