Over 50 seasons of Saturday Night Live, there have been more than 160 hilarious folks who have taken the stage at 30 Rock as cast members of the long-running comedy franchise. And many of them became household names, from Eddie Murphy to Maya Rudolph, Will Ferrell to Kate McKinnon, Adam Sandler to Bowen Yang. But paving the way for all of those stars were the original "Not Ready for Prime Time Players" who helped debut SNL all the way back on Oct. 11, 1975, and turned it into the enduring sketch-comedy institution we all know and love today.
And while the world sadly lost some of those original SNL stars in the decades since, including comedy icons Gilda Radner and John Belushi, tonight's SNL50: The Anniversary Special saw a sweet reunion between several of the show's pioneering players, including Jane Curtin, Chevy Chase, Laraine Newman and Garrett Morris, who all came together at the show's end for the customary goodbyes segment.
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During the event, Morris — who paved the way for the likes of Tim Meadows, Leslie Jones, Tracy Morgan and more as the first Black cast member of Saturday Night Live — introduced the Schiller's Reel classic, “Don't Look Back in Anger," which first aired during SNL's third season and depicts an elderly John Belushi as the last living "Not Ready For Primetime Player," dancing on the graves of his deceased cast members.
Later on, during the goodbyes, Martin Short gave a special call-out to the O.G. SNL cast members: "If you want to know what it takes to make a show like this last for 50 years, it's these people around me. The first cast: Laraine Newman, Jane Curtin, Garrett Morris and Chevy Chase. They paved the way for Darrell Hammond, Cheri Oteri, Chris Kattan, Jay Pharoah, the great Kenan Thompson and the great Billy Crystal." Making it all the more moving was the fact that those original players lovingly held up a portrait of Radner through it all in honor of their old friend.
Goodnight, everybody! #SNL50 pic.twitter.com/eWkrWTtp8q
— Saturday Night Live - SNL (@nbcsnl) February 17, 2025Related: Bill Murray Ranks Every Weekend Update Anchor From Worst to Best on 'SNL50'
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