Me at age two . . . with a little more Botox.
The Short kids (from L–R) Michael, Marty, Brian, Nora, and David at Southampton, Ontario, 1956.
Having never been nicknamed “Ol’ Washboard Abs,” age thirteen with my parents at Southampton, 1963.
Photos are courtesy of the author unless otherwise noted. Interlude photos are courtesy of The Second City Entertainment, Inc., NBC Television, Comedy Central/Viacom Media, and Buena Vista Pictures/Disney/Everett Collection.
With Mom, Brian, and Michael at the Latin Quarter in New York City, awaiting Buddy Hackett’s filthy set, 1965.
Sultry at sixteen.
At age seventeen in the original Grimley shirt (with family at a Christmas gathering).
Me and Nancy in Godspell, 1972.
The Toronto Godspell cast, 1972 (from L–R) Andrea Martin, me, Jayne Eastwood, Avril Chown, Rudy Webb, Victor Garber, Valda Aviks, Eugene Levy, Gilda Radner, and Gerry Salsberg. (Lansbury Productions)
With Eugene Levy, Paul Shaffer, and Dave Thomas backstage at an awards show in Toronto, 1985.
Besotted with Gilda during Godspell, 1972.
The ’82–’83 cast of SCTV (from L–R) Andrea Martin, John Candy, Joe Flaherty, me, and Eugene Levy. (Courtesy of The Second City Entertainment, Inc.)
With John as Divine (and me as pirate David Steinberg) on SCTV. (Courtesy of The Second City Entertainment, Inc.)
With Meg Ryan in Innerspace, 1987. (Warner Bros./Everett Collection)
Nan and me at Andrea Martin’s family home in Maine, July 1976.
Making it legal at St. Basil’s Catholic Church in Toronto on December 22, 1980.
Baby Katherine visits SCTV as I film the epic sketch “Oliver Grimley,” February 1984.
Two-year-old Katie visits Dad on the set of Innerspace
“Gimme a C!”: getting touched up as Irving Cohen for my talk show, 2000.
With Billy Crystal in SNL’ s “Kate & Ali” (i.e., Hepburn and Muhammad) sketch, 1984. (Al Levine/NBC/NBCU/Getty)
The motley “Steinbrenner Season” SNL cast surround guest host Ringo Starr, 1984. (top row from L–R) Harry Shearer, Barbara Bach (Ringo’s wife), Billy Crystal, Gary Kroeger, Ringo Starr, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Mary Gross, Christopher Guest, (bottom row from L–R) Pamela Stephenson, me, Jim Belushi.
Eric Fischl’s painting of our 2009 vacation in St. Barth’s, with Nancy in the foreground and (from L–R) April Gornik, Anne Stringfield, Steve Martin, me, and friends Mary Jane Marcasiano and Ralph Gibson. (Courtesy of Eric Fischl)
At least Nan thinks I’m funny. Opening night of Little Me, 1998.
Photos are courtesy of the author unless otherwise noted. Interlude photos are courtesy of The Second City Entertainment, Inc., NBC Television, Comedy Central/Viacom Media, and Buena Vista Pictures/Disney/Everett Collection.
Chevy, Steve, and me riding high in the fake saddle on the set of ¡Three Amigos! (HBO Films)
Evil little sweetfaced Clifford. What better role for a forty-year-old? (Orion Pictures)
A typically shy me makes a surprise visit during a Steve Martin appearance on Letterman, October 2009. (Getty/CBS)
Playing it straight as lawyer Leonard Winstone (with Len Cariou) in the FX series Damages. (Craig Blankenhorn/Fx/Everett Collection)
With Jason Alexander in the L.A. production of The Producers
Four slices of ham: Robin Williams, me, Jerry Lewis, and Steve Martin at the Aspen Comedy Festival, 2000.
In heavy prosthetics to play Larry David and Tom Hanks’s Forrest Gump in TV sketches.
Jiminy Glick gets carnal with Kathie Lee Gifford on Prime Time Glick, 2002. (Comedy Central/Everett Collection).
Nan and me with bearded Tom on the accordion at our annual Christmas party, 2000.
In Sun Valley at the top of 2010, (from L–R) Tom Hanks, Rita Wilson, me, Nan, Patti Scialfa, Bruce Springsteen, Jann Wenner (holding son Noah) Matt Nye, Debra and Bing Gordon.
With the fabulous Nora Ephron, 2008.
The Short family Christmas card (with Buster the dog), 1994.
Thanksgiving at New York’s Tavern on the Green, 2006 (from L–R) Henry, Oliver, Katherine, me, and Nancy.
The Mountie: my beloved Nan, Central Park, 1999.