The too-short life of a comedy genius is a reminder to the rest of us to make good use of the time we are given.

Steve Guttenberg, left, Jim Belushi and Tim Kazurinsky attend the SNL50: The Homecoming Concert at Radio City Music Hall on ...

4) The highest grossing film in 1975, the year Saturday Night Live premiered, was Steven Spielberg thriller Jaws. 5) The ...

It did all that and more. “Saturday Night Live” gave TV a little rock-and-roll cachet partly by making fun of it. The show lampooned commercials and presidents and TV executives. It launched squadrons ...