Catherine O'Hara: Our Top 5 Characters | #1054
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🗓️ 27 February 2026
⏱️ 94 minutes
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Summary
Adam and Josh share their Top 5 Catherine O’Hara Characters, revisiting the brilliance and range she brought to every role — from Delia and Cookie to Moira Rose and Mickey. A heartfelt tribute to a performer whose presence defined some of cinema and TV’s most hilarious moments.
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Intro (00:00:00-00:02:59)
Top 5 Catherine O’Hara Characters (00:02:59-01:08:17)
Filmspotting Family (01:08:18-01:14:18)
Next Week, Notes (01:14:19-01:21:07)
Massacre Theatre (01:21:08-01:29:08)
Credits / New Releases (01:29:08-01:32:37)
Notes/Links:
-O’Hara On the “Wiser Than Me” Podcast
https://lemonadamedia.com/podcast/julia-gets-wise-with-catherine-ohara/
-Catherine O’Hara’s 10 Best Roles | Consequence of Sound
https://consequence.net/list/catherine-ohara-10-best-roles/after-hours/
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| 0:32.4 | You're not interested in art? |
| 0:33.6 | No. |
| 0:34.0 | Now look, we're going to do this thing. |
| 0:35.4 | We're going to have a conversation. |
| 0:38.8 | From Chicago, this is film spotting. |
| 0:41.0 | I'm Adam Kempinar. |
| 0:42.0 | And I'm Josh Larson. |
| 0:43.4 | I just thought she was the prettiest thing that I'd ever seen. |
| 0:48.4 | And she was there with somebody else. |
| 0:50.9 | She was very popular back then. |
| 0:53.0 | She had dozens of boyfriends. |
| 0:55.0 | Hundreds. Hundreds. Yeah, hundreds. I did not know that. |
| 0:59.8 | Cookie Fleck, Delia Dietz, Kate McAllister, and Moira Rose. We lost the one and only Catherine |
| 1:05.5 | O'Hara last month. This week, we paid tribute with our top five Catherine O'Hara characters. |
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