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Gilda Radner and me

Writer's picture: Jenny WynterJenny Wynter

I don’t know if I’ve told you before that Gilda Radner – the original funny woman of Saturday Night Live – is my hero. Not only did John Belushi, who was quite vocal about women not being funny, concede that Gilda was a glowing exception, but she did a one-woman show on Broadway, married Gene Wilder and gave birth to one of my favourite all-time quotes: “You can always be beautiful at the after party.”

Imagine my delight then at stumbling across her autobiography in the tiny second-hand bookstore right here in Canmore today, for $3.50 nonetheless. That’s right. I have my heroes and I have them cheap.


I recall my delight last year in LA when, while strolling along the stars on Sunset Boulevard, I suddenly had the urge to stop and look down: only to find myself standing directly on Gilda’s star. I almost squealed. Thankfully I resisted – heaven’s knows Sunset Strip is NOT a place that anybody acts strange – but that feeling of excitement at having inadvertently connected to my hero, was screaming out inside me.

You can imagine then, the deafening shrieks of my innards when after buying my new treasure, I opened its cover, only to see scrawled on its first page:


If I don’t blog much in the next couple of days, you’ll know why.

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I acknowledge the Gubbi Gubbi, Wakka Wakka and Butchulla peoples, the First Nation Traditional Owners of Country, and custodians of the land and waters on which I live and work, and all the peoples who have welcomed me on Country. I pay respects to all Elders past and present and acknowledge the young leaders who are working beside Elders in our cultural industries in the continuation of cultural, spiritual and educational practices. I recognise all First Nation peoples as the original storytellers of these lands and acknowledge the important role they continue to play in our community.

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