Catherine O’Hara, a two-time Saturday Night time Dwell host and a (very transient) former solid member, was remembered by NBC’s late-night program tonight, a day after the Emmy winner died on the age of 71. A card in O’Hara’s reminiscence from her time on the present ran simply earlier than the curtain name on the finish of the episode, hosted by Alexander Skarsgård with musical visitor Cardi B. You possibly can see it under.
O’Hara opened up in 2024 about being solid within the sixth season of SNL within the early Eighties. Coming from one other sketch comedy collection, the Canadian SCTV, she ought to’ve felt proper at house, however O’Hara mentioned she stop after every week with out filming a single episode to return to her “[comedy] household” at SCTV.
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The exit should not have been too acrimonious as O’Hara was requested again as a bunch twice: throughout SNL‘s Season 16 in April 1991 with musical visitor R.E.M., and through Season 18 in October 1992 with musical visitor 10,000 Maniacs.
Above is a picture of O’Hara from her SNL debut in a sketch alongside then-cast member Mike Myers.
