Overview

• In June, Gilda Radner’s brother mailed Sherman a handwritten note along with months’ worth of her misrouted SAG checks, exposing the payment error.
• On Vulture’s Good One podcast, Sherman recounted breaking into hysterical sobs and calling the coincidence a “miracle” or spirit speaking.
• Sherman texted SNL creator Lorne Michaels about the mix-up, and he replied in his trademark brevity, “That’s sweet.”
• The Screen Actors Guild has since corrected the routing glitch so Sherman’s royalties resume reaching her account.
• The anecdote has prompted widespread coverage and renewed focus on SNL’s intergenerational legacy and the complexities of residual distribution.