Jimmy Pardo
Jimmy Pardo performing at MaxFunCon 2009 in Lake Arrowhead, CA.
Born	July 28, 1966 Chicago, Illinois, USA
Medium	Stand-up Comedy, Television, Film, Podcast
Nationality	American
Genres	Observational comedy, Crowd based material Insult
Subject(s)	Pop culture, American culture
Influences	Don Rickles, Johnny Carson
Spouse	Danielle Koenig
Notable works and roles	Never Not Funny The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien Conan
Website	JimmyPardo.com

Jimmy Pardo (born James Ronald Pardo, Jr., July 28, 1966) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and host of the popular comedy podcast Never Not Funny. He is married to fellow comedian Danielle Koenig. They live in Los Angeles with their son Oliver. He is not related to the famed TV announcer Don Pardo.^[1]

Early life[link]

Pardo was born in Chicago, Illinois and spent his first 8 years living on the south side, eventually moving to the south suburbs of Chicago. He spent his grade school years living in Hometown, Illinois. In 1980, his family moved to Oak Forest, Illinois where he attended Oak Forest High School. In 1986, he moved to Pasadena, California to attend the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. He attended for one year, then returned to Chicago to pursue a career in stand-up comedy.

Comedy career[link]

In late 1988, Pardo started performing at open microphones at various venues around Chicago, including "The Roxy", "The Last Laugh" and "The Comedy Cottage". The plethora of successful comedy clubs in the area at that time meant Pardo started earning money almost immediately, allowing him to quit his day job as a sales rep for MCA Records.^[2] In addition to his comedy CDs Uno and Pompous Clown, in 2007 Pardo appeared on the comedy compilation CD Comedy Death-Ray. Pardo is also featured on The Bob and Tom Show's comedy collection As Big As a Hat.

Pardo hosted GSN's National Lampoon's Funny Money from June to October 2003, and later co-hosted AMC's Movies At Our House with Rachel Quaintance for 5 seasons.

Pardo was the warm-up comedian for The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien. He has returned as the opening act for Conan,^[3] and appeared in a recurring on-air sketch throughout the week of April 11, 2011.^[4] In May 2011 he began conducting backstage interviews with celebrity guests for a web series called "The Pardo Patrol."^[5]

Jimmy Pardo hosts the award-winning podcast Never Not Funny with producer Matt Belknap, now in its tenth season.^[6]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Jimmy Pardo at the Internet Movie Database
• Jimmy Pardo's Website
• Interview from June 2008
• Jimmy Pardo's "Never Not Funny" Podcast
• Meet Jimmy Pardo: Never Not Having Fun on LAist

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Greg Behrendt
Born	Gregory Paul Behrendt (1963-07-21) July 21, 1963 (age 48) Irvine, California
Occupation	Stand-up comedian, Host, Writer, Author, Musician
Genres	Comedy, Podcasts, Punk Rock, Self-improvement, Dating
Notable work(s)	Walking the Room The Reigning Monarchs He's Just Not That Into You The Greg Behrendt Show

Gregory Behrendt (born July 21, 1963) is an American stand-up comedian and author. His work as a script consultant to the HBO sitcom Sex and the City, starring Sarah Jessica Parker, paved the way for co-authoring of the New York Times bestseller He's Just Not That into You (2004), later adapted into a film by the same name.^[1] Apart from that he also hosted two short-lived talk shows, The Greg Behrendt Show (2006) and Greg Behrendt's Wake Up Call (2009).^[2][3] He is also known as the "Star Search Rosa Parks."

Early life and education[link]

Greg Behrendt graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in theater from the University of Oregon in 1991, though initially he had enrolled to be a business major and play rugby.^[4]

Career[link]

After graduation, Behrendt moved to San Francisco, where he joined an improvisational troupe, and met fellow comic Margaret Cho. In his early years, he performed stand-up comedy and improv in San Francisco, California. He was a member of the improv troupe Crash and Burn, whose members included Margaret Cho. He came up as a performer alongside such comics as David Cross (with whom he roomed for years) and Patton Oswalt.^[5]

He went on to appear on The Tonight Show and Late Night with Conan O'Brien. His stand-up special, Greg Behrendt is Uncool, debuted on Comedy Central in January 2006.

In June 2006, he appeared on Celebrity Poker Showdown, playing for a domestic violence charity. Behrendt was a script consultant for the HBO sitcom Sex and the City, "offering script notes from the perspective of a straight man to the writing team, composed of women and gay men".^[6]

With Liz Tuccillo, Behrendt co-wrote the 2004 self-help book He's Just Not That Into You. It was adapted by Drew Barrymore's Flower Films/Warner Bros. as a movie of the same name, premiering February 6, 2009.

With his wife Amiira Ruotola-Behrendt, he co-wrote It's Called a Breakup Because It's Broken.

He released the book It's Just a Date!^[7] in the UK.

His daily daytime "self-help" talk show, The Greg Behrendt Show, premiered September 12, 2006, four months later Sony Pictures Television announced, in January 2007 that the series would not have a second season, and the show aired its last new episodes in February 2007.^[8]

He also did a mid-season program for the 2006-07 television season, Greg Behrendt's Wake-Up Call, for ABC, which never aired on the network. The program began airing in January 2009 on ABC's sister cable network SoapNet.^[9] He also appeared on the Great Debate at the 2010 Melbourne Comedy Festival, in which he argued as the third speaker for the negative team on the debate "Food is Better Than Sex". Behrendt's team, made up of New Zealand comedienne Cal Wilson, English comedian Russell Kane and Behrendt himself, won the comedy event

He started the podcast Walking the Room with his friend Dave Anthony.

Personal life[link]

He is married to Amiira Ruotula. They have two daughters, Mighty Luna and Bella True.^[5] He is a recovering alcoholic, and as of late 2008 has been sober for 12 years.^[6][10] He plays guitar in his own surf/rockabilly instrumental band, The Reigning Monarchs.^[11]

Works[link]

• Pocket Guide to He's Just Not That Into You: The No-excuses Truth to Understanding Guys, with Liz Tuccillo. Peter Pauper Press, Inc., 2005. ISBN 1593599900.
• It's Called a Breakup Because It's Broken: The Smart Girl's Breakup Buddy, with Amiira Ruotola-Behrendt. Broadway Books, 2006. ISBN 0-7679-2196-8.
• It's Just a Date: How to Get 'em, How to Read 'em, and How to Rock 'em, with Amiira Ruotola-Behrendt. Harper, 2008. ISBN 0-00-722832-5.
• He's Just Not That Into You: The No-Excuses Truth to Understanding Guys, with Liz Tuccillo. Simon & Schuster, 2009. ISBN 1-4169-0977-X.

References[link]

External links[link]

• Greg Behrendt's official website
• Greg Behrendt at the Internet Movie Database
• Greg Behrendt Does Not Rock, a short film
• Interview with Greg Behrendt at WickedInfo.com

Moshe Kasher
photo by Frankie Norstad
Born	(1979-07-06) July 6, 1979 (age 32) Queens, New York
Medium	Stand-up, television, webcast
Nationality	American
Years active	2001–present
Genres	Observational comedy, black comedy, surreal humor
Subject(s)	Everyday life, self-deprecation, religion
Website	www.moshekasher.com

Moshe Kasher (born July 6, 1979)^[1][2] is an American stand-up comedian, writer and actor based in the Los Angeles area.^[1][3]

In 2009 iTunes named Kasher "Best New Comic" and his comedy album Everyone You Know Is Going to Die, and Then You Are! was ranked one of the top 20 comedy albums on iTunes that same year.^[3][4] He was also named "Comic to Watch in 2010" by Punchline Magazine.^[3]

Early life[link]

Born in Queens, New York,^[5] Kasher moved to Oakland, California with his mother and brother when he was one year old.^[1][5] His father remained in New York and Kasher visited him regularly until his death — Kasher was 20 at the time.^[1]

Kasher grew up in North Oakland's Temescal neighborhood.^[1] In his autobiography Kasher in the Rye: The True Tale of a White Boy from Oakland Who Became a Drug Addict, Criminal, Mental Patient, and Then Turned 16, Kasher wrote about having been moved in and out of mental institutions from the age of 4 and using drugs from the ages of 12 to 16. In an interview with SanDiego.com Kasher described himself as "pretty straight edge", stating that he has been clean "since I was very young."^[6]

A son of deaf parents, Kasher worked as a sign-language interpreter from the age of 17.^[1][5][7][8] His parents were Hasidic Jews and his brother is a Rabbi.^[6][9] Kasher attended the University of California, Santa Barbara and has a degree in religious studies.^[1][6] Prior to his career in comedy he had considered becoming a college professor in Jewish history.^[6]

In 2001, Kasher attended an open mic comedy night in New York which included a performance by Chelsea Peretti, a comedian and writer with whom Kasher had attended junior high school in Oakland.^[1][6] After having seen her perform, Kasher asked Peretti to take him along on future performances, offering to perform with her.^[1][6] For his first performance she took him to an open mic at the Luggage Store Gallery in San Francisco.^[6]

Career[link]

Stand up[link]

In the early 2000s Kasher performed mainly in the Bay Area, regularly performing at the Punch Line and Cobb's comedy clubs in San Francisco.^[1][6][8] In the mid to late 2000s he participated in many comedy shows with fellow comedians Brent Weinbach and Alex Koll.^[10][11][12] In 2008 Kasher moved to Los Angeles.^[1][5][8]

2009 marked a significant year in Kasher's comedy career: He was named "Best of Fest" at that year's Aspen Rooftop Comedy Festival;^[3][4][8] his performance in Aspen garnered him an invitation to the Just For Laughs comedy festival in Montreal that same year.^[8] This was followed by an appearance on the Comedy Central series Live at Gotham.^[6][8] Kasher had also released his comedy album Everyone You Know Is Going to Die, and Then You Are! through Rooftop Comedy Productions in April 2009;^[5][8] near the year's end the album was deemed one of the top 20 comedy albums of 2009 on iTunes. Kasher was also recognized by iTunes as Top New Comedy Artist of 2009.^[3][4]

Kasher's stand up act has been featured on such television programs as Jamie Foxx's Laffapalooza in 2006,^[8] Late Night with Jimmy Fallon in 2010^[1][6] and John Oliver's New York Stand Up Show in 2011.^[13] He has also appeared as a panelist on Chelsea Lately.^[1][6]

Kasher has performed at festivals internationally. In addition to the aforementioned Rooftop Comedy Festival and Just For Laughs, in 2010 he appeared at Fun Fun Fun Fest^[14] and South By South West^[9][15] both held in Austin, Texas, as well as Cat Laughs in Kilkenny,^[16] Ireland, and the Sasquatch! Music Festival in the George, Washington.^[17] In 2011 he appeared at the Melbourne Comedy Festival in Melbourne, Australia. Kasher has also attended SF Sketchfest in San Francisco, California on several occasions.^[8][18][19]

In addition to the iTunes awards in 2009, Kasher was named "Comic to Watch in 2010" by Punchline Magazine^[3] as well as "One of the Top 20 Jews In The Arts" by Shalom Life in 2011.^[20] John Wenzel of The Denver Post also ranked Kasher #2 on his list of the top 10 comedy shows he attended in the Denver area during 2011.^[21]

In January 2012 Kasher recorded his first solo television special at The New Parish nightclub in his hometown of Oakland.^[1][22][23]

Writing[link]

Kasher is a published playwright, writer and author: While still in college, Kasher's long form monologue "Look Before You Leap" was included in the literary collection Monologues For Men By Men: Volume Two published in 2003.^[24] In 2011 he contributed several articles to Heeb magazine.^[25] In 2012 he published his autobiography Kasher in the Rye: The True Tale of a White Boy from Oakland Who Became a Drug Addict, Criminal, Mental Patient, and Then Turned 16 published by Hachette Book Group's Grand Central Publishing.^[1][7][26]

Acting[link]

Kasher played small roles in the independent films Sorry, Thanks (2009)^[27] and Wish Makers of West Hollywood (2010).^[28] He appeared on episodes of the FOX sitcom Traffic Light in 2011^[29] and the NBC sitcom Whitney in 2012.^[30] Kasher played the role of Ruben — a gay, deaf man confined to a wheelchair — in an episode of the US television series Shameless which aired March 18, 2012.^[31][32]

Other work[link]

In 2011 Kasher, along with Neal Brennan (co-writer of Chappelle's Show) and DJ Douggpound (Doug Lussenhop of Tim and Eric Nite Live!), started a podcast called The Champs.^[6] Kasher said the following of the podcast in a 2011 interview with SanDiego.com: "It’s Doug dropping sound effects and beats over me and Neal kind of hosting an hour of ridiculous chat. We have a rotating black guy guest, there’s a different black guest every week."^[6] Guests of the show have included actor/comedians Wayne Brady and David Alan Grier, as well as musician Questlove, adult film star Lexington Steele and professional basketball player Blake Griffin. The show has strayed from its guest format on four occasions with episodes featuring comedian and actor Bobby Lee, former pornographic actress Sasha Grey (although she was accompanied by musician Flying Lotus), former Major League Baseball player Jose Canseco and comedian Felipe Esparza.

Filmography[link]

• Sorry, Thanks (2009) (Andrew)
• Wish Makers of West Hollywood (2010) (waiter)

Television[link]

• Jamie Foxx's Laffapalooza (2006), (himself - stand up)
• Live at Gotham (2009), (himself - stand up)
• Chelsea Lately (2010), (himself - panelist)
• Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (2010, 2012), (himself - stand up)
• John Oliver's New York Stand Up Show (2011), (himself - stand up)
• The Daily Habit (2011), (himself - panelist)
• Traffic Light (2011) (Spike)
• Whitney (2012) (waiter)
• Conan (2012), (himself - stand up)
• Shameless 2012, (Ruben)
• Moshe Kasher Comedy Special (filmed 2012 - not yet aired), (himself - stand up)

Bibliography[link]

• "Look Before You Leap", a monologue included in the literary collection Monologues For Men By Men: Volume Two (2003)
• Kasher in the Rye: The True Tale of a White Boy from Oakland Who Became a Drug Addict, Criminal, Mental Patient, and Then Turned 16 (2011)

Discography[link]

• Everyone You Know Is Going to Die, and Then You Are! (2009)

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official website
• Moshe Kasher at the Internet Movie Database
• The Champs with Neal Brennan, Moshe Kasher and DJ Douggpound on LibSyn

Kumail Nanjiani
Nanjiani speaking at Wondercon 2012 in Anaheim, California on March 17, 2012
Born	Karachi, Pakistan
Occupation	Comedian
Spouse	Emily V. Gordon

Kumail Nanjiani (pronounced /kuːˈmɛl.nɑːndʒ(i)ˈjɑːni/; koo-MEL-nahn-JYAH-nee) is a Pakistani American stand-up comic and actor.

Career[link]

Born in Karachi, Nanjiani lived in Pakistan until he moved to the United States when he was 18 and attended Grinnell College in Iowa.^[1] Since beginning his career in Chicago, he has performed standup on a number of television programs including the Late Show With David Letterman, Late Night With Jimmy Fallon, and Conan. He also had a recurring role and was a staff writer on Michael & Michael Have Issues and has recurred on The Colbert Report.

In July 2011 he and Ali Baker began hosting a videogame-themed podcast, titled The Indoor Kids. In late August of the same year Baker left the show and Nanjiani began hosting with his wife Emily V. Gordon.^[2]

Television work[link]

In addition to guest-starring in various comedy shows like Portlandia, Nanjiani is starring in a supporting role in TNT's show Franklin & Bash. He plays the role of Pindar Singh, an agoraphobic science fiction nerd working for the main characters of the show, Jared Franklin and Peter Bash, who work for a high-profile law firm Infeld Daniels. Though agoraphobic, Pindar helps them a lot. He usually stays at home and converses and attends meetings through video chat.

Personal life[link]

Nanjiani was raised as a Muslim, but became an atheist in later life.^[3] He was born in Karachi and moved to the US for college. He is married to Emily V Gordon.

References[link]

External links[link]

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• Kumail Nanjiani at the Internet Movie Database
• Official Website

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Martin Short
Hosting Broadway on Broadway (September 2006)
Born	Martin Hayter Short (1950-03-26) March 26, 1950 (age 62) Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Residence	Pacific Palisades, California
Nationality	Canadian, American
Education	Westdale Secondary School
Alma mater	McMaster University
Occupation	Comedian, actor, screenwriter, singer, producer, voice actor
Years active	1972–present
Home town	Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Spouse	Nancy Dolman (1980–2010; deceased)
Children	3

Martin Hayter Short, CM (born March 26, 1950) is a Canadian-American actor, comedian, writer, singer and producer. He is best known for his comedy work, particularly on the TV programs SCTV and Saturday Night Live. He starred in such comedic films as Three Amigos, Innerspace, Pure Luck, Jungle 2 Jungle, Mars Attacks!, Father of the Bride and Father of the Bride Part II and created the characters of Jiminy Glick and Ed Grimley.

Early life[link]

Short, the youngest of five children, was born in Hamilton, Ontario, the son of Olive (née Hayter), a violinist, and Charles Patrick Short, a corporate executive with Stelco, a Canadian steel company. He and his siblings were raised Catholic.^[1] He had three older brothers, David (now deceased), Michael, and Brian, and one older sister, Nora.^[2][3]

Short's father was a Catholic from Crossmaglen, South Armagh (present-day Northern Ireland), who came to North America as a stowaway during the Irish War of Independence.^[4][5] Short's mother, who was the concertmaster of the Hamilton Symphony Orchestra, encouraged Martin's early creative endeavours.^[1] His eldest brother, David, was killed in a car accident in 1962, when Short was 12. His mother died of cancer when he was 17; and, two years later in 1969, his father died of complications from a stroke.^[6]

Short attended Westdale Secondary School and graduated in 1972 from McMaster University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Social Work.^[7]

Career[link]

Early career[link]

When Short graduated from McMaster University, he intended to pursue a career in social work; however, he became interested in acting once he was cast in a Toronto production of Godspell that same year. Among other members of that production's cast were Victor Garber, Gilda Radner, Eugene Levy, Dave Thomas, and Andrea Martin; Paul Shaffer was the Musical Director. He was subsequently cast in several television shows and plays, including the intense topical drama Fortune and Men's Eyes. He worked solely in Canada through 1979.

In 1979, Short starred in the U.S. sitcom The Associates about a group of young novice lawyers working at a Wall Street law firm. In 1980, he joined the cast of I'm a Big Girl Now, a sitcom starring Diana Canova. Canova was offered the sitcom because of her success playing Corinne Tate Flotsky on ABC's Soap and left Soap shortly before Short's newlywed wife Nancy Dolman joined it.

[edit] SCTV

Short was encouraged to pursue comedy by McMaster classmates Eugene Levy and Dave Thomas, whom he joined at improv troupe The Second City in Toronto in 1977. Short came to public notice when the troupe produced a show for television, Second City Television or SCTV, which ran for several years in Canada, then the United States. At SCTV Short developed several characters before moving on to Saturday Night Live for the 1984–1985 season:^[8]

• Talk show host Brock Linehan, based on the Canadian interviewer Brian Linehan
• Aged songwriter Irving Cohen, loosely based on American composer Irving Caesar
• Spurious albino entertainer Jackie Rogers, Jr.
• Current-events commentator Troy Soren
• Industrialist and art patron Bradley P. Allen
• Defense attorney Nathan Thurm
• Oddball man-child Ed Grimley, later featured in his own animated television series, The Completely Mental Misadventures of Ed Grimley

[edit] Saturday Night Live

At SNL, Short helped revive the show with his many characters after Eddie Murphy left. Short's SNL characters included Wheel of Fortune fan Ed Grimley, which he borrowed from his SCTV days. The Grimley character became Short's best-known original character. He also was recognized for his impersonations of celebrities, notably Jerry Lewis and Katharine Hepburn, and for the character of Nathan Thurm. SNL proved to be the springboard to a long career in film and TV.

Television[link]

In addition to his revered work on SCTV and SNL, Short has starred in several television specials and series of his own. In 1985, Short starred in the one-hour Showtime special, Martin Short: Concert for the North Americas. This is Short's first live concert, interspersed with studio sketches and a wraparound featuring Jackie Rogers Jr. Co-produced by the CBC, this aired as The Martin Short Comedy Special in Canada in March 1986. In 1989, Short headlined another one-hour comedy special, this time for HBO, I, Martin Short, Goes Hollywood, Short's classic send-up of all things Hollywood. It featured many of his characters including: Lawrence Orbach, Ed Grimley, Jackie Rogers Jr, Bradley P. Allen, Troy Soren, and Dale O'Day (the dancing fence); released on VHS, it is now out of print.^{[citation needed]}

Short has had no fewer than three shows called The Martin Short Show, including a sitcom (The Martin Short Show, 1994), a sketch comedy show (The Show Formerly Known as the Martin Short Show, 1995), and a syndicated talk show (The Martin Short Show, 1999). Short starred as Jiminy Glick on Comedy Central's Primetime Glick (2001–03). In addition to his own series, Short has guest starred on several shows including Arrested Development, Muppets Tonight, Law & Order: SVU, Weeds and most recently in a critically acclaimed turn as Leonard Winstone on FX's Damages. As of August 2010, Short is the voice of the Cat in the Hat in The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That! on the Public Broadcasting Service.

Short recently shot a new comedy special for television in Toronto (in September 2011).^[9] The special, "I, Martin Short, Goes Home" follows Martin's return to his native Hamilton, Ontario and has a cast that includes Eugene Levy, Andrea Martin, Joe Flaherty and Fred Willard. The special aired on CBC television on April 3, 2012 at 9:00pm EDT.

In 2011, Short joined the cast of How I Met Your Mother for its seventh season, playing Marshall Eriksen's manic boss.^[10] He is a judge on the upcoming Canadian reality show Canada's Got Talent.

Film[link]

After doing sketch comedy for several years, Short focused on film—appearing in ¡Three Amigos!, Innerspace, The Big Picture, Captain Ron, Clifford, and the 1991 remake of Father of the Bride and its sequel. In 1996, he appeared in Tim Burton's sci-fi comedy Mars Attacks! as image-obsessed, hormonally driven Press Secretary Jerry Ross.

In 2004, he wrote and starred in Jiminy Glick in Lalawood with Jan Hooks as his wife, Dixie Glick. Also in 1997, he appeared as Wall Street broker Richard Kempster in Jungle 2 Jungle alongside Tim Allen. In 2006, he starred in another movie with Tim Allen, The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause. Short was in Pure Luck, directed by Nadia Tass, with Danny Glover and Sheila Kelley^[11] and in Three Fugitives, directed by Francis Veber, with Nick Nolte and James Earl Jones. Short also provided the voices of several animated film characters, such as Huy in The Prince of Egypt (alongside Steve Martin as Hotep), Stubbs in We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story, Hubie in The Pebble and the Penguin, B.E.N. in Treasure Planet, Ooblar in Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius and Thimbletack the Brownie in The Spiderwick Chronicles.^{[citation needed]}

On August 31, 2007, he appeared as the new host of O Canada!, a 360° Circlevision film premiering at Walt Disney World's EPCOT theme park.^{[citation needed]}

He is cast as Stefano the sea lion in Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted.

Stage[link]

Short resumed work in the theater, playing a lead role in the 1993 musical version of the Neil Simon film The Goodbye Girl, on Broadway, receiving a Tony Award nomination and an Outer Critics Circle Award.^[12][13]

He had the lead role in the 1999 Broadway revival of the musical Little Me, for which he received a Tony Award and another Outer Critics Circle Award.^[14][15][16]

In 2003, Short took to the stage once again in the critically acclaimed Los Angeles run of The Producers. Short played the role of the accountant, Leo Bloom, opposite Jason Alexander's Max Bialystock.^[17][18] Although the role of Leo Bloom was originated on Broadway by Matthew Broderick, Mel Brooks first approached Short about doing the part opposite Nathan Lane.^[19] On the subject, Short has stated in numerous interviews that, while he was thrilled by the opportunity, the idea of having to move his family from their Los Angeles home to New York for a year was less than ideal and ultimately proved a deal-breaker.

Short performed in his satirical one-man show, with a cast of six, Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me, at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre on Broadway. The show toured several cities in the spring of 2006, prior to opening on Broadway in August 2006; the show closed in January 2007. In it, he performed his classic characters Grimley, Cohen, and Glick.^[20][21]

As Glick, Short brought a member of the audience (usually a celebrity) on stage and interviewed him or her. Jerry Seinfeld was the guest on opening night. The show also featured parodies of many celebrities including Celine Dion, Katharine Hepburn, Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, Tommy Tune, Joan Rivers, Britney Spears, Ellen DeGeneres, Renée Zellweger, Jodie Foster, Rachel Ray, and Short's wife, actress Nancy Dolman. The cast album was released on April 10, 2007, and is available from Ghostlight Records, an imprint of Sh-K-Boom Records.^[22]

Short has continued to tour in his one-man show, which features many of his best-loved characters and sketches. In addition to Fame Becomes Me, some of the titles Short has used for his one-man show include Stroke Me Lady Fame, If I'd Saved, I Wouldn't Be Here, and, in more conservative markets, Sunday in the Park with George Michael. Short revealed in March 2011 that he plans to write a memoir, covering his 40 year career in show business.^[9]

Personal life[link]

Family[link]

Short met Canadian comic actress Nancy Dolman in 1972 during the run of Godspell. The couple married in 1980. Dolman retired from show business in 1985 to be a stay-at-home mom^[23] and raise her family. Nancy Dolman Short died August 21, 2010, from ovarian cancer.^[24] Short and Dolman have three children: Katherine (1983), Oliver (1986), and Henry (1990).^[25]

Short and his family make their home in Pacific Palisades, California. Short also has a home on Lake Rosseau in Ontario.^[26] He is a naturalized U.S. citizen.

Short has two stars on Canada's Walk of Fame.^[27] His brother Michael Short is a comedy writer and twice winner of the Emmy Award for comedy sketch writing.

Extended family[link]

Dolman's brother, screenwriter/director Bob Dolman (who served as a part of SCTV's Emmy-winning writing team alongside Short), married their close friend and colleague Andrea Martin, also in 1980. Dolman and Short are aunt and uncle to the couple's two sons, Jack and Joe. Dolman and Martin have since divorced.^[28]

Short is a first cousin of Clare Short, a former member of the British Parliament and former British cabinet minister.^[29]

Awards and honours[link]

• 1972: Bachelor of Arts in social work: McMaster University
• 1982: Nelly Award: Outstanding Writing, SCTV Comedy Network
• 1983: Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing in a Variety or Music Program, SCTV Comedy Network; award shared
• 1993: Outer Critics Circle Award: Outstanding Actor in a Musical, The Goodbye Girl
• 1993: Theater World Award
• 1994: Member of the Order of Canada
• 1995: Earl Grey Life Time Achievement Award
• 1999: Outer Critics Circle Award: Outstanding Actor in a Musical, Little Me
• 1999: Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical, Little Me
• 2000: Canada Walk of Fame
• 2001: Doctor of Letters honoris causa: McMaster University
• 2002: Queen Elizabeth II's Golden Jubilee Medal
• 2010: Emmy Awards Nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series, Damages (TV Series)
• 2010: Satellite Awards Nominated for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Damages (TV Series)
• 2011: Emmy Awards Nominated for Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program, The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That! (TV Series)

Filmography[link]