Martin Short: Wit and Grit | 276

Even the Rich

Wondery

Society & Culture

4.3 • 11.5K Ratings

🗓️ 6 May 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Even in the face of unimaginable tragedy and grief, Martin Short has always kept his sense of humor. As a young man, he channels three devastating personal losses into becoming a performing dynamo. Instead of being defined by these tragedies, he’s emboldened to go out and pursue his acting dreams in Toronto in the 70s. The Canadian city is a hotbed of future comedy icons like Eugene Levy, Catherine O’Hara, and Gilda Radner. And Martin fits right in. It starts with a production of “Godspell,” and Martin never looks back. It takes him to stardom on TV, stage, and the big screen. And now, with “Only Murders in the Building,” a bromance with Steve Martin, and a rumored romance with Meryl Streep, this triple-threat Emmy winner is as hot as ever. And living proof that with grit, determination, and a killer sense of humor, you can survive anything.

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0:00.0	Wonderie Plus subscribers can binge the newest season of Even the Rich before anyone else.
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0:13.4	Okay, Eresia, how much would you say a positive attitude factors in when it comes to someone's success?
0:19.8	A billion percent?
0:21.8	Then explain our success.
0:23.3	What are you talking about?
0:24.6	You can't.
0:25.3	We have positive attitudes when it matters.
0:27.4	Oh, okay.
0:28.3	I mean, what about when we got this job?
0:30.6	We were as positive as could be.
0:32.2	I'm just, I'm saying we to be nice.
0:34.2	You're trying to say I'm negative.
0:35.5	Get out of here.
0:36.1	I'm just kidding.
0:37.1	Get out of here. Just kidding. Get out of here. Realisticness
0:39.4	is not negativity. I do think that an attitude of gratitude is like a good thing for success.
0:45.7	Hugely. And just life. We should be more grateful for what we have. True. True. And the subject of
0:51.4	today's episode is regarded as one of the kindest, funniest, most professional entertainers around.
0:57.3	Whether he's on television, the big screen, or in some off-the-wall sketch, he's a hilarious force and positive light in an industry that can get pretty dark.
1:06.4	Today we're talking all about the incomparable Martin Short.
1:13.6	Okay. Today we're talking all about the incomparable Martin Short. It's 1966 in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, and 16-year-old Martin Short is holed up in his attic
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