By Anne Brodie
Netflix paid tribute to the late, great and much missed Catherine O’Hara highlighting the beloved 2000 mockumentary Best in Show on the service, one of her funniest turns as a dog mad competitor at the renowned Mayflower Dog Show. A comedy classic written and directed by Christopher Guest, featuring O’Hara, co-writer Eugene Levy, Fred Willard and a host of today’s iconic comedians as dog-eat-d0g competitors. O’Hara’s comic genius and physicality shine as Cookie Fleck, who is married to Levy’s Gerry Fleck – their dog Winki goes to a psychiatrist. A highlight of the experience is Cookie singing a painful soprano-esque “God Loves a Terrier” and the hilariously downmarket scene at the hotel desk when they have no money for a room and try to cover. Gerry has to “run” Winki for the judges when Cookie hurts her leg but they can’t take their eyes off Gerry’s actual two left feet. I mean, come on, quiet satire that still has the power to bust a gut today!! Why? Levy and our beloved O’Hara together.