Listen Again: Julia Gets Wise with Catherine O'Hara
9/10/20251 hr 5 min
Catherine O’Hara is nominated for two Emmy Awards this year – and ahead of Sunday’s awards ceremony, we wanted to listen back to the hilarious and heartwarming conversation Julia had with her last fall.
On this episode of Wiser Than Me, Julia sits down with 71-year-old comedy icon – and star of Beetlejuice and Schitt’s Creek – Catherine O’Hara. Catherine and Julia share their improv origin stories and reminisce about the freedom and experimentation of their early comedy careers. They also swap stories about visiting the Vatican, over-apologizing, and how they both find laughter incredibly sexy. Plus, Julia’s mom Judith tries very hard to tell a joke.
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First 90 secondsJulia Louis-Dreyfus· Host0:01
Hey, listeners. It's me, Julia. We're back for Season 3 of Wiser Than Me, and we have so much more wisdom to share from the legendary older women who have joined me this season. I can't tell you the number of times when I'm having these conversations, I find myself scrambling for a, like a piece of paper or a napkin, or whatever I can find on my desk to quickly jot down some nugget that my guest is sharing in our conversation. I mean, you've probably had the same experience, right? Well, guess what? Problem solved. We have created brand new Wiser Than Me notebooks with fun sayings on the cover like, "Get wise," or, "Wise up," so you can keep all your new-found wisdom in one place. We just added these groovy hardcover notebooks to our merch shop. To buy yours, head over to wiserthanmeshop.com today. (instrumental music) Lemonada. So in my career, I've done mostly comedy, and my fondest memories are working with other actors to perfect a bit, to like mine a moment for the most comedy possible. Honestly, I don't think about kudos, or awards, or reviews, or paychecks, or anything like that. And it's, actually it's not even the laughs. It's rehearsing to get the laughs. (laughs) There's a scene in a Veep episode, for example, when, uh, I'm telling Tony Hale, who plays Gary,