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Fraser Lewry

"There's never been a blueprint for the dictatorship of the proletariat": That time Aerosmith appeared on Saturday Night Live with Tom Hanks and discussed the decline of communism in Eastern Europe

Aerosmith perform live on Saturday Night Live.

With the long-running US comedy show Saturday Night Live celebrating its 50th anniversary with a weekend of shows that included a Nirvana reunion of sorts, fans might be forgiven for wondering why Aerosmith weren't at the celebrations.

After all, Aerosmith appeared on SNL four times, most recently in 2001, during the show's 500th episode, when they played Jaded and Big Ten Inch Record before Jimmy Fallon – pretending to be Van Morrison – sang a St. Patrick's Day message while drinking a pint of Guinness.

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