Martin Short is an Emmy- and Tony Award-winning Canadian-born actor and comic, adored for his work on SCTV and Saturday Night Live, as well as in such acclaimed movies as !Three Amigos!, Father of the Bride, and Inherent Vice, not to mention dozens of memorable talk-show, prime-time, and theatrical appearances, from TV's Damages to his one-man Broadway hit Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me. He lives in Pacifc Palisades, California.
"A self-deprecating book filled with funny anecdotes about his
family and famous friends... Short is by turns philosophical and
endearingly goofy."--USA Today
"A true vaudevillian, Short is always on as he delivers funny
anecdotes from a diffuse and storied career."--Kirkus
Reviews
"An engaging, often quite funny, story of a man's life, with all of
its highs and lows."--Booklist
"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
"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
"I loved the book. I loved everything in it."--Rosie
O'Donnell
"I read it back to front and was surprised by its shocking
beginning."--Steve Martin
"Martin Short is a comedy superhero and this book is a peek inside
his Fortress of Solitude."--Amy Poehler
"Short's delightful memoir more than proves that he is a very funny
comedian."--Publishers Weekly
"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 memoir is filled with all sorts of lovely anecdotes
about...eccentric and endlessly interesting people."--New York
Magazine
"This book is a wonderful combination of the very funny and the
very poignant."--Matt Lauer
"This book, like Marty's life, is a nutty-mahvelous
affair."--Paul Shaffer
"Very entertaining, lovely new memoir. I read it and wished I had
read it again. It is nothing but delightful."--David
Letterman
"What a wonderful book! If only it was about someone
else."--Larry David
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