Martin Short has his own stamp

Man, we should put living people on U.S. stamps. I’d like to see a handsome/ugly Americans series. One stamp would include The Hoff and Martin Van Buren. The one above was part of a series on great “humoristes Canadiens,” which also included Jim Carrey, Catherine O’Hara, Mike Myers, and some Canadian dude who actually chose to stay in Canada, thus avoiding human audiences, choosing instead to entertain polar bears with his wacky hijinks.

My dad’s favorite dumb stamp was this one, featuring the two greatest figures in modern music:

6 thoughts on “Martin Short has his own stamp

  1. Other than Shatner. James Cameron? I don’t know how many people know he’s Canadian. Celine Dion? I don’t know how many Canadians wish she wasn’t Canadian (I could say the same thing about James Cameron.) Shania Twain?

    1. I forgot about Celine Dion. She’s probably in the top ten.

      Cameron, I dunno. Depends on the definition of fame, I suppose. Few people know his face except movie buffs. As for his name, I think he would do well on prompted recognition, but not on immediate recall. (And as you say, nobody knows he’s Canadian.)

      Shania Twain – buried too far in genre. I don’t even know what she looks like. I know she sings country music, but I couldn’t name any of her songs.

      But Shatner – he’s Tom Cruise famous; Michael Jordan famous, Taylor Swift famous. Even if you don’t know shit, you know Shat.

    1. Shat on a stamp

      After all, who is the most famous Canadian of all time?

      If you show pictures to 100 random people on the street, maybe 20 recognize Marty Short. None recognize Pierre Trudeau. A few will recognize Neil Young or Alexander Graham Bell.

      But everyone knows Shat!

      (Well, I guess you can also make arguments for Alex Trebek and Gretzky, but I think our man Bill would be the most recognized everywhere in the world.)

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