It’s hard to imagine a time when Martin Short wasn’t an American comedy treasure. Back in the early ’80s, though, only Canadian audiences knew him on a first-name basis. Born in Hamilton, Ontario, in 1950, Short rose to prominence in his home and native land during the ’70s via his presence in the Second City comedy troupe as well as on SCTV — Canada’s answer to Saturday Night Live. Those early gigs brought him into contact with such contemporaries as Eugene Levy and Rick Moranis, who later w...