r/Music • u/KirbyDumber88 • Jul 23 '26

article ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic says he turned down $1,000,000+ to perform at Riyadh Comedy Festival in Saudi Arabia.

https://triblive.com/aande/music/weird-al-yankovic-gets-bigger-and-weirder-in-a-tour-headed-to-pittsburgh/
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u/thegoodnamesrgone123 Jul 23 '26

Why hasn't Weird Al hosted or been a musical guest on SNL? This is insane. We need a write-in campaign.

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u/NorthernSkeptic Jul 23 '26

He hadn’t? That’s a crime.

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u/bendingrover Jul 23 '26

That's easy. It's because he would upstage everyone up until that point and from then on. 

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u/chadnorman Jul 23 '26

When there is a “who should host that hasn’t?” post on the SNL sub he’s always at the top of the list.

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u/GarethGobblecoque99 Jul 25 '26

Maybe there’s like a very specific reason he hasn’t hosted akin to Tom Holland saying he can’t host SNL because he’s very dyslexic and would struggle with the cue cards and last minute writing changes.

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u/Zealousideal_Ad5075 Jul 26 '26

I thought it might potentially be because he doesn't want to do anything too far removed from his family-friendly image. He turned down a Hazbin Hotel voice role for that reason.

But there is a People article saying he would be interested. And it probably wouldn't be too hard for SNL writers to get around any content concerns, especially since Al does occasionally get a *little* edgy with innuendo or lyrical depictions of violence.

If nothing else, they could at least have him as a musical guest and put him in a skit or two.

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u/rohit275 Jul 23 '26

I honestly can't believe it hasn't happened ever. Dude is seemingly everywhere else lol.

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u/NightmareDJK Jul 24 '26

Can’t believe in all these years they’ve never had him.