Kenan Thompson picked up his second nomination in Best Comedy Supporting Actor as a repertory player on “Saturday Night Live.” He now has four nominations overall, winning two years ago for writing a song for the NBC comedy institution. For this year’s Emmys, Thompson is submitting the second at-home episode (titled “At Home #2”) to voters, which features the actor adapting many of his characters to a virtual setting.
Thompson’s first sketch is “What Up with That,” last seen on the 40th anniversary special in 2015. The sketch features Thompson as Diondre Cole, a talk show host who has an affinity for the show’s theme song, almost to a fault. He reprises his role as David Ortiz, aka Big Papi in a cooking show setup, typically seen behind the “Weekend Update” desk. He also stars in an O.J. Simpson sketch, giving the audience his unsolicited thoughts on the pandemic,...
Thompson’s first sketch is “What Up with That,” last seen on the 40th anniversary special in 2015. The sketch features Thompson as Diondre Cole, a talk show host who has an affinity for the show’s theme song, almost to a fault. He reprises his role as David Ortiz, aka Big Papi in a cooking show setup, typically seen behind the “Weekend Update” desk. He also stars in an O.J. Simpson sketch, giving the audience his unsolicited thoughts on the pandemic,...
- 9/16/2020
- by Kevin Jacobsen
- Gold Derby
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