Martin Short (‘Only Murders in the Building’)
The Last Laugh
The Daily Beast
4.6 • 661 Ratings
🗓️ 8 August 2023
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
Comedy icon Martin Short (2023 Emmy nominee for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series for ‘Only Murders in the Building’) is well into his 70s. 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 talks about the origins of ‘Only Murders’ 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 |
| 0:10.0 | continuing our series of episodes with 2023 Emmy nominees by listening back to one of my all-time |
| 0:16.6 | favorite episodes of this podcast with the one and only Martin Short. Marty, as his famous friends |
| 0:23.1 | and now I apparently call him, recently scored his 15th Emmy nomination for his lead role |
| 0:29.5 | on only murders in the building, which just happens to be returning for its highly |
| 0:33.9 | anticipated third season today, August 8th, on Hulu. |
| 0:38.2 | I had a really fun chat with his longtime collaborator, Andrea Martin, on a recent episode |
| 0:43.2 | of this podcast, about her expanded role in the third season of the show. |
| 0:47.2 | So I definitely recommend you check that out as well, if you haven't already. |
| 0:51.1 | But when I talked to Marty back in the summer of 2020, only murders |
| 0:55.0 | was still on the horizon. So we spent a lot of our conversation going deep on other highlights |
| 0:59.6 | from his illustrious career, from SNL to Jiminy Glick to Father of the Bride, as well as |
| 1:05.7 | his surprisingly dark and also Emmy-nominated turn as a Me Too predator on The Morning Show. This is a really special one, |
| 1:13.9 | so let's get into it. Here's me with Martin Short. Well, congratulations on the Emmy nomination |
| 1:20.6 | for the morning show. That's pretty exciting. Thank you. Thank you. This was kind of a rare |
| 1:25.1 | dramatic role for you, and you're nominated for guest actor in a drama. |
| 1:29.3 | So... |
| 1:30.3 | Right. |
| 1:31.3 | I did a season of damages a few years ago. |
| 1:32.3 | That was the last probably foray. |
| 1:34.3 | I don't know. |
| 1:35.3 | I, you know, I'm a Canadian actor. |
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