Editing Paul Simon (section)

==Projects==
===Music for Broadway===
In the late 1990s, Simon wrote and produced a [[Broadway musical]] called ''[[The Capeman]]'', which lost $11 million during its 1998 run. In April 2008, the Brooklyn Academy of Music celebrated Paul Simon's works, and dedicated a week to ''Songs From the Capeman'', with some of the show's songs performed by a cast of singers and the [[Spanish Harlem Orchestra]]. Simon appeared during the [[Brooklyn Academy of Music|BAM]] shows, performing "Trailways Bus" and "[[Late in the Evening]]". In August 2010, ''The Capeman'' was staged for three nights in the [[Delacorte Theatre]] in New York's Central Park. The production was directed by [[Diane Paulus]] and produced in conjunction with [[the Public Theater]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/18/theater/18capeman.html|title='Capeman' Outdoors, Starring the City|work=The New York Times|date=August 18, 2010|first=Ben|last=Brantley|access-date=November 24, 2014}}</ref>

===Film and television===
Simon has also had several acting roles in films and television shows. He played music producer Tony Lacey, a supporting character in the 1977 [[Woody Allen]] feature film ''[[Annie Hall]]'', and made a cameo appearance in the movie ''[[The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash]]'' the following year. He later wrote and starred in 1980's ''[[One-Trick Pony (film)|One Trick Pony]]'' as Jonah Levin, a journeyman rock-and-roller, and wrote all the songs in the film. In 1981 he appeared in an episode of ''[[The Muppet Show]]'', the only episode of the series to use the songs of one songwriter. He appeared in several episodes of ''[[Sesame Street]]'' in the 1970s and 1980s, including in a memorable performance of "[[Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard]]" in 1977, and a cameo appearance in the song "Put Down the Duckie!" in 1986.

In the 1990s and 2000s, Simon played the character of Simple Simon in the [[Disney Channel]] TV movie ''[[Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme]]'', and provided cameos in ''[[Millennium (TV series)|Millennium]]'' and ''[[The Great Buck Howard]]''. In the 2010s he appeared briefly in shows such as ''[[Portlandia (TV series)|Portlandia]]'', ''[[Welcome to Sweden (2014 TV series)|Welcome to Sweden]]'' and ''[[Horace & Pete]]''. He appeared as an interviewee and as a musical guest on talk shows such as ''[[The Dick Cavett Show]]'', ''[[Late Night with David Letterman]]'', ''[[The Late Show with David Letterman]]'', ''[[The Colbert Report]]'', ''[[Late Night with Jimmy Fallon]]'' and ''[[The Late Show with Stephen Colbert]]''. He was the subject of two films by [[Jeremy Marre]] on the making of ''Graceland'' and ''The Capeman''.

===''Saturday Night Live''===
Simon was the host of the second episode of ''SNL'', on October 18, 1975.

Simon appeared alongside [[George Harrison]] on the [[Thanksgiving Day]] episode of ''SNL'' on November 20, 1976, and they performed "[[Here Comes the Sun]]" and "[[Homeward Bound (Simon & Garfunkel song)|Homeward Bound]]" together. Simon performed "[[50 Ways to Leave Your Lover]]"  earlier in the show. Simon opened the show in a comedy sketch in which he performed "Still Crazy After All These Years" in a turkey outfit, Thanksgiving being the following week. Halfway through the song, he told the band to stop playing because he was embarrassed, gave a speech to the audience and left the stage. [[Lorne Michaels]] greeted him backstage, but Simon, still acting upset, yelled at him because of the humiliating turkey outfit. This was one of ''SNL''{{'}}s most replayed sketches.

In one ''SNL'' skit from 1986, when he was promoting ''Graceland'', Simon played himself waiting in line with a friend to get into a movie. He amazed his friend by remembering intricate details about prior meetings with passers-by, but drew a complete blank when he was approached by [[Art Garfunkel]].<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Greene |first=Andy |date=October 7, 2014 |title=Flashback: Paul Simon Forgets Art Garfunkel on 'SNL' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/flashback-paul-simon-forgets-art-garfunkel-on-saturday-night-live-184826/ |access-date=June 29, 2022 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref> When Simon hosted an ''SNL'' episode during the [[1988 Democratic Party presidential primaries]], Simon walked out with Illinois Senator and presidential candidate [[Paul Simon (politician)|Paul Simon]], and argued about which Paul Simon was supposed to have hosting duties.<ref name="PS Winners">{{cite book |last1=Simon |first1=Paul |title=Winners and Losers: The 1988 Race for the Presidency - One Candidate's Perspective |date=1989 |publisher=Continuum |isbn=0826404286 |page=135}}</ref>

Simon closed the 40th anniversary ''SNL'' show on February 15, 2015, with a performance of "Still Crazy After All These Years". He played a snippet of "[[I've Just Seen a Face]]" with Sir [[Paul McCartney]] during the introductory sequence. Much of the Thanksgiving episode from 1976 was shown during this prime-time special. On October 13, 2018, he was the musical guest on his 77th birthday.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Kreps |first=Daniel |date=October 14, 2018 |title=Paul Simon Performs 'Can't Run But', 'Bridge Over Troubled Water' for 'SNL' Send-Off |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/paul-simon-snl-performance-737552/ |access-date=June 29, 2022 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref>

His most recent ''SNL'' appearance was on February 16, 2025, Paul Simon performed [[Homeward Bound (Simon & Garfunkel song)|"Homeward Bound"]] alongside [[Sabrina Carpenter]] for the opening of the [[Saturday Night Live 50th Anniversary Special|''Saturday Night Live 50th Anniversary Special'']].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Franklin |first1=McKinley |title=Sabrina Carpenter and Paul Simon Perform "Homeward Bound" to Open 'SNL' 50th Anniversary Special |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/sabrina-carpenter-paul-simon-snl-50th-anniversary-special-1236138495/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250217125349/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/sabrina-carpenter-paul-simon-snl-50th-anniversary-special-1236138495/ |archive-date=17 February 2025 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |date=February 17, 2025 |access-date=17 February 2025}}</ref>