As much of a fan of Saturday Night Live that I was (I was 14 years old the night it premiered, with George Carlin as host) I never saw the season that Gilbert was part of the cast. I watched those early years of SNL with the original cast religiously, never missing an episode, even the reruns. But when everyone left after season 5, so did I, because of that I missed seeing Gilbert’s work on the show. The first tome I’d probably saw him was when he appeared on Late Night with David Letterman in the 80’s and watching his stand-up that night, I became a fan.