Andrea Martin: 50 Years of Comedic Genius

The Last Laugh

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🗓️ 11 July 2023

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Andrea Martin has been a force to be reckoned with in the comedy world since her professional debut as part of the Toronto cast of ‘Godspell’ in 1972 and a few years later as a cast member on Canada’s answer to ‘Saturday Night Live,’ ‘SCTV’—both alongside Martin Short. This summer, she is reteaming with Short once more on Season 3 of ‘Only Murders in the Building,’ which premieres next month on Hulu. In this episode—our final one for a while—Martin teases her role as Steve Martin’s love interest and reveals there may have been a moment when she was up for the part that ultimately went to Selena Gomez. The 76-year-old actress also reflects on five decades in show business, from the ego blow of never being asked to do SNL to an update on Martin Scorsese’s SCTV reunion documentary to the one big project that is still on her career bucket list.

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0:00.0	My guest on this week's show has been one of the funniest people on the planet for nearly 50 years.
0:07.0	Miss Antropay, could I have a few moments of your time?
0:09.9	Of course. Come in.
0:12.4	Gerald, can you get a rush installation on that electrified doorknob?
0:15.4	Hi, I'm Carol.
0:16.6	I'm an intern here.
0:18.1	And I was wondering if I could interview you for our newsletter, specifically
0:21.5	Carol's Corner, my award-wanting column.
0:24.9	Well, normally I would say no, but I've been involved in enough age discrimination lawsuits
0:29.4	to no entrapment when I see it.
0:30.9	Oh.
0:31.9	Why don't we begin?
0:33.9	First question.
0:34.9	In your book, everything your mother told you was a lie,
0:38.3	you seem like a real B word.
0:41.3	So tell me, how dare you?
0:44.3	Okay, I get it. You're a mom and you don't like the book.
0:47.3	But guess what? I'm a mom too.
0:49.3	You are?
0:51.3	Well, I didn't know that.
0:52.3	Show me some pictures. Oh, they are so sweet.
0:58.0	Which one is yours?
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