Was this the final episode of The Rundown? It certainly seems like it, with Kenan Thompson picking a live sketch before standing back to admire the collection of SNL sketches that the digital series has assembled into an all-star episode since March.
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Man, what a run for Thompson. He’s been on the show since 2003, and he notes in The Rundown that he was the first cast member who was born after SNL premiered in 1975. We live in a world where SNL could hire a new cast member who was born after Thompson joined the show. Both Jane Wickline and Kam Patterson were born in 1999, so we’re getting close.
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