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Dana Edelson—NBC/Getty Images by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman May 11, 2014 6:50 PM UTC Barbara Walters will retire from _The View_ and from TV journalism in general this week. But first, she stopped by _Saturday Night Live_‘s Weekend Update desk to have a little retrospective fun. First, we’re treated to a montage of the show’s many incarnations of Barbara Walters, performed by Gilda Radner, Rachel Dratch, Nasim Pedrad and Cheri Oteri. Then the legend herself appears, declaring it an honor “to see my groundbreaking career in journalism reduced to a cartoon character with a ridiculous voice.” Walters then takes a few moments to offer four tips to future journalists, including “Develop a signature voice that no one will forget” and “Do not be afraid to ask the tough questions, like, ‘if you were a tree, what kind of a tree would you be?’ or, ‘your place or mine, Brokaw?'” Thanks for that, Barbara. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/95448/barbara-walters-snl-cameo/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/95448/barbara-walters-snl-cameo/"},"headline":"Barbara Walters Makes a Cameo On SNL to Poke Fun At Herself","datePublished":"2014-05-11T18:50:05.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:09:35.266Z","description":"Plus, a look back at the many Barbara Walters impersonations throughout Saturday Night Live history","url":"https://time.com/95448/barbara-walters-snl-cameo/","keywords":["Newsfeed","SNL","Saturday Night Live","Arts"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2a47684ca0042b7b/69868ee106f2c1a68c32ed50/barbara-walters-snl.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2a47684ca0042b7b/69868ee106f2c1a68c32ed50/barbara-walters-snl.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"SaturdaFrom left: Colin Jost, Cecily Strong and Barbara Walters during Weekend Update on Saturday Night Live on May 10, 2014.ay Night Live - Season 39","caption":"From left: Colin Jost, Cecily Strong and Barbara Walters during Weekend Update on Saturday Night Live on May 10, 2014.","creditText":"Dana Edelson—NBC/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/95448/barbara-walters-snl-cameo/","name":"Barbara Walters Makes a Cameo On SNL to Poke Fun At Herself"}}]}] ```