I MUST SAY by Martin Short

Narrated by Martin Short

     Comedic Trip to the Freak Show

Interspersed throughout with the character voices Short has made famous over the years, this entertaining autobiography is entertaining, retrospective and poignant by turns. He relates his show-business exploits from Canadian SCTV to SNL and the Stage with a series of funny anecdotes. Short is great in his narration, managing to keep his account seeming spontaneous with his quirky voices. The ending gets a little maudlin as Short recounts his life with his great love, Nancy. Her death brings the story down to earth and one realizes that even a self-styled one-percenter lives and loves as the rest of the ninety-nine. The one detraction for me was his compulsion to take jabs at conservative politicians—just in time for the current presidential campaign—even as he is in mourning for his wife. It seems that liberals can’t cease to push their agenda even when smiling through the grief.