Martin Short on SNL, Steve Martin and ‘Only Murders in the Building’
The Last Laugh
The Daily Beast
4.6 • 661 Ratings
🗓️ 7 September 2021
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
Comedy icon Martin Short somehow turned 70 last year. And while he’s still capable of the unbounded energy he first showed the world on shows like ‘SCTV’ and ‘Saturday Night Live,’ he can also be more sincere and reflective than his biggest fans might expect. In this in-depth conversation, the man who’s known as just “Marty” to his famous friends tells hilarious stories about working with Steve Martin, performing for David Letterman, embodying Jiminy Glick and more. Plus, he breaks down what it took to transform himself into a #MeToo monster for his Emmy-nominated role on ‘The Morning Show’ and teases his latest series ‘Only Murders in the Building’ co-starring Steve Martin and Selena Gomez.
This episode was originally published on August 18th, 2020.
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Last Laugh. I'm Matt Wilstein from The Daily Beast, and this week we are |
| 0:10.1 | throwing it back to one of my all-time favorite episodes of this podcast with the absolute |
| 0:15.9 | legend Martin Short. When I had Marty, as I swear he gave me permission to call him, on this show last summer, |
| 0:23.7 | he teased the news that he was working on a new scripted series with his old friend Steve Martin |
| 0:28.6 | called Only Murders in the Building. Now that show, which also somehow co-stars Selena Gomez, |
| 0:35.3 | has just premiered on Hulu and I am already obsessed with it. |
| 0:39.8 | So I thought this Labor Day week would be the perfect time to revisit our conversation, |
| 0:44.3 | which covered everything from his early days on SCTV to his one perfect season of |
| 0:49.3 | SNL to perhaps his greatest creation of all, Jiminy Glick. |
| 0:53.9 | He had also just scored his 12th career Emmy nomination, this one, for his incredible |
| 0:59.3 | dramatic performance as a Me Too Monster on The Morning Show, which returns for its second |
| 1:04.7 | season on Apple TV Plus later this month. |
| 1:08.3 | There is so much great comedy wisdom on this episode, so I really hope you |
| 1:12.6 | get as much out of it as I did. Here's me with The Funniest Man Alive, Martin Short. |
| 1:19.5 | Well, congratulations on the Emmy nomination for the morning show. That's pretty exciting. |
| 1:24.1 | Thank you. Thank you. |
| 1:25.6 | This was kind of a rare dramatic role for you, and you're nominated |
| 1:28.8 | for guest actor in a drama. Right. I did a season of damages a few years ago. That was the last |
| 1:34.8 | probably foray. I don't know. I, you know, I'm a Canadian actor. You know, I spent the first three |
| 1:40.8 | decades of my life just living in Canada solely, longer than that, probably 35 years. |
| 1:46.0 | And in Canada, what it appeals to you as an actor, |
| 1:48.0 | typical Canadian actor, is the way you make a living, |
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