One could argue that “Saturday Night Live’s” 40th anniversary special had almost too many memorable moments for one show, but there were even more if you count the red carpet beforehand.
Here are 10 things that we heard, saw or learned while watching comedy legends, newcomers, and Sarah Palin, talk to press outside of 30 Rock before the show.
Aidy Bryant and Kate McKinnon were starstruck by The Backstreet Boys.
When BSB’s A.J. and Howie passed by Bryant and McKinnon on the red carpet, it was as if there weren’t dozens of other celebrities within range.
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Seth Herzog shared one of Jimmy Fallon’s favorite stories from his time at “SNL”Herzog is a stand-up comedian who also happens to be Fallon’s warm-up act on “The Tonight Show,” so we suspected that he’s heard a lot of Fallon’s “SNL” anecdotes. When asked if he had a favorite, he painted this hilarious picture of a freshman Will Ferrell pissing off P. Diddy:
“Will Ferrell was new on the show and P. Diddy was going to perform that song, the theme from “Godzilla,” with a full band. During rehearsal, Diddy was doing this thing and Ferrell walked out on stage, in character, holding a grocery bag as this sort of innocent suburban father character. He just wanders out on stage starts going, ‘What’s going on? What’s song is this?’ Diddy didn’t know who he was or that he was in character, so he’s just furious that this guy just wandered out on stage. Diddy’s like ‘Who is this guy? What’s he doing in my rehearsal?’ And everyone was laughing and crying too hard to even explain what was happening. I wish I had been there to see that. Just to see Will in character, not caring.”
And, finally, Sarah Palin reminisced about sneaking in some “SNL” time as a kid.
“Well, I can’t be self-centered so I won’t say the Tina Fey stuff. You know, it was the stuff way before you girls, way before your time. The ones with Joe Piscopo and Eddie Murphy, way back in the day when we used to sneak up to our TV room and watch it. And then, years later, we found out our parents liked it as much as we did.”
