On “Law and Order,” one of the judges who hears cases regularly is named Lisa Pongracic.
I’d forgotten until recently that “Lisa Pongracic” was also the name of Mary Stuart Masterson’s character in the SNL sketch “Lisa Pongracic: Very Pregnant Undercover Cop.”
Is there some staff writer who’s worked for both shows? I know that “SNL” writers often name characters after friends and acquaintances as an in-joke. Anyone know where this particular name came from? (Coincidence seems WAY too unlikely!)