What Up with That

Genre

sketch comedy

How it feels

This is a recurring sketch from Saturday Night Live. It parodies a low-budget talk show on BET where the host Diondre Cole keeps interrupting his guests to sing his theme song.

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What happens

"What Up with That?" (also rendered "What's Up with That?" in some episodes) is a recurring sketch on the NBC television series Saturday Night Live. The sketch first aired in 2009. It stars Kenan Thompson as Diondre Cole, host of a talk show on BET. Supporting characters include the show's announcer, originally played by Will Forte, and later by Taran Killam and Mikey Day, Fred Armisen as Giuseppe, a Kenny G-like saxophone player, Jason Sudeikis as Vance, an overzealous track-suit-wearing backup dancer, Bill Hader playing a recurring guest on the show (Fleetwood Mac guitarist Lindsey Buckingham) and backup singers Pippa and Poppy. Pippa and Poppy were portrayed by Jenny Slate and Nasim Pedrad in season 35, Pedrad and Vanessa Bayer during seasons 36 and 37, Bayer and Cecily Strong in season 38, Strong and Sasheer Zamata during the SNL 40th Anniversary Special, Ego Nwodim and Melissa Villaseñor in season 45, and Villaseñor and Punkie Johnson in season 47. Cast members and unannounced celebrities frequently play additional roles during Cole's performances. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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