Having SNL dads didn't get Please Don't Destroy on the NBC comedy institution

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Ben Marshall, John Higgins and Martin Herlihy have become the 20-something breakout stars of Season 47 with their pre-taped sketches. A year ago, Marshall, Higgins and Herlihy were working, respectively, as an after-school counselor at the Y, as a temp at a talent agency and at an ice cream shop. Higgins is the son of former head writer and current executive producer (and Jimmy Fallon Tonight Show announcer) Steve Higgins. And Herlihy is the son of early 1990s SNL head writer Tim Herlihy, who went on to write many of Adam Sandler's most famous movies. Yet they say their SNL dads discouraged them from entering show business. “My dad tried to actively dissuade me from doing show business,” says Higgins. “I feel like both of our dads were like, ‘It’s rough,'” adds Herlihy. Undeterred, the trio, who met as students at NYU, formed a standup/sketch hybrid show called Please Don’t Destroy My Farm, which became Please Don't Destroy. Ultimately, they were hired for Season 47 thanks to SNL director Paul Briganti, who pushed Lorne Michaels to check them out. “They felt brand-new and classic at the same time,” says Briganti. “We bonded over our love for comedic timing and working overtime in the edit.”