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Comedy legends Steve Martin and Martin Short are coming to the Jubilee Auditorium for a night of music, memories and general goofiness.

An Evening You Will Forget for the Rest of Your Life sets the tone for the evening, which will pair the Saturday Night Live alumni Martins with the Steep Canyon Rangers and Jimmy Kimmel Live keyboardist Jeff Babko.

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Martin and Short will talk about their storied careers, perform standup routines and even do musical numbers — remember that Martin sometimes performs his weird hit King Tut with the Steep Canyon Rangers.

Martin’s film career stretches from The Jerk to Shopgirl, with a lovely bit of John Candy in the middle — and his 2007 autobiography Born Standing Up is a must-read beyond his more dada books like Cruel Shoes and Pure Drivel.

Emmy-winning Short is also a later-era SCTV alumni, though he joined the cast after the ensemble skit show moved away from Edmonton in the early ’80s, bringing his character Ed Grimley from SCTV to SNL.

He and Martin are best remembered starring together in Three Amigos alongside Chevy Chase, taking on their symbolic El Guapo who, as Martin’s Lucky Day put it, “also happens to be the actual El Guapo!”

Tickets to the event start at $85, and go on sale through Ticketmaster 10 a.m. Monday. The show travels to Calgary the next night if you haven’t had enough.

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