I read somewhere that you could actually get into legal trouble if you did that. Not sure if that’s true but that would explain why Norm didn’t ghost the show since he was clearly pretty angry he got fired. They probably have to sign a contract of some sort saying they’re going to do everything a regular SNL host is supposed to do. So not only would he have gotten blacklisted, he would’ve gotten kiked in court.
He really should’ve just declined though. I wanted him to do well but he fucking bombed doing material all of his fans have seen him do on 2 separate specials now. And he kept chastising the audience for not laughing enough which gave me douche chills. I can’t believe someone at his level doesn’t know you can’t do that.
But unlike guys like Attell who pretty much only make money off of standup, Shane is also a millionaire from his podcast so really he has zero incentive to improve as a comic. Really disappointed all around though. This whole event will probably end up making their podcast much worse too.