@love.gilda.the.film: Before “Saturday Night Live” had a single sketch written, it had one name locked in: Gilda Radner. Lorne Michaels cast her first — ahead of Belushi, ahead of Aykroyd, ahead of anyone else who’d become a household name. She spent the next five seasons proving why. Roseanne Roseannadanna turned oversharing into an art form. Emily Litella made “never mind” a punchline generations still use. Lisa Loopner and Baba Wawa rounded out one of the most versatile character rosters TV had ever seen from a single performer — and in 1978, the Emmy voters agreed, handing her the award for Outstanding Continuing or Single Performance by a Supporting Actress in Variety or Music. She wasn’t just funny. She built the blueprint for what a female comedic lead on live TV could look like — unpredictable, fearless, and never once trying to be the pretty one in the room instead of the funniest one. Gilda Radner didn’t follow the original cast of SNL. She was the reason there was one. #GildaRadner #SNL #SaturdayNightLive #ComedyHistory #ClassicComedy

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