History Awesome / SaturdayNightLive

* In the Ryan Gosling/Chris Stapleton Weekend Update, Michael makes a sexist crack about Caitlin Clark putting on an apron after retiring her jersey. Their next correspondent is ''the real'' Caitlin Clark, who presents several jokes for Che to read jokes at his expense as revenge. She then thanks all the female basketball players who paved the way for her, and presents Michael with a souvenir -- a signed apron.

* September 25, 1999: Music/ElvisCostello's appearance during the SNL 25th Anniversary special, consisted of sabotaging the Music/BeastieBoys' performance of "Sabotage" before they all played a rendition of Costello's "Radio Radio". [[note]] Part of the awesomeness of this was due to Costello's 1977 appearance where he was told not to do "Radio Radio", and did anyway. Creator/LorneMichaels was not happy. By 1999 all seemed to be forgiven. [[/note]]

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* Probably the most awesome thing about ''SNL'' is the fact that the show has been on the air for decades and counting, survived many things that would have taken down lesser shows (ExecutiveMeddling, SeasonalRot, [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks cast and crew changes]], [[WhoWritesThisCrap weak writing]], [[OvershadowedByControversy controversial moments]], criticism over racial and gender equality in the cast, fair-weather fans who will drop the show the minute it does something that misfires -- [[UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic even a global pandemic]]), and, for better or worse, is considered great entertainment, and has adapted to this current era, where people are finding their sketch show fix online and on cable rather than on free-to-air TV. On an E! special about the show's history, Creator/LorneMichaels has stated that the show has lasted for as long as it has because it reinvents itself with talented cast members and writers and always finds a new audience after the ones who used to like the show brush it off.

* During his monologue, Creator/SimuLiu talks about his past job as a children's party performer, where he would dress as [[Franchise/SpiderMan Spider-Man]]. He references one party in particular, where a little boy kicked him in the shins and yelled "You're not Spider-Man!!", which he credits with "lighting a fire under him" and gives a shout-out to the boy, wherever he is now:

* December 21, 2013: Creator/JimmyFallon's musical performance at the beginning of his episode. The entire cast of ''SNL'' dancing stands out in particular.

* MAy 14, 2011: The Ed Helms[=/=]Music/PaulSimon episode -- home to, not only the brief return of the TV Funhouse cartoon segments, but to the live-action version of ''The AmbiguouslyGay Duo'' (featuring Creator/JonHamm as Ace, Creator/JimmyFallon as Gary, Creator/SteveCarell as Big Head, Creator/StephenColbert as Dr. Brainio, Creator/EdHelms [the episode host] as a Two-Face-esque villain, and Creator/FredArmisen as a lizard man). Also a NegatedMomentOfAwesome, as Robert Smigel confessed during an interview with AV Club in 2010 that this was supposed to be one of many feature films based on a recurring character from ''SNL''.

--> '''Biden:''' Unfortunately, there are situations in life, and this is one of them, where there must be a winner and... Aaaaaaaaaa ''loooooooseeeeeeeeeerrrrrr''![[note]] At this point, cast mate Creator/MayaRudolph can be seen ''desperately'' trying not to [[{{Corpsing}} corpse]], with her shoulders visibly shaking. [[/note]] (''beat'') '''LOO-HUUUU...''ZUH-HERRRR!!''''' (''he and Harris hold up an L on their foreheads'')