Catherine O'Hara on 'Home Alone 2' and her sketch comedy beginnings (1992 interview) | Fresh Air
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Catherine O'Hara discusses her role as Kevin's mother in "Home Alone 2" and reflects on her early career in sketch comedy with SCTV, sharing insights about the challenges of parenting in the film and the changes in Macaulay Culkin as a child star amidst his fame. She also recounts her own beginnings in performance, influenced by her humorous family background.
Key Takeaways
- Home Alone 2: capturing chaos and comedy with a family that can't remember their own kid!
- Katherine O'Hara: proof that the funniest family memories often come with a side of forgetfulness.
- From understudy to iconic: O'Hara fills Gilda Radner's shoes while learning to dance in her own spotlight.
- Big families breed big laughs, but they also lose small children—just ask Kevin McCallister!
- Home Alone's legacy: the franchise that turned holiday mayhem into a box office goldmine and a cultural staple.
Mentioned in This Episode
- Katherine O'Hara (person)
- Gilda Radner (person)
- SCTV (company)
- Macaulay Culkin (person)
- Sweet tea with candy (Candy) (person)
- Second City (company)
- Tim Burton (person)
- Beetlejuice (media)
- David Letterman (person)
- Martin Short (person)
- Rick Moranis (person)
- Heartburn (book)