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Airs Next: Syndicated at Weekdays 10:00 AM (60 min.)
Status: Ended    Premiered: September 13, 1999    Last Aired: March 12, 2000
Show Categories: Talk Shows, Variety Shows
The Martin Short Show was conceived as and alternative to and competition for daytime talk shows of the late 1990s: it had celebrity interviews but also mixed in tiny scripted bits of farce and parody and outrageous nonsense....but, as often happens when former Second City members are involved, matters start to deteriorate into extended "in" jokes and characters, and the humor becomes that...
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Last episode: Jan Hooks/Christopher Guest/Yvonne de La Paix
The show had been canceled, and this last installment was a self-indulgent piece for the "Second City Circle" to create extended character histories for a series of bizarre characters. Last week's reunion between Jiminy Glick and his Old Vaudeville/Stand-Up Comedy partner was cold, brief, and awkward, and this hour is used to examine their career and personal lives to better explain what their shared history is; Dixie, Jiminy's wife is there, as she is part of it....and also is intent on preventing any further passionate contact between her husband and his Biggest Fan.
Aired: Thursday March 30, 2000
0. Richard Dean Anderson/Kyle Cease/Yvonne de La Paix Mar 28, 2000 0 Reviews 0.00
0. Christopher Guest/Yvonne de La Paix Mar 21, 2000 0 Reviews 0.00
0. Isaac Hayes/Yvonne de La Paix Mar 20, 2000 0 Reviews 0.00
0. Chevy Chase Feb 11, 2000 0 Reviews 0.00

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Martin Short - Himself/Jiminy Glick (photos)
John Matta - himself/various
Jerry Minor - himself/various (photos)
Kevin McDonald - himself/various
Michael McGrath - Announcer/various
Mary Scheer - herself/various
Jan Hooks - Dixie Glick/various
Toby Huss - himself/various (photos)
Michael McKean - Bandleader/various
Kelly Carangelo - herself/various
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Show: The Martin Short Show (1999)
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