Watch Martin Short and 'Beyoncé' welcome back your favorite SNL musical acts

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Martin Short and Maya Rudolph as Beyonce.
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Music has always been an essential part of Saturday Night Live, and during Sunday's 40th anniversary special, all sorts of acts from the past four decades came out of the woodwork: Maya Rudolph's Beyoncé, Adam Sandler's Opera Man, Dana Carvey's "Choppin Broccoli," Will Ferrell and Ana Gasteyer's Marty and Bobbi Culp, Dan Aykroyd and Jim Belushi's Blues Brothers, Steve Martin's King Tut, and more. Watch the video below. —Catherine Garcia

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US
Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.