We’ve been hit pretty hard lately. The awful news resulting from having an idiot in the White House has been relentless. Two murders of innocent citizens by law enforcement is enough but there’s so much more. Adding to this has been a slate of celebrity deaths. True, famous people are always dying but Robert Redford, Diane Keaton and Rob Reiner (particularly owing to the nature of his death — patricide) were much beloved. Add to that today’s announcement of the passing of Catherine O’Hara and it’s clear just how badly we’re getting slapped around by the universe.
Catherine O’Hara was a real favorite of mine. Judging from social media I am not alone in having revered her brilliant comic talents. Schitt’s Creek was one of the greatest sitcoms of all time and she was, as Moira Rose, a good fifty per cent of it’s appeal. Surely Moira ranks among the very best TV characters of all time.
She also featured in Christopher Guests’s best comedies such as Waiting for Guffman, A Mighty Wind and Best in Show. Add to that her turn as the mother in the first two Home Alone films and you’ve got two or three great careers wrapped into one. But there was so much more starting with Second City Television where she starred beginning in 1976 aside the likes of John Candy, Martin Short, Harold Ramis, Andrea Martin and her erstwhile acting partner Eugene Levy. O’Hara and Levy appeared together for nearly fifty years culminating with Schitt’s Creek.
Most recently Mr. O’Hara appeared on Seth Rogen’s excellent comedy, The Studio. Every time she was on the show it was that much better. She made life that much better. As Rogen said we’re lucky to have lived in a world with Mr. O’Hara in it. This planet won’t be the same without her.
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