One of my all-time favorite Saturday Night Live moments is a Debbie Downer sketch where Rachel Dratch biffs a line and the rest of the people in the sketch — Amy Poehler, Lindsay Lohan, Horatio Sanz, and Jimmy Fallon — lose their shit. At one point Horatio Sanz is laughing so hard he has to wipe the tears from his eyes using his sleeve. It is hilarious and never ceases to make me laugh until I can hardly breathe.

After seeing that episode, I always admired Dratch. I like the way she tried to pull it together even as all those fell apart around her. It takes some kind of bravery to solider on in the face of that, especially on live TV.

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