Tina Fey and Amy Poehler rightfully reclaim their 'Weekend Update' chairs

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Neha Prakash
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Leave it to the Tina Fey, Amy Poehler and Jane Curtin to completely own the Saturday Night Live 40th anniversary special.

The duo reclaimed their Weekend Update hosting gigs -- they anchored together from 2004 to 2006 -- in a very meta way, making jokes about the special, and how even they know there are way too many celebrity cameos happening tonight.

"Saturday Night Live turns 40 years old this week with a live, three-and-a-half hour broadcast that won an Emmy in the first 10 minutes and lost it somewhere in the middle," Poehler said, summing up the night.

Jane Curtin, who hosted Weekend Update from 1976 to 1980, co-anchored with Fey and Poehler, proving bitches get stuff done.

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Then Emma Stone, Edward Norton and Melissa McCarthy stopped by to pay homage to great SNL characters of decades past -- McCarthy's Matt Foley (originally played by Chris Farley) even got Jane Curtin to break character.

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