Martin Short on Letterman, July 10, 1985

Marty's sixth appearance. Taped June 5, 1985

[@greggwith3g]

Those are photos of my brother at 4:30 - thanks so much for posting! We thought we'd never track that footage down...

[@dongiller]

That's great. I love when this happens.

[@stevevalkos6308]

HAHA, Andrew was a HOOT; you can tell Martin and Dave and the audience got a big kick out of those pics.

[@birdorienteering]

How do I know you are not faking?

[@cattathat]

That's so cool!

[@jasonmichaelcook2239]

What would somebody gain by making that up in a KZbin comment section? Prestige?

[@harsha2086]

Look how his eyes are sparkling. Fascinating

[@mariaksimidis]

and it’s even more fascinating that he has never lost his energy and that sparkle in is eyes after all those years✨

[@bedwarsgb4523]

That’s cocaine

[@gnelms24]

Martin's hair is gorgeous and beautiful!

[@88Doug]

I had to watch this! He is so funny and classic!

[@cherylc.doubleday4207]

I love Martin Short 💕

[@grumpee8432]

That Robin Williams was more Robin Williams than Robin Williams.

[@mickeyharding428]

Back when you couldn’t pull shit up on a phone. He legit presented Polaroid’s.

[@timfeleppa3156]

Thanks for posting this!

[@petercipriani3307]

We got a taste of Irving Cohen when Dave asked Martin if he was coming back to SNL: "There's a lot of tings..."

[@madisonrose1893]

I was gonna say give him a C, a bouncy C!!!

[@sherribrtn]

He is a favorite... especially his Ed Grimley...

[@JohnNiemsMusic]

At the end of the clip you can tell that Martin has already decided to leave SNL which he did!

[@lindaf4836]

I tink dey only signed fer 1 yeer awl awlong

[@Vanirvis]

Good thing they cut the bit but not the setup. Once you’ve had the clip intro’d you hardly need to see it, because you’ve already been told about it.

[@steves1588]

Club Paradise...epic movie

[@StevenTorrey]

For these comedians who one suspects have great deficiencies in brain wiring, it is commendable that he never did himself in with drugs or alcohol abuse, as so many of his comedic peers did.

[@erinmorris8188]

What did you mean? Comedians with raging ADHD? Agreed

[@starduck8014]

he was brilliant

[@rickploddingzombieproducti1530]

The biggest mistake NBC made at that time was not bringing back at least Short and Billy Crystal for the Fall '85 season.

[@dongiller]

It may not have been NBC's call but instead Marty's and Billy's decision -- one season was enough for them.

[@antoineemory6772]

Y WOULD U SAY THAT RICK SNL STILL GOIN STRONG AFTER 40 PLUS YRS AINT IT DUMMBASS.

[@russellthompson9271]

He looks a lot like Barry Manilow looked like back then.

[@denali9643]

Ed Grimley is Jiminy Glick’s Father….

[@Orangelemonblue]

I'm a big fan of marty...but he's much funnier when he's in character

[@robertriley1569]

I think June Alisons hair dresser did Marty's hair

[@johnpendarvis7885]

A case of an accurate surname.

[@kevinshaughnessy4874]

I know that....!! Why would'nt I know that? Is it me? Or is it him? Am I right?

[@mansmithlegend1]

What song is Marty walking out to? I've heard him walk out to this on numerous Late Night clips.

[@dongiller]

Julian Lennon’s “Valotte.”

[@mansmithlegend1]

@@dongiller Awesome. Thanks for all your uploads, Don. You're the best.

[@carrite]

"It depends on the money."

[@ranatlas]

Why was the clip with Nathan Thurm cut from this? Copyright issue?

[@dongiller]

Precisely.

[@StevenTorrey]

Is he wearing a wig? Sure looks like it.

[@lindaf4836]

In the clips, yeah. But on the show and in real life, no.

[@iadorenewyork1]

This was the 80s. A perm, no doubt.

[@NELOPES7]

Omg hahahahahahahhh