remember like, oh, crying and feeling like the job was over my head, but i met this one writer, steve korenwho i'm still really close to. and he goes, well, tell me what did you do in your show, just tell me how. oh, i had a picture of mary catherine gallagher and i showed all the writers. i go, i did this character in my stage show, you know do you think i could? and they go well what is it? and i go, well, she does this like...they would go...i'd write a little out and they'd go, yeah, the reason that's not going to work is because of this and that's not going to work because of this and this and, you know, i was like, god it was so frustrating. >> smith: yeah. >> shannon: but then this one guy steve koren was like, sat down with me and he goes, tell me what you do with your show. and i go, okay. well, i come out and i go, i'm mary catherine gallagher and then i go like this, then go like that, then i go like that, then i do that that that that, and he basically just, we wrote it out together. >> smith: yeah. >> shannon: and it was the first sketch that i kind of got on, and it killed. it