Saturday Night Live
SNL Family Thanksgiving Leftovers
Saturday 24 November 2007 on NBC

A compilation of memorable Thanksgiving and family-themed moments from SNL. Sketches include "Debbie Downer", "Paul's Monologue Worries," "The Ladies' Man," "The Bird Family," "Adam Sandler's Turkey Song," "Martha Stewart Living," "Nikey Turkey," "They Grow Up So Fast," "Fuzzy Memories," "Ed...

Gilda distinguished herself as one of Saturday Night Live's most versatile performers, portraying such characters as hard-of-hearing media critic Emily Litella ("Never mind"), nerdish Lisa Loopner ("Oh, that's so funny I forgot to laugh"), frizzy-haired TV news reporter Roseanne Roseannadanna ("It just goes to show ya! It's always somethin'!"), and the inimitable Baba Wawa, a spoof of journalist Barbara Walters. (edit) Gilda was offered the part of Laverne and Shirley's Shirley Feeney by Penny Marshall, but out of loyalty to Saturday Night Live producer Lorne Michaels, she chose to honor her contract with SNL. (edit) Gilda became fellow cast member Jane Curtin and producer Lorne Michaels' go-between when differences caused them to stop speaking to one another in the second season of Saturday Night Live. (edit) Gilda played Mike Myer's mother in a television commercial for British Columbia Hydro when he was just ten years old. Over the course of the four-day shoot, Myers developed a major crush on Radner and cried on the last day of production when they "went their separate ways." (edit) Gilda wrote the song, “Good By, Saccharin” (which she performed as character Rhonda Weiss in a sketch for the NBC television comedy series, Saturday Night Live) in utter panic when it looked like the sugar substitute was going to be taken off the market. Recording artist Linda Ronstadt heard about the song and volunteered to sing backup, because the subject was so dear to her heart. (edit)

Gilda: I can always be distracted by love, but eventually I get horny for my creativity. (edit) Gilda: One of the strangest things to me is when little children look at me and say, "Gilda Radner!" like Scott Towels or Snickers candy. It's like a brand name to them. (edit) Gilda: But I feel with my life, somebody's been so generous with experiences for me-- whosever controlling it. I mean, I've enjoyed a real generosity there. So sometimes, I feel maybe I'm getting this all now and quickly because there's not going to be a whole lot later. I mean, maybe I'm going to die or something. I know that's an awful way to think, but I have been real fortunate. Real lucky. (edit) Gilda: (in 1980) I think I'd be a neat old woman-- if I ever make it that far. I once said that to a guy I was out with and he said, 'You already are.' (edit) Gilda: Humor is just truth, only faster. (edit)

Star
Dr. Zonk & The Zunkins	Saturday Night Live Herself

Guest Star
E! True Hollywood Story Gilda Radner (footage version)	It's Garry Shandling's Show Mr. Smith Goes to Nam Herself
Late Night With David Letterman Show #0291 Guest	Late Night With David Letterman Show #0431 (840816) Guest
Late Night With David Letterman Show #0737 (860722) Guest	Reading Rainbow The Tortoise and the Hare Narrator

Other
Saturday Night Live Live from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night Live Herself (archive footage)