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The 12 funniest women on Saturday Night Live

In time for Saturday Night Live's 40th anniversary, we celebrate the funniest ladies of 30 Rockefeller Plaza — from Gilda and Jane to Tina and Amy.

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1 / 10 Gilda Radner and Jane Curtin (click on pink triangle for more info)

Gilda Radner (1975-1980) and Jane Curtin (1975-1980)

Long before Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, the original “Not-Ready-For-Primetime Players” Gilda Radner and Jane Curtin ruled the SNL news desk, with Curtin playing the straight-woman to Radner’s obnoxious Roseanne Roseannadanna. Inevitably, the sketch would devolve into one of Roseanne’s exaggerated rambling stories and end with the catchphrase, "Well, Jane, it just goes to show you, it's always something — if it ain't one thing, it's another."

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