SNL50: The Anniversary Particular, itself the climax of weeks of celebratory documentaries and reside specials celebrating Saturday Evening Reside, was delivered to a rock and roll shut by Paul McCartney, who carried out a Beatles medley together with “Golden Slumbers,” “Carry That Weight,” and “The Finish.” That closing track may have been a direct nod to certainly one of McCartney’s most well-known appearances on SNL, reverse Chris Farley.
Within the February thirteenth, 1993 episode of SNL, McCartney was the present’s musical visitor but in addition made an look on “The Chris Farley Present” (one of the vital relatable sketches ever produced for those who’ve ever interviewed a star). Within the sketch, an ungainly Farley asks McCartney a collection of awkward questions, ending with a question in regards to the lyrics from the track “The Finish”: “‘In the long run, the love you are taking is the same as the love you make.’ Is that true?”
McCartney tells Farley that he does suppose it’s true, thrilling him. And people lyrics ended up being the final ones sung throughout McCartney’s 2025 efficiency — it has but to be confirmed as an official nod by the present, however as a possible Easter egg the connection feels fairly apparent. As Cracked factors out, there are a lot of different Beatles songs McCartney might have carried out that evening.
McCartney’s show-closing medley wasn’t the one headline from SNL50, as final Friday’s live-streamed live performance included performances from Miley Cyrus and Brittany Howard, Eddie Vedder, Girl Gaga, Lauryn Hill and Wyclef, DEVO and the B-52s, Publish Malone and Nirvana, David Byrne and Robyn, and Jack White. The anniversary particular additionally featured musical moments from Paul Simon and Sabrina Carpenter, Miley Cyrus and Brittany Howard (once more!), and Adam Sandler.
Take a look at McCartney’s efficiency — and the sketch which may have impressed it — beneath.