and mary catherine gallagher came from nyu.hat was the character; i was in a comedy show with adam sandler. he was in my class at nyu, and it was a, they had auditions for this show called the follies, which is a show where we would make fun of the teachers. >> smith: yes. >> shannon: and i got cast in that. and i remember we did an exercise where you just have to come through the door and introduce yourself and make up a character. don't think about it. >> smith: yeah. >> shannon: and so i walked through the door and i went, hi i'm mary catherine gallonler! and then i just would improvise it and they ended up loving that character. and basically it was an exaggerated version of myself. it was kind of how i felt really nervous and physical. and so they ended up building the whole show around that character at nyu. >> smith: yeah. >> shannon: but at the time it was different, i wore red pants and a red blazer and i was really nervous and i didn't have glasses and i think in the sketch comedy i had murdered someone, i was like a