I Must Say (37 page)

Me at age two . . . with a little more Botox.

The Short kids
(from L–R)
Michael, Marty, Brian, Nora, and David at Southampton, Ontario, 1956.

Having never been nicknamed “Ol' Washboard Abs,” age thirteen with my parents at Southampton, 1963.

Photos are courtesy of the author unless otherwise noted. Interlude photos are courtesy of The Second City Entertainment, Inc., NBC Television, Comedy Central/Viacom Media, and Buena Vista Pictures/Disney/Everett Collection.

With Mom, Brian, and Michael at the Latin Quarter in New York City, awaiting Buddy Hackett's filthy set, 1965.

Sultry at sixteen.

At age seventeen in the original Grimley shirt (with family at a Christmas gathering).

Me and Nancy in
Godspell
, 1972.

The Toronto
Godspell
cast, 1972
(from L–R)
Andrea Martin, me, Jayne Eastwood, Avril Chown, Rudy Webb, Victor Garber, Valda Aviks, Eugene Levy, Gilda Radner, and Gerry Salsberg.
(Lansbury Productions)

With Eugene Levy, Paul Shaffer, and Dave Thomas backstage at an awards show in Toronto, 1985.

Besotted with Gilda during
Godspell
, 1972.

The '82–'83 cast of
SCTV (from L–R)
Andrea Martin, John Candy, Joe Flaherty, me, and Eugene Levy.
(Courtesy of The Second City Entertainment, Inc.)

With John as Divine (and me as pirate David Steinberg) on
SCTV. (Courtesy of The Second City Entertainment, Inc.)