The 50th anniversary special for “Saturday Night Live” began with music generations colliding, with Paul Simon and Sabrina Carpenter singing “Homeward Bound.”
Simon told the audience it was a song he first sang with former Beatle George Harrison in 1976.
“I was not born then, and neither were my parents,” Carpenter told Simon & Garfunkel alum.
The “Please, Please, Please” singer then sang the song as a duet, before comedy legend Steve Martin took the stage to give a host’s traditional monologue.
“Lorne told me I was doing the monologue … on a friend’s boat down on the Gulf of Steve Martin,” the “Only Murders in the Building” star joked.
Martin also gave a shoutout to the show’s writers “in the crowd,” who were shown outside in the rain.
“By the way, that tribute to the writers was written by AI,” Martin joked.
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The “Father of the Bride” star was then joined by John Mulaney who joked that the celebrity hosts were the most important part of the show.
“If I look around, I see some of the most difficult people I have ever worked with in my life,” Mulaney joked.
Martin Short then took the stage, and was shortly after taken away by ICE officers for being a Canadian.
“We’ve been working together so long we could actually finish each other’s careers,” Martin joked.
The “SNL 50: The Anniversary Celebration” began airing live on NBC and Peacock at 8 p.m. ET, and is featuring many of the show’s most famous cast members and hosts.
Martin Short chatted with Access Hollywood’s Emily Orozco on the red carpet ahead of “SNL50: The Anniversary Special.”
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