--- title: Alex Trebek Reveals Dream Saturday Night Live Cameo description: Jeopardy host Alex Trebek says he would play Turd Ferguson on Saturday Night Live in cameo. canonical: https://time.com/4288596/alex-trebek-snl-saturday-night-live-cameo/ author: Olivia B. 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Waxman Staff Writer Apr 11, 2016 4:59 PM UTC Good news for people who may have seen more [_Saturday Night Live_ parodies](http://time.com/3710664/snl-40-celebrity-jeopardy-saturday-night-live/) of _Jeopardy!_ than episodes of the game show. [Alex Trebek](http://time.com/3967894/jeopardy-alex-trebek-song-lyrics/) said he would be willing to play “[Turd Ferguson](http://time.com/4038307/jeopardy-turd-ferguson-alex-trebek/)” on _Saturday Night Live,_ a fake contestant name from the long-running _SNL_ spoof _Celebrity Jeopardy!,_ in which cast members would play different stars competing on the game show, hosted by Will Ferrell. Turd Ferguson was the fake contestant name for Norm MacDonald’s Burt Reynolds. Trebek offered to make this cameo in a Twitter video by a [_USA Today_](http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/entertainthis/2016/04/11/alex-trebek-snl-could-turd-ferguson/82886508/) reporter at Constitution Hall in Washington D.C., where several tournaments were taped over the weekend. > [](https://twitter.com/CaraReports/status/718923556319404032) It is not the first time the host has uttered that name in public. [A _Jeopardy!_ contestant tricked him into saying it](http://time.com/4038307/jeopardy-turd-ferguson-alex-trebek/) in an episode that aired in September 2015\. 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