See SNL’s Most Star-Studded Sketch Ever: Tom Hanks, Tina Fey & More Five-Timers Club Stars
Saturday Night Live‘s biggest stars are taking a walk down memory lane.
Peacock has released the first trailer for SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night, a new documentary celebrating the long-running NBC sketch comedy series’ milestone 50th anniversary.
The four-part special will feature insights and interviews from over 60 contributors and past castmembers, including icons like Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Tracy Morgan, Seth Meyers, Will Ferrell, Molly Shannon, Andy Samberg, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Kenan Thompson, Bowen Yang and Fred Armisen, among many more. Each episode will take a “different creative approach to the tapestry of SNL” while celebrating some of the most iconic sketches in the show’s history, according to the streamer.
“Anybody can do comedy,” Morgan notes in the preview, released Jan. 7. “I could teach all of y’all in here to tell jokes and do comedy, but are you funny?”
Meanwhile, Jimmy Fallon reflects on his iconic cowbell skit with 2000 host Christopher Walken. As the Tonight Show host gushes, “This is beyond my wildest dreams that they’re making a documentary about the cowbell sketch.”
