Kenan Thompson has talked about his time working with Dan Schneider at Nickelodeon for the primary time for the reason that launch of the documentary Quiet on Set: The Darkish Aspect of Children TV.
The veteran Saturday Night time Dwell forged member labored on Schneider-produced reveals All That and its spinoff sequence, Kenan & Kel, within the Nineteen Nineties.
Throughout Wednesday’s Tamron Corridor Present, he talked about his expertise now that the documentary has blown the lid off the scenario (Thompson’s feedback on it begin at 6:30 within the above video.)
“It’s powerful. It’s a tricky topic, you realize?” Thompson stated. “It’s powerful for me as a result of I can’t actually communicate on issues that I by no means witnessed, you realize what I’m saying? As a result of all these items occurred after I left, mainly.”
He continued, “Dan wasn’t actually on Kenan & Kel like that,” he stated. “I imply, he bought a ‘created by’ credit score, nevertheless it was a unique showrunner, so our worlds wasn’t actually overly overlapping like that exterior of All That, essentially. After which all of that negativity kinda began occurring exterior of our tenure there, you realize what I imply? So I wasn’t actually conscious of lots of it.”
Schneider wasn’t as indifferent as Thompson signifies. He had writing credit on 11 Kenan & Kel episodes, and is credited as a co-executive producer on each episode of the present’s first two seasons.
Schneider additionally wrote and produced quite a few episodes of All That that Thompson appeared in. He additionally had a screenwriter and co-producer credit score on Good Burger, the film spinoff of the All That section.
Thompson expressed sympathy to his fellow former Nickelodeon stars who mentioned the poisonous work atmosphere they endured in Quiet on Set.
“My coronary heart goes out to anyone that’s been victimized, or their households,” he stated. “I believe it’s a great factor that the doc is out and it’s placing issues on show, tales that should be instructed for accountability’s sake. However it’s undoubtedly powerful to observe as a result of I’ve fond recollections of that place and I’ve fond recollections of my costars and stuff like that. So to listen to that they’ve gone by horrible issues like that’s actually powerful.”
Thompson added, “Examine extra,” he stated. “It’s purported to be a protected place for teenagers. And to listen to all about that is rather like, ‘How dare you?’”
