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Just for Laughs Chicago: Martin Short on His Own Character

20 June 2009 3:21 PM, PDT | From HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news

Chicago – Martin Short, the classic comic performer of Sctv, Saturday Night Live and film, came to Chicago as part of Superstation TBS “Just for Laughs” Festival, hosting and performing in the “Let Freedom Hum” revue on June 17th.

Martin Short (as Lawrence Orbach) and friend as part of ‘Just for Laughs’ Chicago

Photo credit: ©2009 Jeremy Freeman for TBS ‘Just for Laughs’ Chicago Dusting off some of his famous characters, like inept talk show host Jiminy Glick, Short also introduced some of the top comedy stand-up talent in the country, including John Pinnette, Tom Papa, Greg Giraldo, Jeremy Hotz and Kathleen Madigan.

HollywoodChicago.com caught up with Short right after the taping of the special, which will air June 26th on TBS (check listings). He spoke about the Canadian sensibility of comedy, the two second cities and some memories of then and now.

HollywoodChicago.com: How did being born and raised

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adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)

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Rachel Dratch's Big Fat Greek Adventure

3 June 2009 7:01 AM, PDT | From ifc.com | See recent IFC news

After six seasons as a "Saturday Night Live" player, offbeat funny lady Rachel Dratch leapt away from a show she calls a safety net to pursue other TV ("30 Rock") and film roles ("I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry," "Spring Breakdown"). Her latest opportunity to make us giggle is the new rom-com "My Life in Ruins," which stars Nia Vardalos as a frazzled Greek tour guide (get the title now?) trying to get her "kefi" (groove, mojo, etc.) back. Dratch plays a shrill, uncultured American tourist with whom Vardalos is stuck, with the equally eccentric-humored Harland Williams as Dratch's oblivious beau. Definitely not a Debbie Downer in real life, Dratch was in great spirits as we sat down to discuss the film's hard-partying Spanish crew, her theory on funny women, and who was the best lay on "SNL."

If there's one thing I gleaned from "My Life in Ruins," it's

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Bea Arthur was a true 'Golden Girl'

26 April 2009 2:31 PM, PDT | From Gold Derby | See recent Gold Derby news

Bea Arthur, who died Saturday at 86, was the winner of two Emmy Awards for her starring roles on classic sitcoms "Maude" and "The Golden Girls." Before becoming an unexpected TV star in the 1970s, Bea Arthur enjoyed a long and celebrated career in the theater. She won a Tony Award for featured actress in a musical in 1966 for the role of Vera Charles, bosom buddy to "Mame." Married at the time to theater director Gene Saks, who helmed this tuner adaptation of the play "Auntie Mame," Arthur made no secret of the fact that she would have loved to play the part of the glamourous title character, a part that went to Angela Lansbury. With her basso voice and deadpan delivery, Arthur had to settle for the sidekick role, which turned out to be a natural for her — the man-eating, gin-drinking actress Vera. When the movie version was made in

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Big-Getter Walters Scores Big Gets

18 February 2009 1:30 AM, PST | From Studio Briefing - Film News | See recent Studio Briefing - Film News news

Barbara Walters, who is semi-retired from primetime television, where she once competed fiercely for major celebrity and newsmaker interviews -- "the big get," as it's known in the broadcast news business -- said Tuesday that she now deplores the competition. Appearing at a breakfast sponsored by Syracuse University's S.I. Newhouse School of Communications, Walters, who was interviewed by the New Yorker's Ken Auletta, said, "I hate the whole idea of the big get, and I think the get has gotten worse. There are fewer big gets because there are so many programs. You do the morning show, and then you do either Regis or The View, and then you do Access Hollywood, CNN, Extra. It's endless." Besides, she said, "Even murderers have agents and lawyers." Asked about the future of television news, Walters replied, "I think the only programs that will still be there as they are now in 10 years are the morning shows. Everything else you can TiVo and watch later or read about on the Internet." On being parodied as Baba Wawa on Saturday Night Live, Walters remarked, "I have learned to pronounce my 'r's much better since Gilda Radner."

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