Saturday Evening Stay’s historic fiftieth season has include loads of huge moments within the 2025 TV information, together with some controversies like Aimee Lou Wooden’s discourse over “The White Potus” skit and Morgan Wallen’s viral walk-off. A lighter growth that I like, nevertheless, comes courtesy of Invoice Burr. Apparently, in the course of the huge anniversary weekend, the comic confronted Pearl Jam’s Eddie Vedder in regards to the notorious band. Particularly, Burr shared how a lot he hated the signature ‘90s style, and I couldn’t love the anecdote extra.
Burr, at present part of the Broadway present Glengarry Glen Ross, stopped in at Late Evening with Seth Meyers. The pair talked in regards to the play, alongside along with his new particular, Invoice Burr: Drop Useless Years (out there to these with a Hulu account). Maybe most memorably, in addition they coated the backstory of his disdain for Pearl Jam and its frontman. By way of YouTube, the comic revealed that he hated the band once they first popped up as a result of it was a unbroken shift within the music scene. He shared:
They all the time say, like, Nirvana knocked it out. It was Pearl Jam. When Pearl Jam got here – That was one other a kind of grunge Seattle bands. And that is once I was like, ‘Oh, my God. This is not ending.’ Like, ‘That is simply gonna hold coming.’ After which all my bands, Skid Row and all of them, had been gone. And it was simply these unhappy guys singing about being below a bridge and never being pleased. And I am like, ‘What occurred to nothing however time and ignoring all of your issues with cocaine, proper?’ Like, that was throughout.
Invoice Burr is simply too good holding onto this grudge for a couple of many years. Although the world appears to have fairly stark (love them or hate them) views for Pearl Jam and Eddie Vedder, the Previous Dads alum’s grudge on grunge takes the cake. One of the best half needs to be that he is not flawed. Nirvana confirmed up first, however Pearl Jam upped the ante.
The multi-decade saga gave the impression to be formally put to mattress on the large Studio 8H particular occasion (which you’ll watch with a Peacock subscription). It’s all due to the large anniversary weekend funds that introduced in loads of A-listers. Burr was in a position to grasp with the Vedder in the course of the night and clarify, humorously, the longstanding bone he needed to decide with the band. He additionally acknowledged that he’s now a Pearl Jam fan:
And so I bought to sit down subsequent to him, and he was like – I did it in good nature. I used to be like, ‘Man, I hated your band. You ended my factor.’ And he was cracking up. I am going, ‘Have you learnt how lengthy it took me to confess how nice a band Pearl Jam is?’ As a result of now I like ’em. Nevertheless it was like 20 years the place I simply, like – I am not listening to these guys.
Once more, there aren’t many just like the Breaking Unhealthy alum in Hollywood, and also you’ve bought to like him for it! For him to really feel the vitriol within the first place, maintain onto it for therefore lengthy, recover from it, after which share the entire thing with the lead singer is gold. It makes me wish to know extra of the funnyman’s opinions, together with his emotions on the theorized concept about being Billy Corgan’s half-brother. I am certain there’d be extra laugh-out-loud sizzling takes from the 56-year-old. At this level, there’s sufficient proof that they aren’t associated.
Now that the dissatisfaction for Pearl Jam has disappeared for Burr, I can meet up with the aforementioned March 14th standup and look ahead to his subsequent grievance to come up. If it’s something like this one, I might be simply as invested.
Additionally, SNL‘s scheduled hosts and musical acts proceed to carry their A recreation, with Quinta Brunson and Benson Boone serving as Might third’s host and music act, respectively. It’ll be airing on NBC on the eponymous evening at 11:30 p.m. EST and out there to stream the next day with a Peacock account.