6/6/2023 0 Comments Born standing up autobiography![]() ![]() Its strength lies in what it reveals about the mechanics and reality of comedy – subjects he clearly considers of more interest than intimate details about his own life. The enjoyably brisk book is frank and introspective – yet somehow manages not to reveal too much about this intensely guarded star. But what makes these memoirs unique are that the emphasis is not on anecdotes, but on Martin’s relationship to the demanding mistress of stand-up. In short, pretty much what you would expect of a comedian’s autobiography. Well Born Standing Up answers that question, in part, as well as plotting Martin’s path to the top of his game, both creatively and financially. Or, as spoof interviewer Dennis Pennis once put it, in the one cheap-shot exchange creator Paul Kaye says he still regrets to this day: ‘How come you’re not funny any more’. Just three years later her had quit, turning his back on the art form that had taken him the best part of a lifetime to perfect, never to look back. His calendar for September 1978 shows 33 arena shows in a month, performing his inventively wacky, high-energy shtick to up to 19,000 people a time. ![]() ![]() To those who know him only as the star of such Hollywood pap as Cheaper By The Dozen 2 or the embarrassing remakes of Sergeant Bilko and the Pink Panther, it would be hard to explain that 30 years ago Steve Martin was the world’s biggest stand-up star. ![]()
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