What star of "Fat Albert" is known for his role in Saturday Night Live's sketch, "What Up With That?"
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What Up with That "What Up with That?" is a recurring sketch on the NBC television series "Saturday Night Live" which first aired in 2009. It stars Kenan Thompson as Diondre Cole, host of a talk show on BET. Supporting characters include Taran Killam as the show's announcer (originally Will Forte), Sasheer Zamata (originally Jenny Slate, later Vanessa Bayer) and Cecily Strong (originally Nasim Pedrad) as backup singers/dancers Pippa and Piper, respectively, Fred Armisen as Giuseppe, a Kenny G-like saxophone player, and Jason Sudeikis as Vance, an overzealous backup dancer. The sketch has incorporated unannounced cameo appearances by a number of celebrities. In addition to this, cast members frequently play roles adding to the chaos during Cole's performances, such as Paul Brittain and Abby Elliott's dancing performances as Vili Fualaau and Mary Kay Letourneau, a student and teacher who made news for their sexual relationship.
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Kenan Thompson Kenan Thompson ( born May 10, 1978) is an American actor and comedian. He is known for his work as a cast member of NBC's "Saturday Night Live". In his teenage years, he was an original cast member of Nickelodeon's sketch comedy series "All That." Thompson is also known for his roles as Kenan Rockmore in the sitcom "Kenan & Kel", Russ Tyler in "The Mighty Ducks" franchise, Dexter Reed in the film "Good Burger", and "Fat Albert" as the title character. In his early career, he often collaborated with fellow comedian and "All That" cast member Kel Mitchell. He is ranked at #88 on VH1's 100 Greatest Teen Stars.
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Live on Tape Live on Tape is a late night comedy sketch show that aired on Saturday nights at 10pm on KLJB-TV in Davenport, Iowa from 1987 to 1989, and repeated through 1990. "Live on Tape" was the only locally produced entertainment show at that time in the Quad Cities area.
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Will Jordan Will Jordan (born July 27, 1927 in Bronx, New York) is an American character actor and stand-up comedian best known for his resemblance - and ability to do uncanny impressions of - television host and newspaper columnist Ed Sullivan. Jordan was an early friend and influence on Lenny Bruce.
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Salahuddin Toofani Salahuddin Toofani (1948 – 8 March 2008) was a Pakistani actor, primarily seen in comedy roles, who rose to prominence on stage and television during the 1970s and achieved fame in the early 1980s as a member of the "Saturday Night Live"-styled sketch comedy TV series "Fifty Fifty".
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Wayne Federman Wayne Federman (born June 22, 1959) is an American comedian, actor, author, comedy writer, and musician. He is noted for numerous stand-up comedy appearances in clubs, theaters, and on television; a biography of "Pistol" Pete Maravich; and supporting comedic acting roles in "The X-Files", "The Larry Sanders Show", "Curb Your Enthusiasm", "Community", "Legally Blonde", "50 First Dates", "The 40-Year-Old Virgin", and "Step Brothers". He was the head monologue writer for NBC's "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" in its first season.
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Tommy Chong Thomas B. Kin Chong (born May 24, 1938) is a Canadian-American comedian, actor, writer, and cannabis rights activist who is known for his marijuana-themed Cheech & Chong comedy albums and movies with Cheech Marin, as well as playing the character Leo on Fox's "That '70s Show". He became a naturalized United States citizen in the late 1980s.
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Biff Henderson James Jackson "Biff" Henderson, Jr. (born October 3, 1946) is an American comedian and television personality best known for his work on the "Late Show with David Letterman". He was the show's stage manager and appeared in occasional humorous segments, which often involved interviewing people at public places and events.
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Albert Tsai Albert Tsai (born August 5, 2004) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Bert Harrison on the ABC comedy series "Trophy Wife" and as Dave Park on "Dr. Ken". Tsai also has recurring guest appearances as Phillip Goldstein in the ABC comedy series "Fresh Off the Boat". In 2014, at the age of nine, he earned a Best Supporting Actor nomination from the Critics' Choice Television Awards for his performance on ABC's comedy series "Trophy Wife".
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Eric Schwartz (comedian) Eric Schwartz (also known as "Smooth-E") is an American comedian, musician, and actor from Thousand Oaks, California known for his energetic blend of stand-up comedy, music, and video. Eric's viral videos and parodies have earned him international media attention and he has been featured on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Showtime, BET, TMZ, and The Huffington Post.
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Seth Meyers Seth Adam Meyers (born December 28, 1973) is an American comedian, writer, political commentator, actor, and television host. He hosts "Late Night with Seth Meyers", a late-night talk show that airs on NBC. Prior to that, he was a head writer for NBC's "Saturday Night Live" (2001–2014) and hosted the show's news parody segment, "Weekend Update".
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Rosie Shuster Rosie Shuster (born June 19, 1950) is a Canadian-born comedy writer. She was a writer for "Saturday Night Live" during the 1970s and 1980s.
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Calvert DeForest Calvert Grant DeForest (July 23, 1921 – March 19, 2007), also known by his character Larry "Bud" Melman, was an American actor and comedian, best known for his appearances on "Late Night with David Letterman" and the "Late Show with David Letterman".
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Trustin Howard Trustin Howard (December 18, 1923 – April 20, 2017) was an American vocalist, songwriter, actor, nightclub comic, television writer and author. Howard was born Howard Trustin Slavin in Chicago, and began his acting career as a pre-teen. By the age of 15 he’d introduced his persona Slick Slavin at the Chicago Theater. His nightclub act led to film roles in "Philbert" (for which he provided the voice of the animated title character), "Speed Crazy" and a small part in "King Creole". Howard branched into writing, eventually becoming the head writer of the "Joey Bishop Show", writing episodes of "This is Your Life", and numerous, including "The Night of Stars". He recorded singles for the Acclaim and Imperial labels, the comedy album "The “Groove” World of Trustin Howard""," and authored fiction ("The Channeler"), non-fiction ("Winchell and Runyon") and the autobiography "My Life With Regis and Joey and Practically Everyone Else".
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Jay Pharoah Jared Antonio Farrow (born 14 October, 1987) better known by his stage name Jay Pharoah, is an American actor, stand-up comedian, impressionist, rapper, and voice actor. He joined the cast of NBC's "Saturday Night Live" in 2010, for its thirty-sixth season. In 2015, he was ranked the 55th greatest "Saturday Night Live" cast member by "Rolling Stone" magazine.
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Buddy Lester Buddy Lester (January 16, 1917 – October 4, 2002) was an American comedian and actor who played dozens of character roles in films and television. Though probably best known for his appearances in Jerry Lewis's comedy films, he was also regularly seen on popular television shows (such as "The New Phil Silvers Show" and "Barney Miller") in the 1960s and 1970s. As a comedian, he was a fixture on the international nightclub circuit for several decades and was the brother of comedian Jerry Lester.
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Katie Rich Katie Rich is an American comedy writer and actress best known for her work on "Saturday Night Live".
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Coffee Talk "Coffee Talk with Linda Richman" is a series of sketches performed by Mike Myers on the sketch comedy show "Saturday Night Live". It ran from October 12, 1991, until October 15, 1994, although Myers (who had since left the show) reprised the role once more on March 22, 1997.
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The Boston Teens The Boston Teens are fictional characters featured on the American television show "Saturday Night Live". "The Boston Teens" debuted in 1999 and have appeared in 13 sketches to date. "TV Guide" named The Boston Teens among "Saturday Night Live"' s 40 greatest characters in a list compiled in honor of the show's 40th anniversary in 2015.
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Gasping for Airtime Gasping for Airtime: Two Years in the Trenches of Saturday Night Live is a 2004 memoir by former "Saturday Night Live" featured player Jay Mohr. In it, Mohr recounts, among other things, his battles with panic attacks, being intimidated by castmates Rob Schneider and Ellen Cleghorne, his conflicts with Al Franken, his admiration for deceased castmates Chris Farley and Phil Hartman, the admission that he stole material from actor/comedian Rick Shapiro, and being depressed about his lack of sketch appearances.
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Arte Johnson Arthur Stanton Eric "Arte" Johnson (born January 20, 1929) is an American comic actor who was a regular on television's "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In". His best-remembered character was that of a German soldier with the catchphrase "Verrrry interesting", sometimes followed by, "but stupid" or "but not very funny."
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Recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced 1995–1996 Recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced 1995–1996