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

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

Catherine Garcia is night editor for TheWeek.com. Her writing and reporting has appeared in Entertainment Weekly and EW.com, The New York Times, The Book of Jezebel, and other publications. A Southern California native, Catherine is a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.