Martin Short Got Eddie Vedder to Quit Smoking???

Fly on the Wall with Dana Carvey and David Spade

Dana Carvey, David Spade, & Audacy

Comedy, Comedy Interviews

4.7 • 12.5K Ratings

🗓️ 19 February 2026

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder joins the guys to reflect on the early Seattle grunge scene, his first Saturday Night Live appearance in 1991 with David Spade, and how he pulled off the unheard-of feat of performing three songs in one night. He draws surprising parallels between music and stand-up comedy before diving into his new Netflix documentary on epidermolysis bullosa, Matter of Time. The conversation wraps with stories about his “cameo” in Hugh Jackman’s Song Sung Blue and how Martin Short once convinced him to quit smoking. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	To be honest, there was a real thing in Seattle where ambition was kind of looked down upon.
0:06.0	I can see that.
0:08.0	But the one at 10, I was pretty hammered.
0:12.0	That was a surprise. Well, they sent me the script.
0:16.0	Dana, we were going to, we were going to...
0:19.0	Yeah, for a moment.
0:20.0	I was excited for SNO. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. I couldn't believe you were even possibly going to do that with me. And the next thing you know, they had me dressed up as a pirate. Oh, that's right. I didn't really agree to that. Edward Vedder. You know him as Eddie Vedder. I know him as Ed.
0:39.6	Very good friend.
0:41.6	Singer-songwriter was one of the original, the Pearl Jam.
0:47.4	Pearl Jam. Everybody knows Pearl Jam.
0:49.4	One of the iconic bands out of Seattle in the 90s.
0:54.2	And so we got to talk to Eddie Vedder,
0:55.7	which is really interesting.
0:57.8	He's got a documentary out about EB,
1:00.6	which is a skin condition, which is quite a rough ride.
1:05.7	And he has spent 15 years along with his wife
1:08.9	battling this disease with benefits that you and I have done
1:12.5	to raise money for research and they're making progress.
1:15.7	Doctors, scientists, got everyone on board, everyone on deck.
1:19.0	On a lighter note, when I was on S&L, I remember that I did a joke where I go,
1:25.3	Stone Temple Pilots have a new album.
1:28.0	I like these guys the first time I saw them
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