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EMMY AWARDS ROUNDUP: ‘Childless Cat Lady Jokes’ & Identity Politics

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September 16th, 2024 9:01 AM

Celebrities participating in the 76th annual Emmy Awards on Sunday, September 15, on ABC surprisingly steered clear of presidential politics this election season, despite a couple of jabs directed at vice-presidential candidate JD Vance and his past ‘childless cat lady' remarks, that were taken out of context and overblown by the left.

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Post-Debate, Short Helps Liberals Cope By Singing 'Cranky Doodle'

June 28th, 2024 11:48 AM

Unlike Jon Stewart, Jimmy Kimmel Live! guest host Martin Short did not react to Thursday’s Trump-Biden debate live, and from the perspective of ABC’s liberal audience, maybe that was a good thing because Short’s previously recorded rendition of Cranky Doodle, mocking Trump, would help them cope with Biden’s bad performance.

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Martin Short Portrays Trump as Wildly Gesticulating, Pantsless Maniac

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June 22nd, 2016 1:05 AM
After opening the series by mocking Donald Trump’s wife, NBC’s Maya and Marty decided to turn the lens on the presumptive Republican nominee himself in last night’s politically charged episode.
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Martin Short on SNL: ‘Roof Collapse Would Be Least of NBC's Problems'

February 15th, 2015 10:57 PM
Appearing on the Saturday Night Live 40th anniversary special Sunday night, comedian Martin Short mocked NBC for the ongoing scandal surrounding Nightly News anchor Brian Williams, declaring to the audience of A-list celebrities: “Do you realize that if this roof were to collapse right now, it would be the least of NBC’s problems?”

Martin Short Trashes the Huffington Post on CBS Late Show

April 5th, 2013 12:32 PM
Actor and comedian Martin Short took a comedic swipe at the Huffington Post on the CBS Late Show Thursday. After relaying inaccurate information about the shakeup at NBC's Tonight Show to host David Letterman, Martin said, "Huffington Post usually knows" (video follows with transcribed highlights and commentary):

Saturday Night Live Does Entire Sketch About Kate Middleton's Vagina

December 16th, 2012 10:13 AM
On a night when NBC's Saturday Night Live began with a reverential tribute to Friday's massacre in Newtown, Connecticut, the writers also had a perverse fascination with female body parts. After guest host Martin Short mentioned kissing a vagina during his opening monologue, he later played a representative from Buckingham Palace instructing an Ob/Gyn, played by Bill Hader, how to treat and…

Martin Short Cracks That the Palins Are Like the Honey Boo Boo Family

November 15th, 2012 4:51 AM
Appearing as a guest on Wednesday's Jimmy Kimmel Live on ABC, comedian Martin Short took a shot at Sarah Palin as he compared her family to the family of the Here Comes Honey Boo Boo show on TLC. After making fun of host Jimmy Kimmel for supposedly not doing preparation for his show, Short jabbed Kimmel as the "Honey Boo Boo of late night." He soon brought up the Palin family and made a…

Martin Short Hits 'Crazy Catholic' Santorum, 'Taliban'-like Bachmann

June 5th, 2012 8:19 AM
Appearing as a guest on Monday's The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on NBC, actor and comedian Martin Short lambasted several of the GOP presidential candidates, as he called Rick Santorum a "crazy Catholic," compared Michele Bachmann to the Taliban while questioning her intelligence, and suggested that Mitt Romney has sent jobs to other countries.

Flashback: ‘Bastard in the Sand’ Parody Sung by Martin Short Accom

September 10th, 2011 9:27 PM
Back in May, actor/comedian Martin Short celebrated the killing of Osama bin Laden by singing, on the Late Show with David Letterman, “Bastard in the Sand,” a parody set to the tune of Elton John's “Candle in the Wind.” With the tenth anniversary of 9/11 on Sunday, I thought I'd re-post video of the entertaining song (original May 30 NB post).

Video: ‘Bastard in the Sand’ Parody Sung by Martin Short Accompani

May 30th, 2011 11:04 PM
A couple of weeks ago, actor/comedian Martin Short celebrated the killing of Osama bin Laden by singing, on the Late Show with David Letterman, “Bastard in the Sand,” a parody set to the tune of Elton John's “Candle in the Wind.” As he played the piano and sang, he was accompanied by five people dressed as Navy SEALs whom the Late Show blog, the Wahoo Gazette, called “the Singing Navy SEALs…

NBC Showcases Martin Short Championing How Being 'Progressive' Makes C

February 12th, 2010 12:57 PM