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#WhyNotKenan: Give Kenan Thompson His Emmy

The Nod

Gimlet

Tv & Film, Society & Culture, Arts

4.83.5K Ratings

🗓️ 13 August 2018

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Kenan Thompson is the longest-tenured cast member in Saturday Night Live’s history, and one of the funniest. But his acting hasn’t landed him an Emmy nomination… until now. Eric makes an impassioned plea for Emmy voters to recognize Kenan’s mastery of the craft. And we revisit some of Kenan’s best moments on classic shows like Kenan & Kel and All That. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey y'all, welcome to The Knife. A black culture podcast brought to you by Blackness's

0:10.5

biggest fans. I am Eric Eddick. And I am Brittany Loose.

0:15.3

Hey Brittany. What's up? Are you into award shows? Do you watch them?

0:25.9

Yeah, sometimes. Do you like them? It depends on which ones. I like the Golden Globes lot

0:31.4

because they give people alcohol so people save more wild shit. They do be right.

0:35.6

And I like the stellar rewards, the gospel music awards.

0:39.8

Because the performances are outstanding. Yeah. Well, one thing that you might not know if

0:47.6

we've actually talked about this, but I hate award shows. Like I hate hate hate hate hate

0:53.4

award shows. I can see that is because you don't win. Yes. They never give me the credit.

0:58.4

But this year, I am going to watch one award show, The Emmys. Yeah, wasn't expecting that

1:07.0

all right? No. And I've never really given a shit about them until recently when I was reading

1:13.4

some of the nominations. And this one name in particular just called out to me, just reached out.

1:19.5

It was in the category of outstanding supporting actor in a comedy.

1:25.1

Are you ready? I bet you're going to tell me who it was. I'm actually not. It is a name

1:29.7

I will reveal shortly. But let's walk through some of the other nominees. You're going to tell me

1:34.1

eventually. Yes. Okay. Eventually, I will tell you which one is truly deserving. Okay. It's a pretty

1:40.6

stacked category. I can't lie. So first up, you have Tony Shaloub. Now look. Tony Shaloub is on a

1:48.0

TV show. Tony Shaloub. Yes. Is it not the back? No, it's not the kick isn't back. But that is the point.

1:53.0

It actually doesn't matter what TV show Tony Shaloub is on. I don't know. I like Tony Shaloub as a person.

1:57.8

I just did. Oh, no, no, no. I know it's show he's on. I watch it. I wouldn't actually have put him

2:02.9

in this category. It's marvelous. Mrs. Mazzle. Yes. Absolutely. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. He does a good

2:07.3

job on that show because I forget that he even plays the father. But I don't know that it's like one

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