At the top of host Amy Poehler’s SNL monologue, she pointed out that the show had debuted exactly 50 years ago, on Saturday, Oct. 11, 1975. Since that milestone has already yielded four specials, including Questlove’s and Oz Rodriguez mostly superb Ladies & Gentlemen…50 Years of SNL Music (a must-see for its thrilling opening, a visual DJ mix of performance clips), the show indulged nostalgia of more recent vintage. Poehler — hosting for her third time and appearing in almost every sketch — brought out her bestie Tina Fey and Weekend Update co-anchor Seth Meyers, who are most closely associated with the 2000-2006 seasons.

If there was a nod to SNL’s first decade, it was Role Model’s snake-hipped, butt-waggling performance of “Sally When the Wine Runs Out,” a country-laced pop confection l

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