Three Amigos Three Amigos Three Amigos is a 1986 American western comedy film directed by John Landis and written by Lorne Michaels, Steve Martin, and Randy Newman. Martin, Chevy Chase, and Martin Short star as the title characters, three silent film stars who are mistaken for real heroes by the suffering people of a small Mexican village and must find a way to live up to their reputation. In 1916, the bandit El Guapo and his gang are collecting protection money from the Mexican village of Santo Poco. Carmen, daughter of the village leader, searches for someone who can come to the
I, Martin Short, Goes Home I, Martin Short, Goes Home I, Martin Short, Goes Home is a Canadian television comedy special, written by and starring comedian Martin Short, which aired on CBC Television in 2012. The title is a sequel of sorts to Short's 1989 HBO Comedy Special, "I, Martin Short, Goes Hollywood". The 2012 special blends aspects of both autobiography and fiction, depicting a scripted mockumentary plot in which Short returns to his hometown of Hamilton, Ontario to appear at a benefit show for his childhood hero, puppeteer Mason McGillivray (Fred Willard), and uses the occasion to reminisce about his pre-stardom life in the