Martin Short Doesn’t 'Believe in' Bucket Lists 'Anymore' as He Becomes Mayor of Funner, Calif. (Exclusive)

Martin Short doesn’t really have any complaints.

The 74-year-old actor was just sworn in as mayor of Funner, California with his Just the murders in the building actress Jane Lynch is handing him the keys to the city, and he tells PEOPLE that he “doesn’t have a lot of longing” when it comes to what he wants to do next.

“I don’t believe in that roster thing anymore,” Short says during an interview at Harrah’s Resort SoCal after the inauguration. “I realize now that I would have done that at 74.”

“Bill Maher and I share that — that we don’t have bucket lists. We talked about it. If I wanted to direct, I would be,” he continues about his career. “I just love doing it. I love being the mayor of Funner, [Calif.]but also just — I like to act.”

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Martin Short is sworn in as mayor of Funner, California alongside Jane Lynch.

Harrah’s Resort in Southern California

Short jokes that being inaugurated as the mayor of the city is “the first thing [he] assume” will take place at the beginning of his career more than five decades ago.

“It got to the mayor, and then maybe, one day, to the People’s Choice award. That was the order. You can’t get more than that,” he says.

Looking back on the day, the actor enjoys spending time with Lynch (63), his colleague and friend.

“It’s beautiful. I’m in this beautiful suit, I get to hang out with Jane Lynch. I love Jane,” he says, calling her “phenomenal” on the Hulu series, which she joined last season and will return for Season 4 in a series of flashbacks. as she previously told PEOPLE.

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Jane Lynch and Martin Short at Harrah’s Resort SoCal for Martin Short’s inauguration as Mayor of Funner, California.

Harrah’s Resort in Southern California

“I’m a homicide victim, which is not a tease, so I have really great memories,” Lynch, 63, told PEOPLE on May 9 about her future on Only murdersafter her character, Sazz Pataki, was shot and killed at the end of Season 3.

She said she will “also appear in a different way” in the new episodes, adding: “I don’t want to give it away though, but I’m very much into it. I’m five out of 10 episodes, so I’m excited.”

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Season 4 of the Hulu drama will see Short’s Oliver Putnam, Charles-Hayden Savage (Steve Martin) and Mabel Mora (Selena Gomez) “searching for answers about who killed [Lynch]if they were actually targeting Charles and why would anyone want to kill either of them, per The Hollywood Reporter.

Steve Martin, Selena Gomez and Martin Short in ‘Just Murder in the Building’. Craig Blankenhorn/Hulu

Meryl Streep, who joined in the third season as joy alum, is also returning for the new season, which is currently in production in New York, alongside a host of new stars, including Eva Longoria, Eugene Levy, Molly Shannon and Kumail Nanjiani.

On May 14, Hulu announced that the fourth season will premiere on August 27, and that even more stars will appear, including Zach Galifianakis, Melissa McCarthy and Da’Vine Joy Randolph.

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The first three seasons Just the murders in the building can be streamed on Hulu.

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