In a new interview, Lorne Michael said that an opening duet between Sabrina Carpenter and Paul Simon was in the works long before it hit the air.

Simon pointed out that he performed the same track on SNL in 1976 with George Harrison, while Carpenter joked that neither she nor her parents were born at the time.

The 50th anniversary special for “Saturday Night Live” began with music generations colliding, with Paul Simon and Sabrina Carpenter singing “Homeward Bound.” ...