VIDEO: SNL Takes on GRAVITY & Government Shutdown in Cold Open

On last night's SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE, the show opened with two astronauts who contact NASA for help, only to find out that the government shutdown - and has left only two janitors to guide them back to Earth. Check out the sketch below!

Bruce Willis hosted last night's edition of SNL, with Katy Perry serving as the featured musical guest.

Since its inception in 1975, "SNL" has launched the careers of many of the brightest comedy performers of their generation; and, as The New York Times noted on the occasion of the show's Emmy-winning 25th Anniversary special in 1999: "In Defiance of both time and show business convention, 'SNL' is still the most pervasive influence on the art of comedy in contemporary culture." At the close of the century, "Saturday Night Live" placed seventh on Entertainment Weekly's list of the Top 100 Entertainers of the past fifty years.