Editing Paul Simon (section)

===''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>