Patrick Kielty chats to comedy legends Steve Martin and Martin Short about their incredible careers. The interview was recorded backstage at The Mountain Winery in Saratoga, California whilst they were on their tour in the USA. Steve and Martin share stories with Patrick about their comedy inspirations growing up, their musical influences and what we can expect from their live show they're bringing to the UK, which they're calling 'The Funniest Show In Town At The Moment'. Steve talks about meeting Elvis, writing for Glen Campbell, his memories of his huge comedy career in the US in the 1970s and what it was like hosting the Academy Awards.
Martin tells Patrick about meeting Tony Bennett and Al Pacino as well as growing up and working with Paul Shaffer and Eugene Levy. He also talks about working on Saturday Night Live and the huge pressures of working on such a huge American TV institution.

Steve Martin is one of the most well-known talents in entertainment. His work has earned him an Academy Award, five Grammy awards and an Emmy. In the mid-seventies, Steve exploded onto the comedy scene. By 1978 he was the biggest draw in the history of stand-up and became the first arena-headlining comedian. His bestselling and highly-acclaimed memoir Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life documents these years in stand-up.
He began his career on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (1967–1969), for which he earned his first Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing Achievement in Comedy, Variety or Music in 1969. In the mid-1970s, Martin as a stand-up on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson and NBC’s Saturday Night Live. Martin’s films are widely popular successes and are the kind of movies that are viewed again and again: “The Jerk”, “Planes, Trains & Automobiles” , “Roxanne”, “Parenthood”, “The Man with Two Brains”, “Father of the Bride” and “Bowfinger”.

Martin Short is a Tony and Emmy Award winner, a celebrated comedian and actor who has won fans in television, film and theatre since his breakout season on “Saturday Night Live” over 30 years ago. His popularity and exposure on “SNL” led him to cross over into movies. He made his debut in “Three Amigos “and followed with “Innerspace”, “Three Fugitives”, “Clifford”, “Pure Luck” and Tim Burton’s ”Mars Attacks”. One of his most memorable roles was in the remake of “Father of the Bride” as Franck the wedding planner, a role he reprised a few years later in Father of the Bride Part II.
His New York Times bestselling memoir, “I Must Say: My Life as a Humble Comedy Legend”, was published in 2014. In 1994, Martin was awarded the Order of Canada—the Canadian equivalent to British knighthood. He was also inducted into the Canadian Walk of Fame in June 2000. In 2017 he received a Lifetime Artistic Achievement Award from the Governor-general of Canada. Show less