Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life
The riveting, mega-bestselling, beloved and highly acclaimed memoir of a man, a vocation, and an era named one of the ten best nonfiction titles of the year by Time and Entertainment Weekly. In 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....show more
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Interesting insight into Steve Martin and his road to fame. I thought it would be a bit funnier, but it's not a waste of time!
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A memoir published in 2007, I'm just now getting around to hearing it. Ah, audiobooks read by the author. Martin even sings in it.
I'm an eh fan of Martin. I have never seen The Jerk, loved The Three Amigos and really like his books. So I'm not sure exactly where I stand with him, I guess. Either way, this book is about his rise to fame in the stand up comedy world and it doesn't go much further than The Jerk.
Martin delves back to his life growing...read more
I'm an eh fan of Martin. I have never seen The Jerk, loved The Three Amigos and really like his books. So I'm not sure exactly where I stand with him, I guess. Either way, this book is about his rise to fame in the stand up comedy world and it doesn't go much further than The Jerk.
Martin delves back to his life growing...read more
Great read about a comic genius. Finished reading and went back to some older movies from childhood. Unfortunately, I couldn't find any of the standups, but I did find All of Me. Jim Carrey's entire routine and Liar Liar owe a lot to Steve Martin's physicality. But to read some very personal things from one man about his time when I was just learning to walk was very inspiring to see the struggles. It also made me think about the struggles that o...read more
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