Steve Martin & Edie Brickell Talk 'Bright Star'

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  • Опубліковано 15 бер 2016
  • Steve Martin and Edie Brickell's new musical "Bright Star" is based on the true story of a baby thrown from a train. And it appears to be really, really charming and life-affirming.
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  • @AliAbbasi87
    @AliAbbasi87 8 років тому +140

    she seems so shy and modest what a fucking breath of fresh air

    • @liz1060
      @liz1060 8 років тому

      +Ali Abbasi
      I bet Paul Simon didn't feel that way when she was trying to kill him -- lol.

    • @suzawilo
      @suzawilo 8 років тому

      +liz1060 Well he's Paul Simon so who wouldn't want to😁

    • @liz1060
      @liz1060 8 років тому

      +suzawilo
      He probably is a snarky little brat to live with :)

    • @liz1060
      @liz1060 8 років тому +4

      +MetrazolElectricity
      Uh ... pardon me -- That's highly debatable and completely irrelevant but what's not is that you never were and never will be the success that Martin has been.

    • @liz1060
      @liz1060 8 років тому

      +MetrazolElectricity
      The point is you aren't funny now, never were, never will be, but you have some snark to spit about a guy who went as far as he could go with funny? Are you listed as #6 in Comedy Central's top 100 stand up comedians? Did you write for Laugh In? How many times were you on Carson? Do you have a lifetime award from the Academy? When are you going to be on Colbert's show?
      Martin hasn't done stand up for 15 years. He started a new career in music where he's considered a master at banjo and bluegrass, having won several Grammys -- best instrumental performance '02, best bluegrass album '09, best American roots song '13, He established an award for excellence in the craft and gives away $500,000 dollars to the winner. Why is he on TV now? He's got a musical he wrote, produced and directed opening on Broadway this year.
      So ... you be sure to let us know which video you'll be commenting on next. We sure don't want to miss it.

  • @Rollins-ek3li
    @Rollins-ek3li 2 роки тому +11

    Oh Edie, your such a kind soul. My goodness! Your voice is angelic !

  • @muskylemon2310
    @muskylemon2310 8 років тому +83

    God...Steve Martin. Just a classic genius. Its effortless to him.

  • @vincentmckiernan4975
    @vincentmckiernan4975 Рік тому +8

    Steve, you are SO different than the rest of Hollywood. Thank you.

  • @jayspades9394
    @jayspades9394 8 років тому +100

    Steve Martin doesn't seem to age.

    • @jazzingirl
      @jazzingirl 8 років тому +5

      He has always looked like an old man

    • @williamcortelyou4524
      @williamcortelyou4524 8 років тому

      +My Videos Its not really his skin. He steals the stuff. From people.

    • @williamcortelyou4524
      @williamcortelyou4524 8 років тому

      +My Videos Its not really his skin. He steals the stuff. From people.

    • @seantripp6028
      @seantripp6028 8 років тому +5

      +Jay Spades
      I know right... He looks like he's been 50 for over 50 years.

    • @timothygraham4304
      @timothygraham4304 8 років тому +6

      The Curious Case Of Steve Martin: A man born old but stays old!

  • @Tull1996
    @Tull1996 4 роки тому +14

    I've always liked Edie....ever since New Bohemians released Shooting Rubber Bands at the Stars.....got to see them live on the Ghost of a Dog tour......a great show.....and I've always kept my eye out for any material she's done since...

  • @schtuff.8207
    @schtuff.8207 8 років тому +52

    And not a single mention that she's the wife of Paul Simon. I love seeing Edie be seen as her own thing.

    • @mattbybee5354
      @mattbybee5354 3 роки тому

      But he's so old....

    • @raynemichelle2996
      @raynemichelle2996 3 роки тому +1

      @@mattbybee5354 what's wrong with old? I dig an older man. Maybe not Paul Simon, but older men are attractive.

    • @candelise
      @candelise Місяць тому

      ​​@@mattbybee5354Yes, and they have been married for so long! How does that work?😮

    • @mattbybee5354
      @mattbybee5354 Місяць тому

      @@candelise cash money

    • @candelise
      @candelise Місяць тому

      @@mattbybee5354 And children?

  • @delaware137
    @delaware137 4 роки тому +8

    Steve Martin is a super-intellect with a sense of humor.

  • @Courtpie443
    @Courtpie443 20 днів тому

    Edie has one of the best smiles I've ever seen love her and that smoky, expressive voice of hers!

  • @Danny4SoccerOhio
    @Danny4SoccerOhio 8 років тому +18

    This is why Steve Martin is the man .

  • @moniersmelatyar
    @moniersmelatyar 8 років тому +18

    I love Steve man he's dope

  • @debrabrabenec3731
    @debrabrabenec3731 Місяць тому +1

    Bravo Edie and Steve!! (I'm old enough that it is weird to say that the other way around!) It is a fabulous musical!! We saw a wonderful production last August at Timberlake Playhouse in Illinois. Go see it if you can!!!

  • @ParvezMeherhomji
    @ParvezMeherhomji 8 років тому +8

    I loved this interview... so much, that I watched it twice! :) We need more like this.. good watch.

  • @mattforce7
    @mattforce7 8 років тому +11

    Omg Steve looked so hurt when he felt cut off aw

  • @JB-zc8yf
    @JB-zc8yf 8 років тому +4

    Steve you bloody legend

  • @JoeFinsternis
    @JoeFinsternis 8 років тому +24

    Damn, is Steve Martin a vampire? He still looks just like The Jerk.

    • @neaplepinchy4538
      @neaplepinchy4538 8 років тому +6

      What the fuck is that on your profile picture?

    • @JoeFinsternis
      @JoeFinsternis 8 років тому +3

      Damn, you got me. I'm actually a serial killer in the future.

    • @matthewstetson711
      @matthewstetson711 8 років тому +1

      +Joe Finsternis He's been found out. He may have to come to you in the middle of the night.

  • @ilaydaeve
    @ilaydaeve 4 роки тому +7

    bright star is actually an amazing show, i love it so muchh

  • @gayathrivasu7034
    @gayathrivasu7034 8 років тому +81

    He could just sit there, not say anything and he still wouldn't be boring.

  • @SirForwyn
    @SirForwyn 8 років тому +36

    she looks like a little girl who talked to her crush for the first time, so cute.

  • @Ishidalover
    @Ishidalover 8 років тому +5

    I lost it at "You talk..let me just say something."

  • @annerchisline9641
    @annerchisline9641 8 років тому +5

    Fun, interesting interview. Thanks!

  • @arthurtrauer5684
    @arthurtrauer5684 4 роки тому +3

    It’s nice to see Edie again. She seems very sweet. I hope she does well with The Steep Canyon Rangers.

  • @iglooo102videos
    @iglooo102videos 8 років тому +6

    Steve Martin is funny and will be always funny....

  • @labarians1814
    @labarians1814 8 років тому +2

    It was a lovely production with great music and Carmen Cusack absolutely killed it.

  • @ndgv2
    @ndgv2 8 років тому +9

    Sarah Jane rhymes with train. heh. This lady is alright.

  • @imaidan1215
    @imaidan1215 8 років тому +18

    GASP! its treetrunks!

    • @SpiderLlama
      @SpiderLlama 8 років тому +3

      +Aidan O'Farrell I just had to IMDB her to see if she actually was Treetrunks because she sounds so much like her. @_@

    • @ShadyShadok
      @ShadyShadok 8 років тому

      +Dizzy haha :D

  • @williamcortelyou4524
    @williamcortelyou4524 8 років тому +40

    Steve Martin is a monster. He skins people alive and then turns said skin into furniture. It happened to me. Twice.

    • @craiglachman1379
      @craiglachman1379 8 років тому +3

      OMG! I thought I was the only one.

    • @JazzKeyboardist1
      @JazzKeyboardist1 8 років тому

      +William Cortelyou .... Choke Ed Gein in the shallow water before I get too deep? I know Hitchcock knows what I mean

    • @williamcortelyou4524
      @williamcortelyou4524 8 років тому

      JazzKeyboardist1 loool

    • @taydrabrookshire347
      @taydrabrookshire347 7 років тому

      I wish I could give 100 likes at once to this comment.

    • @JazzKeyboardist1
      @JazzKeyboardist1 7 років тому +1

      Taydra Anna • .. Steve Martin is picking out a thermos for you.. His Bright Star Broadway Play is Ed Gein Approved.. Paul Simon says don't touch my wife coo coo cachou.. Steve's Ex-wife wants to pick out a rear end thermometer too. Mrs Robinson says most people go what the hey

  • @kevinmcconnell3641
    @kevinmcconnell3641 29 днів тому

    I was born a poor black child, one of the great movie opening lines of all time!!

  • @garbism
    @garbism 4 роки тому +4

    Steve had grey hair when he was born so he never seems to age :))

  • @ultrakool
    @ultrakool 5 років тому +2

    they are the best steve and edie since steve and edie

  • @Sc4r4byte
    @Sc4r4byte 8 років тому +51

    i am far too invested in this musical for my own good when i'm never going to see it.

    • @SpiderLlama
      @SpiderLlama 8 років тому

      +Sc4r4byte #poortheatrenerdlife

    • @kathleenw6984
      @kathleenw6984 7 років тому

      Me too! I didn't realize how much I wanted to see it until it closed! :'(

    • @Codyb22_
      @Codyb22_ 4 роки тому

      Well maybe a local theater is doing it (I saw it at Jonesboro high school)

    • @debrabrabenec3731
      @debrabrabenec3731 Місяць тому

      We saw it last summer at Timberlake Theater, out in the country northwest of Chicago. It was fabulous! Some regional theaters are doing it. Spread the word and maybe there will be a production near you sometime!

  • @SenorPescadorJohnson
    @SenorPescadorJohnson 8 років тому

    cool positive story,
    from one of my fav songs "Pretty Little One" performers
    kudos

  • @ronaldknoebel3247
    @ronaldknoebel3247 Місяць тому

    I have loved her since my eyes discovered her.
    I could not stand her biggest hit....
    "What I am " Shallow Water " Oh No !!
    But she is so freaking beautiful and so talented now that she is mature. Now that I discovered her.

  • @dk237
    @dk237 21 день тому

    Edie is so beautiful!

  • @michaelmagnus3590
    @michaelmagnus3590 8 років тому +50

    I farted in the Apple store one time and everyone got mad. It's not my fault that they dont have Windows.

    • @PlayTubeDaddy
      @PlayTubeDaddy 8 років тому

      Awesome

    • @bakeumawaytoys3453
      @bakeumawaytoys3453 8 років тому +5

      When Arnold Schwarzenegger was asked if he had upgraded to the newest version of Windows, he answered NO. When asked why, he said ISTILLOVEVISTA, BABY.

    • @JazzKeyboardist1
      @JazzKeyboardist1 8 років тому

      +Samuel Rotruck ........Arnold will be back to the apple store to get the supreme's Love child

    • @theblahaidentity5606
      @theblahaidentity5606 8 років тому

      +Jean Michel god bless you

  • @genon70
    @genon70 8 років тому +21

    Did this interview seem awkward to anyone else?

    • @DrJones20
      @DrJones20 8 років тому +1

      +Gen Wilk Why? Because Steve got mad at Colbert?

    • @francisbtube
      @francisbtube 4 роки тому

      Yes because Colbert is a terrible Host. He's no David Letterman. IMHO!

  • @anonperson5104
    @anonperson5104 8 років тому +5

    steves voice sounds just like letterman

  • @bg147
    @bg147 8 років тому +8

    He has aged well. I usually look at the person's hands for the truth and he has younger looking hands. Ok, this is getting weird.

  • @deadpoolgiveshugs7092
    @deadpoolgiveshugs7092 7 років тому

    I love this guy because of Cheaper by the Dozen

  • @kingjb554
    @kingjb554 4 роки тому +2

    My school is trying to get Steve Martin to come to our production of the show, I'm playing Jimmy Ray

    • @kidheat9150
      @kidheat9150 3 роки тому

      I’m playing daddy cane. If he showed up that would be awesome

    • @kingjb554
      @kingjb554 3 роки тому

      @@kidheat9150 due to covid it was sadly canceled, but we did just finish recording for our new show, Tuck Everlasting

    • @kidheat9150
      @kidheat9150 3 роки тому

      @@kingjb554 yeah I’m suprised mine didn’t get canceled we had the first showing tonight and I had to sing she’s gone from this musical in front of like 80 people. It was scary and I have to do it again tomorrow in front of more people

    • @kingjb554
      @kingjb554 3 роки тому

      @@kidheat9150 oh well good luck tomorrow! I'm sure you'll do great

  • @rootchakar
    @rootchakar 8 місяців тому

  • @ricardo_herbig
    @ricardo_herbig 19 днів тому

    Aqui no Brasil tem o Gentille o Celso Portiole do SBT Tem a Ana Maria Braga da Rede Globo e o Sergio Grossiman Altas Horas. Em radio difusão te varios entrvistadores como a Tania Morales CBN Existe tambem na Band Na Record e na rede Itatiaia. Já assisti algumas entrevistas da Opra com a garota Pat Bonne! Entrevistas são na maioria das vezes divertidas! Lembro uma da Lady Di e do Principe Charles na Australia que ela qualquer coisa sobre o Coala.

  • @steveconn
    @steveconn 8 років тому +1

    "I'm not aware too many things/it looks like I'm peeing while I sing"
    (Edie Brickell parody, circa 1990).

  • @katraylor
    @katraylor 8 років тому +1

    I get the impression that Steve Martin is a little bewildered by the modern world. I guess at 70 he's allowed to be. As others have said, he seems the same age now as he did when I was a kid.

  • @kidheat9150
    @kidheat9150 3 роки тому

    I’m doing bright star for my school currently and I play daddy cane

  • @Narutoloco66
    @Narutoloco66 8 років тому +1

    Briefcase rose a meter and fell aside
    Somebody else picked it up and bravely cried
    You're a bright star, you're a bright star
    How many times does a baby fall?
    How many people throw babies overboard?

  • @goof260
    @goof260 8 років тому +1

    " am I boring you? "

  • @Pipiopy
    @Pipiopy 8 років тому +1

    they look so hippie

  • @filipinowhiteboy
    @filipinowhiteboy 8 років тому

    I wondered what steve has been up to. I haven't seen him in years.

  • @sammysouth8372
    @sammysouth8372 5 років тому

    My Gawd! Edie doesn’t look anything like when she was singing I am what I am.

  • @tifking73
    @tifking73 4 роки тому

    I ship Steve Martin & Eddie Breckell ❤️

  • @SplashAttackTCG
    @SplashAttackTCG 8 років тому

    I want a... DAMBURGER... Please.

  • @randzopyr1038
    @randzopyr1038 8 років тому +6

    Something going on between those two? Look at how she looks at him, definitely a little more than professional admiration.

    • @charkemal
      @charkemal 5 років тому +2

      I've thought the same watching them during performances. There's some heat in here stares.

    • @tifking73
      @tifking73 4 роки тому

      Would anyone like to see her with Steve instead!?! 🙋‍♀️

  • @Lunatic5306
    @Lunatic5306 8 років тому

    I loved steve martin in the naked gun!

  • @rubiks6
    @rubiks6 Рік тому

    Don't you think songwriters don't do their homework. The story behind the development of "Bright Star" is quite elaborate. This is why Edie Brickell and Steve Martin are real songwriters and you and I are just amateurs.

  • @spencespace7763
    @spencespace7763 Рік тому

    Steve just say you were installing the Windows 95 disk...

  • @danjohnston9037
    @danjohnston9037 8 років тому

    OK, weird geeky question here. That band Steve Martin mentions:
    "The Steve Canyon Rangers", is the name inspired by that old syndicated comic strip
    Steve Canyon ???

    • @muppetsstoogesfan1
      @muppetsstoogesfan1 8 років тому +1

      +Dan Johnston I think you misheard it's Steep Canyon Rangers not Steve

    • @danjohnston9037
      @danjohnston9037 8 років тому

      +muppetsstoogesfan1 AH, OK, Thank You

  • @victoriachism3166
    @victoriachism3166 8 років тому

    My Nana and one of my sisters are named Sara Jane. This isn't about them.

  • @technowey
    @technowey 4 роки тому +1

    People hate comedy? EXCUSE MEEEEE! ;)

  • @lynnturman8157
    @lynnturman8157 8 років тому +7

    Nothing against Steve Martin. He's a comedy legend. Just seems weird that that's who Edie Brickell is choosing to write songs with. Does she know she's married to Paul Simon?

  • @hardrocker498
    @hardrocker498 8 років тому

    Steve Martin and Harrison Ford could be brothers

  • @whalesong999
    @whalesong999 8 років тому

    Steve Martin's voice and speaking here sounds a lot like David Letterman to me.

  • @Chris-tb8mj
    @Chris-tb8mj 8 років тому

    Gods

  • @taydrabrookshire347
    @taydrabrookshire347 7 років тому

    Apparently Edie went AWOL after the musical closed.

  • @benwright6330
    @benwright6330 Рік тому

    ..but isn't little paul jellous?

  • @ZechsMerquise73
    @ZechsMerquise73 8 років тому +3

    Edie Brickell was my first crush. Thanks, Edie Brickell, for introducing me to the mind numbing spiral and struggle that is sexuality.

  • @noenken
    @noenken 8 років тому

    So, google wrote that song, basically.

  • @Muadexperience
    @Muadexperience 8 років тому

    She likes Colbert

  • @aethersaurusrex
    @aethersaurusrex 2 роки тому

    Their energies match up well. Steven's is a little sluggish (Johnny Carson callback)

  • @sybaritesphynx8057
    @sybaritesphynx8057 8 років тому

    LET THE WOMAN SPEAK, STEVE!!!! Jeez

  • @MagiCaleb
    @MagiCaleb 8 років тому

    Steve Martin hitting a little above par with the jokes, but I am sure he's better in the play.

  • @kathleenw6984
    @kathleenw6984 7 років тому

    Steve and Edie totally spoiled the story by talking about what inspired it...oh well.

  • @bigmaninthepants
    @bigmaninthepants 8 років тому

    steve martin is 70 wtf

  • @SheWhoWalksSilently
    @SheWhoWalksSilently 8 років тому

    Steve Martin is supposed to have an IQ of 160

    • @kkinder828
      @kkinder828 8 років тому

      Really? Damn

    • @taydrabrookshire347
      @taydrabrookshire347 7 років тому +1

      He said he’s never taken a IQ test to prove such. I’hope he considers it and shares the results with us once he does.

  • @rbl4641
    @rbl4641 18 днів тому

    Edie...Paul simon stole you from us...

  • @kcmn0089
    @kcmn0089 8 років тому +6

    Stephen's so sick

  • @andybearchan
    @andybearchan 8 років тому

    quick someone TM Dinnr

  • @sownpeace
    @sownpeace 15 днів тому

    Aww, wow, who knew. This was good. Well, Steve Martin and Edie; I could have done without the host.

  • @jumbeaux1
    @jumbeaux1 8 років тому +1

    Stephen do look bored with some guests. He needs to improve and not rush.

    • @bboooobbyy
      @bboooobbyy 8 років тому

      +jumbeaux1 Agree 100% He was particularly bad in this one... and to think how good it could have been if he had just riffed/joked with Steve instead of trying to get in all the canned questions and plugs.

  • @bradjames6748
    @bradjames6748 Рік тому

    Steve and edie? Lol

  • @sunflower-oo1ff
    @sunflower-oo1ff 7 років тому

    I am not waiting for the joke to come up ...people are actually listening to the music dear Stephen...how come you have that show is beyond me ;(
    love Steve as a Musician !!

  • @benrichards399
    @benrichards399 8 років тому

    when is Steve going to make another decent movie?

    • @TheJayant98
      @TheJayant98 8 років тому

      Hope they make a good Pink Panther sequel

    • @AperturePowered
      @AperturePowered 8 років тому +6

      +Jayant Belgaumkar He said decent

    • @suzawilo
      @suzawilo 8 років тому

      What you mean another?

    • @taydrabrookshire347
      @taydrabrookshire347 7 років тому +1

      He's in an Ang Lee (Life of Pi, Wedding Banquet) picture coming in November.

  • @MrHorse455
    @MrHorse455 8 років тому

    sad .. so sad

    • @stoicite7
      @stoicite7 8 років тому +3

      +budd sumner Are you OK? Did something bad happen?

    • @margaritam.9118
      @margaritam.9118 8 років тому +2

      I wanted to join cheering you up, but liked the comment above instead.
      I think Internet ate my soul :c

    • @starr0401
      @starr0401 8 років тому +1

      "Why so glum, sugar plum?"

    • @AperturePowered
      @AperturePowered 8 років тому

      +budd sumner fuck yourself

    • @margaritam.9118
      @margaritam.9118 8 років тому +1

      Evan Thomas Is that an insult or an advice?

  • @watchdup7023
    @watchdup7023 8 років тому +1

    Boring interview.....

  • @ConnerRyanful
    @ConnerRyanful 8 років тому +1

    steve martin got really butt hurt

    • @bboooobbyy
      @bboooobbyy 8 років тому +3

      +metaFOUR Did you watch the interview? Colbert stuck to the script and made sure to get in all the obligatory plugs, instead of reciprocating Martin's attempts to engage in an actual conversation. I cringed when Colbert segued into a plug for their new album right in the middle of Steve Martin telling a story. "Was I boring?" I gotta admit I felt bad for Steve Martin at that moment.... The interview was awkward, to say the least.

  • @mavryktell524
    @mavryktell524 8 років тому

    boring

  • @junk5354
    @junk5354 8 років тому +1

    WHo cares, Bright Star is doomed to flop!

    • @Edeinawc
      @Edeinawc 8 років тому

      +Junk Care to elaborate?

    • @junk5354
      @junk5354 8 років тому

      Edeinawc no, you'll see, flop flop flop

    • @wesleyharmon2807
      @wesleyharmon2807 5 років тому +1

      So it might have flopped in New York, some of the best shows started their lifetime as a flop, I saw the national tour in Charlotte and I have never experienced a show where the audience was that attached. With every twist in this story you heard the audience gasp, cheer, etc... I don't know your history with the show, but you sound like you are refusing to give it a chance.

    • @artchic528
      @artchic528 5 років тому +1

      @@wesleyharmon2807 I, too, saw the National Tour in Charlotte and this musical was one of the best I've ever seen. In fact, it's my favorite! So many twists and turns like you said. I couldn't help but gasp and cheer when the final plot twist was revealed. Such an amazing musical. Shame it was overshadowed by such big names like Hamilton.

  • @t-hyle
    @t-hyle 8 років тому

    lol saw bright star in DC and it was so fucking bad. Like the acting and music and tech shit was great but the story was absolutely trite and total shit

  • @kathleendufault7071
    @kathleendufault7071 6 років тому +1

    She's shy and modest because she's a lousy singer.

    • @WearyCowboy
      @WearyCowboy 3 роки тому +2

      No, she's an awesome singer.

  • @user-hy3di3eh9g
    @user-hy3di3eh9g 21 день тому

    伊蒂,总是那么阳光☀️❤

  • @aLittlePal
    @aLittlePal 6 років тому +1

    you know how competitive Steve is.