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I Must Say: My Life as a Humble Comedy Legend
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"Short's endearing memoir is, of course, funny, but it's also a rare thing: the tale of a genuine human being who's thrived on planet Hollywood." — Washington Post

In this engagingly witty, wise, and heartfelt memoir, Martin Short tells the tale of how a showbiz-obsessed kid from Canada transformed himself into one of Hollywood's favorite funnymen, known to his famous peers as the "comedian's comedian."

Short takes the reader on a rich, hilarious, and occasionally heartbreaking ride through his life and times, from his early years in Toronto as a member of the fabled improvisational troupe Second City to the all-American comic big time of Saturday Night Live, and from memorable roles in such movies as ¡Three Amigos! and Father of the Bride to Broadway stardom in Fame Becomes Me and the Tony-winning Little Me.

He reveals how he created his most indelible comedic characters, among them the manic man-child Ed Grimley, the slimy corporate lawyer Nathan Thurm, and the bizarrely insensitive interviewer Jiminy Glick. Throughout, Short freely shares the spotlight with friends, colleagues, and collaborators, among them Steve Martin, Tom Hanks, Gilda Radner, Mel Brooks, Nora Ephron, Eugene Levy, Catherine O'Hara, Paul Shaffer, and David Letterman.

But there is another side to Short's life that he has long kept private. He lost his eldest brother and both parents by the time he turned twenty, and, more recently, he lost his wife of thirty years to cancer. In I Must Say, Short talks for the first time about the pain that these losses inflicted and the upbeat life philosophy that has kept him resilient and carried him through.

In the grand tradition of comedy legends, Martin Short offers a show-business memoir densely populated with boldface names and rife with retellable tales: a hugely entertaining yet surprisingly moving self-portrait that will keep you laughing—and crying—from the first page to the last.

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Short takes the reader on a rich, hilarious, and occasionally heartbreaking ride through his life and times, from his early years in Toronto as a member of the fabled improvisational troupe Second City to the all-American comic big time of Saturday Night Live, and from memorable roles in such movies as ¡Three Amigos! and Father of the Bride to Broadway stardom in Fame Becomes Me and the Tony-winning Little Me.

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In the grand tradition of comedy legends, Martin Short offers a show-business memoir densely populated with boldface names and rife with retellable tales: a hugely entertaining yet surprisingly moving self-portrait that will keep you laughing—and crying—from the first page to the last.

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        "A self-deprecating book filled with funny anecdotes about his family and famous friends. . . . Short is by turns philosophical and endearingly goofy." — USA Today

        "Very entertaining, lovely new memoir. I read it and wished I had read it again. It is nothing but delightful." — David Magee, screenwriter of Life of Pi and Finding Neverland

        "I read it back to front and was surprised by its shocking beginning." — Steve Martin

        "I love this book...If you love comedy, you have to read this book. I don't want it to end...every chapter is so fun and interesting and great." — Jimmy Fallon

        "Martin Short is a comedy superhero and this book is a peek inside his Fortress of Solitude." — Amy Poehler

        "As long as I've known him I've tried to figure out what makes Marty tick. Now I have to read this book to find out? What a rotten Canadian trick!" — Tom Hanks

        "What a wonderful book! If only it was about someone else." — Larry David

        "This book, like Marty's life, is a nutty-mahvelous affair." — Paul Shaffer

        "A true vaudevillian, Short is always on as he delivers funny anecdotes from a diffuse and storied career." — Kirkus Reviews

        "Short's memoir is filled with all sorts of lovely anecdotes about...eccentric and endlessly interesting people." — New York Magazine

        "I loved the book. I loved everything in it." — Rosie O'Donnell

        "An engaging, often quite funny, story of a man's life, with all of its highs and lows." — Booklist

        "Short's endearing memoir is, of course, funny, but it's also a rare thing: the tale of a genuine human being who's thrived on planet Hollywood." — Washington Post

        "Short's delightful memoir more than proves that he is a very funny comedian." — Publishers Weekly

        "This book is a wonderful combination of the very funny and the very poignant." — Matt Lauer

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        Short's delightful memoir—packed with hilarious stories from his classic work on Second City Television in the 1970s through his inimitable and clueless interviewer Jiminy Glick in the 1990s—more than proves that he is a very funny comedian. The ready is left with the impression of just how nice a guy he is— as he was grounded in his upbringing in a Canadian family who completely supported his seemingly natural-born need to perform. Short is never less than complementary to the host of superstars who became his friends, from Gilda Radner and Bill Murray in Canada's version of Chicago's legendary improvisational group Second City to Steve Martin, Chevy Chase, Tom Hanks and other friends and colleagues he gained after he moved to Hollywood. Through it all, he pays a sweet tribute to his wife Nancy, who died of cancer after thirty years of marriage and a "dynamic" with Short that kept him grounded—and continuing to be funny—over a long career that is yet to be finished.

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Short takes the reader on a rich, hilarious, and occasionally heartbreaking ride through his life and times, from his early years in Toronto as a member of the fabled improvisational troupe Second City to the all-American comic big time of Saturday Night Live, and from memorable roles in such movies as ¡Three Amigos! and Father of the Bride to Broadway stardom in Fame Becomes Me and the Tony-winning Little Me.

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