What doesSNLoriginal cast member Gilda Radner have to do with the success ofSchitt’s CreekstarCatherine O’Hara?
Turns out, a whole lot.
In fact, we might not have O’Hara’s decades-long comedy career if it weren’t for Radner.
“That’s okay, it’s fine, still bitter!”
Radner introduced O’Hara to the Second City improv theater, where she first began performing comedy.
Soon, she was understudying for Radner in the theater’s productions.
Then Radner left Second City to work atNational Lampoon,and O’Hara stepped right into Radner’s shoes.
“I got to dare to take her place,” O’Hara explains.
“I basically imitated her for months.”
