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
Martin Short series of his own. In 1985, Short starred in the one-hour Showtime special, "Martin Short: Concert for the North Americas". This was Short's first live concert, interspersed with studio sketches and a wraparound featuring Jackie Rogers Jr. Co-produced by the CBC, this aired as "The Martin Short Comedy Special" in Canada in March 1986. In 1989, Short headlined another one-hour comedy special, this time for HBO, "I, Martin Short, Goes Hollywood", Short's classic send-up of all things Hollywood. It featured many of his characters including Ed Grimley and Jackie Rogers Jr. Short has had three television shows called "The Martin