Sabrina Carpenter duets with Paul Simon as a show celebrates 50 years in the air

A cast full of stars has participated in a three -hour special to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the legendary American comedy program Saturday Night Live.

The SNL50 show took place on Sunday (not Saturday), but it was live, as always, from Studio 8H at the Rockefeller Center in New York City.

The program, famous for their sketches and hosts of celebrities, premiered in October 1975 and is responsible for launching the comedy legends races, including Eddie Murphy and Bill Murray.

Some returned to the anniversary special, along with younger acts. These are some of the most prominent aspects:

Woman of the moment in which Sabrina Carpenter started the show of Make a duet with Paul Simon of the Duo of Rock Folk Simon and Garfunkel. The couple sang an interpretation of the 1966 success of the band at Homeward Bound.

Simon first appeared in the comedy series in 1976, singing the same song with George Harrison de los Beatles.

Espresso singer Carpenter joked saying that neither she nor her parents were born then.

Nirvana returned to the stage with Surprise Invited Post Malone, presented by actor Adam Sandler. The actor recalled about the last SNL performance of the original bandmates with leader Kurt Cobain shortly before his death.

Post Malone joined Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic and Pat Smear to play the iconic band’s hit smells Teen Spirit.

It occurred after the surviving members of the 90’s rock band met for another special performance last month To raise money for the Los Angeles Forth Aid Fund.

SNL jokes focus regularly on politics or news events, so it seemed unlikely that one of the most high profile of current celebrities, between Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively, would be saved.

IT stars ends with the US.

In what seemed to be a reference to the drama, Lively’s husband (who is also appointed in the complaint) Ryan Reynolds was part of A Q&A in which Tina Fey and Amy Poehler appeared on stage to take questions from the audience.

When asked how he was, Reynolds replied “Great!” So, looking worried, he asked: “Why, what have you heard?”

The American actress Aubrey Plaza made one of her first public appearances since the death of her husband.

The director and screenwriter Jeff Baena died in January at the age of 47. The couple had been together for more than a decade and married in 2021.

Sunday, Plaza appeared at the audience to present Miley Cyrus and Brittany Howard For an performance by Sinead O’Connor’s Nothing, 2 U is compared.

She paid tribute to Baena with a Tie-Dye shirt: it is not clear if she belonged to her, but the couple had Tie-Dye outfits for her wedding after the director got into the hobby during Covid.

An almost unrecognible Meryl Streep made his SNL debut in a sketch that hit Pedro Pascal and called his character a “bad girl.”

He also made reference to his iconic film in which he played the fierce chief of Fashion Miranda Priestly, joking: “This devil takes anything.”

What would this special be without a face since the first season of the show? It was appropriate for Garrett Morris, an original cast member and the first black person on Saturday Night Live, To return to the study.

The sketch began “I am Garrett Morris” to great joy, and joked saying that when he joined the cast, I had no idea that if I would be required to make so many meeting shows. “

Sunday was back. There was no surprise that possibly the most viral character of the last season would return for this special.

Previously, we saw it at Kelsey and Matt’s wedding, when his honor ladies revealed in a musical ensemble that had been having an adventure with Sunday.

In the anniversary special, Domingo’s brothers appeared in the renewal of the couple’s votes. Santiago, also known as musician Bad Bunny, and Reynaldo, played by Pedro Pascal, joined when the wedding godparents formed their own set.

It was revealed, this time, that Matt and Santiago had met.

The last time Kim Kardashian was in SNL, was news for kissing comedian Pete Davidson on Aladdin’s magic carpet, a kiss that was rumored that was the beginning of his relationship.

On Sunday, Kardashian returned to an updated version of the Mahalle Singing sisters with the former members of the cast Ana Gasteyer, Kristen Wiig and Scarlett Johansson, whose husband is the regular presenter of the “weekend update” Colin Jost.

Introduced by his co -star rarely seen of the management of the IRA Jack Nicholson, actor Adam Sandler sang on the history of the program.

He gave a long list of previous members of the cast, pointing to several who had died, including veterans SNL Chris Farley and Norm Macdonald along with Gilda Radner, Jan Hooks and Phil Hartman.

Tom Hanks, with a black suit and a tie, rightly made a parody segment called “In Memoriam”.

He presented a tribute to “SNL characters and sketches that have aged horribly,” describing the posterior assembly as “no doubt in bad taste.”

He pointed to the audience despite that: “You all laughed at them. So, if someone was canceled, shouldn’t you be the public? Something to think about.”