FROM THE SKETCH ARCHIVE
A face you won’t forget
Herbert Denton
Played by Gilbert Gottfried
The deceased husband at the center of Saturday Night Live's 1981 Funeral sketch, played by Gilbert Gottfried, whose widow finally hauls him out of the chapel.
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Their moment in the spotlight.
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