Kenan Thompson played Toto in a church production of The Wiz on the south side of Atlanta.
“this is a church play on the south side of Atlanta”
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Kenan Thompson says his mother took a job at the Alliance Theater School so he could take acting classes at a discount.
“She got a job at the Alliance Theater School so I could take classes”
Kenan Thompson says that about a year after reviewing the first Mighty Ducks movie as a kids' news reporter, he auditioned for and got into the sequel.
“almost a year to the day, I got to audition for the 2nd one and ended up like making it in”
Kenan Thompson says his father worked in real estate and helped make history in Atlanta by desegregating listings.
“amazing, like real estate person, like, you know, made history in Atlanta for kind of desegregating, uh, like listings and stuff like that”
Kenan Thompson says his mother is the oldest of seven children and comes from Forest, Virginia.
“Cause she's like the older, she's the oldest of seven, you know? And they come from, kind of. It's actually called Forest, Virginia”
Kenan Thompson says it took five years at SNL before a sketch of his own idea aired, and that Scared Straight was the first.
“it took five years before I wrote something that was like, my idea, on the show, you know? Hm, hm, scared straight was like the 1st thing that actually made it on the show”
Kenan Thompson says Chris Farley played a ketchup-loving chef opposite his chocolate-loving character in a Nickelodeon production.
“He was playing a ketchup chef that likes to put ketchup on everything, and of course, my character likes to put chocolate on everything.”
Kenan Thompson says Chris Farley destroyed an eight-layer chocolate cake during a Nickelodeon shoot, making a second take impossible.
“they had this eight layer chocolate cake because we were celebrating something or whatever”
Kenan Thompson says that as a young Nickelodeon performer he over-tapped the actor playing T.C. from Magnum, P.I., who told him to stop.
“TC like Magnum, PI, TC. I was so excited to be next to him, you know what I mean?”
Kenan Thompson says his first day of hockey camp for the Mighty Ducks films fell on his 15th birthday and made him want to quit acting.
“after that 1st day of hockey camp, which was on my birthday, my 15th birthday, I wanted to quit it all”
Kenan Thompson says he shared an SNL office with Colin Jost for eight years.
“We shared an office for eight years. Yeah, because other offices would open up, but like, we enjoyed that office so much.”
Kenan Thompson says he first met Eddie Murphy the night before the SNL 40th anniversary show, at a toast to Lorne Michaels in the Rainbow Room.
“was the 1st time I met Eddie, you know what I mean? And he just came to that like toast to Lorne in the Rainbow Room.”
Kenan Thompson says Eddie Murphy and Will Ferrell appeared in his Scared Straight sketch at the 50th anniversary show, and calls Ferrell perhaps the greatest cast member ever.
“Eddie and the goat, Will Ferrell, like bro, like Will Ferrell's the greatest cast member we've had ever, I think, in many people's opinion.”