Steve Martin up to that point. In 1986, Martin joined fellow "Saturday Night Live" veterans Martin Short and Chevy Chase in "¡Three Amigos!", directed by John Landis, and written by Martin, Lorne Michaels, and singer-songwriter Randy Newman. It was originally entitled "The Three Caballeros" and Martin was to be teamed with Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi. In 1986, Martin was in the movie musical film version of the hit Off-Broadway play "Little Shop of Horrors" (based on a famous B-movie), playing the sadistic dentist, Orin Scrivello. The film was the first of three films teaming Martin with Rick Moranis. In 1987, Martin
The Other Martin Loring Martin will win his "fight" and one day be able to live a "normal" life. Person or persons unknown leaked the script for "The Other Martin Loring" to gay groups sometime around January 1973. In response, the Gay Activists Alliance sent a letter to ABC's Standards and Practices (S&P) department advising that the script's portrayal of homosexuality was negative; GAA knew that the popularity of the "Welby" series would mean that any negative message would reach an extremely wide audience. GAA media director Ron Gold and other GAA representatives met with ABC executives on February 13, but when negotiations failed