Celebrities who host Saturday Night Live get quite a bit of say when it comes to the sketches they’ll be in — they can even contribute their own ideas to the writers. As SNL’s longest-tenured cast member, Kenan Thompson has probably been in as many of these pitch meetings as anyone, and while he said the hosts don’t necessarily need to come in with funny ideas in order to have a great show, one member of the Five-Timers Club consistently kills it.
Kenan Thompson has been a Saturday Night Live cast member for more than 20 years, so when he endorses someone as always prepared and whose material always hits, I’m inclined to believe him. He says actress/comedienne Melissa McCarthy never disappoints when she shows up for her hosting gigs, telling People:
