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While it’s well-documented that being on Saturday Night Live can really take a toll on its cast members, it also seems like it would be a blast. Just look at the comedic talent that oozes from that stage. Many of SNL ’s alumni have shared stories about the grueling workload and how it was balanced with plenty of fun — apparently sometimes too much fun.

Kenan Thompson recalled one specific instance where he partied all night with Amy Poehler and Will Forte before they had to film a sketch, and the hangover sounds brutally painful. Kenan Thompson — SNL ’s longest-tenured cast member — said in a recent segment of Late Night with Seth Meyers that they really “used to go after it” with the partying and recalled a particularly infamous night out drinking with now-former cast members Will Forte and Amy Poehler. The Good Burger 2 star and his colleagues didn’t leave the bar until 4:30 a.



m., he said, just an hour before a car picked him up to shoot a sketch. Check out what Thompson had to say: I am dying over Amy Poehler’s alleged sentiment about how they could be miserable and sad but still always laughing.

As for Kenan Thompson in that Black Eyed Peas sketch, I can imagine few things more miserable than having to put on a heavy costume and dance around in the street after a night of drinking and no sleep. Thompson recalled: I was will.i.

am and I put on heavy dreadlocks, heavy, heavy, hot dreadlocks. You know, we were all the Black Eyed Peas early in the morning. .

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