Simpson — who hosted on Feb. 25, 1978 — was acquitted over the death of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman in 1994. However, he was ordered to pay $33,500,000 in damages in 1997, having been found liable for the wrongful death of Goldman and battery of the pair in a civil lawsuit.

This article contains mention of death and violence John Mulaney and Steve Martin performed the opening monologue of Saturday Night Live during the anniversary special as the show marked 50 years since its first episode aired.

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