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Anyone ever notice how much louder the crowd cheers for Kel than Kenan?

posted 15 years ago by rpacejr19
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In the intro?

You can tell it's mostly women screaming for him-- you think that ever bothered Kenan at all? Think he got jealous? I know I would, lol...

[–] dread_2050 14 years ago

because kel was funnier he was the Latka Gravas (Taxi) of the show, while kenan was more like Frasier, in comparison

and the ladies seem to think kel was pretty hot

[–] blaque108 14 years ago

Not really I thought they were cheering for both of them.

[–] Megaman2005 14 years ago

Yeah I noticed that too since the beginning of the series started.

I think it's due to the fact (or majority of girls' opinions) that Kel was better looking.

[–] brokencd-855-445922 9 years ago

I used to think the same, but there's an episode where Kenan introduces Kel, the crowd cheers, then Kel introduces Kenan, and the crowd cheers louder. No matter who's being introduced, the crowd always cheers louder the second time. It's most likely due to the crowd being fired up after cheering the first time.

[–] aerial_assault_tc 14 years ago

I'm gonna briefly play Devil's Advocate here and say it had less to do with Kel being "cuter" and the fact he was the comic relief, where Kenan was the "straight man" of the duo. If you look back at the old Vaudeville duo Abbott and Costello (echoes of which ring true in Kenan and Kel), the audience seemed to cheer louder for Costello than Abbott, even though physically, Abbott resembled Kel and Costello resembled Kenan.
This is purely non-scientific conjecture on my part; A&C ran in the mid-50's while K&K ran in the mid-90's, so social mores and such were completely different. Still, the correlation had to be noted.

[–] lenamay2006 14 years ago

to the op lol yeah i always noticed that too. and i used to have a major crush on kel when i was younger. lol

[–] SuccessfulSeductress 13 years ago

I'm going to play Devil's advocate, too, and suggest that it was all because Kel was introduced the second of the two. Seems like whenever a duo is introduced to an audience, the patterns is that the audience will cheer louder for the second one being introduced. One thing I DID notice is that the one time I saw Kenan being introduced second of the two, he was the one who got the louder cheers.

Half fan, half troll.

[–] remy9-0 14 years ago

In the end, I think we know who won, as well as who is funnier.

[–] ghostdog2041 13 years ago

I call it the Kramer syndrome
Coming Soon... The December Man
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qj7fRpcXRI

[–] Phill24 13 years ago

I'm in the minority here but i always thought that Kenan was funnier

[–] lenamay2006 12 years ago

To the OP, yup I noticed it all the time! LOL I like Kenan though too! :)

[–] lenamay2006 12 years ago

OMG I didn't even see I had already commented on this before until just now. Oops! LOL

[–] afroninja 9 years ago

When I was younger, I used to think Kel was funnier. He's over the top and appeals more to kids. Kenan, IMO, always had more natural talent. He has great comedic timing and his facial expressions are priceless. Not trying to knock Kel but I can see why Kenan had a more successful career.

[–] maxihadda-73173 8 years ago

Definitely agree.

Re-watching it, Kenan is funnier. Great reactions to incidents.

[–] tiffanykk2002 8 years ago

^I've also noticed the same thing. Kenan was hysterical on this show. I appreciate him more after watching this as an adult. He was very talented, so was Kel, but Kel definitely appealed to kids more and was hot.

[–] blaque108 8 years ago

I didn't think much of it I thought they were cheering for them both equally.

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