Kenan Thompson and Kel Mitchell Reunite at 2022 Emmys, Tease ‘Good Burger’ Sequel: Watch
13.09.2022 - 06:11
/ usmagazine.com
‘90s kids are shaking! Kenan Thompson and Kel Mitchell reunited at the 2022 Emmy Awards — and teased a Good Burger sequel.
After the 44-year-old Emmys host introduced Kumail Nanjiani as the fake bartender at the Monday, September 12, awards show, he made his way over to a surprise patron: his Kenan & Kel and Good Burger costar Mitchell, also 44.
“Excuse me, sir, can we get you a drink or something?” Thompson asked the comedic actor, who initially had his back turned to the audience — and quickly turned around to reveal his identity.
“Can I get a good burger?” Mitchell replied as the Saturday Night Live cast member began yelling in excitement. The pair quickly hugged each other and jumped up and down a la their Kenan & Kel characters, shouting “Oh! Oh! Oh!”
“Oh, my God! Make it two Good Burgers,” Thompson requested. Before closing out the segment, the Kenan alum teased that the fan-favorite duo would once again join forces for a Good Burger sequel next year.
The longtime friends initially made a name for themselves when they starred on Nickelodeon’s sketch comedy show, All That, in the early ‘90s. Thompson and Mitchell’s on-screen chemistry was so palpable that they quickly scored their own spin-off, Kenan & Kel, which fan from 1996 to 2000.
The comedic duo only grew more popular with their 1997 cult classic, Good Burger, a spin-off of their frequent All That sketch, and the 2000 Kenan & Kel TV movie, Two Heads Are Better Than None.
Though their relationship hit a snag at one point — “The truth is, Kenan does not want to be seen with me in any form of media, or even have my name mentioned around him. I have not been upset about this,” Mitchell told TMZ in 2012 — they soon reconciled and revived their Good Burger characters in a