Brooke's new variety show. Brooke interviews celebrities Tip O'Neill and Kirk Douglas.
These days, even inside North America (and certainly abroad), many people don't know or never knew about SCTV or Fridays, both weekly comedy shows which I watched while in college and which I found far more entertaining than Saturday Night Live.
And yet, Second City Television launched the careers of several comedians, from John Candy to Rick Moranis through Harold Ramis. Not to mention Catherine O'Hara.
Today's topic is divorce, and the guest is newly divorced Patricia Donovan, who has redecorated frequently in the past few months. They gain strength from each other.
Host 'Chris' - Andrea Martin
Patricia Donovan - Catherine O'Hara
Three of my favorite sketches that had me in stitches and which I have never forgotten, three to four decades later,
were Catherine O'Hara as the titular actress on the Brooke Shields Show (see if you can recognize who plays Brooke's mother); the feminism parody Only For Women (utterly unfilmable in the 21st century); and O'Hara in the Ingmar Bergman parody, Whispers of the Wolf (1:30-6:56). (I never forgot Count Floyd's line, "Alright, it wasn't scary!" and "WE ARE WOMEN! WE ARE ONE!", as well as Brooke's line, "Tip! That's a really stupid name! Do you mind if I call you Tip Toenail?")
were Catherine O'Hara as the titular actress on the Brooke Shields Show (see if you can recognize who plays Brooke's mother); the feminism parody Only For Women (utterly unfilmable in the 21st century); and O'Hara in the Ingmar Bergman parody, Whispers of the Wolf (1:30-6:56). (I never forgot Count Floyd's line, "Alright, it wasn't scary!" and "WE ARE WOMEN! WE ARE ONE!", as well as Brooke's line, "Tip! That's a really stupid name! Do you mind if I call you Tip Toenail?")If you have more time, also check out Catherine as another Kate, Katharine Hepburn; English for Beginners; and the TAXIDERMIST Sketch with John Candy.
Count Floyd presents Whispers of the Wolf.
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