The 'SNL at Home' What's Up With That sketch is basically a chaotic Zoom meeting

Most people working from home have been interrupted by a coworker. That coworker is usually not Kenan Thompson's "SNL" character Diondre Cole.
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The 'SNL at Home' What's Up With That sketch is basically a chaotic Zoom meeting
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Kenan Thompson's recurring "What's Up With That" sketch is a Saturday Night Live classic, but moving the all-singing, all-dancing character Diondre Cole to the show's new at home format makes for pure sketch comedy chaos.

It's hard not to think of a Zoom meeting gone feral as Thompson interrupts show guests Charles Barkley and DJ Khaled, who can't get a word in edgewise between his musical interludes. At least when regular coworkers hog the Zoom screen, they don't have Jason Sudeikis and Fred Armisen accompanying them. Usually.

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Alexis Nedd

Alexis Nedd is a senior entertainment reporter at Mashable. A self-named "fanthropologist," she's a fantasy, sci-fi, and superhero nerd with a penchant for pop cultural analysis. Her work has previously appeared in BuzzFeed, Cosmopolitan, Elle, and Esquire.


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