Saturday Night Live · season 44, episode 869 · Saturday, May 4, 2019 Host: Adam Sandler. Musical guest: Shawn Mendes. • Shawn Mendes performs "If I Can't Have You" and "In My Blood" and appears in the "Sandler Family Reunion" sketch. • Chris Rock appears in the opening monologue with Sandler and Pete Davidson, singing an original song called "I Was Fired". • Jimmy Fallon, Kristen Wiig, and frequent Sandler collaborator Allen Covert appear in "Sandler Family Reunion". Additionally, Wiig appears in "Last Call". • Prior to the goodnights, Sandler performs an unplugged musical tribute to Chris Farley that was originally performed in his 2018 stand-up special Adam Sandler 100% Fresh. • Sandler also does a short impersonation of Farley during the opening monologue. • He also reprises his role as Opera Man during Weekend Update. • Former SNL writers Tim Herlihy, Steve Koren, and Robert Smigel guest-wrote on this episode. • With this episode, Sandler ties Dan Aykroyd's record for the longest gap between being a cast member and returning to host the show. The gap for both actors stands at nine days shy of 24 years. Both actors made guest appearances on the show during the time period after leaving the cast and before returning to host. This record was beaten on December 21, 2019 by Eddie Murphy whose gap was 35 years. Wiki link