Before Kenan Thompson became the longest-tenured Saturday Night Live cast member, he was getting his start on Nickelodeon by way of All That and Kenan & Kel, which also happens to be how his longtime friendship with Kel Mitchell began. The two went on to co-star in Good Burger, based on the All That sketch of the same name, and for a long time seemed inseparable. But after trying to pitch a Kenan & Kel spinoff, and with only one of their SNL auditions being successful, they just... stopped working together.
Kenan & Kel ran for four seasons, from 1996 to 2001, but the duo wanted to take it farther. While appearing on Deon Cole’s Funny Knowing You podcast, the SNL star looked back at his career, including his experience on Kenan & Kel and what came after. He revealed that there was a time that he and Mitchell were going around and pitching a spinoff of the beloved sitcom:
