The news parody has launched comedy careers and courted controversy. Here, Lorne Michaels, Chevy Chase, Tina Fey, Michael Che and others recount its influential history.

Most of us aren’t hilarious or gorgeous or famous, and “Saturday Night Live” gives us access to all of those things.

Showbiz is so tough, and I didn’t know how tough it was,” Pete Davidson told Page Six. “I picked the wrong business to have a ...