I Must Say (40 page)

Authors: Martin Short

I've always enjoyed working by committee, and have always understood that life is just so much easier when you can get the honest opinions of people you trust. So I deeply thank my manager, Marc Gurvitz, as well as my agents, Stacy Mark and Mel Berger. And as far as the late Bernie Brillstein goes, not a day goes by in which I don't think of something he once said and burst out laughing.

At HarperCollins, bless you, David Hirshey, Kathy Schneider, Rachel Elinsky, Leah Wasielewski, Milan Bozic, and Sydney Pierce, and Emily Hirshey, for so seamlessly facilitating the journey of this memoir.

As far as the front and back covers of this book are concerned, photographer Sam Jones and his team of airbrushers are simply the best you can getâand again, thanks, Sam, for the bike.

To my beloved friends, there's simply no life without you guys. Thanks for the advice and the love and the billion dinners and laughs. Without you all .Â .Â . I'd look for new friends and get them.

Oh, dear, I'm sure I'm leaving people out. Again, it's a horrible sort of list to have to come up with. Can you imagine? All right. Enough. I'm at my cottage as I type. I think it's time for a swim.

âM.S., Snug Harbour, Summer 2014

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

MARTIN SHORT
is an Emmy and Tony awardâwinning Canadian-born actor and comic, adored for his work on
SCTV
and
Saturday Night Live
, as well as such great comic movies as
Â¡Three Amigos!
and
Father of the Bride
, not to mention dozens of memorable talk show, primetime, and theatrical appearances, from
Damages
to his one-man Broadway hit
Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me
. He lives in Pacific Palisades, California.

DAVID KAMP
is a longtime contributing editor for
Vanity Fair
and the author of
The United States of Arugula
, as well as several humor books. He lives in New York City.

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CREDITS

Cover photograph by Sam Jones

Cover design by Milan Bozic

COPYRIGHT

I MUST SAY.
Copyright Â© 2014 by Martin Short. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the nonexclusive, nontransferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, reverse-engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.

FIRST EDITION

Excerpts from “Jackie Rogers Jr.'s $100,000 Jackpot Wad” and “Men's Olympic Synchronized Swimming” Â© 1984 NBC Studios, LLC. Distributed by Broadway Video Enterprises. Courtesy of Broadway Video Enterprises and NBC Studios, LLC.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Short, Martin

I must say : my life as a humble comedy legend / Martin Short ; with David Kamp.âFirst edition.

pages cm

1. Short, Martin 2. Television actors and actressesâCanadaâBiography. I. Kamp, David. II. Title.

PN2308.S53A3 2014

791.4502'8092âdc23

[B]

2014028617

ISBN: 978-0-06-230952-5

EPub Edition NOVEMBER 2014 ISBN 9780062309532

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