NEW YORK (AP) – If you doubt that Maya Rudolph and Martin Short are funny together – indeed, a match made in heaven – just recall their memorable number on the 40th anniversary special for “Saturday Night Live.”
Rudolph revived her uncanny impersonation of Beyonce, resplendent in her lace bodysuit, her tresses billowing from a wind machine that threatened to blow Short offstage. Their duet was one of the highlights of the broadcast.
Now these multitalented stars of TV and film have partnered for a six-week NBC run that promises to whip up the same level of hilarity.
Debuting Tuesday at 10 p.m. EDT, right after the two-hour season premiere of “America’s Got Talent,” “Maya & Marty” is a variety show whose first outing will welcome guests Miley Cyrus, Larry David, Jimmy Fallon and Tom Hanks as well as series regular Kenan Thompson.
A day before that first show would be taped one floor down in Studio 6A, the two hosts greeted a reporter in the conference room of their 30 Rockefeller Plaza offices as Rudolph, casual in jeans and an oxford-cloth shirt, pulled on a sweater against the overwrought air conditioning.