Will Ferrell, Ellen DeGeneres and Norm Macdonald on SNL

Going back almost 20 years, here's an SNL Weekend Update segment about Ellen DeGeneres coming out of the closet on her sitcom, "Ellen," as well as in real life. Many people forget that her career seemed like it might be over after the show was cancelled a year later.  It would be a while before she was making regular talk show appearances, then voicing Dory and finally getting her daytime talk show.

The reason this is so notable is not only Will Ferrell's reaction, but also Norm Macdonald's ad-lib after the segment... sadly, the excerpt linked above doesn't include Norm.