I, Martin Short, Goes Home is a Canadian television comedy special, written by and starring comedian Martin Short, which aired on CBC Television in 2012."Short high on hometown Hamilton" . Hamilton Spectator, April 3, 2012. The title is a sequel of sorts to Short's 1989 HBO comedy special, I, Martin Short, Goes Hollywood.
Plot description
The 2012 special blends aspects of both autobiography and fiction, depicting a scripted mockumentary plot in which Short returns to his hometown of Hamilton, Ontario to appear at a benefit show for his childhood hero, puppeteer Mason McGillivray (Fred Willard), and uses the occasion to reminisce about his pre-stardom life in the city. In addition to himself, Short plays a number of other characters, including his SCTV and Saturday Night Live characters Irving Cohen,"Short delivers funny homage to his hometown" by Daniel Nolan at www.thespec.com Bradley Allen and Ed Grimley.
Production The special's cast also includes Short's former SCTV colleagues Eugene Levy, Joe Flaherty, Andrea Martin and Robin Duke,"Martin Short’s I, Martin Short, Goes Home" by Rob Salem at www.thestar.com although Duke and Short never appeared on SCTV at the same time. Also appearing were George Stroumboulopoulos, Naomi Snieckus, Kathryn Greenwood, Ely Henry and Michael Therriault.
The special aired on CBC Television on April 3, 2012,"TV: Five shows worth watching tonight: April 3" by Andrew Ryan at www.theglobeandmail.com and garnered Short a nomination for Best Lead Actor in a Comedy Program or Series at the 1st Canadian Screen Awards."Canadian Screen Awards celebrate some of the best of homegrown TV" by Diane Wild at www.tv-eh.com
References
External links
Watch I, Martin Short, Goes Home at CBC.ca