Molly Shannon, the kooky comedienne with the twinkling blue eyes and elfin grin started out as a mid-season replacement on “Saturday Night Live” (NBC, 1975- ). By the time she left in 2001 to pursue a film career, Shannon had become the longest running female cast member on a program famously male-dominated for decades. With impeccable comedic timing and little regard for her personal safety – like Gilda Radner years before her – Shannon impressed producers and writers with a chutzpa that matched her talent, performing her own stunts with reckless abandon and creating some of the show’s most
