Kenan Thompsonis about to be one of the busiest people in show business and he couldnt be happier.

Its the dream, Thompson tells EW of landingThe Kenan Show.

Its historic, mind-blowing, and very surreal.

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But it takes a lot of work.

Its a lot of work.

Thats the advantage thatSNLhas: An audience will tell you pretty quickly if the joke works or not.

I love putting people to work, so its crazy to me to fathom that I gotAndy Garciaa job.

Thats up to NBC, he says.

They want to give me all these jobs, they need to work out the schedule.

[Laughs] Ill show up when they tell me to show up and do my thing.

Its the coolest job ever.

Theres no other place like it.