‘Saturday Night Live’ Celebrates 50 Years With Comedy, Music And Show’s Many, Many Famous Friends
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Paul Simon and Sabrina Carpenter opened the 50th anniversary celebration of “Saturday Night Live" and Paul McCartney closed it down.
Paul Simon and Sabrina Carpenter duetted on Simon’s song “Homeward Bound” to open the show, five-decade “Saturday Night Live” luminary Steve Martin delivered the monologue, and Paul McCartney gave an epic closing to the 50th anniversary special celebrating the sketch institution that was overflowing with famous former cast members, superstar hosts and legendary guests.
The 83-year-old Simon has been essential to “SNL” since its earliest episodes in 1975, and performed on the first show after the 9/11 attacks. He was joined by the 25-year-old pop sensation of the moment. He told her he sang it with on the show in 1976.
“I was not born then,” Carpenter said, getting a laugh. “And neither were my parents,” she added, getting a bigger laugh.
McCartney closed the show with the rarely performed song cycle of “Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight/The End” from the Beatles’ last recorded album, “Abbey Road.”
“And in the end, the love you take, is equal to the love you make,” he sang.
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Paul Simon and Sabrina Carpenter opened the 50th anniversary celebration of “Saturday Night Live" and Paul McCartney closed it down.
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