Martin Short
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Martin Short says
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“They didn’t say, ‘This is based on blank,’”
thedailybeast Wednesday, August 19, 2020 11:12:00 PM EAT
Martin Short recalls
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“I think that was a profound moment for Dick Lundy, the character, and also for Steve Carell's character,” “Because he sits back and says, ‘I might have been inappropriate, given the era.’ You know, there’s always a caveat. ‘But I’m not Harvey Weinstein here.’ And that’s the mistake, that’s the delusion”
thedailybeast Wednesday, August 19, 2020 11:12:00 PM EAT
Martin Short says
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“If you view yourself as a comic actor, then part of that phrase is actor,” “So I don’t think you sit back and say, ‘Oh, I should spit water out here.’ That’s not the job you've taken on. I do think the mistake sometimes happens when you have a history of comedy and then you think when you do something dramatic that you must be very serious and never smile. Just because they’re predators doesn’t mean they can’t be playful with each other”
thedailybeast Wednesday, August 19, 2020 11:12:00 PM EAT
Martin Short says
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about Donald Trump
)
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“When O.J. got out of that car after he got released, I remember thinking, I wonder if he really now believes if he didn’t do it,” “I mean, is Donald Trump mentally ill or does he really believe the stuff he says? That’s the age-old question. I think it’s kind of intriguing to think, if you're going to play that person, that they really believe it”
thedailybeast Wednesday, August 19, 2020 11:12:00 PM EAT
Martin Short recalled
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''I remember we didn't quite know that character would work in a realistic movie, let's say. ''
contactmusic Friday, May 29, 2020 6:46:00 PM EAT
Martin Short said
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"Its been amazing how the banks and government are helping the business, which is a very big employer, but what we need to do is ensure we can recalibrate to the new world to get through this," "If we can all operate in a fair and equitable manner and be balanced then the downside will be less scary"
brisbanetimes Friday, April 17, 2020 11:16:00 PM EAT
Martin Short said
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"Its been amazing how the banks and government are helping the business, which is a very big employer, but what we need to do is ensure we can recalibrate to the new world to get through this," "If we can all operate in a fair and equitable manner and be balanced then the downside will be less scary"
smh Friday, April 17, 2020 5:27:00 PM EAT
Martin Short said
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"Its been amazing how the banks and government are helping the business, which is a very big employer, but what we need to do is ensure we can recalibrate to the new world to get through this," "If we can all operate in a fair and equitable manner and be balanced then the downside will be less scary"
theage Friday, April 17, 2020 5:13:00 PM EAT
Martin Short answered
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“I’m bringing the country together in otherwise trying times,”
wacotrib Friday, December 20, 2019 8:51:00 PM EAT
Martin Short said
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"I think that also it's like any aspect of life, you have a long friendship with someone because you have mutual friends, you have similarities - but you also respect that person and their morality,"
qt Wednesday, November 13, 2019 6:15:00 AM EAT
Martin Short says
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“I don’t ever remember an instance of that because there would be no instinct to do it,”
smh Wednesday, November 6, 2019 10:27:00 AM EAT
Martin Short says
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“Sure – that’s why we do it,” “If this was drudgery we wouldn’t do it”
smh Wednesday, November 6, 2019 10:27:00 AM EAT
Martin Short says
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“I don’t ever remember an instance of that because there would be no instinct to do it,”
theage Wednesday, November 6, 2019 10:26:00 AM EAT
Martin Short says
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“Sure – that’s why we do it,” “If this was drudgery we wouldn’t do it”
theage Wednesday, November 6, 2019 10:26:00 AM EAT
Martin Short says
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“I don’t ever remember an instance of that because there would be no instinct to do it,”
brisbanetimes Wednesday, November 6, 2019 10:14:00 AM EAT
Martin Short says
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“Sure – that’s why we do it,” “If this was drudgery we wouldn’t do it”
brisbanetimes Wednesday, November 6, 2019 10:14:00 AM EAT
Martin Short says
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“I don’t ever remember an instance of that because there would be no instinct to do it,”
watoday Wednesday, November 6, 2019 10:02:00 AM EAT
Martin Short says
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“Sure – that’s why we do it,” “If this was drudgery we wouldn’t do it”
watoday Wednesday, November 6, 2019 10:02:00 AM EAT
Martin Short told
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"I am so excited to be here tonight,"
foxnews Friday, October 18, 2019 8:04:00 AM EAT
Martin Short said
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"Some of the most powerful people, elected officials, in America are here tonight,"
foxnews Friday, October 18, 2019 8:04:00 AM EAT
Martin Short said
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"He brings a great wealth of knowledge and experience which will help The Power of Nutrition work towards eradicating stunting,"
allafrica Tuesday, October 15, 2019 5:16:00 AM EAT
Martin Short adds
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"We would do a Trudeau joke in Windsor, where we might not do it (elsewhere),"
barrie Friday, September 27, 2019 8:35:00 PM EAT
Martin Short says
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"I think it's tougher probably in a politically correct world to be as funny as you could be,"
barrie Friday, September 27, 2019 8:35:00 PM EAT
Martin Short says
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about Steve Martin
)
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"Three Amigos”. “I think that you make a choice at the end of an occurrence like that of whether you want to keep up with those people or not and Steve and I both conscientiously said, ‘we like that guy’ and the rest was endless, thousands of dinners and a billion laughs,"
barrie Friday, September 27, 2019 8:35:00 PM EAT
Martin Short says
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"It's fun, that's the headline of why we do this. We're not trying to cover the rent anymore. It's to actually look forward to something,"
barrie Friday, September 27, 2019 8:35:00 PM EAT
Martin Short says
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"To perfect something, to make it a perfect three jokes in a row, it takes so much time and you don't want to ever short change the audience. If they've heard the three jokes before, but it still kills, then I'd personally have to do it again,"
barrie Friday, September 27, 2019 8:35:00 PM EAT
Martin Short said
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"I think we are both very comfortable with each other in the sense of if there was a problem, we would immediately address it,"
abc-au Thursday, September 19, 2019 7:49:00 AM EAT
Martin Short said
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"We'll do the show and then have a glass of wine and then play cribbage,"
abc-au Thursday, September 19, 2019 7:49:00 AM EAT
Martin Short said
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about Andrea Martin
)
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“One of my closest friends, Andrea Martin, is from Portland, and we would come to visit her in Maine,”
bangordailynews Tuesday, September 10, 2019 9:14:00 AM EAT
Martin Short said
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“He does card tricks on the plane from one city to the next. They make no sense, other than the fact that he truly is magic,” “And his knowledge of art is fascinating. I don’t know what he’s talking about. I wish he’d put some of that energy into the show”
bangordailynews Tuesday, September 10, 2019 9:14:00 AM EAT
Martin Short says
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"The first time we ever did it, we interviewed each other for the Just For Laughs comedy festival in 2011," "We enjoyed it and started to say, 'what if we did more of these?' Then we evolved it into a show"
watoday Monday, April 29, 2019 9:55:00 AM EAT
Martin Short
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"We immediately started making each other laugh [working on Three Amigos ]. For people like us, that's a big allure. At the end of the film we decided to make sure we continued this friendship"
watoday Monday, April 29, 2019 9:55:00 AM EAT
Martin Short
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"Don't you think friends do that anyway?"
watoday Monday, April 29, 2019 9:55:00 AM EAT
Martin Short
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"But it's fun. That's why we'll get on a plane. We'll start playing cribbage and have a glass of white wine"
watoday Monday, April 29, 2019 9:55:00 AM EAT
Martin Short says
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"The first time we ever did it, we interviewed each other for the Just For Laughs comedy festival in 2011," "We enjoyed it and started to say, 'what if we did more of these?' Then we evolved it into a show"
smh Sunday, April 28, 2019 5:50:00 PM EAT
Martin Short
:
"We immediately started making each other laugh [working on Three Amigos ]. For people like us, that's a big allure. At the end of the film we decided to make sure we continued this friendship"
smh Sunday, April 28, 2019 5:50:00 PM EAT
Martin Short
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"Don't you think friends do that anyway?"
smh Sunday, April 28, 2019 5:50:00 PM EAT
Martin Short
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"But it's fun. That's why we'll get on a plane. We'll start playing cribbage and have a glass of white wine"
smh Sunday, April 28, 2019 5:50:00 PM EAT
Martin Short says
:
"The first time we ever did it, we interviewed each other for the Just For Laughs comedy festival in 2011," "We enjoyed it and started to say, 'what if we did more of these?' Then we evolved it into a show"
theage Sunday, April 28, 2019 5:40:00 PM EAT
Martin Short
:
"We immediately started making each other laugh [working on Three Amigos ]. For people like us, that's a big allure. At the end of the film we decided to make sure we continued this friendship"
theage Sunday, April 28, 2019 5:40:00 PM EAT
Martin Short
:
"Don't you think friends do that anyway?"
theage Sunday, April 28, 2019 5:40:00 PM EAT
Martin Short
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"But it's fun. That's why we'll get on a plane. We'll start playing cribbage and have a glass of white wine"
theage Sunday, April 28, 2019 5:40:00 PM EAT
Martin Short says
:
"The first time we ever did it, we interviewed each other for the Just For Laughs comedy festival in 2011," "We enjoyed it and started to say, 'what if we did more of these?' Then we evolved it into a show"
brisbanetimes Sunday, April 28, 2019 5:18:00 PM EAT
Martin Short
:
"We immediately started making each other laugh [working on Three Amigos ]. For people like us, that's a big allure. At the end of the film we decided to make sure we continued this friendship"
brisbanetimes Sunday, April 28, 2019 5:18:00 PM EAT
Martin Short
:
"Don't you think friends do that anyway?"
brisbanetimes Sunday, April 28, 2019 5:18:00 PM EAT
Martin Short
:
"But it's fun. That's why we'll get on a plane. We'll start playing cribbage and have a glass of white wine"
brisbanetimes Sunday, April 28, 2019 5:18:00 PM EAT
Martin Short said
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"I think it's the best version of the show we've done,"
tampabay Tuesday, October 24, 2017 1:43:00 PM EAT
Martin Short said
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"It's always fascinating to tweak and improve to where you can say, a version of the show a month before is not as good as the present-day version,"
tampabay Tuesday, October 24, 2017 1:43:00 PM EAT
Martin Short told
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“I think it's more important to find safe islands where you can put all this endless negative energy aside and celebrate something that's perhaps non-partisan,”
triblive Thursday, March 9, 2017 9:18:00 AM EAT
Martin Short said
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“I think it’s more important to find safe islands where you can put all this endless negative energy aside and celebrate something that’s perhaps non-partisan,” “It’s like when you have a fight with your wife. It’s always difficult for either side to admit they were wrong. Right now, no one’s going to admit that they were wrong”
therepublic Friday, February 10, 2017 1:05:00 AM EAT
Martin Short added
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“The more actors work, the better they become,”
therepublic Friday, February 10, 2017 1:05:00 AM EAT
Martin Short said
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“The form is loose enough that we can keep changing bits, taking bits out that we’re tired of, adding new songs, adding new comedy ideas,” “We really are trying to go for a wall of laughs”
therepublic Friday, February 10, 2017 1:05:00 AM EAT
Martin Short said
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"Steve and I have many things we share that are very beneficial for this show," "We have very similar comedic instincts, things that strike us as funny. If Steve said, 'Oh, this comedian is hysterical, you must watch him,' it would be very unusual if I didn't find him funny. Our work ethic is very similar. Our approach to the construction of comedy is similar"
tampabay Wednesday, February 8, 2017 2:47:00 AM EAT
Martin Short said
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"People ask me if I'm going to do some of my older characters from the '80s,"
tampabay Wednesday, February 8, 2017 2:47:00 AM EAT
Martin Short explained
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“We started off — I think it was 2012 — when we were asked to close the Just for Laughs comedy festival in Chicago just interviewing each other,”
independent Thursday, August 11, 2016 11:25:00 AM EAT
Martin Short said
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“It started in ¡Three Amigos! but it certainly continued,” “Movies are interesting: You are in this intense environment day after day, 12-14 hours a day, and then sometimes you never see those people again. And sometimes you make a conscientious decision to see those people again”
independent Thursday, August 11, 2016 11:25:00 AM EAT
Martin Short said
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“So many people have asked me about [those friends],” “They want to know what it was about that group [that made them so successful]. The only thing that I’ve pondered about was that there was a kind of comedy that hadn’t been tapped into. I mean, in 1974, there was this touring version of National Lampoon , and it was Gilda and Billy Murray and Brian Murray and Joe Flaherty and Harold Ramis and John Belushi”
independent Thursday, August 11, 2016 11:25:00 AM EAT
Martin Short said
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“I always thought that Ed was someone who [as an adult] never became jaded by anything in his life,” “Like even [when he gets] a phone call, he says, ‘Gee, I love the phone; there’s always a sense of mystery,’ before he answers it. We might have felt that once when we were 6, but he still feels it”
independent Thursday, August 11, 2016 11:25:00 AM EAT
Martin Short conceded
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“Like any new industry, you start by working out the kinks. And then, when you really have the kinks ironed out, it’s weird to stop,” “But like they say: Always leave ’em asking for more”
seattletimes Monday, July 11, 2016 5:34:00 PM EAT
Martin Short conceded
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"Like any new industry, you start by working out the kinks. And then, when you really have the kinks ironed out, it's weird to stop," "But like they say: Always leave 'em asking for more"
ABCnews Monday, July 11, 2016 5:18:00 PM EAT
Martin Short said
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"I've always been fascinated by the subject,"
CBC Friday, July 1, 2016 4:58:00 AM EAT
Martin Short said
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"Oftentimes, a painter will paint a landscape and you think, that's not really what it looks like," "He actually did paint it exactly like it is"
CBC Friday, July 1, 2016 4:58:00 AM EAT
Martin Short
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"Long ago, I realized that to be nervous or scared did NO good when I perform. So I zen myself into a state of great relaxation"
nzherald Friday, May 27, 2016 4:23:00 PM EAT
Martin Short
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"Sometimes you find an immediate chemistry with somebody, like you've known each other for many decades. Mama!"
nzherald Friday, May 27, 2016 4:23:00 PM EAT
Martin Short
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"We just sat on the dock and drank Rum-and-Ting and talked about what the show might be"
nzherald Friday, May 27, 2016 4:23:00 PM EAT
Martin Short
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"On our show, there will be singing and dancing and sketches and characters"
nzherald Friday, May 27, 2016 4:23:00 PM EAT
Martin Short
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"I think our show has a good shot. But I never assume when I start something that, 'Oh, I bet I'm gonna be on for eight years. Or, I bet this is gonna win the Oscarrrrrr!' If our show is a success, fantastic! And if not, we'll do just six shows. And we'll be fine"
nzherald Friday, May 27, 2016 4:23:00 PM EAT
Key Titles and Phrases | Count | Lang | Last Seen |
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singer | 4.17% | EN | 09/29/201729/09/2017 |
actor | 37.50% | EN | 06/30/201730/06/2017 |
comedian | 41.67% | EN | 06/15/201715/06/2017 |
piloto britânico | 4.17% | PT | 07/25/201625/07/2016 |
chief executive officer | 8.33% | EN | 07/07/201607/07/2016 |
officer | 4.17% | EN | 07/07/201607/07/2016 |
Names | Lang | Count |
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Martin Short | EN | 78.09% |
Martin Short | FR | 20.06% |
Martin Short | PT | 1.85% |
Type | Entity Name | Count |
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![]() | Steve Martin | 1.84% |
![]() | Selena Gomez | 0.97% |
![]() | Kate McKinnon | 0.87% |
![]() | Kieran Culkin | 0.68% |
![]() | Diane Keaton | 0.58% |
![]() | Kimberly Williams | 0.58% |
![]() | Michael Keaton | 0.58% |
![]() | Star Wars | 0.58% |
![]() | Wars | 0.58% |
![]() | Nicole Kidman | 0.58% |
![]() | Melissa McCarthy | 0.58% |
![]() | Pixar | 0.58% |
![]() | Eugene Levy | 0.49% |
![]() | Mike | 0.49% |
![]() | Catherine O Hara | 0.49% |
![]() | Martin Martin | 0.49% |
![]() | Nancy Meyers | 0.49% |
![]() | George Newbern | 0.49% |
![]() | Kimberly Williams-Paisley | 0.49% |
![]() | Hayden Christensen | 0.49% |
![]() | Obi Wan Kenobi | 0.49% |
![]() | Jeff Bridges | 0.49% |
![]() | Warwick Davis | 0.49% |
![]() | Obi Wan | 0.49% |
![]() | Rosario Dawson | 0.49% |
![]() | Lando Calrissian | 0.49% |
![]() | Will Smith | 0.49% |
![]() | Etienne Germain-Lavollée | 0.49% |
![]() | Tina Fey | 0.39% |
![]() | Ewan McGregor | 0.39% |
Type | Entity Name | Score |
---|---|---|
![]() | Steve Martin | 0.0188 |
![]() | Selena Gomez | 0.0097 |
![]() | Kate McKinnon | 0.0079 |
![]() | Kieran Culkin | 0.007 |
![]() | Melissa McCarthy | 0.0062 |
![]() | Nicole Kidman | 0.0061 |
![]() | Michael Keaton | 0.006 |
![]() | Pixar | 0.0058 |
![]() | Howard Alk | 0.0057 |
![]() | Diane Keaton | 0.0055 |
![]() | Kimberly Williams | 0.0054 |
![]() | Warwick Davis | 0.0054 |
![]() | Star Wars | 0.0052 |
![]() | Eugene Levy | 0.0051 |
![]() | Catherine O Hara | 0.005 |
![]() | Martin Martin | 0.005 |
![]() | George Newbern | 0.005 |
![]() | Lando Calrissian | 0.005 |
![]() | Jeff Bridges | 0.0049 |
![]() | Wars | 0.0048 |
![]() | Kimberly Williams-Paisley | 0.0048 |
![]() | Tony Gabriel | 0.0048 |
![]() | Nancy Meyers | 0.0047 |
![]() | Rosario Dawson | 0.0047 |
![]() | Will Smith | 0.0047 |
![]() | Tina Fey | 0.0044 |
![]() | Obi Wan Kenobi | 0.0043 |
![]() | Obi Wan | 0.0043 |
![]() | Rodrigo Cortes | 0.0042 |
![]() | Bette Midler | 0.0041 |


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Ken Jeong
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about Martin Short
)
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“I really do in my heart of hearts believe this one one of my comedy idols and role models, Martin Short”
wsvn Friday, March 6, 2020 4:10:00 AM EAT
Billy Eichner responding
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about Martin Short
)
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"No, Martin Short. He's a genius!"
independent Wednesday, February 18, 2015 2:33:00 PM EAT
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