{"id":1248,"date":"2006-08-21T21:59:23","date_gmt":"2006-08-22T01:59:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.com\/blog\/?p=1248"},"modified":"2006-08-21T21:59:23","modified_gmt":"2006-08-22T01:59:23","slug":"martin_short_ma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/2006\/08\/martin_short_ma\/","title":{"rendered":"martin short mania"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Martin_short_the_girls\" alt=\"Martin_short_the_girls\" src=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/martin_short_the_girls.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 5px 5px 0px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span face=\"Times New Roman\">Okay, I&#8217;ll be the first to tell you that the only thing I remember seeing Martin Short in is <strong>The Father of the Bride<\/strong> movies (and who could forget the <strong>Three Amigos<\/strong>?)&nbsp; With that being said I wasn&#8217;t overly excited to see his new Broadway show&#8230; but hey -he&#8217;s famous and the ticket was half off so a few fellow artists from the trade show and I thought it&#8217;d be interesting to check out. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span face=\"Times New Roman\">Well sure enough&#8230; it <em>was<\/em> quite funny and I really enjoyed the show.&nbsp; So afterwards a few of us (much to Steve&#8217;s chagrin) lingered around with the rest of the Martin Short groupies hoping to get a photo or autograph.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span face=\"Times New Roman\">(I know&#8230; it&#8217;s Martin Short.&nbsp; There&#8217;s no excuse for our giddiness &#8211; we just got caught up in the moment)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span face=\"Times New Roman\">After about 45 minutes his highness exited out the front of the theater and I got a photo and my friend Jenny acutually got an autograph!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span face=\"Times New Roman\">We followed our brush of fame by eating Ben &amp; <span face=\"Times New Roman\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Martin_signing_2\" alt=\"Martin_signing_2\" src=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/martin_signing_2.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 5px 5px 0px\" \/><\/span>Jerry&#8217;s Ice Cream down the street.&nbsp; It was the perfect ending to a quirky night of fun in New York City.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"flaresmith\" class=\"feedflare\"><script src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~s\/http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/catchingfireflies\/TyNo?i=http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/2006\/08\/martin_short_ma\/\" type=\"text\/javascript\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div><div class=\"linkwithin_hook\" id=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/2006\/08\/martin_short_ma\/\"><\/div><script>\n<!-- \/\/LinkWithinCodeStart\nvar linkwithin_site_id = 944859;\nvar linkwithin_div_class = \"linkwithin_hook\";\n\/\/LinkWithinCodeEnd -->\n<\/script>\n<script src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/widget.js\"><\/script>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/pixel.png\" alt=\"Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...\" style=\"border: 0\" \/><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Okay, I&#8217;ll be the first to tell you that the only thing I remember seeing Martin Short in is The Father of the Bride movies (and who could forget the Three Amigos?)&nbsp; With that being said I wasn&#8217;t overly excited to see his new Broadway show&#8230; but hey -he&#8217;s famous and the ticket was half off so a few fellow artists from the trade show and I thought it&#8217;d be interesting to check out. 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