With this being an event where seemingly everyone was coming back for this live special, the Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary special was bound to have some amazing bits. Â But damn, they knocked this Celebrity Jeopardy reprise out of the fucking park. Â It had everything, especially Sean Connery (Darrell Hammond) and Alex Trebek’s (Will Ferrell) antagonism, but then they also added in a looney Tony Bennett (Alec Baldwin), clueless Justin Beiber (Kate McKinnon), Turd Ferguson / Burt Reynolds (Norm McDonald), and Christoph Waltz (Taran Killam). Â It was epic. Â The Connery interpretations of two categories was expected but still surprising, even if you’re looking for it when the initial categories are revealed. Â Larry & I were in tears the entire sketch. Â Talk about bringing the A-game for such a legendary series of sketches:
The whole show was pretty fantastic and it was great to see them go for not just a clip show, but also using the all-stars to do brand new live versions of classic sketches. Â Even though the following video was referenced briefly during the show, I just need to add this here as it’s still the best “break” sketch and every time it makes me cry with laughter….”By the way……<10 seconds later as Rachel Dratch tries to steel herself to say this without dying>….I can’t have children!” Â Tears, I tell you, tears! Â (Click on the image below to see the video on the NBC.com site)
