The 50th anniversary special for “Saturday Night Live” began with music generations colliding, with Paul Simon and Sabrina Carpenter singing “Homeward Bound.”

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

Sabrina Carpenter and Paul Simon starred in the cold open segment ... “I was not born then and neither were my parents,” Carpenter said. Steve Martin was given the honor of delivering the opening monologue, calling himself the how’s “newest ...

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

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 ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Paul Simon and Sabrina Carpenter opened the 50th ... celebrated for the special’s landmark anniversary. Steve Martin, one of the shows most prolific hosts and guests since ...