Emily Latella (Gilda Radner)

We think about this character every day, decades later, so that has to stand for something.

Gilda Radner was the heart of the early Saturday Night Live, and misguided concerned citizen Emily Latella was one of her most endearing characters.

Her routine feels like it would have worked as well on a vaudeville stage in the 1920s or today as it did in the 1970s: She latches on to some upsetting piece of news while visiting the Weekend Update desk, launches into a heartfelt rant — and soon realizes she’s misheard some crucial piece of information fundamental to her point.

But what’s most impressive is how relevant the character feels in the 2020s, as people rush to comment on things they didn’t watch or read carefully.