<P> Dratch was originally cast in the role of Jenna on 30 Rock, and the original pilot episode features her in the role . It did not test well, and the role was recast . She went on to play a variety of small guest roles in several episodes of the first season, including Barbara Walters, Elizabeth Taylor, a cat trainer, a custodian, a blue monster, and a doctor . </P> <P> On March 19, 2012, Dratch's memoir, Girl Walks Into A Bar: Comedy Calamities, Dating Disasters, and a Midlife Miracle was published . In it, Dratch recounts her experiences after being recast in the 30 Rock pilot, including the birth of her first child . </P> <P> Her tenure at SNL spanned 1999 to 2006 . Dratch's recurring characters included Denise, a Boston teen; Sheldon, the junior - high - school boy from Wake up, Wakefield; one of the Luvahs (with Will Ferrell, as two pretentious professors); Abe Scheinwald, a Hollywood producer with a terrible acquisition record; and, perhaps most memorably, Debbie Downer, a depressed woman who creeped others out with disturbing non sequiturs . In December 2011, she made a guest appearance on Saturday Night Live's Christmas show, hosted by former cast member Jimmy Fallon . On April 15, 2017, she made another guest appearance with host Jimmy Fallon . On February 3, 2018 she made a guest appearance as a "Patriot of New England" in a Revolutionary War - themed sketch parodying the fans of the New England Patriots and Philadelphia Eagles in advance of Super Bowl LII . </P> <P> Both of Dratch's parents were Reform Jews . Dratch attended Hebrew school and had a Bat Mitzvah . She is non-observant as an adult, and instead characterizes the faith she was born into as part of her cultural heritage . </P>

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