Elsewhere on Weekend Update, Pete Davidson did one of his confessional monologues, during which he wore a tee-shirt bearing an image of, you guessed it, Norm Macdonald.

After Shane Gillis was announced as an SNL host, its being compared to the time Norm Macdonald returned after being fired.

'Saturday Night Live' made a household name of Norm MacDonald thanks to his iconic 'Weekend Update' turn and other memorable characters.

It very well might have cost him his job hosting Weekend Update, but the late Norm Macdonald never held back on OJ Simpson.

Macdonald, best known for his time anchoring the Weekend Update segment on Saturday Night Live in the 1990s, died earlier in the day at the age of 61 following a private, nine-year cancer battle.