Latest News About Martin Short: Let Freedom Hum

Updated 2026-05-08 03:04

I don’t have live access to the latest updates right now. Here’s what I can share based on recent publicly available summaries:

Martin Short’s project titled Let Freedom Hum was a 2009 stand-up special tied to Just For Laughs Chicago, hosted by Short and airing on TBS; it featured his signature characters and comedic bits, but specific new developments since then aren’t readily listed in the sources I can access offline.[1][2]
Recent chatter around Martin Short centers on potential reunions or appearances with longtime collaborators (e.g., Steve Martin) and ongoing interest in his work on SNL-related material, but again, I don’t have a verified, up-to-date status post-2024 in my current view.[3][4][7]

If you’d like, I can perform a fresh check for the latest headlines and official announcements about Martin Short and Let Freedom Hum, and I’ll cite sources. Would you like me to do that?

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Martin Short - News - IMDb

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‘SNL’ Promo: Martin Short Storms Off Stage And Demands A “Better Script” - IMDb

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Martin Short blew into Chicago this week and created a flurry of excitement with the return of some of his most famous comedy characters, and may have even topped that last night by delivering zingers that shocked the live audience for the taping of Let Freedom Hum, the TBS special from Just For Laughs Chicago that will air a week from today, at 10 p.m. June 26.

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Louis CK films a standup comedy pilot for FX

The TBS broadcasts from the inaugural Just For Laughs Chicago festival kick off tonight with Let Freedom Hum, a stand-up showcase hosted by a Canadian sketch actor, Martin Short, and featuring very little in the way of humming and nothing that we heard about the joys of freedom. But they put the title on the Internet and your TV listings, so let's just get to it.