The Saturday Night Live 50th Anniversary Special was considered a great entry into the long-running sketch show’s canon, but there was one special guest star who didn’t make the final cut: Steven Spielberg !

SNL star Mikey Day was on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon this week explained what happened and why the legendary director didn’t make it into the episode’s “Close Encounters” sketch (the one that features Kate McKinnon , Pedro Pascal , Meryl Streep , and Woody Harrelson detailing alien abductions).

Unfortunately, the anniversary special was already running long by the time they got to the sketch, forcing everyone to make difficult cuts, he explained.

“Everyone loves Steven Spielberg . I love this man so much. He’s so important to me and so many people

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