Here's who the former "SNL" writer might have been referring to in his bleak dig that made Steve Martin say, "Wow."

But the “poets and dreamers” refuse to go, kicking off a musical journey through 50 years of New York history set to Broadway numbers. The segment includes Adam Driver as a da

The Anniversary Celebration,' which featured iconic sketches, musical performances and appearances from former cast members.

Steve Martin opened the SNL50 Anniversary special with a monologue tackling politics. John Mulaney roasted celebrity hosts, with Martin Short cameo.

John Mulaney took the “Saturday Night Live” 50th anniversary special on a five-decade journey through the ups and downs of the show’s New York City home base. Starting with the 1975 birth of the series,

"A person born during the first season of 'Saturday Night Live' could today easily be dead of natural causes," Martin jokes The post Steve Martin’s ‘SNL50’ Monologue Crashed by John Mulaney and Martin Short,

The Anniversary Special” opening monologue and noted that over the last 50 years, 894 people have hosted the NBC sketch comedy series. “And it amazes me that only two of them have committed murder,” Mulaney added,

In recent years, only a few Saturday Night Live hosts have really stuck out in the crowd — one of them is John Mulaney. The comedian — who has worked as a writer, producer, and acted on the NBC sketch series — has hosted the series several times and always brings laughter to audiences with a range of sketches from musical-inspired segments to faux game shows.

It wouldn’t be a Saturday Night Live 50th anniversary celebration without a John Mulaney musical sketch. Once again joined by Pete Davidson, Sunday night’s iteration had some subtle political undertones as it took viewers on a journey through New York City’s own history over the past five decades.

Steve Martin brought the laughs while hosting the opening monologue for SNL50: The Anniversary Special on Sunday, Feb. 16. The 16-time host and friend of the show was also joined by comedians John Mulaney and Martin Short.

John Mulaney, a popular host and a former longtime writer on "Saturday Night Live," joined Steve Martin for a notable kick-off to the 50th anniversary special for the hit sketch show, but one of his comments raised some eyebrows.

John Mulaney may have spoken best to the mostly wonderful randomness of the lineup for Friday night’s live “SNL50: The Homecoming Concert” special when, late in the show, he invoked the memory of “Saturday Night Live’s” much-missed music guru,