How featuring the rushed and imperfect work of brilliant, stressed-out comics made SNL a comedy bastion.

NEW YORK (AP) — “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 spitballs from the margins.

From Theresa Caputo to Amy and Joey and our unmistakable accent, Long Island has been the source of innumerable "SNL" gags over the show's 50-year history.