Icon Jack Nicholson pulled focus on "SNL50" even in a sea of A-listers by making a surprise appearance to introduce his buddy Adam Sandler.

Nicholson, who is 87, has not made an on-camera appearance in years. He made an exception to warmly introduce Sandler, 58.

One of Sandler's most famous contributions to "SNL" history was his "Chanukah Song." On Sunday, he sang a new composition entitled "50 Years," which called out many of the show's MVPs.

The song joked about all the pitfalls of the show's decades on the air, including "the cast looking straight at the cue cards" at producer Lorne Michaels not laughing at sketches "he obviously hated," and "finding out your favorite musican's anti-Semitic."

Cast members cited in the song included the entire first-season cast, Eddie Murphy, Will Forte, Jan Hooks, Gilda Radner, Victoria Jackson, Michael Che, Melanie Hutsell, Michael McKean, Billy Crystal, Dennis Miller, Phil Hartman, Rachel Dratch, Kristen Wiig, Cheri Oteri, Colin Quinn, Tim Kazurinsky, Ellen Cleghorne, Fred Armisen, Chris Farley, Norm MacDonald, plus many behind-the-scenes figures and, of course, Michaels himself.