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Why Kenan Thompson Continues to Stay at Saturday Night Live After 22 Seasons: ‘What a Blessing’


Nickelodeon alum Kenan Thompson is longest-running cast member on 'Saturday Night Live.' But he jokes to PEOPLE he's 'actually been on the show the whole time,' quipping that 'my audition was actually in 1962.'

Kenan Thompson has the honor of being Saturday Night Live ’s longest-tenured cast member, with 22 seasons under his belt. In this week’s PEOPLE issue, the comedian, 46, calls working on NBC's late-night sketch variety series “hands down” the best job in television. Thompson describes the relationship the cast members develop with the audience over the years as “invaluable,” explaining that “it has to be connected for the show to be great.”

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