At the National Comedy Center, the history of American comedy is on display: the museum’s artifacts include Joan Rivers’ stand-up notes, the Seinfeld “puffy shirt” and a George Carlin archive.

As “Saturday Night Live” celebrates 50 years of being on air, the National Comedy Center in Jamestown, NY will preserve a collection of the show’s creative papers from the first five years ...

From left, State Sen. Cathy Young; Tom Benson, National Comedy Center chairman; Journey Gunderson, National Comedy Center executive director; Sam Teresi, Jamestown mayor; New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo; ...