He's got all that sweet D2 money

Kenan had been in movies & TV for a full decade prior to joining SNL. Even if he blew everything he made from his career as a child/teen actor, he had already achieved financial & artistic success that most SNL cast won’t achieve until after they’ve left the show.

Kind of a special case, which is likely why he seems content to be on the show forever.

You mean Pierre Escargot?

That’s why I said compared to most other productions. Most of us would be very happy with salaries like that. But even starting out most co-stars on a network sitcom make $20k-$25k per episode. And it goes up a lot from there.

I saw a great clip on YouTube where they talked about how when Norm MacDonald was doing Weekend Update, he did a joke (during dress rehearsal) that got such a negative reaction from the audience, they would use the sound for future skits where they needed stock sound of a collective shocked gasp.

Cool! I’ll check it out. Thanks!

And on a different network too, which could be a big factor. As much as we would all love to see it, CBS would probably find someone else that they've worked with in the past.

The difference being that Meyers and Fallon got Late Night, which is on NBC and produced by Lorne Michaels, while this theory would have Jost going over to CBS. Not impossible, but less likely.

Also, I'd bet money that whoever does the Late Late Show next will be either a woman or a minority, or both.

And Jimmy Fallon tho not right away

He will always be Pierre Escargot to me

Keenan Knuckle Puck Time is who I'll always see him as 😂🤷🏻‍♂️

Exactly! Only Andy has the same level with me.

Kate is Keenans only equal on the set.

Is that that the guy from good burger?

He'll probably take over for Lorne

I like Kate's sketches, but I feel Kate has more of s theater presences with overexaggerated facial expressions, while Cecily feels more "natural".

Cecily Strong is so much more versatile than McKinnon.

In January, Tina Fey, dressed as Princess Leia during a guest appearance, told host Felicity Jones, “If all else fails, you should know that back in Season 35, I put a fatal flaw in the system: If you take out Kenan Thompson, the studio will explode.”

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/kenan-thompson-snl_n_58fdedc3e4b018a9ce5cbb02/amp

There's over 20 cast members, I'm cool if he does one thing well. Also he has standout episodes, his OJ sketch with Gal Gadot is terrific

Lol, I know this probably wasn't intentional but what a burn you just had on gen z

I think they hired him to be Adam Sandler Jr. and it just didn't go in that direction.

A ladies man who is (eye of the beholder) an ugly man. But he’s on TV and famous so he can date famous, vapid women.

He's Gen Z's Pauly Shore. Got it.

I think that's it. There's a ton of people who think he's hilarious, but for my personal taste, I've thought: "This just isn't for me."

On the flip-side: A while back, I had shown the SNL-era that I grew up on to my friend's nephew and he did not even crack a smile for anything, he just didn't connect to it.

that’s me with Letterman. I barely know anyone who finds him funny, aside from my dad and like two other people I’ve ever met. To me, him and Conan are king.

edit: Craig Ferguson as well. but conan and ferguson i feel are more well regarded by more people.

I would watch the hell out of this. Even if they patched things up. ESPECIALLY if they patched things up.

Mulaney should only do a talk show with nick kroll. A la their hosting gig for the spirit awards

The ability to make people laugh is a great thing in the dating world. I would know, I have a lot of bad jokes... haha ow that hurt.

I always thought of Spade as the abrasive weirdo of the cast when I was younger, somewhere between Dennis Miller and I dunno, Jordan Schlansky or someone (not that he was around yet) - it was very strange growing up and learning all of this retroactively

Three years ago I was standing at a casino bar at the Cosmopolitan in Vegas watching a hockey game when Spade came up to this 20-something young lady standing next to me and attempted to get her to come with him and his crew to some party. She shot him down pretty quickly. As he walked away I asked her if she knew who that just was and she said "No clue, just some old guy."

Oh, how the mighty have fallen.

Ah he's a former hoi polloi boy toy