In honor of the upcoming "SNL" 50th anniversary, here are 10 of the funniest times "Saturday Night Live" cast members broke character on air.

From Eddie Murphy to Will Ferrell to Tina Fey, these are the 50 people who made "SNL" what it is, 50 years into its run.

It's easy to forget that Fey had left the cast of "SNL" three ... While Farley played the character numerous other times, the "Down by the River" sketch remains the gold standard of "SNL" comedy.

It's easy to forget that Fey had left the cast ... While Farley played the character numerous other times, the "Down by the River" sketch remains the gold standard of "SNL" comedy.

He went on to attend Ithaca College, where he served as editor of the school newspaper — covering news, cultural events and even drawing cartoons ... “It’s not easy. It takes so long ...

It's easy (once you find a spot in the lot across ... compressing the water downstream on the lower Niagara River into Class 5 whitewater," says Victoria Groenevled, a local resident who works ...

However, Sen. Martwick said, “The unfortunate reality is that Illinois and Chicago are such financial disasters that we very well cannot afford to do the right thing.” Back to the drawing board.

One elk in particular, though, is drawing the lenses of several photographers in Denver7 ... a public information officer with CPW. “So, it's really easy to pick out, but a little bit harder to ...

I went scuba diving in a drained river to clean up the area and search for lost treasures, but I never expected to find a ...