I always loved Barbara Walters & I think it takes someone with a good sense of humor to make fun of themselves. I think Gilda Radner’s portrayal actually gave her more fans at the time. Baba Wawa was certainly one of many’s favorite characters of all time.
R.I.P. Barbara Walters 12/29/22 Just imagine when she passes through those pearly gates her first interview will be with the Ultimate man himself: GOD 🙏 ( think he'll be nervous?)☺️🤣
I’m old enough to remember when she co-anchored with Hawwy Weasoner! But seriously, she broke down the door for women journalists and, even if you didn’t personally like her, she set a lot of standards.
I will always remember Barbara Walters tell the Kardashians to the faces in an interview, "You can't act. You can't sing. You can't dance. You are famous for being famous."
Walters came to terms with Baba Wawa when Walters daughter pointed out to her mom that to be parodied on SNL meant she was at the top of the heap with relevancy in the American culture; so mom should take it as a compliment. Walters said in a TV show years ago that she sent a letter of condolences to Gilda Radner's husband, Gene Wilder, and signed it "Baba."
@@lfortenskie611 Barbara was tough and it couldn't have been easy for her as a woman. I'm sure she hurt some fragile egos along the way. Some men don't like to share the spotlight.
It was marvelous to see Walters finding her niche in TV news with ABC (US) TV; as in her early career at ABC in the mid-1970s, she was the butt of many jokes, and parodied on SNL. Why was that so? When ABC (US) - TV signed her to a sizable contract in the mid-1970s, she was considered a lightweight in journalism circles, yet, she was making more dollars than what NBC anchor John Chancellor; and more than the king of network anchors, Walter Cronkite at CBS. Chancellor and Cronkite were serious journalists; yet, Walters was making seriously more money than they were; but Walters was not considered a serious journalist in the league with Chancellor and Cronkite. Please note that back in the mid-1970s, Lesley Stahl of CBS and Judy Woodruff of NBC were serious and well-respected journalists, and as such, were never parodied on SNL; and were not made the subject of jokes . . . unlike what Walters was subjected to back then.
This. Was the first thing that came into my head. Saw the NBC news "who passed this year" homage too- it went on for seven minutes. 😐 We've lost far too many good ppl this past year. 😞 And- I remember Gilda and the OG crew completely upending Studio A..watching it live in glorious 19" RCA rotary dial black & white, beamed in on WNBC out of NYC via hi-tech 70's VHF directly to my rabbit ears lol...simpler times.
This is blatant proof that some people in show business and the news industry should never ever try to be funny on television. The combo of lame writing here and Walters' bland delivery equals a failure of a send-up. Seeing this clip only reminds me how perfectly Cheri Oteri did Barbara's voice and mannerisms.
She had an amazing career and she did pave the way for so many...there were also times when her questions were either on the silly side and sometimes rudely intrusive...kudos for making it when few women were in that business
