Why SNL waited until now for a sketch devoted to Weezer

Vulture

Saturday Night Live writer Eli Coyote Mandel, who co-wrote the sketch, is a passionate Weezer fan. Over the Thanksgiving break, he dreamed up a scenario where Leslie Jones was also a diehard Weezer fan. "I truly believe every word that is said in that thing," Mandel says. "I believe everything Leslie Jones says and I believe everything Matt Damon says. As an American, I think it’s my right to believe two contradictory opinions. I truly believe that Weezer died in 1998, and also that it didn’t really get going until about 2004."