Galileo908 February 16 Share February 16 Quote The award-winning sketch show celebrates its groundbreaking 50th anniversary live from New York, featuring musical performances, former cast members, special guests, and all-time favorite sketches. Expand Airs 2/16/25 The channel guide, and SNL itself, counts this as an episode in season 50, so there obviously should be a thread about it. 2 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/151927-s50e13-snl50-the-anniversary-special/
SoMuchTV February 17 Share February 17 I’m watching the Red Carpet now (I’m guessing this is the appropriate place to comment on it), and I gotta say, I’m extremely disappointed that so far, nobody’s wearing their 5-timer jacket! 4 3 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/151927-s50e13-snl50-the-anniversary-special/#findComment-8582526
Crashcourse February 17 Share February 17 I like that the ladies and gents are well-dressed, and so far I haven't seen any wacky outfits. 1 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/151927-s50e13-snl50-the-anniversary-special/#findComment-8582531
Carey February 17 Share February 17 Albeit not much time, there's still IS time for both (wacky outfits and 5-timer jackets)! 1 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/151927-s50e13-snl50-the-anniversary-special/#findComment-8582534
Crashcourse February 17 Share February 17 Oops! Cher! Wacky outfit! 🤣 1 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/151927-s50e13-snl50-the-anniversary-special/#findComment-8582535
Galileo908 February 17 Author Share February 17 On 2/17/2025 at 12:37 AM, Crashcourse said: I like that the ladies and gents are well-dressed, and so far I haven't seen any wacky outfits. Expand Sarah Sherman going full on Betty Boop is so in character for her. I don't usually watch red carpet stuff, but I tuned in for this. I awwed at Bowen Yang talking about meeting Denny Dillon and Gail Matthius. 1 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/151927-s50e13-snl50-the-anniversary-special/#findComment-8582538
ebk57 February 17 Share February 17 I think Cher looks great. Kriten Wiig, OTOH... Okay, Paul Simon opening is my dream. Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/151927-s50e13-snl50-the-anniversary-special/#findComment-8582548
Galileo908 February 17 Author Share February 17 Paul Simon and Sabrina Carpenter starting us off! "I was not born yet. And neither were my parents." Dead. 4 9 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/151927-s50e13-snl50-the-anniversary-special/#findComment-8582556
anna0852 February 17 Share February 17 Sabrina has a lovely dress but it’s too sheer. 2 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/151927-s50e13-snl50-the-anniversary-special/#findComment-8582567
SoMuchTV February 17 Share February 17 On 2/17/2025 at 1:03 AM, Galileo908 said: Paul Simon and Sabrina Carpenter starting us off! "I was not born yet. And neither were my parents." Dead. Expand I thought that was a joke. For a minute. Then I did math. 😢 6 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/151927-s50e13-snl50-the-anniversary-special/#findComment-8582572
Galileo908 February 17 Author Share February 17 It was a joke, her parents were born in the 60s. Steve Martin's the perfect person to deliver the monologue 11 1 2 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/151927-s50e13-snl50-the-anniversary-special/#findComment-8582576
SoMuchTV February 17 Share February 17 On 2/17/2025 at 1:05 AM, Galileo908 said: It was a joke, her parents were born in the 60s. Expand I feel a little better, I guess? She was born in 1999, so not inconceivable that her parents weren’t born before 197? - now I’ve forgotten the exact year. 1 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/151927-s50e13-snl50-the-anniversary-special/#findComment-8582592
Galileo908 February 17 Author Share February 17 Whoa! Letterman's here as Paul Shaffer's plus one! 6 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/151927-s50e13-snl50-the-anniversary-special/#findComment-8582604
ebk57 February 17 Share February 17 Who's the other celeb who committed murder (besides OJ)? 1 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/151927-s50e13-snl50-the-anniversary-special/#findComment-8582620
Carey February 17 Share February 17 As much as I didn't think of Letterman on SNL50, he was a rather big part of NBC at Night for over a decade before his move to CBS. 2 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/151927-s50e13-snl50-the-anniversary-special/#findComment-8582621
anna0852 February 17 Share February 17 On 2/17/2025 at 1:13 AM, ebk57 said: Who's the other celeb who committed murder (besides OJ)? Expand I’d like to know the same thing! Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/151927-s50e13-snl50-the-anniversary-special/#findComment-8582624
Is Everyone Gone February 17 Share February 17 On 2/17/2025 at 1:13 AM, anna0852 said: I’d like to know the same thing! Expand Robert Blake 3 1 10 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/151927-s50e13-snl50-the-anniversary-special/#findComment-8582629
Carey February 17 Share February 17 If they're referring to Baldwin, that might be messed up, but if it's someone else... Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/151927-s50e13-snl50-the-anniversary-special/#findComment-8582633
Galileo908 February 17 Author Share February 17 "894 hosts, and only two of them have committed murder." Norm would've loved that joke. Also loved the shot at the writers all outside in the rain. On 2/17/2025 at 1:14 AM, Carey said: If they're referring to Baldwin, that might be messed up, but if it's someone else... Expand It was Robert Blake. Alec Baldwin was involuntary manslaughter, if I remember. 6 2 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/151927-s50e13-snl50-the-anniversary-special/#findComment-8582634
laffytaffy997 February 17 Share February 17 On 2/17/2025 at 1:13 AM, ebk57 said: Who's the other celeb who committed murder (besides OJ)? Expand Alec Baldwin? 1 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/151927-s50e13-snl50-the-anniversary-special/#findComment-8582638
Galileo908 February 17 Author Share February 17 Robert Goulet in a Lawrence Welk sketch! Already legendary. 2 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/151927-s50e13-snl50-the-anniversary-special/#findComment-8582649
SoMuchTV February 17 Share February 17 On 2/17/2025 at 1:13 AM, ebk57 said: Who's the other celeb who committed murder (besides OJ)? Expand On 2/17/2025 at 1:14 AM, Is Everyone Gone said: Robert Blake Expand On 2/17/2025 at 1:14 AM, Carey said: If they're referring to Baldwin, that might be messed up, but if it's someone else... Expand I guess over the course of 50 years, it’s a good thing that there are only two possibilities. At least nobody’s been shot on 5th Avenue yet. Have they? 2 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/151927-s50e13-snl50-the-anniversary-special/#findComment-8582663
Is Everyone Gone February 17 Share February 17 ScarJo looks amazing in that purple dress. 3 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/151927-s50e13-snl50-the-anniversary-special/#findComment-8582664
anna0852 February 17 Share February 17 On 2/17/2025 at 1:14 AM, Galileo908 said: "894 hosts, and only two of them have committed murder." Norm would've loved that joke. Also loved the shot at the writers all outside in the rain. It was Robert Blake. Alec Baldwin was involuntary manslaughter, if I remember. Expand Alec Baldwin wasn’t convicted of anything. 7 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/151927-s50e13-snl50-the-anniversary-special/#findComment-8582665
Carey February 17 Share February 17 On 2/17/2025 at 1:15 AM, laffytaffy997 said: On 2/17/2025 at 1:13 AM, ebk57 said: Who's the other celeb who committed murder (besides OJ)? Expand Alec Baldwin? Expand It was Ashlee Simpson. What she did in Season 30 was "unforgivable" (though she may have earned a second chance the next year). Fans to that point disappeared and the show was never the same 2 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/151927-s50e13-snl50-the-anniversary-special/#findComment-8582666
Is Everyone Gone February 17 Share February 17 Kristen Wiig's face is very ... refreshed. 2 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/151927-s50e13-snl50-the-anniversary-special/#findComment-8582671
Slade347 February 17 Share February 17 I would have preferred seeing literally any female cast member to seeing fucking Kim Kardashian. 18 1 1 5 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/151927-s50e13-snl50-the-anniversary-special/#findComment-8582676
Galileo908 February 17 Author Share February 17 Oh god Dooneese has three hands lol. That's a way to escalate this. Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/151927-s50e13-snl50-the-anniversary-special/#findComment-8582677
Carey February 17 Share February 17 On 2/17/2025 at 1:19 AM, SoMuchTV said: I guess over the course of 50 years, it’s a good thing that there are only two possibilities. At least nobody’s been shot on 5th Avenue yet. Have they? Expand Depending on who you ask, there were 3 possibilities. After half a century, Lorne still moves forward as if Era B...which included Charles Rocket...doesn't exist. 2 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/151927-s50e13-snl50-the-anniversary-special/#findComment-8582683
ebk57 February 17 Share February 17 On 2/17/2025 at 1:21 AM, Slade347 said: I would have preferred seeing literally any female cast member to seeing fucking Kim Kardashian. Expand I get that. But at least she didn't have much to do. Kristen Wiig, on the other hand, had her usual too much to do. I'm not a fan 9 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/151927-s50e13-snl50-the-anniversary-special/#findComment-8582684
Is Everyone Gone February 17 Share February 17 I always love Black Jeopardy 10 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/151927-s50e13-snl50-the-anniversary-special/#findComment-8582688
Galileo908 February 17 Author Share February 17 Black Jeopardy with Leslie Jones, Tracy Morgan, and Eddie Murphy AS Tracy Morgan! 6 4 4 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/151927-s50e13-snl50-the-anniversary-special/#findComment-8582692
Is Everyone Gone February 17 Share February 17 I am so convinced that Eddie Murphy doesn't try to be funny, he just IS funny. 21 3 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/151927-s50e13-snl50-the-anniversary-special/#findComment-8582694
Slade347 February 17 Share February 17 Eddie Murphy as Tracy Morgan next to the real Tracy is genius. 9 4 3 3 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/151927-s50e13-snl50-the-anniversary-special/#findComment-8582704
Galileo908 February 17 Author Share February 17 This is definitely Eddie Murphy's do-over on Black Jeopardy, since he was on as Velvet Jones and it wasn't that good. 2 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/151927-s50e13-snl50-the-anniversary-special/#findComment-8582710
ebk57 February 17 Share February 17 This is brilliant 2 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/151927-s50e13-snl50-the-anniversary-special/#findComment-8582715
Carey February 17 Share February 17 Although time has passed and Eddie has participated on the show in some form for over a decade, the guy probably is totally in the 5 or 10 timers club sans his pettiness and being too big for SNL. Which he was to be fair, but so was Tom Hanks and a lot of other people 1 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/151927-s50e13-snl50-the-anniversary-special/#findComment-8582717
absnow54 February 17 Share February 17 On 2/17/2025 at 1:27 AM, Is Everyone Gone said: I am so convinced that Eddie Murphy doesn't try to be funny, he just IS funny. Expand Him shouting about four cheeses off camera had me dying. 9 1 2 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/151927-s50e13-snl50-the-anniversary-special/#findComment-8582720
Is Everyone Gone February 17 Share February 17 On 2/17/2025 at 1:31 AM, Carey said: Although time has passed and Eddie has participated on the show in some form for over a decade, the guy probably is totally in the 5 or 10 timers club sans his pettiness and being too big for SNL. Which he was to be fair, but so was Tom Hanks and a lot of other people Expand He had beef with Lorne, but he's been more active in the SNL community recently and that's a good thing. 6 1 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/151927-s50e13-snl50-the-anniversary-special/#findComment-8582728
Galileo908 February 17 Author Share February 17 On 2/17/2025 at 1:31 AM, absnow54 said: Him shouting about four cheeses off camera had me dying. Expand "What is 30 Rock?!" had me howling. Of course with SNL turning 50, they had to bring in Sally O'Malley. 3 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/151927-s50e13-snl50-the-anniversary-special/#findComment-8582729
Carey February 17 Share February 17 It's early, but I don't know how anything else tops that segment going forward. Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/151927-s50e13-snl50-the-anniversary-special/#findComment-8582737
Crashcourse February 17 Share February 17 Those falls are hilarious! 8 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/151927-s50e13-snl50-the-anniversary-special/#findComment-8582741
Kimmmmmm February 17 Share February 17 On 2/17/2025 at 1:00 AM, ebk57 said: I think Cher looks great. Kriten Wiig, OTOH... Okay, Paul Simon opening is my dream. Expand Yes, but Sabrina Catoented is not my dream. Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/151927-s50e13-snl50-the-anniversary-special/#findComment-8582744
Galileo908 February 17 Author Share February 17 Man, that physical comedy supercut was great. You can't have a montage like that without Chris Farley. 7 3 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/151927-s50e13-snl50-the-anniversary-special/#findComment-8582746
baldryanr February 17 Share February 17 When you have Eddie Murphy, you put him in the first sketch instead of that abomination they led off with. 1 1 4 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/151927-s50e13-snl50-the-anniversary-special/#findComment-8582754
ebk57 February 17 Share February 17 The Gilda/Steve "Dancing in the Dark" is my favorite sketch of all time. 🧡 4 1 9 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/151927-s50e13-snl50-the-anniversary-special/#findComment-8582764
Kimmmmmm February 17 Share February 17 On 2/17/2025 at 1:38 AM, baldryanr said: When you have Eddie Murphy, you put him in the first sketch instead of that abomination they led off with. Expand Thank you!! 1 1 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/151927-s50e13-snl50-the-anniversary-special/#findComment-8582765
Galileo908 February 17 Author Share February 17 Ha, a few season 50 highlights made the physical comedy reel, like Melissa McCarthy in the parking lot sketch, and Adam Sandler bleeding on Chris Rock. It was so sweet they ended it with the Gilda and Steve Martin dancing sketch. And they had Cowbell, the Will Forte dancing coach, Love is A Dream, and the Blues Brothers! 5 2 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/151927-s50e13-snl50-the-anniversary-special/#findComment-8582766
Eureka February 17 Share February 17 I was hoping that montage would have the Chippendales sketch with Farley and Patrick Swayze. 5 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/151927-s50e13-snl50-the-anniversary-special/#findComment-8582769
Carey February 17 Share February 17 It's forgivable about not starting with Eddie. ITA, but it's not a regular episode. Having him there is great in & of itself. 1 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/151927-s50e13-snl50-the-anniversary-special/#findComment-8582777
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