While SNL50: The Anniversary Special was stacked with special guest stars, Steven Spielberg didn’t make the final show.

Following the special’s ‘ Close Encounters ‘ sketch, Mikey Day revealed that he “originally had Steven Spielberg in it” but ended up having to remove the 3x Oscar-winning director’s appearance, resulting in himself “spiraling into an awkward abyss” with Spielberg.

“Everyone loves Steven Spielberg. I love this man so much. He’s so important to me and so many people,” he raved on The Tonight Show . “So we had Steven Spielberg come in at the end of the sketch playing himself. He’s like, ‘Hey, I have experience in this subject matter, and I’d like to make a movie based on your life.'”

Although the Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) director was game

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