Remembering Gilda Radner — a once-in-a-generation original whose comedy was pure electricity. On Saturday Night Live, she didn’t just play characters — she created an entire universe of misfits, truth-tellers, loudmouths, oddballs, and big-hearted weirdos who felt startlingly real. Emily Litella. Roseanne Roseannadanna. Baba Wawa. Judy Miller. Lisa Loopner. These weren’t just sketches. They were living, breathing portraits of American life — viewed through the lens of a woman who understood vuln