![]() ![]() It’s a rapidly-becoming lost art in an age where offense seems to be taken by everyone about everything, skins are thin, and insults verboten.ĭVD cover “We should try that, Marty! I say something and you’re genuinely offended!” Martin says. Some of that stuff the audience wants to see is the pair’s gentle ball-busting of each other. We have a lot of new material, but there’s stuff we also keep in because we love to do it and the audience seems to want to see it,” Martin says. The duo, though, assure 2022 audiences that the current show is anything but a straight rehash. It’s a continuation of their last joint jaunts, the A Very Stupid Conversation tour and Netflix special An Evening You Will Forget for the Rest of Your Life. ![]() The show will feature rehearsed comedy bits and skits, improvisations, storytelling of their lives and careers, and musical interludes (Martin playing his beloved banjo solo and with the bluegrass group Alison Brown and Fair Weather Friends Short singing with piano accompaniment from Jeff Babko). Even the title, You Won’t Believe What They Look Like Today!-whose marketing materials show them in on-purpose decades-old pictures-is tongue in cheek. That relationship will be on full display in their show coming to the Smart Financial Centre on October 21. In any case, it’s hilarious and showcases the friends’ longtime gentle jabbing of each other’s careers and egos. It could be a bit the pair pre-planned for all journalist Zoom interviews. Oh wait, my phone is ringing,” Martin counters, reaching out to bring into view what is presumably the golden Honorary Oscar he earned in 2013 at the Academy Awards for lifetime achievement, and putting it to his ear like a receiver. “Oh…they’re just things I’ve earned…” Short replies, moving his camera to showcase some accolades on a shelf. “With Marty, he’ll warm up if you say ‘Marty, what are all those awards behind you?’” Martin says. ![]()
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