Kenan Thompson

- Hello everyone, welcome to another episode of GoodHang. I talked to the amazing, kind, hilarious, Keenan Thompson today. And we talked about some really fun stuff.

“We talked about Eddie Murphy and how important he was”

to both of us. We talked about learning how to ice skate and how it is hard and Keenan is good at it. We talked about how we partied really hard and how we suffered because of it.

And we talked about, can I wear sunglasses on the red carpet? Am I allowed? Is that cool? And the answer is no.

So we're gonna talk to Keenan today, cannot wait and before we do,

we always check in with somebody who knows our guests

who wants to speak well behind their back, who wants to give me a question to ask them. And that person is world superstar, Maya Rudolph. Maya Rudolph, joining me today from Zoom. Just, I don't know, comedy legend, whatever, no big deal,

friend of the pod. Let's see what Maya's up to. And check in on that QD pie, Maya. (upbeat music)

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♪ What do you say? ♪ ♪ How do I have the money? ♪ ♪ What's really good, hey? ♪ (upbeat music) - Oh, you look much nicer than I do.

- I'm trying to dress a little bit like keen-in. - Aww. - Ooh, what mug are you drinking out of? - It's late night with correction jackals, or from late night with Seth.

- Is your house just filled with mugs that you've gotten from various talk shows? - Yeah. - Mine kind of is. I wonder if like Johnny Carson and like Murve Griffin and Dinah Shore if they ever had mugs.

“- Do you know what I would give for one of those mugs?”

- Right. - Do you know what we were looking, this is gonna, this is really ADHD, and this is gonna take us on a completely different tangent. - It doesn't matter. - You know what we were just looking up this morning?

Bison, tenial, 31 flavors, splash, bask, and robins, bison, tenial, ice cream flavor. (laughing) - And do you know what some of them were? - Wait, so you're just said that this is 1976,

for the bison, tenial, 31 flavors, a.k.a. now known as bask and robins, or is it the other way around? - It's like, I think it's the other way around, now it's, - They don't, they have more than 31.

- Right. - Yep. One of them was called Valley Fudge. (laughing) - Still Valley Fudge. - Valley Fudge.

What was another one, Maya? - Oh, no, I gotta look it up again. - Yeah, well, one was apple pile of mode. - Yeah, sure. - That's cute, but like give me value, give me a hammer.

Oh, thank you, minute, minute, minute. (laughing) - So stupid. - You know, Gen X has lived, we were alive, I was alive during the bison, tenial,

and here we are celebrating 250 years

and boy has America never been better.

(laughing) - That's exactly how I feel. - Yep, I mean, you think about how far we've come. - Well, far we've come and how much we fixed. That should be the slogan, we fixed a lot.

We're talking to Keenan Thompson today and I'm so psyched that I'm talking to you because you and Keenan are linked in a lot of ways for me. Like, I think some of my most fun and most tender and funniest moments are watching

the two of you perform. Like, you guys really have a connection. How would you explain it? - You know when you meet your people and you can't really find words for it.

So you just feel like you've known the person, your whole life, I always feel that when I see Keenan,

I feel like he's always been there and we don't have to say

anything, and there's a relaxation that comes over me when I see him when I watch him.

You know that you're in good hands and you can't wait to see what they're going to bring you

because you know it's going to be masterful and amazing,

but it's also going to fill you with like a joy. Like, it's relaxing, I just feel that way about watching Prince on stage, I get relaxed 'cause I was like, he can do anything, he can do anything. Keenan, I'm instantly, instantly, like,

warmed and already giggling a little bit. - There's a twinkle in his eye that says it all. - Yes, Maya, it's so true, there's a twinkle. - I have such strong memories of inviting him into our dirty, dirty office that sit on the floor on his knees

or something like, I mean, we lived like, discussed in college students, Amy. - Yeah. - And you too, that was your perch. - Yeah, that was a bad perch.

Bringing friends into that and giggling till four in the morning.

“I remember so clearly writing stuff with him,”

if I bring it up now, I'll probably get canceled what we were writing about. But it was so fun and all we did was laugh. All we did was laugh, like listening the songs and finding the little tiny minute things

and then going in and laughing. - Oh, I mean, a great example of that is one of my favorite characters and sketches and an SNL ever, which is T.T. and Mario. - T.T. and Mario.

- So people that didn't ever watch T.T. and Mario, how would you explain who T.T. and Mario were? - It's a great, thank you for asking me. - T.T. and Mario is a duo from your childhood class that is so, they sing the most beautiful love songs

that are so ronchi and disgusting. They think they're very loving. - Yes, they're romantic. - They're very coupled with children. - They've been together for a very long time.

And sometimes one might say that sometimes they need the music to make things fun again.

- And what I like about them is they always start

so beautiful and so romantic. And then maybe 10 or 15 seconds in, they start talking about each other's booty and how tight it is. - Yeah, there's a lot of booty play involved.

- And T.T. and Mario serenaded you in the hospital. - That's right, when Archie was born. - That's right, I wanna talk to Keenan about it because it was so, it was like, if I could have picked two,

I couldn't have picked two better people when I was in a post-partum haze to be singing at me. From that to date. Then you guys, it's funny, I'm excited to interview Keenan

'cause there's a lot, I actually don't know about him. He's more of a, - Hi, Ody. - More of a, more of a, he's more of an observer and a mirror than he is sometimes a share. Do you have any questions for me today

that you would like to hear Keaky talk about? - I mean, we're different ages in terms of like art influences, but he was so like well-formed when we met him. Like, I wanna know what he was doing.

I know he was performing as a young person, but like, how did that get in there? Is like, oh, I know when I'm, when I'm big, I'm gonna be this. Like, how did those influences create the Keenan

“that we know because I feel like he came out like this?”

I can't imagine him any other way. I also just wanna know, like I know you're gonna ask him about like how, how do you keep his fresh Keenan? (laughing) - Totally be.

I mean, I'm so curious about like, what do you not go to or do anymore? I mean, after 22 years of the show. - Oh my god, like, you know. - How have you, how have you, like, bypassed?

- Yeah, how does the system work for you? - Mm-hmm. - Yeah, I'm curious. - I feel like he might, he might actually be experiencing like the,

like the dream of Asano because if you've been there long enough to be like, hey guys, I'm gonna have to go this way. - Yeah. - It's a problem with a dream.

- I know, it's probably why would you have relieved and it's so fun to ever, like, keep, he figured it out. - Yeah, that's he cracked the code. And I wanna know what he cracked.

“- I think there's gold behind those doors.”

(laughing)

Like, little Keenan is always what I think about.

And I didn't know little Keenan and I'm curious, like, I guess I equated to when we were little like we would do plays in our living room and things like that like, was he just the guy who made his friends laugh?

Was he the guy who was like,

- Yeah. - And it feels like, like, where does that charm come from? - Okay, so I'm gonna ask Keenan about little Keke, which we all know little Keenan's probably

the cutest kid we've ever seen. - On earth, like hands down. And because I like knowing if that person knew that that person was gonna be the person we know today and I feel like it's a yes.

I feel like that guy always knew.

- I feel that way about you, too, Maya. Like, I feel like seeing little Maya on a home movie, like singing into a microphone, you knew that, too. - That's all I wanted. I just wanted a microphone in the laugh of my friends.

- Yeah. - And look at you guys singing together about putting whipped cream on each other's business. - That's all I want for America. It's for them to put whipped cream on each other's business.

- All we want is for Valley Fudge to make a comeback. - Honestly, yeah. Don't you love this angle? I mean, I picked a great angle. My neck looks like--

- You actually look great. What does it say in your shirt? - Aurora's place. - Oh, it's my favorite restaurant in my eyes. Maya just dropped the phone down her shirt by accident.

- Why up, why up? - Oopsy. - Yeah. - Oh, no. No, it fell down my pants.

“- Do you kids want to see what happens with my phone fall?”

I feel like relaxed and smiley because we're talking about Kina. - You know what I mean? - Totally. - I love you. - Love you.

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- Listeners, Keenan brought me some fish. - Of course. - Wow, this is becoming a thing now, where I'm getting things food. - It's real, how are you doing?

- Are you gonna wear your sunglasses online? - I'm not, I knew that would be a thing. - Well, no, because I was gonna say I'll put some on too, if it would make you like it. - I don't have any, but I could wear some.

I like them all, 'cause I want to see your beauties. - Of course, it's good to see you. - I just feel cool when I wear them. - I do too, I feel cool. Okay, what do you mean?

- Look at this. (laughing) (laughing) - Come on, okay, let me explain as Keenan is for you. - Okay, Keenan brought me a piece of a slicer cheese pizza.

“- I think it's an artistic expression of the pizza rat.”

- Oh, it's pizza rat. - There's a rat riding a slicer.

So, this is the first time I've had a fake food

that moves, like in any way, this is great. - And it almost reflects us, 'cause I feel like we're such fun kind of like life lovers of like a good time, 'cause they just reminds me of like us as characters.

- So Keenan, Keenan, Keenan. - You have to kind of just get a go. - Or you just put it back for the little bit. - The little thing. We're pulling it back.

- And then it goes. - The little method of the stronger. (laughing) - Come on. (laughing)

- When you can't break it, so long story short, I went shopping and I thought of you. I saw it and I thought of you. And I've been holding on to it before I even know I was booked on here.

- No way, Keenan. - Just fingers crossed whole thing back. One day, I would get to come sit in the throne. - Okay, well, I'm gonna put it on the room. - Oh my god, you know, we gotta add it.

Thank you, Jenna. I'm gonna put this on my wall. - Put it down, put that down. - Oh, look at the place, mate. - What is set of placement?

That is, that's Super Bowl placement. - That's Super Bowl, that is. - Give me a lot of money for you. - I run out in placement. (laughing)

- You know, man, the best. - Keenan Thompson is here. - Hi. How are you doing? - I'm great.

- You doing this on both coasts? - Yeah, we get to do it in LA in New York, which is the best. You just get to do whatever you are. - Yeah, and convenient for like guessing people, I'm guessing.

- Yeah, really can be. - Yeah. - Good job.

“- Congrats on the golden, who gets a goal for a podcast?”

- No, we're done. - Exactly. - That's why you want to do it. - I want to do it just. - Exactly.

- That's amazing. - That's amazing. - That's amazing. - You guys, that's really cool. - Congrats to podcasting.

- Yeah, wait, no podcast. - You were so good. - Do you want to Spotify? - Do you have a podcast, right? - I did a podcast for a long time with a buddy of mine.

- Yeah, well, what was it about? - It was just two black guys existing in America. And I mean, with a love of like, you know,

So, you know, this is a podcast.

- Yeah, listen to podcast. I listen to yours. I just caught up with the Lonely Island because... - So funny. - I did a guest appearance because of the reverb alone.

- Yeah. - And then I was like, wait a minute, let me look at how long they've been doing this. And I went back to the beginning. And it is a long ride.

And God bless those guys for just showing up in there so... - Show up barely showing up. - Barely showing up. - It's hard to get all four of them on the line. - Oh, it rarely happens.

And it's such a treat. - I totally. - But they're combing through like such good memories, you know? - Oh, I know. I felt the same way.

It was like really good to go back in time. And we have so much to talk about, Keene, 'cause we were on the show together for... - Oh, why? - Oh, six years.

- Six years, which now was like the first six miles

of your marathon maybe. - Yeah, and when did you depart? - I left in 2000 and eight. - Yeah, it was like a five year 'cause I started in there with three.

So... - Well, I mean, getting to work with you is some of my most favorite times. And I want to talk to you about it today because you're so attached to so many important moments

in my life. - Thank you, land likewise. Like I talk about my sisters all the time. Like I consider y'all like, you know, such that like get out of my room kind of like,

but also like straighten up and don't come like playing games.

“That's why I was like, I was ready to take my sunglasses off.”

So I hate it. - Because it's not easy. - I'm like, you're a boss, you older sister. - Let me just analyze. - You're gonna keep those on the whole time.

- Are you gonna wear your sunglasses to mom's birthday? - Yeah, yeah. - You're so right. We do have a very, there is a very sisterly quality

with you and a lot of the women that you've formed with during my time. And then you've gone, your family dynamic at SNL has changed from like younger brother to like elder statesmen. - I'm like grandpa at this point.

- Yeah, yeah, I'm Gramsie. Hey, Graham Grams. (laughing) - The morning. - Yes, I know.

- Graham Puss, keep. - Graham Puss, keep hurting. - Don't tell us. - That's it. - That's it.

- That's it. - For Graham Puss. - Okay, I'm gonna take you back in a little time machine. It's a little keen in because the teeny, tiny, it's a little version of keen in.

New, pretty early that he wanted to be a performer. You're one of three kids. You're the middle. - Yeah, but my sister's my half sister. - Okay, got it.

- Just for a technical exercise. And you grew up 14 years apart. - Okay, yeah. - So were you then, were you the baby then? - I was the baby.

- Okay, that makes more sense. - Yeah, that makes more sense. - Just reckless and fearless, you know, and just strains like kind of ignorant confidence,

“if you will, do you remember the very beginning?”

I feel like a lot of performers have this feeling, like they remembered that sparkle that they got when they got like attention or looked at. Do you remember that early time? - Yeah, I mean, I talk about it all the time,

it was the gingerbread man, you know, like in kindergarten. I'm like in the graduating play, but like I was a gingerbread man. You know what I mean?

Like I wasn't the stove. - Yeah. - So it wasn't a wakening because in rehearsal, it was just like learning his lines and like this, just got to do this thing or whatever.

But once I saw people there, then I recognized my mom and my mom was smiling. And you know, she was so happy and like excited and just made me like perform more and then like, you know, the audio of hearing laughter

like after something I said. I'm like, oh, wow, what is this? - Totally. I can't remember anything. - I can't remember anything.

- Like the feeling of just like getting a feeling a little bit taller when you were, when people were looking at you. - I mean, look at his neck, we're still just fishing for laughs. - Oh my God.

- It feels so good. - So embarrassing, you know. - God bless. - It's so true because, and I've read that you were a Toto and I guess what I'm saying.

I got really hooked on trying to do something that that game's laughter. I just wanted to put those away because... - Sunglasses? - They were OCD and me a little bit.

- First of all, these glasses are gorgeous. Who makes them? - Thank you. - Those are Gucci glasses? - Of course they are.

- And I get it now. I get it what you mean about being able to talk behind the sunglasses. - Yeah.

“- Do you think I could pull off and we'll get to your life?”

- But do you think I could pull off? - I contact his intentions. - Yeah. - And you can pull off anything. - No, but you can pull off

sunglasses on the red carpet, right? That's cool, a shit. - I have made it a thing to wear. Like I'm just fine with if they're mad about it or not. Because I feel like Jack was the coolest

and he never took a sunglasses off.

- And I'm like, that means you don't have to. - But when it looked like I just recently had eye surgery if I was. (laughing) - Only in the beginning.

- Right. Then you make it in the end. - Once it's a thing, it's just like, oh, that's her artistic expression or whatever kind of excuse you can get away with.

Okay, I just want to get back to Toto for a second.

You played Toto.

“- I played Toto because it's all the parts we're taken.”

And I was like, well nobody's gonna be the dog and this is a church play on the south side of Atlanta. I'm sure we didn't have many like tear years to choose from. Hey, so I was like, I'll do the dog like one man.

I just want to be down. - There's a lot of people I've talked to that have been in the wizard of laws and different ways. What did you bring to the role?

- Well, this was the wizard. So it was fantastic. - It was fantastic. - Even more fun. - Yes, the music and everything.

And I brought tenderness to the role when Dorothy needed it. I remember like, cutling up to her and like the whole church being in it. You know, it was a small, maybe like 100 people who made something like that.

And to feel all of them acknowledge my performance in that way was like, yes, it ticked in. You know, in like, there's a moment where everybody like runs to the back of the church when the scene is over to set for the next scene

“and like, I've been crawling around on all four”

so they left me. And I was just like, oh snap, like they're all coming. And I can't go. So I stood up as a dog and ran. And that got a laugh.

- Jesus. - It's like, tough fucking swinging on that one. - I don't want, I don't mean to be like, jumping, like comparing your story to mine but I had a similar experience.

I was Dorothy, we had a real dog, yeah. - And there's a moment in the scene where Dorothy's supposed to have a tornado. Like the tornado is supposed to come and she's supposed to go toe toe to where are you.

But I was holding the dog. And I was like, this is, we didn't go over this part. So I put the dog down, walked a few feet away. And I said toe toe to where are you? Big laugh.

- Huge laugh because everybody watched do process that and you stuck with it and committed to continuing the work. - Right man, improv is the greatest coolest thing. I wish I would have gone to one of the schools.

- I know, you feel like from that style and family. And did you know any actors growing up? - No, it was such a distant dream. The best I would have thought would be like a commercial, like a national, like a public, you know,

when I was starting to book those in the beginning, you know, Sonic, like whatever kind of like, I thought that was kind of the mountain I would be on.

“- And was it your mom that was taking you those mostly?”

- Yep. - Yeah, and she was just like-- - My mom so dedicated she got a job at the Alliance Theatre School, so I could take classes.

She got like a side gig there, like, as I was like, answering the phone or like some kind of like office assistant, you know, so I could take classes at a discount or whatever it was like the acting thing

I just, I just loved it. - You loved it. I mean, the theme, I feel like of today's talk and you, Keenan, is like, you feel like everywhere you arrive, like, is the timing is so important in your life career

and in the way you perform. I think you have the best timing of anyone I've ever worked with. - Oh, and if you're timing is incredible. The way you know how to play moments and the way you know how to play life

'cause life is its own game. You have to figure out how to play. And I'm just in awe of your timing. - Oh, love. - And so, - I guess I'm the second one to start crying.

Shout out to Seth. - Okay, okay, we're good Seth. So easy to get that out. - Okay. - But it's so, like, but because of that,

I look at your life and your career which is still we're in the middle of it. We're not, and the way in which wherever you are was where you were supposed to be at the time.

- And weirdly enough, it's always felt that way.

You know what I mean? Like I've never been like overly personal. Like that's an all audition was extreme. But like on the way to that, for some reason, everything felt done already.

Like I already have this job. Like I already have made my friends, you know, before even like met the all that cast. I was just like, I feel like this is mine to do kind of thing. - Yes, yes, that's exactly right, Kenan.

It's like it feels like every opportunity for you felt like you were meeting the opportunity when it was meeting you. And when you were, I mean, you were on TV, when you were 11, 12 doing like movie reviews.

- That was like a real job. Like when I first was dipping my toe in the water, we would like kids going along with the news anchor to this new like exhibit at the zoo. Like it was like about dinosaurs

and they did like a little mini special about that. Like that was like the beginning. So I was like, this is just play time. We could be in the zoo after hours kind of like that's cool. - Right.

- But like real news with kids, I was like, oh snap, I have like an ID badge. Like I get to like tap it. - We've kissed. - To have that so young.

It just pointed me confidently in the direction of like, this is kind of what I feel like I should be doing. And then I'll kind of kiss my stuff started happening.

Like my first review was the first mighty ducks movie.

- Like almost a year to the day, I got to audition for the second one and ended up like making it in. And then the director knew the producers from the Nickelodeon shows.

And they like connected me to that. So that audition, I was real cocky, you know? - Like hey guys, hey old friends. - What do you mean? - You needed Jamaican, I got you.

- It's interesting 'cause you look young. You still look young. - Thank you. - Isn't it nice to now?

“- And like why is it where it's supposed to be saying?”

- I don't know. That maybe with the sunglasses on. - Yeah, put the glasses. - Was it glass? (laughing) - It would be, would it be where

were those glasses a cane and like a boot and went to a park? - Well, that's where people are starting to worry. - Yeah, I'm like a wrist and like one of those. - Like what did she fall down on the beach?

- And have my faces sunburned. But you had a baby face, but you definitely had a poise of someone much older than you.

Like I'm curious if you've always felt your age.

I mean, a lot of kids who are acting at a young age, especially like making money for their family and being around adults most of the time. But you had the kind of pleasure and privilege of working on a show

with a bunch of other kids. - Yeah. - So you were with people your own age pretty much. - Yes. - Did you feel older or younger than your age?

Like what is your size? - I always felt like an old man. I feel like I came right from something

“that happened in the 70s and I stayed kind of connected”

to the 70s and I don't wanna like, it's my favorite era and like, yeah, I feel like Torres Energy just capitalizes on that and I'm very relaxed and just chill and like, don't wanna be that not too loud, please,

everybody just, everybody settle down, please. So like I can't handle it. - Do you feel like you're like now talk me in restaurants and it's just love but when they shot my name, I'm like, well, please.

- Yeah, you don't like that and I know that about you. And your influences were like that, too. Like Richard. - Sure. - For Richard Prior, Eddie Murphy.

- Just the black, zagged zeitgeist basically. - Yeah. - The of that era and then onward and then of course as I got older looking backwards and learning your history kind of stuff.

But I love like, you know, the black exploitation era and like diving back into those sounds and those words and like having fun with it. - Yeah. - Because it's like, you know, planning your dad's clothes

basically. - Yes, did you guys watch as a family like stuff together

“were you a laughing family like were you a comedy family?”

- My dad is the Joker for sure. Like he's the joke teller and he does really well. He's like a room pleaser when he does that. Like remember like at my grandparents' house, he would have my grandma like almost like

peeing her pants like you did it and this is my mom's mom. You know what I mean? So we're really doing a dance, kind of thing. - It's your first straight up performer? - I don't know, he's a, he's a gym and I,

so I think he does a lot of things well. - Yeah. - So, you know. - It's just like he drove like NASCAR kind of cars. He's in the military.

He's like mechanic, you know. - Yeah.

- You know, amazing like real estate person like

made history in Atlanta for kind of desegregating like listings and stuff like that. - Really? - Yeah, so like he's a very cool dude. And on top of that, yeah, love to tell a joke.

And then my mom has this like secretive kind of sense of humor like a little pussy '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 of Virginia. So you can imagine there's lots of trees there. And we're not a whole lot of buildings. So she comes from literally the forest and kind of had to be a little more like suited and booted.

But yes, she has this like sneaky little laugh where it's just like, oh, you like to laugh at the naughty. Look at you being naughty kind of thing. So for me, I have a little bit of both, but I'm not really like a room gatherer.

Unless it's like a fixed performance. - No, you're not. Like you're not looking to win the room. - Yeah, no. - No, I mean, I would say that my experience with you

is that you are a little bit more of a three point shooter like you wait for your time and you like to observe. You like to see how people are playing. - Yeah, I like to step career a little bit. And like one's time to turn it on

just like take over the game. - And you shoot it and you do like a no look on your way out. - Oh, yeah, like I know that's going in. - Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. - It's definitely your style.

And it's rare to have like a career before you reach S&L. - Yes.

- And not always helpful.

- No, it had gone well. I don't think for anyone at that point, I was like, I just want to do whatever because there's writing thing freaks me out. So you guys tell me what you want and it took five years

before I wrote something that was like my idea. - On the show? - Yeah. - The scare straight was like the first thing that actually made it on the show.

and I want to talk about what it was like to do that sketch

at the 50th. But what's your early memories of Eddie Murphy? 'Cause for me, I'm older than you, but not by much, but enough that when I was watching S&L, when I started watching S&L, it was Eddie's year.

- Yeah, yeah, yeah. - She was 18, 19. When I remember what that was him. - But that was kind of me watching from down the hall when I wasn't supposed to still be awake, kind of stuff, front of me and I remember hearing hot tub

before I actually was able to watch it. - Right. - You know, just like trying to just be,

“I just remember being in PJs, you know what I mean?”

And like watching my dad just like laugh. And you know, I think he was still like my mom was asleep. He was just like the only person up, how's it dark? - Well, you just see that blue flashing to the glow. And like, yeah.

- Isn't it funny that memories are a little kid of like, when your parents would laugh really hard. It's something, it was like, you would look at them like, well, what happened when it was funny? - And it just imprints on your brain immediately

then forever what you think is funny.

- It was always fun getting to a place where like,

we could share laughter together in the same sort of sense of humor like what my dad, you know? And like once we started like quoting come into America to the channel like a certain moment, there was just such a dynamically fun time

because it was like our little thing, you know? Like we played pool, we quote coming to America, you know what I mean? And it's like a dad and two brothers basically, really cool. - It's kind of like, when you're saying like that's reminding me that like for some families, comedy is sports.

Like that's how you connect. - It is you talk about what you think is funny and like, and I know that you loved Eddie, I know that you love Richard Prior. And you also love Chris Farley, who you got to work with

and you tell us about that. - And Jim Carrey, like-- - Oh, and Jim Carrey. - Super duper fan of Jim Carrey and I emulate him.

“I think more probably than anybody as far as like,”

micro performing goes like I feel like he performs every possible, like, syllable kind of thing in his physical body, it's wild to watch. But Farley is just a full buffalo, you know what I mean? And like, he was just so dynamically funny,

not just falling down funny, like he had some quips that were incredible. - Yeah. - And sometimes his performances were just like, he's the only one that can do that kind of thing.

So he came to all that and did that. Like, it was the greatest day I've ever seen because that was like, that's a true pro, that's somebody that doesn't need to, 'cause they would tell us and rehearse us a lot 'cause we were kids kind of thing.

He came in and didn't need any instruction at all. He was playing a ketchup chef that likes to put ketchup on everything and of course, my character likes to put chocolate on everything, so it was a battle. And they had this eight layer chocolate cake

because we were celebrating something or whatever, and, you know, Nickelodeon likes to make a mess, but they like to shoot up until right before the mess and stop and like do that part a few times to make sure they got it, and they really politely

asked him to like, "Please." And you know, take one after we got them, we got to that point, destroy that cake. Like it was nothing, like I think on purpose because they tried to tell him to do something.

And he like beat the cake up to where it was like, there's no way we're doing a second take of this. Jumping the car and jumping the limousine and was gone. Like they have show, we're like we got show for you. That's fine.

Telled off a little bit, still ketchup in his hand and was out of there. And I was like, "Now that's a gangster. "That's a professional gangster." That's amazing.

So they're funny and so nice. So nice.

So nice, never fronting on me for being a kid

or just came in and we'd like, let's get to it, kind of thing. You know, I think I'm sure every young person feels this way. They remember the people that treated them like peers when they were feeling, when they were,

“and they remember that people that were dismissive of them”

were the young. Because we really do act, especially with young people, like they don't know what the fuck they're talking about or like we're always doing that to them. And like I have a problem with like people's boundaries.

Like I learned hard lessons with that because I'm just very like outgoing and kind of like, we're fine with this, right? You're fine if I just keep tapping you on the shoulder, like you know me kind of thing. And some people put you in your place and you're like,

"Hey man, stop tapping me." I was like, "Oh snap, like I'm sorry I crossed that line." T.C. (laughs) Like Magnum P.I.T.C. I was so excited to be next to him, you know what I mean?

Like that's what Nickelodeon did to put us in proximity to a lot of very famous people kind of thing. I was just overly excited. I'm like, "Didn't this great, my man?" Look at this, this is an awesome thing.

He's like, "Hey man, stop tapping me." And I was like, "Oh my God, I overdaped T.C.."

like etiquette on set that a lot of people

“when they arrive at SNL, not only have not ever been like on TV,”

but often have never been on any kind of set.

And there is an etiquette to your point how you approach people, how you, how to be a professional. And like, I can and you are such a professional. In a way, you approach your work, in a way you deal with people, you're really, really smart.

And you have a lot of experience, and you could feel it immediately when you arrived at SNL. But when you think back in those early days of learning about what it was like to be on a set, what was like the things that you learned,

what were some like takeaways, you still think about like what you try to bring to other sets. - The first, thank you for all of that. Second, free stuff was the first thing I noticed. (laughing)

I was like, I'm in the right spot, I knew it. I knew if the price was right was doing it. I knew everybody was doing some bursn of that whether it was snacks or drinks or whatever. Whatever, like I needed to ask for it if you know,

little wimpy, little bacon cheeseburger meal. Can I get that? - And I like that. - You get that? - I don't even take your wallet out.

(laughing) - Fantastic, I'll do whatever. We'll be here in 19 hours. You know, how many of them worked out? You want to jump in the lake?

Am I supposed to jump in the lake? Whatever. - Yeah. - And that was definitely like a check. Check that box, but also the size of things.

Like when I got on the mighty ducks

and saw like a movie set, I always trailers

and like so many clothes for everyone. How might it be? - What are they all these clothes for? And they're all the different scenes and the movie got to wear different clothes.

Like different clothes. That's crazy. - Oh, it's a lot of pressure. - Super pressure, I didn't know how to skate. - Okay, let's talk about mighty ducks

because you are one of my, you're one of my friends has skate the best. - Thank you. - You're an incredible ice skater. A lot of people don't know this.

- Thank you, and I pride myself with that because it's not like a big known thing amongst the black community to just ice skate like that. You know, like there's only certain people that do it. There's only certain a couple of few people

in, you know, in the NHL or whatever kind of thing. You know, New Yorkers were people in cold climates kind of do it around Christmas time. Kind of thing just, you know, kind of like going bowling, if you will.

“- I remember, I was very good at it, and it was wild.”

- To get good at it is hard, and I have a very clear memory that you still let us, at Christmas shows at us an ounce. - The best. - Yeah, they don't, do they do that anymore? - I haven't done it in so long.

- God, I do it. They used to let us, I mean, talk about free stuff, talk about perks is on the Christmas show. It would be like, good night, and then they'd cut to like, maybe a bumper, and we'd all get to run downstairs.

What would we do? - Gotta kick there. There would be like a golf cart all of a sudden inside the hallway, and sometimes like for people to just like zip down there. Some people would be down there already.

But if you're in that final thing, kind of thing, and then we would wave good nights on the ice. - And then, rock a foot on the ice. - Underneath the Christmas tree. - Yeah, rock a feller Santa, and just us,

we have one of the talk in the morning, and I go down there, and I see Kenan and Kenan is, you are skating forwards, skating backwards, skating side is doing the thing. - What are you doing? - 45 million tricks.

- Thank you. - And it was like, 'cause that was fresh off the morning, yeah, yeah, yeah. - So how hard was it to learn for you? - Very, 'cause like I remember, like I was just talking about this the other day,

like roller skating and going to like roller skating rinks is what we had in Atlanta. - Yeah. - Like, I was busted my ass constantly, you know what I mean as a kid, but you don't feel anything as a kid,

you're just feeling the knots later, kind of thing. But I remember like both feet up falling all the time, you know what, like all the time. - Yeah. - So sure, I put it on my resume under special skills

that I could roller skate or something like,

roller skating, you know, but like I never,

in a million years, considered hockey. I wanted to learn, but after that first day of hockey camp, which was on my birthday, my 15th birthday, I wanted to quit it all. - Oh, I was like, I don't want to be an actor.

I don't want to do anything. - This is what it's about, like, and my thank God my mom didn't let me quit. - She was like, no, go back tomorrow. - Yeah, kept going back and back and like eight weeks

on both movies, you learn how to skate. - Yeah, do you find ways to skate now, do you?

“- Yeah, great, I'm skating with the family, you know what I mean?”

- Christmas time to skate? - Yeah. - That's awesome. - Yeah, they both are good, little skaters. - Yeah, yeah.

- Do you want to skate in ice skating during Olympics? - Yeah, I mean, I want to be skating, yeah. I want to go with the three tier, you know, kind of hairdo. - Yeah, Alyssa Liu. - Is that it?

- Yes, I know she's from Oakland area. - Yeah. - Well, she's from the bank. - Unbelievable. - Unbelievable.

- She's because of how casual she is.

- And like she's just chilling, but like the thing she can do

on the ice, bro, is that I give her all the metal. Like it was wild to watch. - Well, she, that in hockey, I guess. - She reminds me of when you perform, because she was very relaxed, and you get,

and like when we're watching her, we're like she's good. She's good. And the nerves, nerves are, like if you can figure out how to channel your nerves, oh man. So what were your nerves like when you were auditioning

for us on your 23, which is still really, I mean, in the context of the show, I guess, it's not so young, but just feels so young. When I watch your audition on SNL, there's a small moment that is,

Samberg did it too in the audition, where you take a moment before you start a new girl. Oh my god, SNL, you said it like to yourself. And I, Samberg had a similar moment where he was just like, you can tell he was like, whoa, but it's very inviting.

It was not like, this person is like, cannot handle their nerves. It was, it felt like what you do so well, which is, you like, zap yourself to the present moment. You're like, here I am, I'm here.

Yeah, and it's like, I have to call it out, because if I don't, it would be like it didn't happen, kind of things. So I have to like put it in the words that like, I recognize that this is crazy.

It feels like also just a way to secretly kind of quiet your nerves, and just like, say it. Signally putting that seat belt on, like in, you remember

“in fight club when he was just like, you know what?”

I'm just gonna get crazy with this and let this stare and we'll go, we're just gonna let it go. And I just like let my mind just start rambling. It's so, my audition is so rambling. It's crazy.

I mean, it's not, and I think I've told you the story, but I watched your audition from a, we were filming Mean Girls. And I tell you the story, I've told you the story. And Lauren had, the auditions he was watching them

on the plane, private. Private, PJ, we know somebody that got money, offering a money. (laughing) And I'm probably the first time I had ever flown private.

I don't even remember, I remember and it was during Mean Girls and we must have been flying back from the set 'cause Tina was there and Lauren was there and Lindsay Lily was there.

- Incredible. - And we watched your audition.

That's crazy. - And we were all like, he's incredible. And Lindsay was like, I love him. And I remember, and I think at the time you probably already had the job,

“but it was the one thing I remember more than the content”

which you realized very fast. Nobody ever cares about the content. Like you think the content, the jokes, everything is so important. You can have the best written material

in the fucking world, you can have the best jokes in the world. If people don't feel like relaxed, happy to see you, drawn to you for whatever reason. It just, it doesn't work. It's like, it's this crazy chemistry.

- The craziest part of casting. - Yeah. - My casting is such a, like shout out to, you know, casting people that like do it well because it takes a whole lot of like, thanks for coming in,

but you know, you'll get back to you and like being able to, they're like nurses.

You know, because they're gonna give you a powerful news.

- We're gonna give you a shot, it's gonna hurt. - Yeah, or like, let's try that again. And this time, do everything different. - Oh, I mean, yeah, they're like, maybe 'cause time try to be like a normal person in the world.

Like what a normal person would be. - Yeah, well, that's a good note. - And then you do it and you still like,

“didn't like check those back, so, did you have fun?”

- Yeah. (clapping) - I want to say something about what, watching you ride the wave that is SNL 'cause it is of series of waves.

What do you think has been like, the way that you've served the last 23 years? - I think in the beginning, I became friendly to the process of it. Like, I became a friendly, useful, like, tool, if you will.

So, like, all kinds of people would, like, write for me because I was able to deliver. - Nobody gave us this rule, but, and I'm sure you now tell people this, but if I could go back and tell people one thing,

it would be, try to do as well as you can in anything you're given. - Yep. - That simple thing gets people to just, 'cause everyone's nervous.

- Give me one word, or half a line. I love it. - Yeah. What have you changed about how you interact with the job, that, how you've made the system work for you?

Yeah. - Yeah. - Used to keep us out.

“- Just for me in a sense. - Just for me in a sense.”

- Since my favorite story is ever of us doing that bit. - Let's tell us, okay. Let's tell this story, I totally, I need a drink, let's take a drink break. - Okay, so I'll start it.

Keenan and I, okay. This was a different time before we had children. - So we would go out a lot, Keenan and I and all of us would party a lot. - Yeah, we would hang out.

- And we would hang out. - It's New York very excited about being in New York. - And so, there was a night of many nights. But there was a particular night where I was out too late. - Yes. - And before I understood this schedule too,

I was just like hanging out. - I didn't even know why I was still out there. - And we were at a place called Bungalo 8. - Fantastic. - Shout out too. - Shout out. - Shout out.

Shout out to Rashida. - Shout out to Rashida.

- Look, Rashida, Rashida Jones turned always.

My beautiful wife turned me on to so many aspects of life. - Literally the greatest. - And she'd be like, hey, I'm hosting this club, thing, and I'd be like, oh my god, what time? One A, I'm sounds great.

I mean, what the fuck are they? (laughing) - And like, it doesn't close like the other places. Like, it can kind of just stay open and move later. - Walking, it's like, oh, you know.

- And Amazon rainforest, and it's time to listen to the music and drinks and life. - And like, she, T.I. - Lots of people, yeah, lots of people have heard it. - So we went to Bungalo 8 and I was there

and all of the sudden, guess who comes in? Later than me is Keenan. - Yeah. - Keenan comes strolling, and we had a six a.m. call. I probably had a six a.m.

You may be a little bit later because ladies have a lot.

- I was first thing in the morning, but we had to be up

maybe two or three hours later to play. - The black eye piece. (laughing) - And I just get in full, you know, spray a tannish for you. - A lot of wiggas to be one of my own heavy strips.

- Heavy dreads, and it was the host was John Heeter. - Okay. - Who did not say out late that night? - No. - He was ready.

- Yeah, he didn't have an issue at all. But he's like more than anything. - He's more than so, he just chills. - Yeah. - He was responsible and he chilled, and he didn't even have

caffeine. - That's how we know. - And back then those shoots used to be 10,000 miles away. - I had not slept. You had not slept.

Who else was in it? - Who was I? - I would say 14. - I just remember 14, like laying on a very hard floor. - We were so hungover.

- Fast down. - And could not move or talk. And literally they stopped traffic in the middle of a new Jersey highway. - Yeah, for us to pretend to be the black eyepie.

- It was like, and rolling. - It was like 10, nine a.m., like rush hour. And people were just like, "What is that? "Yeah. "You have to be perfect with my heart."

And we had to dance, and the key name was doing a bit

“that I will never forget, which is he was taking phone calls”

from his past self, pretending to tell him to go home. - Yes. Like, you are being unkind to yourself, sir. - As a key name. - This is key name.

- We've got to go home. - Yeah, what are you doing there? You know, you know, you have to get it work. This is not good, put it down. - When you started, you mentioned this earlier,

you and Joe's were, what are your memories of being if you and Joe's sharing an office? - It was the best because we were so dynamically different in my opinion, you know, like him coming from like Harvard in St. Island and like me coming from like the south side

of Atlanta kind of thing. And like, I didn't finish. I went to Santa Monica City College, you know, so I didn't even really get too far down to like college colleges, like sharpness road, you know?

So like I was still like high school educating my opinion. I learned a lot from it. We shared our office for eight years. - Yeah. - Yeah, because other offices would open up,

but like we enjoyed that office so much and like,

“I think being together so much and then scared straight”

was born from that and all kind of stuff. - Right. - Talk about for a lot. - Circle key and like, you see your fan of Eddie, you write scared straight.

- Forget about. - Colin and then you do it with him at the 15th. What are you talking about? - Shout out to those guys. Like shout out to people that are like like,

Colin and Chae are both like that. And I shout out Chae out so much because a lot of my favorite stuff that is like very silly and black and really, really smart, you know, is coming from him sharply like black jeopardy

and stuff like that. - And when you and Eddie did it for the 50th, what, what do you remember? But what was the little special Twinkly Magic moment? And when you did that, what did it feel like?

- So at the 40th was the night before was the first time

I met Eddie, you know what I mean? And he just came to that like toast to Lauren in the rainbow room.

because it's like in this guy and he emerged

“from a separate elevator for everybody else.”

And I'm like, of course he has his, you know, specific way and like I was like that's really cool. I couldn't contain myself and he recognized. You know what I mean? He was like, hey man, like, what are you like?

I'm like, oh my God, this is amazing.

So fast forward to the 50th, Colin suggests we do a scary straight and put him in it. You know, he in hosted, which was the greatest show ever. When, you know, he hosted for Christmas time and then back to Chae, put me in that monologue

with him Chris Rock Tracy and Dave Chappelle, like one in epic picture, I'll keep it for forever. So at the 50th, they're talking about doing the scares. I'm like, I wasn't even playing on, I didn't know what to do because everything was so last minute.

You know what I mean? So I just heard that they wanted to do this. And I'm like, they're down to do this. Couldn't believe it. Like Eddie and the goat will feral like bro.

Like will feral is the greatest cast member we've had ever. I think in many people's opinion. Yeah. So for them to be in my little baby sketch was unreal. That's so cool. I'm real. Yeah.

I felt like I felt like you were a peer and a fan at the same time with them super. You are a peer to them. Thank you. You realizing that moment with special is kind of like what going back to our theme,

which is you were really present in the moment. And the other thing I'm just going to say about you, Keenan. I just eat too much humble pie to like not feel like a little kid looking at his hero kind of thing.

“Well, that's what I mean is, you know, OK, do you ever watch a show alone?”

I talk about it all the time when here. But it's OK, alone is a, it's kind of like an adventure reality shown. It's about people who are dropped off in the wilderness. They have to survive by themselves and whoever stays the longest alone. And they'll have to hunt and fish and gather and all the stuff.

Yeah. But what you realize is the people that last the longest are not the ones that celebrate the hardest and they're not the ones that take the loss is so personally. They stay with somewhat relatively event. Yeah. You bag a moose week one, you're not going to bag it every week. Right. You, your shelter falls down.

It doesn't mean because you're a jerk and bad things happen to you. Like, you don't internalize. And I get that from you. You ride those highs and lows. Do you think that that's true by yourself?

And it always been that way.

Yeah, and I think I kind of focus on that a little bit. You know what I mean, just to make sure that I don't allow things to just carry me away. You know what I mean? Like, there's so much to be emotional about outside of the business. Like, the world is in like full chaos and has been my whole life. I feel like you know, there's always been some sort

of representation of a bad guy, if you will, or bad, you know, situation, kind of stuff. And then the more you learn about the world is like, how did I even be bothered or upset about, you know, such minuscule things as a mis-a-compressment in my career? Kind of thing. You know, so I've always kind of just been like, cool. Like, if something great happens great, something

bad happens, it's like, all right, pick up a pieces and like, let's keep

“it pushing kind of thing because you can't well, only if you want to let”

it, like, suck it down in the little world pool and stuff like that. But then where would we be? And where would all the people that depend on me be kind of thinking about the darkness to creep in, you know? But it's like a, it's like a life lesson of like, can you be saddest, fat? Like, the life lesson of can you be satisfied? Yeah. Is it really, you know, that you're

earning? I can easily be satisfied. Yeah. I know the things I like and I'm happy when they're around. When you speak about, I like, you know what you like, I feel like you love working with Maya. She's the greatest. And she loves

working with you. My is such, I never met such a dynamic force of nature. You

know what I mean? Just in pedigree and talent and, you know, the kind of person she is, the kindness she is, like, she's very maternal. You are as well. Like, all four of my, like, original, dratch and teen, like, my four horsemen horse lady sisters are giant forces of nature. You know, and it started with Maya and like, I'm deeply indebted to her for kind of pulling me out of the

fog of Tuesday night and getting something done in my first week and constantly kind of being that source of just funny combo or wonderful performer to perform things with. I mean, you guys are like instant family. Like, you were a family and another life. You immediately met each other and you're like, oh, yeah, you play the same way I play. Yeah. And also just I'm obsessed with song

birds. You know, I mean, it's an amazing talent to sit next to and just listen

while she's just sitting there. And it's like, do you know, here it is? Like, I

always said that she would be better than most of the professional singers.

I'm 100%. And you too, Keenan, they, I try, but like, man, what a, what a cool thing to kind of like be in close to kind of thing. And like, I just, I love it. So the same with like, you know, even, you know, up to the current cast and like everyone in between. And I just love our family so much. And I like being close to it. And like, it's just, I'm not afraid of how it would be when I leave.

It's just I would much rather just think. You know, right, why not writing this rule book? Yeah, exactly right. I'm up to 23 years. I know. Possibly starting 24 whatever. Possibly, you know, like, happening. I mean, yeah, I know you're exactly right. What are the rules? And, and so, so we do this thing in the show where we talk to somebody, we get a question. So we talk to Maya. Oh, my God. How wonderful

what does she say? She loves you so much. God bless her, man. I love her too. And we laugh so hard at how dumb and how fun the stupid shit you guys have done. Yes, the best. It's the best. And we talked about T. T. In Mario, which you know is my favorite, which is the couple that it has a roller skates and flip you upside down. And then will you into the kitchen? Put whipped cream on your business. Oh, I didn't

know. I was singing that all the way here. Put whipped cream on your business. What a gorgeous lyric. God bless censorship. If it wasn't for censorship. You're so very wordplay would be so nice fun. The guard rails make it way fun here and you can't

“say anything dirty. So you have to say, put whipped cream on your business. But Maya was”

talking, like, and also I just want to, like, say, thank you again. I know I've thanked you many times in my life, but you and Maya did one of the most tender, wonderful, like, funny and beautiful things for me in my life that when I rushed from

set to have my kid and my first son, Archie and I was in my arms and I was watching

the show that the day before I was rehearsing, which talk about like feeling like you're in a crazy alternate reality, you guys sang to me from update you and Maya. And with the T. T. In Mario Flair, but not as filthy as the word children present. Of course. Yeah. And I couldn't have chosen to better people to have that feeling from. And it was so, it was such a wonderful, beautiful, my really treasure it came in. I'm so glad because it felt

that way in the moment. And I was still so young. You know, I was just honored to be asked to be a part of a, like, this is such a moment for you, like a brand new mom. And we watched you be pregnant the whole time. And we thought you were going to true about the show. Like it was a super simple plan. You know what I mean? It was the plan. So it was like showing up on Saturday and it was like hearing the news, like Amy won't be with us. There was like

all hands on deck kind of energy because you're such a pivotal part of the show. So you not being there was just like there's such a gap. We have to acknowledge this in some sort of way. And yeah, to be asked to do it was like, this is cool. Like, this is what makes this place, you know, an epic kind of place. And I felt very grateful to be involved in any sort of like moment like that, you know, very special, man. My question to you was, it was basically

more of like statement, which is your fully formed, little keen and felt like he kind of came

“out fully formed. And I think a little Maya too, the same thing. I think you guys saw that”

in each other. And I think her question was really like, do you think that's true? And I do think we kind of talked about like, do you think you knew from the very earliest age what you wanted to do? And some sort of some sort of way and definitely in that direction, you know, the mean of like, I don't know, sports is going to be it. Like, I'm like, I enjoyed playing sports, but I don't, I think I was going to be bow Jackson, you know. Yeah. So like, yeah, I think I

had an affinity towards my path kind of, and I always felt like he had already been carved in

some sort of way. You know what I mean? Like, it was just, you know, big destiny, believe it. I could have something to do with like faith and growing up in church and stuff like that. Yeah. But it just felt that way. And then I kept getting reminded of those things when those kids made kind of things would happen along the way. Yeah. Just like, I think I should just give over to the universe and just stay positive and stay ready. Yeah. Well, um, what's, where are

you going? I'm just going to my daughter's little, like, summer plate. Oh, God. You're going,

“you're just going to your God. And then across the street. Okay. But what time is the play?”

Whether you're allowing the parents in at 135. Oh, my God. We have to get you out here. Okay. So

put your glasses on. Yeah, please. What are you listening to right now? Yeah. What are you,

“what's making you laugh? Yeah. What's the point? You're not on this play when you're at the”

press? What is she doing? Like, I want to say, it's just they're like sixth grade at the end of school. Did she want to be a fourth grade? Is anything? Is any of it? Some, yes, she's better at sports. Kind of thing. She's a little introverted. But I see it in her. You know, and she has her moments where she just hands it up. You know, kind of thing. She likes it. Yeah. But what are you laughing at right now? What's making you laugh? I'm laughing at a lot of the park. I'm watching my friends

work. You know, like whoever's putting out like new work kind of thing. You know, I just, like I wasn't really aware of Sarah's like stand up presence and I watched that special. That's special. So we, we, we, we had her on. Yeah. Yeah. That's special. It's the craziest shit I've ever seen. It's the craziest and I can thank God because who else can do it? You know, kind of, so I'm like, well, she's here for a reason and like buckle up everybody because when she decides

“to write. She's so funny on here. Let the train lose. It's gone. Like, it was great. Yes, she's”

fantastic and like, that's one of the newer things that I called on to recently. But like, you know, any and all of our friends that are doing stuff, you know, like Leslie Jones's special was fantastic. Like Vanessa still out there killing. Vanessa is out there with T. She Campbell, which is what he's got. T. She Campbell doing stand up. And it's really funny. Yes. So like,

yeah, I'm just, you know, celebrating all of our friends. He knew you always do. You've always been

like laughing with us along the way and always like reminding us that like we, we won the lottery forgetting to do what we get to do. A lot of the time it is really a nice reminder and a pleasure to like take a look around, you know, and be reminded of the reach when we're like flicking through the channels or like something pops up in the zeitgeist like, thank you for Broad City, you know, like for Paige and Hannah, you know, and like just supporting like new people along the way and like

“constantly just keeping the vibe alive, you know, I mean, a fish and for fun times.”

Thank you for always shutting out all us women too. You always do that. We love you forever. Unbelievable and it's undeniable. You can put your glasses back for this last thing and we're

getting worried. I mean, I love that you're going to your daughter's play. Yeah, it's my sweetheart.

Yeah. Yeah. I'm so excited. And my other one had a few days in her country to represent was Austria, so she had to learn about Austria. And listening to a seven-year-old talk about Austria is adorable. And I've seen the faces of these children in there in St. Lee, sweet and cute. God bless you. And they're so lucky to have you as their dad. And now that you're grandpa, we're so lucky to have you as a grandpa. Yeah. And hopefully I'll be a great great

before I'm out here, like, more of a demon, you know? Yeah. And I'm going to meet you on the red carpet and have also have sunglasses on and weirdly a seat at like a dog. I'm going to bring it back up there for people that I like. And it was like, all right, this has made sure. Thank you. We'll get you some. Keenan, we're so lucky to have. I'm so lucky to know you. And it's so good to see you. Same. Love you. Thank you for giving me so much.

My pleasure. My pleasure. Thank you. And I love you. See you today. Yeah, same. Thank you so much, Keenan Thompson. You are the best. See you the best. Most wonderful person and so hilarious. And I'm so lucky to know you. And thank you for doing this. And you know, in these polar plunges, we usually kind of dig deeper into something that we talked about. But I just want to take a minute to just dig a little bit deeper

into the fact that Keenan's characters on SNL 23 years and still kind of remain the characters that I quote on a weekly basis. Whether it is TT and Mario saying I'm going to put whipped cream on your business, or it's a junkage on the French stand-up comedian who says "Zutelor" is when he does update or DJ Dynastee Handbag, a character that he did on a sketch called Deep House dish, which was kind of like a Euro MTV show and rid by the great James Anderson

and Keenan's character used to say "Bokeh" instead of "Okay" and I say "Bokeh" or "Bokeh" or whatever, however you say it all the time. I guess my point is, Keenan is like woven in the fabric of that show and my experience in that show in a way that's very, very, very special to me and is kind of stuck in my brain. So, my plunge today is to encourage you to keep watching his stuff past present and future and to stay in the present like Keenan does too.

So, thank you for listening to this podcast called Good Hang with Amy Pauler. Okay, bye! You've been listening to Good Hang. The executive producers for this show are Bill Simmons,

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