The 50th anniversary special for "Saturday Night Live" began with music generations colliding, with Paul Simon and Sabrina Carpenter singing "Homeward ... before comedy legend Steve Martin took the stage to give a host's traditional monologue.

The Grammy winners performed a touching duet of Simon & Garfunkel's "Homeward Bound," which he sang on the show decades earlier in 1976.

SNL kicks off star-studded 50th anniversary with Paul Simon, Sabrina Carpenter and host Steve Martin - Sunday’s broadcast tops off a weekend of celebrity-filled anniversary programming

Paul Simon and Sabrina Carpenter opened the 50th anniversary special celebrating “Saturday Night Live” with a duet of his song “Homeward Bound.” The

Paul Simon and Sabrina Carpenter opened the 50th anniversary celebration of “Saturday Night Live" and Paul McCartney closed it down. The 83-year-old Simon, who has been a constant on the

"Deep Thoughts by Jack Handey" was a long-standing segment on SNL in the ‘90s where Phil Hartman offered surreally soothing adages as Jack Handey. "Looking back over 50 years, we treasure the laughs, the friendship, the fond memories,” Handey’s voice said."But the real treasure was how much money we were making."

Paul Simon and Sabrina Carpenter duetted on Simon's song "Homeward Bound" and five-decade "Saturday Night Live" luminary Steve Martin delivered the monologue to open the a 50th anniversary special ...