It’s nearly impossible to pick out the greatest Saturday Night Live sketches of all time, given that there’s been 50 years of shows (as of publishing this). But we’ve tried. What are the sketches that you’d show someone to show the kind of humor that the weekly live comedy show has brought to fans over the years?

Legions of comedic talent have paraded through NBC’s Studio 8H, whether as cast members, writers or hosts of “Saturday Night Live.”