My first takeaway from Martin Short's performance on "Saturday Night Live," which he hosted last weekend along with his "Only Murders in the Building" co-star Steve Martin, was obvious: This man did not grow up in my house.
Short appeared to miss some cues in the loose spoof of the (admittedly twisty) song "Snow" from the 1954 movie musical "White Christmas." Had he been a presence in my rural Ohio home, he would have had that song down pat. Every Christmas Eve for as long as I can remember, "White Christmas" has been one of the traditional evening movie choices for my family, along with "It's a Wonderful Life" and the relatively new addition, "Home Alone." But "White Christmas," the Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney and Vera-Ellen vehicle has war! Dancing! Sisters!
