'Kenan and Kel' once sold free SB tickets, 'balled out' at Chili's instead

One of the perks Kenan Thompson and Kel Mitchell experienced as stars of the 1990s Nickelodeon show "Kenan and Kel" was receiving free tickets to Super Bowl XXXII in San Diego. However, the duo never actually made it into the stadium.

On Wednesday's episode of "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon," Thompson told the hilarious story of how he and Mitchell ended up scalping their tickets and spending the money at a nearby Chili's restaurant.

"I got tickets to go one time when I was young, and they gave me and Kel - these people gave me and Kel - I don't want to say who it was, but it rhymes with Schmickelodeon," Thompson said. "They gave us tickets to the Super Bowl, and we were living in L.A., and it was in San Diego, that Super Bowl. They sent us down in this limousine or whatever, but my debit card game and my money was funny, so I didn't have any money on me at the time. I was just young and didn't know how to, like, juggle my finances or whatever.

"And it didn't make any sense to me to go to the Super Bowl with no money and not be able to buy anything or whatever. So, all these people were at the exit ramp selling tickets, and they were like, 'Hey, y'all got some tickets?' And I was like, 'I mean, how much would you give us for a ticket?' He was like, '$2,500.' I was like, 'What?!'

"I was like, 'Hey, Kel, you wanna make some super bread right now?' And we sold our tickets and went to Chili's and balled out ... Oh my gosh, chicken fingers for everybody."

Thompson, an Atlanta native, said he will be attendance for Super Bowl LIII on Sunday, "representing for not the Falcons."

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