John Mulaney, Simon Rich Recall Failed ‘SNL’ Sketch Cut By Seth Meyers Spoofing Cash 4 Gold Ads

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Before John Mulaney and Simon Rich were selling out previews for Broadway’s All In, they were being “united by the collective trauma” of working for then-head writer at Saturday Night Live Seth Meyers.

In a new appearance on Late Night With Seth Meyers, the trio recalled a failed sketch spoofing the ubiquitous Cash 4 Gold ads that graced television screens everywhere in the late 2000s. “We immediately collaborated and wrote so many brilliant things that you cut viciously each week,” Mulaney joked to Meyers.

The proposed, and eventually axed, “Cash 4 Silver” sketch featured then-cast member Bill Hader pleading with audiences to sell him their silver.

Silver utensils and picture frames were acceptable trades, Mulaney recounted, but all was not well for the precious metal enthusiast. “He’s very insistent and frantic, and you gradually realized why,” Rich explained. “It’s because he and his family are marooned on Werewolf Island.” “And they need to make silver bullets by a certain date,” Mulaney said.