John Oliver slams SNL UK version as a terrible idea for this 1 reason: Its a cult

John Oliver isn’t looking to bring the laughs across the pond.The late-night host, 48, revealed he doesn’t think a UK version of “Saturday Night Live” would work.“It sounds like a terrible idea,” Oliver confessed when asked during “Late Night With Seth Meyers” on Monday about the upcoming London sketch comedy show.Host Seth Meyers asked the comedian to expand on his reasoning.“Well, it just sounds like a bad — we have had sketch comedy before,” Oliver said.“And it just feels like ‘Saturday Night Live’ is such a unique group.

It’s a cult.I’m trying to not say the word.

It’s a cult.And so I don’t know how you can impose that cult onto the UK.”Meyers, 51, is no stranger to the NBC series, as he starred as a cast member on “SNL” from 2001 to 2014.The writer then asked Oliver to share what he thinks is the most “cult-like thing” about “Saturday Night Live.”“What night is it that you stay up all night?” Oliver asked, to which Meyers replied: “Tuesday night.

You stay up all night on Tuesday.”“That’s ridiculous,” the British star responded.“I’m saying that’s the kind of a thing a cult leader would make you do.

‘Uh, we stay up all night on Tuesdays, by the way.’”“I think it’s been proven that ‘SNL’ is the outlier,” Oliver teased.“You don’t need — it doesn’t have to be dictated to the day that you must not sleep on that day or the great leader will be irritated.” Oliver’s comments come a month after a British version of “Saturday Night Live” was officially announced by UK broadcaster Sky in a press release.The London-based series will premiere in 2026, and is set to be executive produced by “SNL” creator Lorne Michaels.The show “will follow the same live, fast-paced style that has made the show a cultural phenomenon with iconic hosts, musical guests and a core cast of the funniest British comedians around.”Sky is owned by NBCUniversal’s company Comca...