I really like Steve Martin. Yeah he’s been in quite a few awful movies and he can come off as really pompous in interviews, but his comedic writing is great. I like the way he thinks, I like his mix of plain silliness and logical absurdities. Right now I’m making my way through his new autobiography called Born Standing Up that focuses on his stand-up comedy career which he abandoned something like 20 years ago. The stuff about how he formed his style is really interesting to me. There’s an article he wrote for Smithsonian Magazine which covers some of that ground.
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That book has been on my radar for a while now, I’ve heard from a few places that it’s excellent. I think it’s time I finally bought it.
Steve Martin has always been an interesting guy to me. Which is weird, because the only movies he’s been in that I really like (or can even think of) are the Father of the Bride movies… Yeah…
Plus, he plays banjo and ukulele, and he plays them both well, so I’m automatically a fan.
Father of the Bride is ok, but The Jerk is a classic and LA Story is probably the movie that fits his sense of humor the most. Planes, Trains, and Automobiles is also a classic but that’s more of a buddy movie than a Steve Martin movie.
Also now that I made it a little further in the book I realize that that article is just an excerpt from the book. Makes sense I guess.
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Steve Martin…
You know who I don’t like (any more), Steve Martin!
It’s about 15 minutes until the start of SNL and since I couldn’t remember who tonight’s host was, I just checked with the NBC website and saw that Steve Martin was once again …