After the trending "Mighty Ducks" reunion photos surfaced online bringing fans down memory lane, news on "Mighty Ducks" alumnus and current "Saturday Night Live" cast member, Kenan Thompson leaving the long-running NBC show.
The 36-year-old comedian is among the few members of the "Mighty Ducks" cast that has continued on his Hollywood career and has actually made it big. Apart from playing Russ Tyler in the 1994 "D2: The Mighty Ducks", Kenan Thompson was part of the original cast of the Nickelodeon' comedy series, "All That". His television shows continued on with "The Steve Harvey Show" and the most notable "Kenan & Kel" between 1996 and 2000.
His films include "The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle" (2000), "Big Fat Liar" (2002), "Snakes on a Plane" (2006), "Stan Helsing" (2009), "The Smurfs" and its sequel (2011, 2013), and the reboot scheduled for release in 2016.
Although his films fared quite fairly as most if not all were family-oriented, Kenan Thompson appeared in numerous popular television shows such as "Sabrina, the Teenage Witch", "The Amanda Show", "Felicity", and "iCarly". His guest appearances in these shows allowed him to be a mainstay cast in the long-running comedy sketch show, "Saturday Night Live."
"SNL" is a late-night television comedy sketch show and among the longest running NBC shows that has premiered in 1975. It is created by Lorne Michaels, known for his work on "Wayne's World 2" in 1993 and "Mean Girls" in 2004. Kenan Thompson appears in "Saturday Night Live" season 40, the latest which will begin airing in September 27, 2014.
In 2012, news surfaced online that Kenan Thompson's appearance in "Saturday Night Live" will soon come to an end as talks of a brand new show with Michaels is reportedly in the works. Two years after on "SNL's" latest season 40, Kenan Thompson is still part of the crew.
TMZ reports that although the there might definitely be another show for the "Saturday Night Live" alumnus, Kenan Thompson has agreed to stay at least until the last episode of season 40.
