Martin Short returned to NBC with a self-titled sitcom in 1994 that was a show within a show. Unfortunately, viewers weren't interested, despite Short's success in movies and a previous stint on Saturday Night Live, and this series, like Short's other primetime entries (i.e. The Associates, I'm a Big Girl Now), was cancelled after 1 season.
Just like his Saturday morning entry for NBC, The Completely Mental Misadventures of Ed Grimley, 5 years earlier, Short called on his pals from SCTV to help him out. Andrea Martin co-stars, and, in this installment, Eugene Levy not only directs, but helps Martin & Short resurrect an old SCTV skit, Half Wits, with special guest Steve Martin.
Edit, 11/10/24: Had to change the video. Here's Half Wits.
Yes, it comes with commercials. The closing credits said that Casey Kasem & then-wife Jean made appearances, but it looks like that might've been cut from this video. Short would try again at NBC a few years later with another series, and, that, too, was cancelled.
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