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A review by rachels_booknook
I Must Say: My Life as a Humble Comedy Legend by Martin Short
5.0
I loved this memoir. I laughed out loud multiple times.
Martin Short is not only Canadian, but he grew up in my own city of Hamilton, Ontario. This book is full of Hamilton and Toronto references. I can vividly picture the places he’s referring to – landmarks like the Royal Alexandra Theatre, the Canadian National Exhibition, watching the Hamilton Tiger-Cats play football, and my favourite Hamilton restaurant, Shakespeare’s. He even mentions that when Tom Hanks (my fav!) came to visit, he made basically the same joke about a main Toronto street, Avenue Road, that I made many years ago as well, saying “did you ever wish you lived on Street Lane instead of Avenue Road?”
This book is also full of references to Canadian actors and comedians, which is so much fun to read as a Canadian, and Martin Short is very clearly proud to be Canadian. He says, about getting dual citizenship for his children, “I’m way too Canadian for them not to.”
Father of the Bride is one of my favourite movies and I loved the interlude that Martin Short includes as Franck, his character from the movie. He really embodies the characters he creates and did several interludes as other characters. I highly recommend the audiobook for that reason.
I wasn’t aware that Martin Short had faced so much loss in his life.
The chapter on his wife, Nancy, was particularly moving, and again I’m glad I was listening to him tell his own story.
Martin Short is not only Canadian, but he grew up in my own city of Hamilton, Ontario. This book is full of Hamilton and Toronto references. I can vividly picture the places he’s referring to – landmarks like the Royal Alexandra Theatre, the Canadian National Exhibition, watching the Hamilton Tiger-Cats play football, and my favourite Hamilton restaurant, Shakespeare’s. He even mentions that when Tom Hanks (my fav!) came to visit, he made basically the same joke about a main Toronto street, Avenue Road, that I made many years ago as well, saying “did you ever wish you lived on Street Lane instead of Avenue Road?”
This book is also full of references to Canadian actors and comedians, which is so much fun to read as a Canadian, and Martin Short is very clearly proud to be Canadian. He says, about getting dual citizenship for his children, “I’m way too Canadian for them not to.”
Father of the Bride is one of my favourite movies and I loved the interlude that Martin Short includes as Franck, his character from the movie. He really embodies the characters he creates and did several interludes as other characters. I highly recommend the audiobook for that reason.
I wasn’t aware that Martin Short had faced so much loss in his life.
The chapter on his wife, Nancy, was particularly moving, and again I’m glad I was listening to him tell his own story.