One of the biggest surprises of the night came when the legendary Jack Nicholson made an appearance. The 87-year-old actor, who doesn't make many public appearances these days, wore a sweet Yankees hat while introducing Adam Sandler.

While Jack Nicholson, 87, has remained mostly out of the public eye in recent years, the Oscar winner stepped out to attend SNL 50: The Anniversary Special Feb. 16.

In the ballad, titled "50 Years," Sandler paid tribute to the series and Lorne Michaels, its creator, as only he could. "Fifty years of your sketch killing it at read-through, and finding out they didn’t pick it because the host didn’t want to take off his shirt,

The Anniversary Special in New York on Sunday, February 16. Accompanied by his wife, Jackie Sandler, the longtime comedian was dressed to the nines in a black tuxedo complete with a bow tie. Variety caught up with the Happy Gilmore star and a reporter for the outlet couldn't help but note that Adam was dressed up in black tie.

Sandler started things out with a joke, singing, “Everyone in this room has something in common, all of our lives were changed by this show/ Everyone in this room has something