WASHINGTON — Now that the dust has settled on the 40th anniversary of “Saturday Night Live,” we’ve had time to let our gut reactions settle:
- Welcome back “Wayne’s World” and “Celebrity Jeopardy.”
- Loved Bill Murray singing the “Love Theme from Jaws.”
- Too much of “The Californians.”
- Not enough Eddie Murphy.
- We need more cowbell.
But it’s time to highlight a favorite moment that flew under the radar.
It wasn’t a clips package of yesteryear highlights.
It wasn’t a famous sketch reenactment.
It was a simple audience Q&A hosted by Jerry Seinfeld.
Not only did he jab NBC right out of the box and offer a racial diversity “mea culpa,” he had a mini reunion with his “Seinfeld” co-creator — and George Costanza inspiration — Larry David.
“Was I really a writer here on ‘Saturday Night Live?'” asks Larry David, who wrote for “SNL” for one season from 1984-1985. “Look how big we hit it after that!”
“I know! We had like the biggest show of all time!” Jerry replies.
“You could never do that now with the media landscape such as it is,” David jokes.
“I know,” Jerry replies. “It’s like we had the last two tickets before Disneyland burnt down.”
Still, their funniest bit came at the end.
We won’t spoil it. Just watch below:
