Short thought he had done “the stupidest thing in the world.”
“I said, ‘I what?
Yeah, I mean you said, ‘Oh, Tony McCartney.’
Fred Armisen, Martin Short, and Paul McCartney were all part of the ‘SNL’ 50th anniversary special.Credit:Lester Cohen/Getty; Mike Coppola/NBC via Getty; David M. Benett/Dave Benett/WireImage
And because I didn’t know Paul was standing beside me, I thought, ‘Did I?'”
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Still, theOnly Murders in the Buildingstar even passed on what he thought had happened to yet anotherSNLalum.
“‘Sorry I thought you knew that was a joke.’
I literally thought I’d said Tony McCartney, the stupidest thing in the world.
He joked, “I wish I’d said it, of course.
Not knowing Paul’s name.”
Armisen also feigned being asleep when Short would stop by his dressing room nearby his own.
“I would pass his room, and he’d be on his phone.
I’d say, ‘Hey Fred,'” Short said.
Armisen would pretend to be snoring.
Poehler, herself a formerSNLstar, then offered an example of what Armisen has done to make her laugh.
“Fred used to send me long texts about his flight schedule.
“He is so deeply funny.
he goes, ‘Hi, how are you?’
He pretends you’re just a fan bothering him.
He’s so funny.
He loves a bit.”
“He does a million of them, too, and every one’s funny,” he said.
