At the end of the Feb. 16 broadcast of "SNL50," a tribute to the half-century reign of "Saturday Night Live" over American culture, Martin Short thanked executive producer and series creator Lorne Michaels,

Introduced by the rarely-seen Jack Nicholson, Adam Sandler sang a sweet and funny song all about Lorne Michaels on NBC's "SNL50" special.

SNL' honcho once rebuffed Taylor Swift's efforts to kill a sketch spoofing her 'Bad Blood' video, all while tossing popcorn in his mouth.