“SNL” Alums Will Ferrell and Harper Steele Recall Sketch About Eating a Unicorn They Regret Not Getting on Air (Exclusive)

The iconic sketch show will premiere its milestone 50th season on Saturday, Sept. 28

Will Ferrell and Harper Steele are reflecting on what could have been during their days on Saturday Night Live.

In an exclusive conversation with PEOPLE ahead of the iconic sketch show's 50th anniversary, the former cast member, 57, and writer, 63, look back on a few of their sketches that regrettably never made it to air.

"We wrote a sketch together called 'Unicorn Mountain,'" Steele recalls. "It was a funny game that we would play where I would write half the sketch and give him the other half. And Will started this sketch, and it was a four-minute kid's show opening about a unicorn mountain, and how free and wonderful and magical [it was] and everything."

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When Ferrell handed over the draft for Steele to continue, things took a dark turn for the mystical creatures atop the mountain.

"I opened up the actual sketch on him and Tracy Morgan eating a unicorn, talking about how easy they are to catch," she says with a laugh. "Because, you know, they're so free and open and magical."

Though the sketch "never made it to dress," Ferrell says that show creator Lorne Michaels "missed a great one" by choosing to pass on "Unicorn Mountain."

Steele helped Ferrell create some of his most iconic characters and sketches, including Ferrell as crooner Robert Goulet. Ferrell, of course, would go on to become a movie star and Steele became head writer of SNL.

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Michaels created SNL in 1975. Over the decades, SNL has gone on to produce a number of iconic TV moments while launching the careers of several comedians who were cast members.

Speaking with CBS Mornings in December 2021, Michaels addressed speculation surrounding his retirement and what that would mean for the long-running sketch show.

"Well, I think I'm committed to doing the show until its 50th anniversary, which is in three years," he said. "I'd like to see that through. And I feel like that would be a really good time to leave."

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The Kennedy Center honoree said "of course" the show could exist without him, and Michaels said he has "a sense of where we're headed." Although he didn't mention any names for a possible replacement, he revealed that he has ideas for who could take over for him after his retirement.

Michaels added, "Here's the point: I won't want the show ever to be bad. I care too deeply about it, it's been my life's work. So, I'm going to do everything I can to see it carry on and carry on well."

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Saturday Night Live season 50 premieres Saturday, Sept. 28 at 11:30 p.m. ET on NBC.

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