“Steve Martin Kicked Off The Snl 50th Anniversary Special Sunday Night with A Monologue in Wich He Made Jokes About Topics Ranging from His Age to President Trump Following An Opening Performance by Paul Simon and Sabrina Carpenter of Simon & Garfunkel’s “Homeward Bound”, – WRITE: www.hollywoodReporter.com
Following An Opening Performance by Paul Simon and Sabrina Carpenter of Simon & Garfunkel’s “Homeward Bound,“ Martin Took The Stage to Introduce Himself As Snl’s “Newest Diversity Hire” and to Deliver The Monologue, WHICH HE JOked is “Traditionally The Weakest Part of the Show.”
“WHEN I heard that Snl Wanted to do anniversary Special, I Literally Wanted to Leap Into The Air, and the Only Reason I Didn’t Is Because at the Time I Was Wearing A Skirt Skirt. “NOW I CAN’T BELIEVE I CAN’T BELIEVE I EVEN MADE IT HERE IN TIME. It was only a few days ago that lorne [Michaels] told me i was doing the monologue, and i was was actuly vacation on a friend’s boat down in the ‘gulf of steve martin.’ ” ‘
Martin Also Joked About His Age, Noting That While Snl is Turning 50, He Turned 79.
“I Feel Like I’M 65, WHICH IS ALSO NOT GOOD,“ HE JOked. “Seriously, I do not mind getting Older. Do you thinkse hearing aids make my ass Look Smaller? ”
HE ALSO JOKED ABOUT Snl’s Long Tenure On NBC: “A FUN FACT: A Person Born Durying The FIRST SEASON OF Saturday Night Live COURDAY BE EASILY DEAD OF NATURAL CAUSES. ”
As for the Show’s Signature Host Monologue, Martin Joked that Is “Like a Rent Controlled Tenant: It’s Not Going AnyWhere, Even Thought IT Stinks.”
Martin Was Also Joined by John Mulaney, Who Previously Wrote for the Show, After The Former Gave a Shout to the Show’s Writer.
“We Writers Really Appreted that Tribute, But I Believe That Heart and Soul of This Show Is The Celebrity Hosts, Many of Whom Are In this Room Tonight,“ Mulaney Said. “You Know, AS I Look ARound, I See Some of the Cent Dificult People I Have Ever Met in My Entire Life. Over The Course of 50 Years, 894 People Have Hosted Saturday Night Live, And It Amazes me That Only Two of Them Have Committed Murder. ”
Mulaney Also Threw A Good-Natured Jab at Martin: “Each Week, Each Week, A New Celebrity Host Comes in With Their Own Dynamic and They Throw Everything Off, But Not, Steve, Beeta, Beeta
Martin was later joined on onstage by his fellow Only Murders in the Building Star Martin Short, Whom Martin Joked Was “The Only Canadian Who Wasn’s Schitt’s Creek. ”
After Short Said, “I Thought We Were Hosting Together,” Martin Asked If He Had HIS PASSPORT. WHEN SHORT SAID HE DIDNN’T, A COUNPLE OF ICE OFFICERS CAME OUT TO DRAG HIM OFFSTAGE.
Joked Martin: “Marty and I have worked together so loung, we can actuly Finish Each Other’s Careers.”
Martin then turned back to his own monologue.
“I hope that you are enjoying my monologue tonight,” he said, “but if you aren’t enjoying it, maybe you should get up up and take a good look at you. ? It Can’T be Steve’s Fault. ‘ Ask Yourselves, ‘WHEN DID I ABANDON JOY, AND WHAT CAN I BRING TO THE MONOLOGUE AUDIENCE MEMBER?’ ‘
Watch Martin’s Monologue Below.
Following his Monologue, The Show Aired a Black Jeopardy! Sketch in WHICH EDDIE MURPHY DID A SPOT-ON IMPersonation of Tracy Morgan, Who Was Portraying A Contestant Named Darius.
Kenan Thompson Reprized His Role As the Show’s Host, with Leslie Jones Portying Another Contestant.
“Welcome to Black Jeopardy! – The only Jeopardy Where Every Single Viewer Fully Understood Kendrick’s Halftime Performance, ”Thompson Joked, Referring to Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl Halftime Show.
Other Segments Included Tina Fey and Amy Poehler Doing A Bit Where They Took Question from Audence Members Including Ryan Reynolds D justin Baldoni.
Durying the Weekend Update Segment, Bill Murray Took A Jab at Snl About Current Co-Anchor Michael Che Being The Only Black Anchor in the Show’s History and Ten Ranked The White Anchors, with his Brother Brother Brother Brian Doyle Murray Murray Coming in Tops (and Current Co-Anc. Bobby Moynihanhans as His Character Drunk Uncle Also Appeared, Weight in on Current Events, Including the New Marvel Movie, CAPTAIN AMERICA: Brave New World. “OH GREAT, WE’RE IN A BRAVE NEW World!” he said. “Not My CAPTAIN AMERICA!”
Tom Hanks introduced a tribute to “Snl Characters and Sketches that have Aged Horribly, “Including” Characters, Actors and, Let’s Just Call Them, Ethnic Wigs, [that] WERE UNQUESTIONABLY IN POOR TASTE. ” Hew on to note that to the audience that in spite of that, “you all laughed at them. SO if anyone should be CANCELED, Shouldn’s it be you the audience? Something to Think About. ” A montage of clips showed sketches that featurened sketches the show labeled “Ethnic Stereotypes,” “Sexual Harassment,” “Animal Cruelty,” “Body Shaming,” “Slut shaming,” “Animal Cruelty “Problematic Guests,” “Questationable Makeup”, “Racial Slurs” and More.
Other Classic Characters Who appeared on the Show Included Mike ‘Linda Richman, Molly Shannn’s Sally O’Malley, Kristen Wiig’s Doonese Maharelle, Marcello Hernánez Idson’s Chad.