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  • -"Saturday Night Live," 18 Emmy nominations.

  • Not too shabby. -Right?

  • -That's pretty great. Congratulations on that, buddy.

  • [ Cheers and applause ] It was great season.

  • Well, you got a good cast. Got a great cast.

  • Do you have any favorite moments from the season?

  • -I mean, you know I wasn't personally nominated.

  • -Hmm. -I'm not really upset

  • about it at all. [ Laughter ]

  • -Wow. -Totally fine with it.

  • -Oh, my God. You're not even looking at me right now.

  • You're looking past -- Yeah. -Looking that way.

  • -No, I mean -- you know, it's been a good year.

  • But honestly, like one of my bigger highlights

  • was the R. Kelly thing.

  • So, I don't know if I wanted to be nominated for that.

  • But I mean, it was a great -- [ Laughter ]

  • It was a great cold open. -Why's that stick out?

  • Why do you like that? -Well, I mean, it did well.

  • You know? It was responded to... -Funny.

  • -...very well. It was -- yeah. It was very funny.

  • But, you know, touchy subject. You know?

  • -Yeah. Very topical, but, yeah, it was well done.

  • -Yeah, exactly. I mean, that's the beauty of "SNL."

  • It's topical, man.

  • -I want to talk about "All That."

  • -Yeah, dawg.

  • -You brought "All That" back to Nickelodeon.

  • -"All that" is back in everybody's life.

  • [ Cheers and applause ] -Saturdays --

  • -Amazing. -Saturday nights on Nickelodeon,

  • and you have an all-new cast there.

  • -Yeah, man. They found seven new awesome kids

  • and I couldn't be prouder of those kids.

  • They're so focused. They're so professional.

  • And they're so sweet and supportive of each other.

  • And they're super-duper funny.

  • And the ratings keep going up and up and up every single week.

  • They're being supported by you guys.

  • So thank you so much for tuning in.

  • [ Cheers and applause ] -No, it's great.

  • Good for you to do that. Are you gonna make any --

  • Are you gonna make any cameos, maybe, on that show?

  • -Yeah, yeah, yeah. I mean, I can cameo as myself.

  • That was like my one stipulation, so...

  • -Yeah. -I did this thing.

  • I think you're gonna be happy with it.

  • -Okay, good. I like that you're doing that.

  • 'Cause "All That" is where you got your start.

  • -Absolutely. I mean, and the other, you know,

  • elder cast members from the original cast

  • have been doing their thing.

  • They've coming back and doing a lot.

  • Kel has been killing it.

  • He's got the Good Burger pop-up restaurant going on right now.

  • I mean, the guy is a marketing genius right now.

  • -That's great. That's fantastic. -Yeah, if you love orange soda,

  • you can get it. [ Laughter ]

  • -You have "All That," and then you have this new show

  • "Bring the Funny." -Yeah, dawg.

  • -It's on NBC. -Yeah, man.

  • -It's fantastic. -It's going down.

  • -You, Chrissy Teigen -- -Me, Chrissy Teigen,

  • Jeff Foxworthy. -Jeff Foxworthy.

  • -Hosted by the great Amanda Seales.

  • Man, it's a great little unit.

  • And the champion is gonna get $250,000.

  • [ Cheers and applause ] -A lot of money.

  • -Yeah. -That's got to make you feel

  • to have -- -It makes me feel great.

  • It's NBC's money. You know what I'm saying?

  • -Oh, yes. It's not your money. [ Laughter ]

  • -Throw it on out there. No problem.

  • -Not -- no problem at all. Yeah.

  • -They may want to up the ante a little bit.

  • -But what is your -- what is your judging like?

  • What is your -- Where do you come from when you judge?

  • -I try to, you know, just be a raw audience member.

  • You know what I mean? Not try to judge too hard,

  • but if I get distracted by certain things,

  • I try to point that out. You know what I mean?

  • Like, you got a boog hanging or something.

  • -Yeah. [ Light laughter ]

  • Do I? -No.

  • -Okay, good. [ Laughter ]

  • Did you remember getting any advice from any comedians

  • when you were starting? -Yeah, I mean, you know,

  • words of encouragement, I think, really went further.

  • You know what I'm saying? Than any kind of advice.

  • 'Cause, like, it stayed with me. Like, I met Jamie Foxx once

  • on his show and he was coming out of his dressing room

  • going to a set or whatever.

  • And it was just in passing, but he, you know,

  • took the time and turned around and noticed me.

  • He was like, "Hey, man.

  • Boy, you got all the talent in the world.

  • Keep doing what you're doing."

  • And that like, stays with you.

  • You know what I'm saying? -Yeah.

  • -I was 18, I'm 41 now.

  • so, yeah, it was really nice. -That's cool.

  • -Somebody who's that talented and that great.

  • You know what I'm saying? -Yeah.

  • I'm excited to see who is gonna win the show and --

  • -Right? -See where they go. Yeah.

  • -We should get a little piece.

  • -I should wet my beak, but, yeah, no.

  • I was thinking I want to have 'em on the show.

  • -Yeah, you should. -Well, we will.

  • -You should totally. -Yeah.

  • -Speaking of, like, Jeff Foxworthy is, you know,

  • very famous for doing "The Tonight Show."

  • -Oh, he's been our show. He's a great guest.

  • -Yeah. He's really nice.

  • -I want to show everyone a clip.

  • Here's Kenan Thompson in "Bring the Funny."

  • -Oh, check it out. Check it out.

  • -Think back to any of our past memories at this very park.

  • [ Laughter ]

  • -You'd make me the happiest man in the world.

  • -Man, sorry I'm late guys. I was getting the hot dog --

  • Oh, my gosh! Are you proposing?!

  • That's amazing! -All right, Kenan.

  • -I thought it was brilliant.

  • Repetition is one of my favorite things in the world.

  • So, like, the flashback thing

  • I just thought was incredibly brilliant.

  • And the variances of comedy is what we're exploring here.

  • That was a prime example of how awesome it can be

  • in another kind of way. So awesome job, yeah.

  • [ Cheers and applause ]

  • -Honest. -It's good that you do that.

  • And positive. -Honest and positive, right?

  • -Yes, positive.

  • -I don't try to tear anybody down.

  • -Kenan Thompson, everybody.

  • "Bring the Funny" airs Tuesdays at 10:00 p.m.!

-"Saturday Night Live," 18 Emmy nominations.

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