Extremely Stupid - Saturday Night Live 

The fact that this whole skit was supposed to be a PSA about stupidity and ended up basically being a roast of the supposedly smart character, simply because she forgot her line 😂😂😂 Gilda Radner was a comedy genius

1:51-2:03 Gilda Radner's lesson on comedic timing. She lets the tension build with her laugh just until it becomes uncomfortable, then snaps it off perfectly. You can't do it better than Gilda.

"And I should know--AND SO SHOULD FERN!"

When Gilda turned to the camera at 1:02, she gives this subtle, very telling little nod. She knew EXACTLY how that line was going to play to the audience and she absolutely nailed it.

Candice Bergen's face at 1:45 us just incredible to me as she is in complete awe of Gilda. THAT SMILE!!!!!

I love how Candice totally gives up on the sketch and enjoys Gilda acts like the audience! :)

"You know, that reminds me of a little joke *laughs to self for ages* BUT SERIOUSLY" LMAO!! Epic.

The way she saved that sketch is funnier than the sketch itself...

The BEST breaking character scene SNL has ever had. Never can be topped. Candace Bergen losses like nuts and Gilda never breaks character at all. Genius.

I love how Candace Bergen's flub plays really well into the message of the sketch lol

I saw this skit when it first aired back in the 1970s and almost rolled off the couch with laughter especially watching Candace completely lose it after forgetting Gilda's name from the skit. I just found it again and showed it to my kids who thought it was absolutely hysterical. Gilda's ability to improv is absolutely magnificent and her feeding off of Candice's blowing her lines is priceless.

The drop off sentence, laughter, followed "but seriously" always gets me 😂

Gilda is forever the Queen Of SNL. No one will ever take her crown.

This sketch is Pure Gold. Always my favorite sketch of All of Saturday night Lives.❤❤

The fact that this don't have millions of views makes me sad, Gilda was really a TALENT.

I've always wondered just how much of this sketch was written and how much Gilda ad-libbed. I think a good chunk of it is the genius of Gilda.

"That reminds me of a little joke..." *giggles for fifteen minutes straight*

Gilda's face right after the flub with the name is the gift that keeps on giving! It's like "God has given me a gift this fine day"

NOBODY can ever make me laugh to the point that I'm in stomach and body pain the way Gilda Radner did, and STILL DOES. She will always be my favorite comedian of all time.

That look Gilda gives to the camera at 1:03 is priceless.

I love how Candice's screw up worked VERY well to Gilda's advantage. The irony was just perfect. lol

You know, we ALL can’t be brainy like FERN here! 🤣🤣🤣

It’s Thanksgiving 2023 and this sketch still kills. Treasure

I LOVE Gilda's little eye-roll when she first turns to the camera. XD

Gilda’s smile makes me smile

I've seen this 25 times and it still makes me howl.

Gilda just brings it home with this. A true gem.

The irony is what made this skit funny. ‘You aren’t very bright, whatever your name is.’

Back In The Good Old Day's Miss Those Time's

I can't be the only person who thinks that Gilda Improved that line: And so should Vern. Right? If that was improv: Makes it more awesome!!

I cant tell you how many times Ive gone back to watch this skit.......its Priceless!

If Candace doesn't screw up it's a decent sketch. She did and it turned into Pro's getting a chance to show why and how they got there. Classic!

It wasn't much of a sketch to begin with, but their gaffe made it into an all-time SNL classic.

This was like when Harvey Korman and Tim Conway would do a sketch on The Carol Burnett Show. Conway would get Korman going, and usually stay in character, as Korman lost it. Bergen losing it was what made it classic..along with Gilda's genius.

I like how Candice just gave up.

I love the way Gilda starts off with a raise of her eyebrows to the camera at 1:02.

She was hilarious.....😂😂😂

I no longer own a television, but no Cast can compare to SNL’s original for me. They were the bomb!😊

Kudos to Gilda's professionalism for not skipping a beat after Candice lost her shit.

Gilda was the best SNL cast member ever. Love her!

I love them together because they're having so much fun. Candace is gorgeous and I forget how pretty Gilda was because I think of her with that Rosanne Rosannadana hair.

Gilda was brilliant.

To watch Candice Bergen just break under Gilda radner's performance was awesome

Gilda Radner was one of the funniest cast members ever! And Candice Bergen’s breaking character just makes this sketch that much better!

That just might be the funniest breaking on SNL.

This is my absolute FAVORITE SNL skit of all time!! I saw it when it first aired and about died from laughter!! I've seen it probably 1000 times since! All because of the mess up and ad libbing!!! A real classic!!

Gilda is a true gem. Miss her dearly

That laugh of Gilda's has always stuck with me all these years later.

I needed this today--laughter. (Too much politics watching). Thank you Gilda and Candace.

Seriously one of the funniest sketches SNL ever came up with. I think we all miss Gilda

Now THIS is a crack up. She really was something else.

Talk about catching lightning in a bottle, this flub not only saved the sketch, it made it legendary.

Candice breaking up is just so funny... gilda we miss you...

just priceless 😅🤣😆… her goofy giggling

0:41 that melted my heart...

Candice Bergen straight up just starts watching the skit.

The hug that Candice gives Gilda at the end of the skit is really nice. Don’t we all wish we can have a friend like that?

Jane Curtain was one of the few that Gilda couldn't get to break.

Hands down one of the best sketches and saves on SNL.

I’ve always had a crush on Gilda because of this lol she’s beyond great. May she Rest In Peace with gene.

I've seen this at least a hundred times, and I still laugh every single time! Gilda's timing and ad-libs are absolutely brillianT

I love that Candice can’t keep a straight face. Don’t know how anyone could with Gilda

By far the BEST sketch on snl!!!!

My all-time favorite skit!

How I miss Gilda. She was so amazing and absolutely hilarious. You’re so loved and missed Gilda 🩷🩷🩷

The fact that they just simply added Candice to the extreme stupid people without missing a beat was priceless. It sort of died towards the end but still great.

This is my favorite snl sketch ever

Gilda was one of a kind! Miss her!

Them breaking character made the sketch so much better lmao

As I was laughing at this hilarious sketch I started to get sad thinking about how Gilda was taken too soon! Such a special spirit she was, she apparently suffered extreme emotional and physical pain near her death! So sad! Such a kind and free spirit does not deserve that! But God does only takes our best Angels! Rip Gilda!

This is one of the best skits Fern...I mean Lisa It's now a classic !!!

So true and more relevant today. Thank you ladies for those great laughs

I really miss Gilda,She was a comedy legend,And beautiful too.

Original cast is the best ever. RIP, Gilda, we miss you.

0:58, gilda's look right before ripping fern's "brainy" intelligence.

Still, to this day, one of the greatest breaks in SNL history. Entirely because Gilda was so in the moment. To give Candice Bergen her due, she held it together enough to change the card. One of my favorite moments from the entire series. And I can actually say that because I've been watching it since the first episode with George Carlin. I'm both bragging and admitting I'm pretty damn old. So... yeah?

We need a public service announcement with this message, today. So many people are exercising this "right."

I think this and Debbie Downer at Disney are the two greatest character breaks on SNL. A nightmare for the performers, hysterical for us!

Gilda was a genius. Nuf said.

I love how Gilda just turned this gaff into gold.

Gilda just makes me smile n smile. ❤❤❤

I miss Gilda BADLY!!! She was the ONLY reason I watched SNL. She was brilliant, sweet, kind, and too adorable for words, and a comedic genius in her own right.

Candace messed up and Gilda ran with it.

Such classic Radner. Gosh, those early days of SNL were so good. I know we all talk about how bad it is today, but no one could match those years of the original cast.

This is one of the best things I've ever watched from SNL and I've been binge watching any SNL skit since quarantine began

I still miss her. Haunted Honeymoon is one of the greatest movies ever

This is the #1 breaking up laughing segment that all others are compared to. Gilda was so fast to pick up on the mistake and ran with it! 😂😂 no one would be able to stay in character. “The right to be extremely stupid”. It’s our God Given right after all!

I keep watching and it’s funny every time

Goddess of comedy. R.I.P.

The world misses Gilda. What a special person she was

The times you appreciate it is Saturday Night LIVE!!!

Improv is not straight-up "ad-libbing," it's a craft that requires a lot of practice, talent, & training. A good practitioner of improv always lays down tracks for the respondent(s), feeds them material to keep adding to the concept, & uses any incidental moments as an "in-the-now" material source. A great improv performer can make it look easy. It was extremely smart of Lorne Michaels to use well-established improv performers for this live show in the event something goes wrong & they had to be able to workaround it. Gilda was one of the best. Gilda's chemistry with Candace Bergen here was so fun to watch. Most performers would have continued with the sketch as written & simply moved on from Bergen's trip-up. Gilda immediately realized there's bigger laughs to be gleaned. Her improv skills hit the ground running & elevated a reasonably good sketch into something hilarious & unforgettable.

she really could not have picked a better point in the sketch to flub her line. it's right on time to make her calling Gilda stupid ironic, and then Gilda gets to take over and burn her for the rest of it

For a few minutes, Candice lets go of herself and starts enjoying the genius of Gilda. So miss her and Jan Hooks and everyone on SNL whom we've lost over the years.

Love gilda radners voice😄👍

I haven’t laughed this hard in a long time. I was 4 years old when this aired.

Gilda is truly missed

Takes me back to freshman year of high school.

Gilda we miss you. She improvise this skit and made it hilarious.

LOL! I remember seeing this the first time! What a great live skit!