When Sandman makes you a promise, he makes sure to keep it.
She recounted how Sandler played a major part in getting her onSNL.
“He was like, ‘Don’t worry, kid.
Molly Shannon and Adam Sandler.Roy Rochlin/FilmMagic; Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images
I’m gonna get you on too.’
And he did, years later.
He recommended me too so I got in through Adam.”
Shannon says, “I was working hard on my stage show and developing characters and working really hard.
So, I was definitely ready.
So I had done and written all those characters on my own and brought them toSNL.”
“I originally created the character Mary Katherine Gallagher at NYU.
I did a comedy review show called The Follies.
“I walked through the door and said, ‘Hi!
I’m Mary Katherine Gallagher.’
She was very unimpressed and I had to keep trying to impress her.
After the comedy review show, Mary Katherine Gallagher took on a life all her own.
Shannon says, “I started getting recognized on campus, like ‘Oh my God!
That’s the girl that did Mary Katherine Gallagher.’
The show was a big hit.
There were lines around the block.”
I never thought of it though.
