Laughter wasn’t the only thing that was contagious during SNL50 on Sunday night. Steve Martin confirmed that both Martin Short and Maya Rudolph caught Covid during the anniversary show, which aired on NBC and Peacock.

Steve Martin led off the “Saturday Night Live” 50th anniversary show with a monologue, a familiar scene given all the times the legendary actor and comedian has hosted NBC’s late night show. Martin, one of the shows most prolific hosts and guests since the first season in 1975,

Comedian Steve Martin kicked off Saturday Night Live’s’ 50th Anniversary Special with a monologue introducing himself as the show’s “newest diversity hire” and calling on Immigration And Customs Enforcement (ICE) to deport his longtime friend and comedy partner Martin Short back to Canada.