-"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.!