Take “Saturday Night Live,” for instance. The NBC sketch comedy series premiered on Oct. 11, 1975, with the goal of making people laugh — and mission accomplished!

For context, Tracy was a cast member on SNL from 1996 to 2003, and in that time, he solidified his status as one of the greats. He was the ninth Black cast member to join the show and has since ...

Comedian and actor Tracy Morgan was a regular cast member on Saturday Night Live from 1996 to 2003. Morgan was one of the first faces in SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night, speaking about his experience ...

Rock starred alongside Spade as an SNL cast member from 1990 to 1993. The comedian returned to host in 1996 and cracked jokes about thorny topics as a host in 2014. Rock also appeared during the ...

Anthony Michael Hall, SNL’s youngest-ever cast member at age 17, had just finished “The Breakfast Club,” and he and his buddy Robert Downey Jr. had done “Weird Science.” ...

Rock adds, “Those were the days.” Although David Spade starred in SNL sketches from 1990 to 1996, Rock denies this, adding Spade got kicked from the show after less than a week.