Saturday Night time Stay celebrated its fiftieth anniversary over the weekend, beginning with the airing of SNL50: The Homecoming Live performance on February 14. This dwell present, broadcasted from Radio Metropolis Music Corridor in New York Metropolis on NBC, featured performances from David Byrne and Robyn, Woman Gaga and Andy Samberg, and lots of extra.
Tonight, Lorne Michaels & co. continued the anniversary festivities with SNL50: The Anniversary Particular. This three-hour dwell manufacturing showcased musical performances, monologues, and new interpretations of traditional sketches, all with particular company from the historical past of the enduring comedy present. Scroll right down to get pleasure from chosen clips from the memorable night time.
SNL50 started with a duet by Sabrina Carpenter and Paul Simon on the Studio 8H stage, performing Simon & Garfunkel’s “Homeward Sure.” Paul Simon reminisced about singing with George Harrison on Saturday Night time Stay in 1976, to which Carpenter humorously added that she and her mother and father weren’t but born. They then delivered the present’s iconic introduction: “Stay from New York, it is Saturday night time!”
The night time continued with a monologue by Steve Martin and several other sketches, together with a hilarious parody of The Lawrence Welk Present with Fred Armisen, Will Ferrell, and Kristen Wiig reprising her position because the quirky Dooneese. Iconic figures like Keenan Thompson, Leslie Jones, Tracy Morgan, Eddie Murphy, Chris Rock, and Tom Hanks additionally made appearances within the “Black Jeopardy” sketch.
Sabrina Carpenter returned for an additional phase in SNL‘s “Domingo” collection, becoming a member of Kelsey’s bridesmaids and childhood bestie in a visit to Manhattan to see Depraved earlier than her vow renewal with Matthew. What began as a parody of “Defying Gravity” transitioned into Taylor Swift’s “You Belong With Me,” revealing lingering emotions for Domingo. The groomsmen, performed by Samberg, Bowen Yang, Kyle Mooney, and Beck Bennett, shocked with their rendition of “Espresso,” unveiling Matthew’s personal secrets and techniques with Domingo’s brother Ronaldo, whereas Dangerous Bunny made an look because the enigmatic third “sizzling brother,” Santiago.
Tina Fey and Amy Poehler took the stage for a Q&A session with movie star viewers members. SNL “superfan” Quinta Brunson requested a couple of whispered trade between Tim Meadows and Sade in a previous episode, resulting in Meadows sharing humorously mundane interactions. Cher and Keith Richards additionally added their very own quirky contact to the partaking dialog.
