Steve Martin, Chevy Chase and Martin Short on 'Three Amigos' in this throwback interview (2024)

Steve, I'm Harry. You're Steve Martin, I'm Harry Martin. I have *** son named Steve. Really thought I toss that in. It must be tough for him. He's got to change his name now to, to make it in show business. Lucky day would be *** good name. Lucky day. Dusty Bottoms, by the way, introduce the cast from the three bottoms and Ned Nederlander, Nederland. Well, I was close. You must be *** big fan of the Magnificent Seven. Is that what gave you the idea? Well, we screened it to look at, uh, you know, they were trying to get the old Brenner instead of me. It is like it is the magnificent seven is the little village that needs help from. You couldn't afford seven. That's very much like seven. That was, yeah, we based this on the seven samurai. Yeah. Right. Well, and you even used Bernstein to do the musical score. Who did the score? It started? It was originally based on three little words, then you screen and it was uh American in Paris and then the last one was, was the door and your big scene. Yes. Your big scene with the shoes out the shoe out. We're cutting that out. Is the swimming? Hey, I loved your ballet sequence on the Saturday night. Live. The water ballet. Keep this about. Ok. Ok. I just don't know how you brought up the swimming. I didn't bring up the swimming. Your big scene was uh the shoot out there. That, that was almost like from the fastest gun alive with Glenn Ford. Remember you said I never shot anybody. Do you remember that? He doesn't remember the scene? We didn't know that. I actually didn't know that the picture. I thought you meant the Don not thumb shakiest gun in the West, which is what I was doing. It was really an homage on the West. You know, you guys all started out as writers. Did you feel that gee I could deliver this stuff better than that? Is that when you started breaking out? Well, actually, I started out as *** performer and then I got *** job as *** writer. Then I said, well, I could perform this stuff better. I'm still saying, boy, I could perform this stuff better, but I'm getting there. I started as *** writer and uh and *** garbage man. What did you start as seamstress? You started as ***, so I started out definitely as *** performer. In fact, you were doing *** show called Ride On in Canada. Yes, I was, I would say good to the top 20 hits all within *** half an hour. Boy, was I *** horse real quickly. I know you do *** lot of impressions, but I've never heard you. Montgomery Clift. I've heard the other. Come on. Let's do it, let's see it. Montgomery Clift. Right. Don't you come and see Three Amigos? Would that be *** good film to see? Now? Can we just have *** touch you like there is, there is three *** Migos, wonderful fellow. There's lots of laughter and, uh, I, I just loved it. I was drunk when I arrived and I, I soak it up with it, the walk in every day. And you'd think Kate Hepburn was in the trailer. And then of course, I would do my WC feels and they would actually think that WC FEELS was in the trailer and they would be surprised my little chickadee. Perfect. And yours is, I do both of them. Let's hear your hen after my Hepburn. Well, my little chickadee, you see, sorry, is it easier, uh, working because you came out of television live TV? Is it, uh, is it tougher being an actor and having to restrict yourself to discipline and lines? You know, you know, there's *** big difference. You play the camera on television but, uh, you play the fool in this movie. But, uh, and here you got the, what they call the Fourth Wall. And what is that? I've never had that in my pants. No, this is, uh, where you, you can't play the camera. I mean, for me, I played directly into the lens and said, you know, and you're not that stuff. Now, I can't look at the lens. I have to actually act you. Did you take that great musical scene? Blue shadows on the trail, which I've been humming all night long? Was that from the Sons of the Pioneers? Is, is that what Randy wrote that original? It's an original scene. I mean, with the shooting star, I mean, and I could just see Roy Rogers and Pat Brady and you know, and the horses are singing John. When have you last seen *** movie where horses sing even brought Mr Ed out of retirement for that? Ok. Now you've all made, this is your first movie? Yes. Your first big movie actually. Oh, never mind. You had one earlier. I had uh yes. In 76 I had one line in Lost and Found Tunnel vision you were in too, weren't you? Yes. And uh Virginia Woolf, I played the Sun. No. Lost and found I had one line I had to say. Was it Emily Dickinson? Oh, really? Did you say it just like that? And then you never worked for *** while? And how did you get this part? All right. So what were you gonna say? You were gonna say this is your first film? Oh, you guys have done, you know, quite *** few. Now, I'm not gonna, I know three Amigos is your favorite movie? Which one were you most satisfied with? Not that it was *** big box office smash or anything, but which one did you personally like the best? I like all of me. And you, sir. That was *** good movie, man with Two Brains. No, no, you have the one that you were in. Uh why don't you say Citizen Kane? Kane? You were very good in year of living dangerously. How you fit on Mel's shoulder. *** drag. My hair was best in you the dragon. I like the band with the brain soup. You did wonderful things for Kathleen Turner. That anyway, thank you very much guys. I really enjoyed the movie. Thank you. Thank you, Chubby. Thank you, Chubby. Good night, Ned Lucky. Thank you. Thank you. Pleasure.