The mainstream narrative is that a pop star ripped up a photo of the pope on “Saturday Night Live” and derailed her life. What if the opposite were true?

A profile of the director and actor.

A profile.

The greatest stand-up of his generation is also his own worst enemy.

A profile of comedian Leslie Jones, who made Saturday Night Live after 25 years as a road comic.

After 25 years as a road comic, Leslie Jones becomes a star.

An interview with Michael Schur, who wrote for Saturday Night Live and The Office before co-creating Parks and Recreation and Brookyn Nine-Nine.

A year after her death, a tribute to the Saturday Night Live star who didn’t want to be on TV.

“I did a few days on Franco’s As I Lay Dying, and the vibe on the set was very heavy and serious. The only thing I can equate it to is tripping with a bunch of your friends.”

The bumpy rise of Saturday Night Live’s first star.

A cross-country drive with Michael O'Donoghue, the first head writer of Saturday Night Live.

Previously: The Longform Guide to SNL.

An inteview with the Saturday Night Live producer.

Previously: The Longform Guide to SNL.

The Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman star on being married to Woody Allen, Jewish words, and Girls.

A profile of the writer behind “Deep Thoughts” on Saturday Night Live.

An oral history of Saturday Night Live.

Part of our guide to SNL for Slate.

How one of the most maligned cast members in SNL history ended up a talking head on Fox News.

On the life and career of Chris Farley.

A profile of a pre-30 Rock Tina Fey.

SNL in its grim twentieth season through the lens of first (and only) year cast-member Janeane Garofalo.

A 1988 profile of Bill Murray, then at the peak of his box office power and living in a secluded farmhouse in the Hudson River Valley.