Weekly The Generation, Year 1, Issue 14
December 05, 2023
Kenan Thompson and Kel Mitchell reunited on screen in 2023 for Good Burger 2 (available now with a Paramount+ subscription), a sequel to the original film from 1997, which itself was based on the Nickelodeon sketch show All That. The SNL star and the Dancing with the Stars 28 runner up were an iconic duo for ‘90s kids, but the two weren’t always on the best of terms. Now, almost two decades after the end of their Kenan & Kel sitcom, Thompson has opened up about their falling out.
While Kel Mitchell shared back in 2022 that he and Kenan Thompson would “talk all the time,” that wasn’t always the case. Thompson was a guest on TODAY to promote his new book, called When I Was Your Age: Life Lessons, Funny Stories & Questionable Parenting Advice from a Professional Clown, and he addressed the period when he and his former Nickelodeon screen partner weren’t speaking.
The passage of time and some development as individuals was all that it took for Kenan Thompson and Kel Mitchell to rekindle their friendship, to the point that they no longer remembered what had come between them in the first place. For the SNL star, it just “became ridiculous” at a certain point, and he made the overture to reconnect with Mitchell.
As a fan of the duo back in their Nickelodeon days, I’m glad to learn that their friendship was strong enough to come right back even after years of not being close. They shared the screen for quite some time, as working on All That turned into Kenan & Kel, which ran on the network from four seasons between 1996 and early 2001. The original Good Burger released in 1997.
