Live" alum Ana Gasteyer was at a White House sleepover as a girl when she saw Jimmy Carter watching Dan Aykroyd imitating him ...

As the show gears up to celebrate its milestone, here are 12 moments over the past five decades when the show didn't just reflect pop culture — it drove it.

“Saturday Night Live” was built with a cast of young no-names performing countercultural comedy. Fifty years later, it is firmly part of the culture, dictating mainstream comedy instead of throwing ...