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More SNL comings and goings:

EW.com reports that Jenny Slate, who joined Saturday Night Live in 2009, will not be returning this season.

The Washington Post notes that among the newbies announced yesterday by NBC, Jay Pharaoh, a 22-year-old comic from Chesapeake, Va., is the first black addition to the cast since Kenan Thompson in 2003. He flew up to New York last month and got the good news two weeks ago after meetings with executive producer Lorne Michaels and the show’s writers, says the Post.

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  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Johnny_Walker/ Johnny_Walker

    Even though SNL is the most unfunny ‘comedy’ show on tv, and I don’t watch it, I might start, b/c this guy is GOLD.

    His Will Smith and Denzel impressions are dead on.

    Good Luck to ya!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/cutthashyt/ cutthashyt

    so wut..this aint tha type of shytt we need to be proud of……

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  • http://www.blackplanet.com/EddieFrancisNOLA/ EddieFrancisNOLA

    Arnold impression . . . GREAT! Russell Simmons . . . good stuff! Really nice Bill Clinton, love the Mike Epps, and Biggie is seriously on point (on down to the breathing). But SNL is going to probably ruin the career he doesn’t have yet. LOL

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/CaliFemme23/ CaliFemme23

    cutthashyt, Co-Sign…

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/nodoubt10/ nodoubt10

    That’s whats up, his Mike Epps impression was on point. Good luck to you bro!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Icon-2010/ Icon-2010

    Why are black folk always jumping around like monkeys when a White person lets them play?

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/REDBOY703/ REDBOY703

    They won’t put a black women on there. Anyone ever notice that?

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/XxWarriorGoddessxX/ XxWarriorGoddessxX

    How about adding a sista to SNL?!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/odoggz/ odoggz

    …and what blacks watch that show again…? It’s not like he will have a chance to showcase his individual talents, he’s doing skits made for him, by white people and he’s just playing the interpretation. Great impressions though, but he’s not going to do anything like that on SNL.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Nightowl358/ Nightowl358

    SNL has a new pet monkey. . . .

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/infinite_question/ infinite_question

    this dude is talented. i would watch him on snl, they just got a new viewer. im setting my dvr to record this guy. just gold, johnny? this guy is iraq oil revenues. i knew they would hire a black cast once the chappelle show shut them down. honestly, i’d bet its y chappelle shut that 50 mil down. once u destroy snl in the viewage catagory, the whole world looks at u. i want to see him do obama, its the number 1 reason they hired him. last ditch effort to get black ratings, but this guy is USING SNL, not the other way around. they NEED him, thanx to utube, he doesnt NEED snl. but wheres dave? comedy needs him…

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Tuphunkefuya/ Tuphunkefuya

    No he’s not ready. Balance is needed. Comedy is intellect. It look likes a bunch of yuck yucks but its more than that.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Zeru25/ Zeru25

    Talented Brother.. Young too.. He’s only going to get better

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Johnny_Walker/ Johnny_Walker

    @cutthashyt, CaliFemme23, Icon-2010, Nightowl358

    The kid is a COMEDIAN and he just got a job with the most influential COMEDIC tv show of all time. Even though I think SNL is garbage, this one show is what vaults a comedian to the even ‘bigger time’ of movies, their own sitcoms, hosting late night, etc..

    With his impressions, he’ll probably be an instant HIT and able to take advantage of those opportunities that the other millions of black comics around the country only dream of.

    Where is this negative side that you all have dug up and focused on?

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  • http://www.blackplanet.com/JamdownKing/ JamdownKing

    Well, if he’s young, I believe the show and the people behind the scenes will help him develop and learn what he needs to hone his craft.

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    ??You have to be kidding me.!!

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