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\u201cSNL\u201d alumna Amy Poehler was welcomed back to host the show for the first time since 2015. NBC <\/p>\nReturning to her old stomping ground, Saturday Night Live alum Amy Poehler was welcomed back with open arms, hosting the show that made her famous for the first time since 2015.<\/p>\n
In her monologue, Poehler paid tribute to the fact that the episode is airing on the exact 50th anniversary of the show\u2019s first episode, which aired on Oct. 11, 1975.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat episode was hosted by George Carlin, and just like George Carlin, I am extremely high,\u201d Poehler joked. \u201cBut you know the world looked a lot different in 1975. For one thing, women couldn\u2019t even have credit cards yet. But now I\u2019m kind of like, somebody take my credit card away. Am I right? I made them put that in.\u201d<\/p>\n
Poehler also briefly invited new cast members Tommy Brennan, Jeremy Culhane, Ben Marshall, Kam Patterson, and Veronika Slowikowska to join her, before quickly shooing them away, telling them, \u201cWe don\u2019t know each other yet. Keep it moving.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSNL\u201d alumna Amy Poehler was welcomed back to host the show for the first time since 2015. NBC <\/p>\n
Poehler also joked about the creation of AI-generated actress Tilly Norwood<\/a>. \u201cI remember watching the show in the \u201970s, sitting in my house in Burlington, Massachusetts, thinking: I want to be an actress someday. At least until they invent an A.I. actress who\u2019s funnier and willing to do full frontal,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n She circled back to her potential A.I. replacement at the end of her monologue, telling her younger self, \u201cTo that little A.I. robot watching TV right now, who wants to be on this stage some day, I say to you: \u2018Beep beep boop boop,\u2019 which translates to \u2018You\u2019ll never be able to write a joke, you stupid robot.\u2019 And I am willing to do full frontal, but nobody has asked me!\u201d<\/p>\n Poehler joined the Saturday Night Live cast in 2001 alongside her future Weekend Update co-host Seth Meyers, having been recruited by longtime friend Tina Fey. She departed the show in 2008 after giving birth to her first child, and before going on to star as Leslie Knope in Parks and Recreation.<\/p>\n She has returned to Studio 8H several times since leaving SNL for special guest appearances and hosting duties. She last took on the role of host alongside Fey in 2015<\/a>, when the pair reprised their famous impressions of Hillary Clinton and Sarah Palin.<\/p>\n Poehler also appeared alongside Fey and fellow former castmate Maya Rudolph during the show\u2019s 50th Anniversary Special<\/a> earlier this year.<\/p>\n![\"Tina](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/I4WE66Q42NEY3FKIJKPBZEDKVY.jpg\")
Tina Fey and Amy Poehler during the \u201cChristmas Mash-up Monologue\u201d on Dec. 19, 2015. NBC\/NBCU Photo Bank\/NBCUniversal <\/p>\n