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Long-lived, stogie-smoking Tin Pan Alley songwriter played by Martin Short. He would frequently ramble, name-drop Al Jolson and Sophie Tucker, and then tell an off-screen piano player to "gimme a C, a bouncy C!" and then ad-lib a song. | Long-lived, stogie-smoking Tin Pan Alley songwriter played by Martin Short. He would frequently ramble, name-drop Al Jolson and Sophie Tucker, and then tell an off-screen piano player to "gimme a C, a bouncy C!" and then ad-lib a song. | ||
| − | He first appeared on ''[[:Category:SCTV|SCTV]]'' (18 February 1983), and like [[Jackie Rogers Jr.]], Short took | + | He first appeared on ''[[:Category:SCTV|SCTV]]'' (18 February 1983), and like [[Jackie Rogers Jr.]], Short took the character with him wherever he was working, like ''[[:Category:Saturday Night Live|Saturday Night Live]]''. |
==Appearances== | ==Appearances== | ||
*''Martin Short: Concert for the North Americas'', 1985, TV special | *''Martin Short: Concert for the North Americas'', 1985, TV special | ||
| − | *"The Irving Who Came to Dinner | + | *"The Irving Who Came to Dinner" episode of ''The Completely Mental Misadventures of Ed Grimley'', 3 Dec. 1988. |
| − | * | + | *Episode 110 of ''Muppets Tonight'', July 14, 1996 |
| − | * | + | *Episode of ''Primetime Glick'', 25 July 2001 |
*''[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2073586/reference I, Martin Short, Goes Home]'' 2012, TV special | *''[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2073586/reference I, Martin Short, Goes Home]'' 2012, TV special | ||
Revision as of 19:59, 22 November 2018
Long-lived, stogie-smoking Tin Pan Alley songwriter played by Martin Short. He would frequently ramble, name-drop Al Jolson and Sophie Tucker, and then tell an off-screen piano player to "gimme a C, a bouncy C!" and then ad-lib a song.
He first appeared on SCTV (18 February 1983), and like Jackie Rogers Jr., Short took the character with him wherever he was working, like Saturday Night Live.
Appearances
- Martin Short: Concert for the North Americas, 1985, TV special
- "The Irving Who Came to Dinner" episode of The Completely Mental Misadventures of Ed Grimley, 3 Dec. 1988.
- Episode 110 of Muppets Tonight, July 14, 1996
- Episode of Primetime Glick, 25 July 2001
- I, Martin Short, Goes Home 2012, TV special
