My SNL Story: Denny Dillon

From The Not Ready for Prime Time Project: An SNL Retrospective by Two Pints Productions, Inc.

May 14, 2026 · 1h 11m

About this episode

Denny Dillon discusses her experiences as a cast member on Season 6 of Saturday Night Live.

To help kick off our look back at Season 6 of Saturday Night Live, we talk to one of the cast members from that season—Denny Dillon. In addition to being the very first "new" cast member to say "Live from New York," Denny is also one of the few performers to work with all three Executive Producers of the show—Lorne Michaels, Jean Doumanian, and Dick Ebersol. But Denny's connection to SNL goes back well before that infamous 1980-81 season. She talks about meeting Gilda Radner before the show e...

People in this episode

Guest: Denny Dillon

Topics covered

SNL history
cast interviews
comedy
television
performers

Keywords

SNL
Denny Dillon
Gilda Radner
Lorne Michaels
comedy
television

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Lorne Michaels, Jean Doumanian, Dick Ebersol