S50.E13: SNL50: The Anniversary Special

[peeayebee]

3 hours ago, BradC said:

The unintentionally hilarious part was seeing Kevin Costner in the audience, who looked bored the entire time, and seeing as one of the first to walk out of the studio as the good nights were wrapping up.  What was his problem?

That was very distracting to me. I was never sure if he was supposed to be part of the gag or just didn't know how to sit like a normal person.

Overall, I thought the show was excellent. I absolutely LOVED Eddie Murphy. Steve Martin gave a great monologue. Will Ferrell is always great. Tina and Amy, Fred, Meryl, and, well, just on and on.

There were years when I didn't watch SNL, so a lot of those commercials were new to me and looked hilarious.

I admit I couldn't listen to Paul Simon or Paul McCartney. I didn't like Myley. Nor Lil Wayne or Jon or whoever that was. 

Mulaney is great.

Nate was such a highlight for such a little bit in the audience Q&A. I love him. 

 

[SnarkShark]

1 minute ago, peeayebee said:

I admit I couldn't listen to Paul Simon or Paul McCartney. I didn't like Myley. Nor Lil Wayne or Jon or whoever that was. 

I thought Miley did a good job.  Her vocal range is microscopic, but she understands how to use the range she has and doesn't shoot for high notes.  She's good for funky/r&b/soulful as long as it's a song where gravely works better than high notes.  And considering the rotten fetid garbage her songs from her early career were, even her songwriting/arrangement is pretty good now.  

She was paired up with a far superior artist and didn't embarrass herself, at the very least. 

[baldryanr]

2 hours ago, MerBearHou said:

Poor Taran — I liked him so much when he was in the cast and last night had ZERO idea that was him.  Talk about invisible.  

Taran is like many of the white guys from the past decade or so.  Solid utility player, but tends to blend into the crowd.  Taran, Beck Bennett, Kyle Mooney, Alex Moffat, Mikey Day - they haven't managed to break out the way Hader, Forte, Sudeikis, and Samberg did.

[Galileo908]

17 hours ago, opus said:

If you notice, Chevy's holding up the picture, too.

4 hours ago, AriAu said:

I am surprised that Jane Curtin wasn't featured in some way....maybe in the Chad taped scene with Lorraine Newman, who is younger and maybe in better shape.

Jane also had a moment on Weekend Update for the 40th anniversary special, and I'm sure they didn't want to overlap anything.

5 hours ago, Cloud9Shopper said:

I mostly enjoyed this, but I was hoping to see some more classic sketches, like Celebrity Jeopardy or The Delicious Dish (especially since the latter has been in the Capital One commercials recently)

They did a great chaotic Celebrity Jeopardy for the 40th. But I guess it'd be hard to do now that Alex Trebek, Sean Connery, and Turd Ferguson Burt Reynolds are all dead. (Although that didn't stop Robert Goulet from showing up in the Lawrence Welk sketch). Black Jeopardy seemed to be a good compromise.

11 hours ago, absnow54 said:

Also, after 20-some years, they had both Mike Meyers and Eddie Murphy in separate sketches, but they couldn’t sneak in a Shrek reunion. Guess it’s too early to start promoting Shrek 5. Now that would have made a scared straight tale to tell!

My guess was if Mike Meyers was in the Scared Straight sketch instead of Will Ferrell, there would've absolutely been a Shrek reference.

23 minutes ago, baldryanr said:

Taran is like many of the white guys from the past decade or so.  Solid utility player, but tends to blend into the crowd.  Taran, Beck Bennett, Kyle Mooney, Alex Moffat, Mikey Day - they haven't managed to break out the way Hader, Forte, Sudeikis, and Samberg did.

And Michael Longfellow and Andrew Dismukes will join their ranks soon enough.

[Galileo908]

Alex Moffat's another one. First, I kept blanking on his name, and second, when he was in the cast with Mikey Day, I couldn't tell them apart.

[DanaK]

Really enjoyable show overall, with Adam Sandler’s song a big highlight

Overnight ratings look to be very good

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[Dev F]

5 hours ago, Milburn Stone said:

(Major cringe for me was the Black Jeopardy sketch, with only Eddie Murphy's fantastic impression of Tracy Morgan saving it.)

Yeah, there's been some dumb social media commentary about Tom Hanks's role being "racist" or something, but the real problem was that Hanks's bit was such an artless regurgitation of his classic original appearance as Doug. They took a funny wordless ad-lib from the original—Hanks backing up and putting his hands up in response to Kenan trying to shake his hand—and wrote it into the script as basically the only joke in his part of the sketch!

Seems like a waste, especially at a time when there's lots more they could've riffed on re: the surprising similarities and persistent differences between folks like Doug and Darnell & co.

[DoctorAtomic]

I didn't know you were all live chatting the show. It was a little too long for me for a Sunday night. However, not too long to blow off the rest of the afternoon today. 

Was Carvey not there at all? He's said plenty of times on the podcast that he was planning to attend. I could see why he might not want to be in sketches because he made several appearances in the 50th season. I mean, we already got a Church Lady sketch. I could see him not wanting to do it again here. And Church Lady was technically in a sketch here.

Homeward Bound was great, but Paul Simon and George Harrison doing Here Comes the Sun was unreal. I know they couldn't play it because there's just no way to capture that again. 

I haven't seen the 40th. I'm on season 31 and going up, so I'll see it when I get there. I assume the 50th is a similar format. 

What struck me is the planning for the actual show. I think it's probably next to impossible to put something like this together. Everyone has seen all the golden sketches and characters, so you don't want to rehash that, and they're all over the internet anyway. So you have to get on a huge cast into sketches people still are somewhat familiar with that haven't been beaten into the ground. The same with characters. Goulet was a great choice, but I wouldn't have done a cheerleaders sketch, for example. You can throw in clips of all the favorites in the taped segments. *Then* you need to include just the favorite castmembers and hosts and where to include them. I'm sure everyone was thrilled to be on even if it was only 15, 20 seconds, but that's still a huge logistical challenge. 

All that *after* you find out who is attending and available for sketches or cameos. 

Is Domingo really that blockbuster of a sketch? I thought it was funny the first time, but not every character needs to be recurring. I don't think it warrants featuring for the 50th. Kind of a waste of the cameos tbh. 

I saw Sarah Silverman sitting next to Lovitz. That's where I'd want to be. 

I'm not as harsh as the prevailing sentiment on Cyrus, but I would agree she might not have been the best choice for the song. I didn't like the song in that register. 

For me, my in to the show was Update, so I'm disappointed there wasn't more of a retrospective on the importance of the segment. I don't think Jane Curtain gets her due as a solo anchor, but I guess she got it in the 40th. Not necessarily here, but they could have done a documentary on it. And they should have led the segment off with Franco still being dead. I'm at the end of the Tina-Amy Update era, and they just weren't anywhere in the galaxy of Miller or Norm. 

The New York City time traveling sketch really nailed the show. 

I wish there was more on Buck Henry. He was the best host. I'm glad they got in an Uncle Roy. 

[rwlevin]

2 hours ago, Galileo908 said:

Alex Moffat's another one. First, I kept blanking on his name, and second, when he was in the cast with Mikey Day, I couldn't tell them apart.

I just remember him whenever the two play the Trump sons, “and I’m Eric!”

It wasn’t until I read here that he and Taran Killam were in the musical. I seriously thought Pizza Rat was Ben Affleck.

As far as new faces vs old, if the face looks amazing, I’m all for it. It’s the bad plastic surgery and overuse of fillers that annoy me. For example, Cher? She looks great. Her surgeon is worth every penny. Even knowing she had work done, I’d never guess she was 78. On the other hand, what did John Mulaney do to his face? The guy’s only 42, he didn’t need any work.

[Galileo908]

5 minutes ago, rwlevin said:

On the other hand, what did John Mulaney do to his face? The guy’s only 42, he didn’t need any work.

Shoulda went to Paul Rudd's guy.

6 minutes ago, DoctorAtomic said:

Is Domingo really that blockbuster of a sketch? I thought it was funny the first time, but not every character needs to be recurring. I don't think it warrants featuring for the 50th. Kind of a waste of the cameos tbh. 

He's huge on TikTok. There's even a Funko pop of him, and he only first appeared in October. I don't think David S. Pumpkins had that quick of a turnaround.

I don't know what the TikTok generation sees in Domingo, I don't think they're funny at all. (EDIT: Now that I think about it, Marcello/Domingo is probably bigger as a Fancam icon than anything funny)

Edited Tuesday at 02:40 AM by Galileo908

[DoctorAtomic]

Like I said, I thought it was a funny sketch, and I would concede, though I don't agree, that the second sketch with the wife being pregnant, and 'we're both the father!', was a decent follow up, but there's just no way in the context of 50 years of show that warrants the first sketch in the 50th anniversary.

To be fair to the actor, the Sabado Gigante sketches are way more funny and lend themselves to being recurring. There's way more flexibility. 

 

[ebk57]

@Galileo908and anyone else interested - here's Sir Paul's number, if you still need it.

 

[SomeTameGazelle]

18 minutes ago, DoctorAtomic said:

Like I said, I thought it was a funny sketch, and I would concede, though I don't agree, that the second sketch with the wife being pregnant, and 'we're both the father!', was a decent follow up, but there's just no way in the context of 50 years of show that warrants the first sketch in the 50th anniversary.

To be fair to the actor, the Sabado Gigante sketches are way more funny and lend themselves to being recurring. There's way more flexibility. 

 

I have found Domingo funnier than Sabado Gigante. The bad singing and the trainwreck of Kelsey & Matt's relationship manages to tickle me. I thought Andy really sold the Scottsdale story and I was amused to see Pedro Pascale but I spent too much time wondering about Kelsey's babies.

[DanaK]

The Pauls definitely don’t sound as good as they used given their ages, but they are legends so I think most people just let them have their fun

[heatherchandler]

On 2/16/2025 at 8:32 PM, Is Everyone Gone said:

Bill Murray still funny after all thse years. His deadpan delivery eats.

He won the night for me.

 

On 2/16/2025 at 9:27 PM, anna0852 said:

I think I liked the 40th special better. So much of what they did then would’ve really worked for this show but using it for the 50th would just be repetitious.

The 15th anniversary was the best!  I still have it on tape somewhere.  

 

 

10 hours ago, Cloud9Shopper said:

I mostly enjoyed this, but I was hoping to see some more classic sketches, like Celebrity Jeopardy or The Delicious Dish (especially since the latter has been in the Capital One commercials recently). Even Kristen Wiig as Penelope (such an underrated character). The wedding speech skit with Sabrina Carpenter was funny but not necessary.

Miley Cyrus and Brittany Howard’s cover of Nothing Compares 2 U was a hit for me, and I’m not a Miley fan and had never heard of Brittany until last night. It’s too bad it’s not a single you can get on Spotify because I’d download it and listen to it on repeat forever. 

Why did Sabrina Carpenter feature so heavily on this show??  I don’t like her and Domingo kinda sucks.
 

Dear GOD Miley was not the right artist for that song.  Sinead’s voice was soft but strong and just rich with pain and emotion.  I guess they couldn’t replicate that so they went for Miley screeching?  They should have just let Britany Howard do it alone.  

[Spartan Girl]

Still feel like they should’ve done a proper In Memorium but the fake-out was funny.

I keep singing “Cocaine and Some Vodka” in my head, and dammit “Hakuna Matata” is never going to be the same.

[SeanBug]

21 hours ago, Ohiopirate02 said:

She also stared down the camera during the whole sketch. I get a weak actor wanting something in the distance to focus on while being on stage, but pick an audience member or the cue-card guy not the camera.

I read last night that various cast members are defending her, saying she was one of the best hosts ever. 

She was just reading the lines the writers prepared for her. She's not Tina Fey, FFS. She wasn't in the writers' room all night working out sketches. 

Now I will admit I heard her on Wait Wait Don't Tell Me years ago and she was very pleasant and laughed along with the host and panel in her interview. You know, like a regular human being. That's fine.

But she doesn't need to be in the opening sketch on the anniversary special of a show that means so much to people.  

Edited Tuesday at 01:13 PM by SeanBug

[Kel Varnsen]

10 hours ago, DoctorAtomic said:

Like I said, I thought it was a funny sketch, and I would concede, though I don't agree, that the second sketch with the wife being pregnant, and 'we're both the father!', was a decent follow up, but there's just no way in the context of 50 years of show that warrants the first sketch in the 50th anniversary.

I don't know, my kids who are 11 and 14 and after watching SNL for a year or two Domingo is easily their favorites sketch. They know all the words to the songs. Not sure if it's the parody of pop songs or the pop stars doing bad singing but they love it. My 14 year old has told me that even her friends who don't watch SNL know that character. Maybe part of it too is that SNL doesn't have a lot of reoccurring characters at the moment. My kids probably know more Adam Sandler characters than they do current cast characters.

[peeayebee]

I'm not a Domingo sketch fan, though I do like Domingo himself. The first time was fine, with the intentional bad singing, but I'm just tired of it. I think some of the performers who can actually sing like doing the fake bad singing. So it seems self-indulgent to me.

[iarwain]

On 2/16/2025 at 9:08 PM, Is Everyone Gone said:

The short about everyone having anxiety got me thinking -- are there any well-adjusted comedians? Most of them seem to be a bundle of anxiety and neuroses.

I always thought that Jerry Seinfeld seemed amazingly relaxed about doing standup.  It seems like something he would do for fun, and it doesn't seem to faze him or give him stage fright at all.  Reportedly he would make the circuit looking for comedy clubs that would give him a slot to perform, and try out new material.  

[absnow54]

38 minutes ago, Kel Varnsen said:

I don't know, my kids who are 11 and 14 and after watching SNL for a year or two Domingo is easily their favorites sketch. They know all the words to the songs. Not sure if it's the parody of pop songs or the pop stars doing bad singing but they love it. My 14 year old has told me that even her friends who don't watch SNL know that character. Maybe part of it too is that SNL doesn't have a lot of reoccurring characters at the moment. My kids probably know more Adam Sandler characters than they do current cast characters.

Yeah, SNL has always chased the zeitgeist. It’s how it’s remained relevant after so many years. The first Domingo sketch used a Sabrina Carpenter song, and it became a thing during her tour. It would have been a missed opportunity not to acknowledge it while she was a guest. Where they made a mistake with the Domingo sketch was having one during the Charlie XCX episode. That’s why it felt overplayed. It made sense here, though. 

[DoctorAtomic]

SNL didn't always chase the zeitgeist. Maybe that's the fundamental issue here. 

The sketch was a weak effort for a regular show because it was static let alone the second sketch for a 50 year anniversary special.

They could have done a Sabado Gigante if they wanted to get all the cameos in, or bring back the overbearing mother that Pascal played. 

I don't have a problem with recurring characters overall either. 

[bunnyface]

16 hours ago, peeayebee said:

There were years when I didn't watch SNL, so a lot of those commercials were new to me and looked hilarious.

The commercials have always been a favorite part for me.  A lot of the ones they showed made me think "Oh yeah, I remember those."  But "Oops, I Crapped My Pants" and "Colon Blow" are regular vernacular around here.  You wouldn't think you'd have a lot of use for those words in your every day life, but you'd be surprised, especially with older parents.  Of course, my parents don't appreciate the joke, but my siblings do.

19 minutes ago, DoctorAtomic said:

They could have done a Sabado Gigante if they wanted to get all the cameos in, or bring back the overbearing mother that Pascal played. 

Yeah, the overbearing mother would have been a great sketch.  She could have judged all her son's friends at a party or something, and got some good cameos in there.

 

[Milburn Stone]

On 2/16/2025 at 7:20 PM, Is Everyone Gone said:

Kristen Wiig's face is very ... refreshed.

Not as "refreshed" as Cheri Oteri's.

I get why Kristen did it, I guess. But both of them were funnier when they looked like themselves. Neither one was "funny-looking." That wasn't why they were funny. But whatever unique comic sensibility exists within someone funny, that very individual comic sensibility--for reasons no one can articulate--has to match nature to work as it should.

[AriAu]

Watched it a second time last night-it goes faster when you fast forward thru commercials, Domingo and the musical acts. 

My question is after having a whole concert Friday night, why have musical acts at all other than Paul McCartney to close the show, but they should have had Lorne give him a $3,000 check. That would have freed up time for more sketches unless they needed time to get sets ready or people in costume.

I  wanted to add how great Cecily was and what a trooper she was doing so much while very far along. 

Oh. wanted to add, again, that Eddie is the GOAT

[MerBearHou]

2 minutes ago, AriAu said:

My question is after having a whole concert Friday night, why have musical acts at all other than Paul McCartney to close the show, but they should have had Lorne give him a $3,000 check. That would have freed up time for more sketches unless they needed time to get sets ready or people in costume.

My husband and I said the very same thing -- the SNL Music show was so terrific and we didn't think Sunday's show needed the music segments.  They took up too much time and in our opinion, didn't add much at all.  Perhaps close with an icon who can still somewhat sing -- perhaps...

[absnow54]

17 minutes ago, AriAu said:

My question is after having a whole concert Friday night, why have musical acts at all other than Paul McCartney to close the show, but they should have had Lorne give him a $3,000 check. That would have freed up time for more sketches unless they needed time to get sets ready or people in costume.

It’s already been established, it’s $750 per Beatle. He could have received $1500 if he had brought Ringo along, as Lorne doesn’t care how the money is distributed between them.

I had the same thought about the musical guests, but SNL is about both the sketches and the musical guests (even though I typically fast forward through them.) There were several sketches during the concert, so it felt like an even trade. 

[ebk57]

Perhaps because the concert was on Peacock only, they wanted some music on the network show since many folks don't have Peacock.

[lovinbob]

So many highlights but I agree with many of you that seeing Eddie Murphy involved and enjoying the show was a delight. The man is so talented. His Tracy was 🧑🏽‍🍳💋.  I absolutely love seeing him and Kenan together! 

My other favorite was the Drunk Uncle segment. So right for the moment. And Bobby is in my top 5 favorite cast members. 

Oh, and Lorne's two best friends from growing up. I love that sketch! The absurdity of Lorne Michaels needing his friends to help him move just kills me. And Vanessa and Fred's delivery is so excellent! 

So happy to see Cecily Strong expecting! The trio of her, Ana Gasteyer and Maya Rudolph was outstanding.

On 2/16/2025 at 10:09 PM, shoregirl said:

Giuliani doing Hamilton with Lin Manuel miranda

I AM throwing away my shot! Brilliant. 

On 2/16/2025 at 10:40 PM, Galileo908 said:

Okay, HERE'S the In Memoriam tribute.

but its of characters and sketches that have aged horribly.

Did they feature Pat in that one? I didn't notice ... them. I feel like that hasn't aged well. (Or is primed for a comeback!)

On 2/16/2025 at 10:49 PM, Galileo908 said:

Debbie Downer! A bartender is a perfect job for her.

This was probably the best sketch Robert DeNiro has been in.

I actually yelled, "No!" when DeNiro came out. He has historically been so awkward on this show! It's not his medium. But he did a surprisingly good job. 

On 2/17/2025 at 7:42 AM, absnow54 said:

He must have been so mad. Not only did they give Bill Murray an Update bit, they put him at number 4 for the best update hosts! The show has really let up on stroking his ego in recent years. 

I was wondering why Sandler (was it Sandler or Jimmy Fallon?) gave him a special awkward shoutout. It made me think Chevy had managed to convey annoyance at not being featured.

19 hours ago, Galileo908 said:

And Michael Longfellow and Andrew Dismukes will join their ranks soon enough.

Dismukes looks forgettable, but he's always hilarious in his sketches. I happened to love Alex Moffet, and Taran Killam, and Chris Parnell, who was never a breakout star but made every sketch he was in better. That's what those guys have in common. 

Edited Tuesday at 07:36 PM by lovinbob

[Milburn Stone]

13 minutes ago, lovinbob said:

I actually yelled, "No!" when DeNiro came out. He has historically been so awkward on this show! It's not his medium. But he did a surprisingly good job. 

In a show filled with great comedy moments, I think my very favorite was the close-up push-in on his reaction shot. It's imprinted on my brain!

[Night Cheese]

On 2/17/2025 at 10:02 AM, Cloud9Shopper said:

Miley Cyrus and Brittany Howard’s cover of Nothing Compares 2 U was a hit for me, and I’m not a Miley fan and had never heard of Brittany until last night. It’s too bad it’s not a single you can get on Spotify because I’d download it and listen to it on repeat forever. 

I really loved it. I can't say that I've ever enjoyed anything that Miley has ever sang, but I thought this was a great rendition. I've been a Brittany fan for a while so I was super pleasantly surprised by this duet. I too wish it was on Spotify. If you liked Brittany's sound, her band Alabama Shakes is great. She's lead singer and guitarist and is awesome.

I don't have much to add that wasn't covered already. Sandler's song made me tear up. It's crazy how great of a performer he is when he's not doing his silly "skipidoty doo, blamity boo" nonsense.  

I thought Kim K was Nasim Pedrad (whom I think is naturally very beautiful) at first and asked Mr. Night Cheese what she'd done to her face. He had to tell me it was a Kardashian (he can't tell the difference between the 3 or know their first names), not Nasim. Was Nasim there? Did anyone catch her in the goodnights?

Edited Tuesday at 08:44 PM by Night Cheese
Kim K

[Spartan Girl]

1 hour ago, lovinbob said:

I actually yelled, "No!" when DeNiro came out. He has historically been so awkward on this show! It's not his medium. But he did a surprisingly good job. 

I think he spoke for all of us when he told off Debbie.

[Kel Varnsen]

1 hour ago, Night Cheese said:

I really loved it. I can't say that I've ever enjoyed anything that Miley has ever sang, but I thought this was a great rendition. I've been a Brittany fan for a while so I was super pleasantly surprised by this duet. I too wish it was on Spotify. If you liked Brittany's sound, her band Alabama Shakes is great. She's lead singer and guitarist and is awesome.

I didn't really mind it, although Miley introducing Brittany every time it was her turn to sing or do a guitar solo was annoying.

1 hour ago, Night Cheese said:

Sandler's song made me tear up. It's crazy how great of a performer he is when he's not doing his silly "skipidoty doo, blamity boo" nonsense.  

It's wild to think that Sandler has managed to become one of the most liked people in Hollywood (he got Jack Nicholson to show up) and probably the most successful SNL cast members of all time (at least financially). If someone had told me that back in the 90's when I was watching Opera man or his crazy Halloween costumes I would never believe them.

8 hours ago, iarwain said:

I always thought that Jerry Seinfeld seemed amazingly relaxed about doing standup.  It seems like something he would do for fun, and it doesn't seem to faze him or give him stage fright at all.  Reportedly he would make the circuit looking for comedy clubs that would give him a slot to perform, and try out new material.  

To be fair, if Jerry is doing a stand up special or something equivalent to a regular SNL episode he is going to be doing material that he has probably worked on for months and refined during many much smaller sets and appearance. It's not like he is going on national TV and doing jokes live that he only came up with earlier that week.

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I read last night that various cast members are defending her, saying she was one of the best hosts ever. 

Which is interesting since while they are not the same people they did have the same basic career trajectories and when Paris Hilton hosted there were some comments about how bad she was. What Tina Fey said about her was super mean.

Edited Tuesday at 09:26 PM by Kel Varnsen

[iarwain]

I saw Chevy Chase at the end during the goodbye.  I was surprised he wasn't part of the show in some way - if only to introduce a musical act or something.  Given that he was the first big star that the show created.  Unless he was in the show somewhere and I missed it.

[StatisticalOutlier]

On 2/16/2025 at 8:15 PM, ebk57 said:

City to Ford - Who's dead now!!

🤣🤣🤣

That was spectacular.

I literally gasped.  And then marveled at how spectacular it was.

 

On 2/16/2025 at 8:42 PM, anna0852 said:

On 2/16/2025 at 8:41 PM, Thumper said:

Sorry, but can someone explain this?

In the 1970s, the city was having terrible financial trouble and at one point President Gerald Ford made it clear that the federal government would not give any assistance telling the press “New York can drop dead”.

He didn't actually say that.  What he did say was that he wasn't going to bail NYC out, and he wasn't polite about it.  The Daily News came up with "Drop dead," which could be an accurate interpretation of what Ford was saying, but it wasn't what he did say.  In fact, now that I think about it, if you look at the headline, the drop dead isn't in quotes.

 

[Galileo908]

6 hours ago, lovinbob said:

Did they feature Pat in that one? I didn't notice ... them. I feel like that hasn't aged well. (Or is primed for a comeback!)

My opinion on Pat is that it isn't problematic. The joke was NEVER on Pat. (except of course, the spoof of The Crying Game)

Every sketch was about everyone else being confused by Pat's gender. Pat was comfortable with being Pat...but also never gave a straight answer about gender, either.

4 hours ago, iarwain said:

I saw Chevy Chase at the end during the goodbye.  I was surprised he wasn't part of the show in some way - if only to introduce a musical act or something.  Given that he was the first big star that the show created.  Unless he was in the show somewhere and I missed it.

Apparently his mental acuities have been declining lately, he might not have been up for it.

[Carey]

1 hour ago, Galileo908 said:

5 hours ago, iarwain said:

I saw Chevy Chase at the end during the goodbye.  I was surprised he wasn't part of the show in some way - if only to introduce a musical act or something.  Given that he was the first big star that the show created.  Unless he was in the show somewhere and I missed it.

Apparently his mental acuities have been declining lately, he might not have been up for it.

IIRC he didn't appear or look well a decade ago after the focus turned to him during the Weekend Update super segment within the 40th Anniversary episode

[Galileo908]

9 hours ago, ebk57 said:

Perhaps because the concert was on Peacock only, they wanted some music on the network show since many folks don't have Peacock.

It made total sense for the anniversary show to bookend it with the Pauls, and the Sinead O'Connor tribute from Miley Cyrus and Britney Howard.

No idea what Lil Wayne was doing there, though.

8 hours ago, lovinbob said:

Dismukes looks forgettable, but he's always hilarious in his sketches. I happened to love Alex Moffet, and Taran Killam, and Chris Parnell, who was never a breakout star but made every sketch he was in better. That's what those guys have in common. 

Oh I think they're all great, but Longellow and Dismukes are doomed to joined the ranks of "former SNL guys who now play the boyfriend that the protagonist leaves after act 1 in a romcom." Which is pretty much Taran Killam's character on High Potential. The ex that's still there for the kids, but Kaitlin Olson has other love interests.

[SoMuchTV]

19 minutes ago, Galileo908 said:

Which is pretty much Taran Killam's character on High Potential. The ex that's still there for the kids, but Kaitlin Olson has other love interests.

Hey! He also played a divorced dad on Single Parents. Oh, I’m seeing it now… Still, I really liked him on SNL. For some reason he stood out to me among the indistinguishable (to me) not quite middle aged white guys. 

[ItCouldBeWorse]

https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/why-dana-carvey-bill-hader-dan-aykroyd-not-snl-50-1236311883/

[ebk57]

9 minutes ago, SoMuchTV said:

Hey! He also played a divorced dad on Single Parents. Oh, I’m seeing it now… Still, I really liked him on SNL. For some reason he stood out to me among the indistinguishable (to me) not quite middle aged white guys. 

I saw Taran as King George in Hamilton on Broadway.  He was wonderful.

[Galileo908]

13 minutes ago, SoMuchTV said:

Hey! He also played a divorced dad on Single Parents. Oh, I’m seeing it now… Still, I really liked him on SNL. For some reason he stood out to me among the indistinguishable (to me) not quite middle aged white guys. 

He's pretty much been babyfaced his whole career. He was on The Amanda Show in the late 90s in the Moody's Point segments, I've been watching him for a while.

[Carey]

Talk about a bad beat for Carvey.  Whether it's on the level of his absence for SNL25 IDK.  I think (and hope) Dana can show up at some point one more time this season.

FWIW, many others may have passed due to the fact that they've respectfully moved on.  For example, Quinn having a conflict wasn't a big deal.  He was there for SNL40 but as someone that used to attend events for a TV on a semi-annual basis: sometimes life comes & goes to where you move on.

In other words, for several, no hard feelings, but just that one chapter of one's life ends and the next begins.

[EtheltoTillie]

Taran Killam as Jebediah Atkinson was always hilarious!  

[EtheltoTillie]

Taran Killam is wasted in High Potential just as Bobby Moynihan is now wasted in NCIS Origins. But those are nice bread and butter gigs and I actually like both shows. I wonder where Moynihan was for the reunion. 

Oh never mind he did drunk uncle!  

[Trini]

Me at this Domingo saga:

 

So glad they did a star-studded sequel! I don't know where else they'd go from here, but I'm still down for more if they can think of a way to top themselves.

 

[peeayebee]

I too think Taran is wasted on High Potential, but I'm always glad to see him. I recently rewatched The Sloppy Swish. 🤣

[Spartan Girl]

11 hours ago, EtheltoTillie said:

Taran Killam as Jebediah Atkinson was always hilarious!  

I would have LOVED to see that again.

[EtheltoTillie]

Looks like they spell it Jebidiah.  I rewatched a couple on YouTube.  I dare anyone not to laugh out loud.

Edited Wednesday at 06:05 PM by EtheltoTillie

[Milburn Stone]

11 hours ago, EtheltoTillie said:

Taran Killam is wasted in High Potential just as Bobby Moynihan is now wasted in NCIS Origins.

And just as Alex Moffat was wasted in Bad Monkey! 😡

(Although the show wasn't bad.)