The 'Saturday Night Live' 50th anniversary special gathered many past stars such as Adam Sandler and Tina Fey but notably excluded Bill Hader, who declined the invitation citing anxiety issues experienced during his time on the show. Hader described feeling like he was a 'basket case' while working on SNL, suffering from panic attacks. Dan Aykroyd, another absence, expressed pride in co-founding the show and hailed the anniversary special as a significant event in television history, likening it to the moon landing in importance.
When I was on 'SNL,' I was a bit of a basket case. It could not have been easy on my wife at the time. I was so consumed with work and anxiety.
Sometimes I felt like people thought, 'Oh, he's just wanting attention or something.' It was like, 'No, man, I'm legit. I'm freaking out right now.'
Cracking a Head with pride at having been a co-founder of SNL along with everyone we were together with in those four years, five decades ago.
This telecast is as historical as the next moon landing. Comedy stars of our age all gathered under the aegis of America's greatest living impresario, my boss Lorne Michaels.
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