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Kenan Thompson Details “Bittersweet” Experience Of Working At ‘SNL’ So Long

As the longest-running cast member on 'Saturday Night Live', Kenan Thompson has seen plenty come and go.

“Being there a long time, you watch people come and go,” he explained on co-star Ego Nwodim’s Thanks Dad podcast. The comedian previously explained at Cannes Lions that SNL ‘s continued to success is due to the fact that the format is “constantly changing,” adding: “Every week there’s a new host, every season there’s a new cast, also it’s weird how the crowd all seems to stay young, and I keep getting older.” “It’s his way of saying we’re a big tent show and our mission is to appeal to all ages and ideologies, just one night when we Americans and all of us across the globe come together and laugh at stuff.

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