Nate Bargatze Used 'SNL' To Audition For DoorDash Super Bowl Commercial

Plenty of people have used Saturday Night: Live as a means to an end. Some have been cast in the show and parlayed that time into a successful movie career. Others have been writers on the show and taken those skills to the late-night stage. Hosts have used their monologues to lament social injustice or inflate their egos for 17 minutes. But only one man has used his time on the legendary stage to support his fast food habits and bring them to a national stage. That man is Nate Bargatze.

The comedian has become a reliable host of the long-running program. The writers seemingly know exactly how to use him, as sketches he’s involved in play to his “regular guy” sensibilities. His George Washington sketch will go down in history as one of the show’s greatest. However, Bargatze had to push for that sketch, showing he knew what his strong suit was. To drive that point home, the comedian recently revealed to people that he used his monologue to get a gig with DoorDash.

Bargatze will star in DoorDash’s Super Bowl commercial this year (surprisingly not available yet). He will join a host of AI-oriented ads and a mayonnaise commercial with Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan. “Telling the story about DoorDash on SNL, that was my whole goal, was to, I was basically going on SNL to audition for DoorDash,” Bargatze explained to PEOPLE. “It really worked out.” To say I’m envious of the comedian would be an understatement, but I also know that having fast food delivered to me that easily would be a slippery slope.

I’ve become so disillusioned with Super Bowl stuff that this story stuck out. It’s fun and silly like Bargatze. There’s something relatable about it (even though he was likely offered more money than I’ve made in my lifetime). It speaks to Bargatze’s appeal. He’s an average guy who loves Sonic (when Dairy Queen is closed) and would prefer to have it brought to his doorstep instead of having to drive. Why not also get the people who would offer you that service to pay you exorbitant amounts of money to do a 30 to 60-second ad? We should all be so lucky.