Kenan Thompson, Kel Mitchell and orange soda reunited for the latest episode of Saturday Night Live in a sketch that sees Keke Palmer and the 2 comedians caught in a soapy love triangle storyline with a being pregnant twist.
Thompson and Mitchell, who turned teen stars due to their work on All That and later their beloved titular roles in the 1996 Nickelodeon sitcom Kenan and Kel, appeared on the Dec. 3 episode as a part of a sketch reimaging the present many years after it went off the air. Dubbed Kenan and Kelly, SNL host Keke Palmer is the one who pitched the fake sequence, which affords an aged-up dramatic spin on the comedic shenanigans the unique children present was recognized for.
The sketch opens with Palmer promoting Thompson on the reboot that can see her substitute Kel as “Kelly” in the title card. That’s proper earlier than the SNL forged member reveals that what he thought was going to be a “Jordan Peele-produced streaming series” was nothing of the kind.
“I had already sold the show before I even met Kenan,” Palmer hilariously reveals in a confessional. “I told the producers we wrote it together.”
Returning to the unique sequence’ ridiculous antics, Palmer places her personal spin on the world of the favored ’90s sitcom — together with swapping out Kel’s well-known catchphrase “Aw, here it goes!” with “Oh, here comes the bus!” But she additionally provides darker, extra dramatically soapy parts, together with a retailer taking pictures and being pregnant storyline.
“Keke was gunning for an Emmy Award so she wanted gritty, dramatic moments in it,” Thompson says in his personal confessional. “I thought, ‘That won’t work.’ And I was right.”
After Palmer — who integrated her newly introduced being pregnant into her character’s storyline — delivers over-the-top monologues about being pregnant with Thompson’s baby and having a distraught, fatherless childhood, Kel seemingly arrives to reunite along with his previous display accomplice however is overcome by his love for orange soda.
“Well, we just started and I think we have a tone issue, but people seem excited about it, I guess,” Thomspon remarks earlier than fellow SNL forged member Devon Walker affords a spot-on impression of Mitchell’s character — braided wig and all.
The skit ends on a dramatic and comedic excessive word, with Kel getting shot whereas trying to cease a retailer theft and Palmer revealing the child is definitely his, not Kenan’s.
“The show is not good, but Jordan Peele called us,” Thomspon says earlier than Mitchell provides, “He wants us to do a sequel to Nope.”
The reunion is the most recent from the previous onscreen duo, who additionally reunited at this yr’s Emmys, appeared onstage on the 2019 NHL awards collectively and starred in a Good Burger skit on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon in 2015.
This article initially appeared on The Hollywood Reporter.
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