United Kingdom, March 13 -- Bill Murray gave the 'SNL50: The Anniversary Special' writers a pep talk to raise morale.

The 74-year-old actor - who appeared on 'Saturday Night Live' from 1977 for three seasons until 1980 - returned to the programme for its 50th anniversary episode both on and off screen when it aired last month, and has now revealed he tried to raise the spirits of the writers to give them "a little boost".

Speaking on 'The Drew Barrymore Show', Bill said: "Well, they were having a meeting and I just sort of walked into the meeting, you know.

"It's [producer] Lorne [Michaels'] meeting, and he's sitting there; his feet on his desk, and there were all the writers sitting in the room and it was grim. It was very grim. It ju...