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"Hands down the funniest guy I have ever met" is how Larry David describes Martin Short. Others have praised him as "a natural wit and a gently congenital performer." Most of us know him as the exuberant impersonator who can transform himself in an instant into Katherine Hepburn, Robin Williams, Nathan Lane or the entire cast of Jersey Shore. In this soulful, sweetly funny autobiography, this beloved Canadian-born actor/comedian leaves behind those weird alter egos, but not his lilting wit or his ability to touch us with his word-portraits of loved ones.
Overview
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 ...