Early Denny
That's future Saturday Night Live cast member Denny Dillon, appearing as a regular on the short-lived NBC TV series, Hot Hero Sandwich.
Okay, Kids, Let's Meet The New Cast!
After auditions during the summer of 1980, here are the members of the new cast of Saturday Night Live , as chosen by producer Jean Doumanian: Cleveland-born Denny Dillon, an actress and comedienne, whose previous experience on TV including appearing as a guest in the show's third-ever episode in 1975 (hosted by Rob Reiner) doing a stand-up routine dressed as a nun with comedy partner Mark Hampton, also dressed as a nun. You can find the episode here . She appeared on Broadway in Gypsy and Harold and Maude . She even had a small role in the motion picture Saturday Night Fever . More recently, Denny was a regular on a short-lived (1979-80) NBC Saturday morning kids' show Hot Hero Sandwich . In another post, you'll get to see a segment from that show's premiere (November 10, 1979). Brooklyn-born Gilbert Gottfried honed his act on the Comedy Shop circuit by acting like a manic madman. There are doubts the Gilbert's manic style would go over on television, but...
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