I was a student at NYU when Gilda Live was in production. The production company wanted a college age audience to fill in the seats of the Brooklyn Academy of Music, where the show was filmed. They sent a bus to the dorm & a group of us excitedly left Greenwich Village for Brooklyn. The filming was tedious, boring, long, repetitive (due to many takes of the scenes) and hard to sit through. The ONLY aspect of the night that was in the least bit entertaining was Don Novello both in character as Father Guido Sarducci and out of character as his hysterical self. He kept the audience laughing and in good spirits all night long. Gilda Radner on the other hand was difficult, angry, impatient with the staff and audience, and very acting spoiled. Luckily for her, none of this behavior translated into the final edit. I have seen the final version and enjoy Novello's segments while I recall how he made a potentially unpleasant experience end as a memorable one.
Review of Gilda Live
