Movie: I, Martin Short, Goes Hollywood

Top 10 Billed Cast

Martin Short
Martin Short

Various Roles

Stanley Brock
Stanley Brock

Babe

Robin Duke
Robin Duke

Drunk Woman

Joe Flaherty
Joe Flaherty

Gene Siskel

Brian George
Brian George

Maitre D'

Christopher Guest
Christopher Guest

Antoninus DiMentabella

Steven Kampmann
Steven Kampmann

Jay

Catherine O'Hara
Catherine O'Hara

Nancy Mae

Jim Staahl
Jim Staahl

Man #1 at Party

Dave Thomas
Dave Thomas

Roger Ebert

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    In this HBO special, comedian Martin Short appears in a series of sketches, vignettes and musical performances about Hollywood, featuring some of his classic characters like Ed Grimley, Jackie Rogers Jr., Lawrence Orbach and Troy Soren, and co-starring some of his colleagues from "SCTV" and "Saturday Night Live."

  • Release Date

    1989-06-03

  • Average

    5.7

  • Rating:

    2.9 starts
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