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Kwanzaa Timmy
Played by Tim Meadows
Kwanzaa Timmy is Tim Meadows’s holiday-song persona in Saturday Night Live’s Weekend Update. After displaying symbols associated with Kwanzaa, he sings increasingly suggestive promises with the Kwanzettes, treating a holiday explanation as…
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Kwanzaa Timmy is Tim Meadows’s holiday-song persona in Saturday Night Live’s Weekend Update. After displaying symbols associated with Kwanzaa, he sings increasingly suggestive promises with the Kwanzettes, treating a holiday explanation as an opportunity for seduction.
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