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Steve Martin, Martin Short and Tom Hanks have colonoscopy parties

Every party has a pooper that’s why we invited … Steve Martin, Martin Short and Tom Hanks.

Martin and Short appeared on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” on Tuesday and opened up about their hilarious-sounding colonoscopy parties every other year with Tom Hanks and another pal, Walter Parks.

“We thought, everybody at our age … at a certain age, you want to get a colonoscopy,” said Martin, 72. “… We all came over, we played poker and we watched some funny movie and you drink all this stuff.”

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The group of four figured making a fun night of their prep would loosen them up ahead of the procedure.

“We’re very excited. We go to Steve’s house around 5 p.m. the night before; we call it ‘Colonoscopy Eve’ in Canada,” joked Short, 68. “And it’s catered. There’s Jell-O, you know, there’s not much you can [eat], you have to purge all day and then we toast.”

There is one downside to having to clean out at Martin’s house, which apparently isn’t equipped well enough to handle four men’s restroom needs.

“What’s shocking is with Steve, you know, he’s a wealthy man. Who would think he would have one bathroom?” Short said. “I mean, by 10 p.m., the bathroom looks like day 14 of a Carnival Cruise.”

“I thought the bathroom ended up looking like a Jackson Pollock,” Martin joked.

The next morning, the four share a car to travel to their colonoscopies. During the ride, they play cards and whoever loses has to go for his procedure last.

It’s not all bad, though, because once they’re all finished they celebrate with lunch at LA hotspot The Ivy.