The Longform Guide to Saturday Night Live
It's Saturday Night!
Excerpts from Live From New York, an oral history of SNL.
Tom Shales and James Andrew Miller Vanity Fair Sep 2002 45min
Comedy Isn't Funny
SNL in its grim 20th season through the lens of first-year (and only-year) cast member Janeane Garofalo.
Chris Smith New York Mar 1995 35min
Anchor Woman
A pre-30 Rock profile of Tina Fey.
Virginia Heffernan New Yorker Nov 2003 20min
The Rumpled Anarchy of Bill Murray
Eight years removed from the show, Murray was at the peak of his box office power and living in a secluded farmhouse in the Hudson River Valley.
Timothy White New York Times Magazine Nov 1988
Victoria Jackson's Excellent Tea Party Adventure
How one of the most maligned cast members in SNL history ended up a talking head on Fox News.
Gus Garcia-Roberts Miami New Times Jan 2012 20min
Interview: Eddie Murphy
A sweeping, honest interview published just before Murphy announced he wouldn’t host the Oscars included his first public comments on SNL in years.
Brian Hiatt Rolling Stone Nov 2011 25min
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