Did Paul McCartney Pay Tribute to Chris Farley with His SNL50 Performance?

Paul McCartney‘s efficiency throughout SNL50: The Anniversary Special included a nod to Chris Farley.

The Beatles member, 82, wrapped up the anniversary particular with a efficiency of the ultimate three songs on Abbey Road: “Golden Slumbers,” “Carry That Weight” and “The End.”

“The End” contains the poignant lyrics, “And in the long run, the love you are taking is the same as the love you make” — which have been talked about on Studio 8H over 30 years prior.

During McCartney’s look on the present for The Chris Farley Show sketch in 1993, Farley nervously requested the legendary musician: ” ‘In the top, the love you are taking is the same as the love you make.’ Is that true?” referencing the track’s closing strains.

“Yes Chris, in my expertise, I discover the extra you give, the extra you get,” McCartney confirmed. Throughout the skit, Farley additionally requested, “Remember while you have been with the Beatles?” nailing the supply of a starstruck fan.

Fans seen this bittersweet nod to the late comic. One wrote that the particular was “ending it full circle with probably the greatest.” “Having Sir Paul McCartney carry out the medley from Abbey Road is a unbelievable callback to the Chris Farley Show!” one other fan agreed.

“Poetic at #SNL50thAnniversary that Paul McCartney carried out ‘The End’ with the road ‘and in the long run, the love you are taking, is the same as the love you make,’ ” a 3rd stated. “Which was a callback to a sketch he began in with the late nice Chris Farley!”

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Farley died in 1997 from an obvious drug overdose. He was 33 years previous. The Tommy Boy actor appeared on SNL from 1990 to 1995.

Adam Sandler, who was a part of the SNL forged the identical years as Farley, additionally paid tribute to Farley throughout the anniversary particular. Sandler, 58, carried out a track concerning the present turning 50, naming forged members and iconic moments all through the years.

“Six years of our boy Farley and 5 of our buddy Norm,” he sang, mentioning Farley and SNL alum Norm McDonald, who died of most cancers in 2021.

McCartney has appeared on SNL 9 instances. He was a musical visitor in 1980, 1993, 2010 and 2012. He additionally carried out throughout the present’s fortieth anniversary particular in 2015 whereas additionally making cameos in 2006, 2013 and 2015.

SNL50: The Anniversary Special additionally featured musical moments from Paul Simon with Sabrina Carpenter performing “Homeward Bound” together with Miley Cyrus and Brittany Howard masking Sinéad O’Connor’s “Nothing Compares 2 U.”