Born standing up : a comic's life
Martin, Steve, 1945-
Born standing up : a comic's life / Steve Martin - 1st Scribner hardcover ed - New York : Scribner , 2007. - 209 p. : illus. ; 23 cm.
"n the mid-seventies, Steve Martin exploded onto the comedy scene. By 1978 he was the biggest concert draw in the history of stand-up. In 1981 he quit forever. This book is, in his own words, the story of "why I did stand-up and why I walked away. His memoir of his years in stand-up is candid, spectacularly amusing, and beautifully written. Martin illuminates the sacrifice, discipline, and originality that made him an icon and informs his work to this day. To be this good, to perform so frequently, was isolating and lonely. It took Martin decades to reconnect with his parents and sister, and he tells that story with great tenderness. Martin also paints a portrait of his times - the era of free love and protests against the war in Vietnam, the heady irreverence of The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour in the late sixties, and the transformative new voice of Saturday Night Live in the seventies. Throughout the text, Martin has placed photographs, many never seen before.
English.
9781416553649
Martin, Steve, 1945-
Entertainers---United States - Biography
92 MAR
Born standing up : a comic's life / Steve Martin - 1st Scribner hardcover ed - New York : Scribner , 2007. - 209 p. : illus. ; 23 cm.
"n the mid-seventies, Steve Martin exploded onto the comedy scene. By 1978 he was the biggest concert draw in the history of stand-up. In 1981 he quit forever. This book is, in his own words, the story of "why I did stand-up and why I walked away. His memoir of his years in stand-up is candid, spectacularly amusing, and beautifully written. Martin illuminates the sacrifice, discipline, and originality that made him an icon and informs his work to this day. To be this good, to perform so frequently, was isolating and lonely. It took Martin decades to reconnect with his parents and sister, and he tells that story with great tenderness. Martin also paints a portrait of his times - the era of free love and protests against the war in Vietnam, the heady irreverence of The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour in the late sixties, and the transformative new voice of Saturday Night Live in the seventies. Throughout the text, Martin has placed photographs, many never seen before.
English.
9781416553649
Martin, Steve, 1945-
Entertainers---United States - Biography
92 MAR
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