
Stars come out for ‘SNL’ 50th anniversary special
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Live from New York…it’s everyone who’s ever been to New York.
Live from New York… it’s everyone who’s ever been to New York. Well, it appears that way anyway. Alums, former hosts and seemingly everyone who’s ever entered the show’s orbit is on hand to celebrate “Saturday Night Live’s” 50th Anniversary. Steve Martin had the honor of doing the opening monologue for “SNL50: The Anniversary Special.” Martin, who has hosted the show 16 times, said that at 79 years old, he feels “like I’m 65, which is also not good.” He joked that when he heard “SNL” would be having a special to celebrate its milestone 50th year, he wanted to “leap with joy” but didn’t at the time because “I was wearing a short skirt with no underpants.” Martin was briefly joined on stage by Martin Short and John Mulaney, the latter of whom joked that, “It amazes me that 894 people have hosted ‘Saturday Night Live’ in the course of 50 years and only two of them have committed murder.”