I'm not even trying to be funny, but IMO Steve Martin and a slew of other so called comedians especially ones that got TV shows I was never impressed by them and really think they are unfunny ppl. Look, Steve Martin as a dad in father of the bride is fine, but standing on comedy alone and stand up he's very much weak. Look at this list of ppl who had shows that weren't funny at all. Steve Harvey first and foremost, Cedric, drew Carrey, tim Allen, bill engvall, Jeff Foxworthy, ray Romano, Kevin James and it goes on and on, as TV characters fine, as making me laugh or being truly funny no way it's a very ironic thing, it's like they are mass picked as TV leads because they are safe and politically correct, Patrice O'Neal is hilarious yet why didn't he get a tv show? See what I mean? But Steve Harveys fake big smiling chicklet teeth zoot suit wearing ass is all over TV.
Steve Martin's weak stand up comedy was intentional. He comes from the Monty Python school of absurdist, silly humor. He was playing a noncomedic comedian, with all those nonsequiturs and tangents thrown around during his routine. He wrote an article once wondering what would happen if he told jokes, but never got to the punchline-the tension would rise in the audience, and he wondered how that tension would be released? The noncomedic nature of his routine is what made it so funny. For many who would try that style, it would fall flat-but he has a natural comedic ability that made it work. He purposely ended his standup routine, while he was still on top, because he realized that, eventually, that style of comedy would get old. Having said that, there are people who hate monty python humor, so I guess he is an acquired taste.
Your premise is flawed. Richard Pryor was filthy and went on to star in several movies. Eddie Murphy was raunchy and moved to the silver screen and has done several “children’s” movies. Bob Saget’s stand up was filthy and he went on to do Full House and America’s Funniest. Rodney Dangerfield wasn’t clean. He went on to have a ton of success outside of stand up. Chris Rock? Pretty controversial comedian. Dave Chappell? Not a safe choice. Redd Foxx? The list goes on. They aren’t “safe” or “PC”. A lot of comedians are given development deals that never turn into anything. Steve Martin’s stand up, as he states in this video, was intentionally silly because much of the comedy of that time was heavy and political. So he wanted to do something totally different to make people laugh and take them away from the heaviness of the time. If you look at it 40+ years later without that context and without that appreciation, then it looks like just silliness.
16:24 I read about his acrobatics in his book Born Standing Up but its quite a bonus to see the real thing! Cheers
Steve Martin 5 years of entertainment and 40 years of banjo
This got the deserved number of likes. Were you asleep during his 30-year film career, Van Winkle?
Little shop of horrors. How he lifted bill Murray's chair like he was Elvis
I LOVED Sgt. Bilko when I was a teenager. It's the first time I got to know, that it was a big flop for Steve. Such an uderrated comedy
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Does anyone know the name of that frailing/clawhammer tune that he plays around 18:35 of the video?
Is it bad that I prefer this documentary slightly more than the new Apple docs? I appreciate them both but this one has edge over the other
But the newer documentary has the John Candy moment… 🥹
Can you cancel? No I already paid them.
What a jerk.
I'm not even trying to be funny, but IMO Steve Martin and a slew of other so called comedians especially ones that got TV shows I was never impressed by them and really think they are unfunny ppl. Look, Steve Martin as a dad in father of the bride is fine, but standing on comedy alone and stand up he's very much weak. Look at this list of ppl who had shows that weren't funny at all. Steve Harvey first and foremost, Cedric, drew Carrey, tim Allen, bill engvall, Jeff Foxworthy, ray Romano, Kevin James and it goes on and on, as TV characters fine, as making me laugh or being truly funny no way it's a very ironic thing, it's like they are mass picked as TV leads because they are safe and politically correct, Patrice O'Neal is hilarious yet why didn't he get a tv show? See what I mean? But Steve Harveys fake big smiling chicklet teeth zoot suit wearing ass is all over TV.
Steve Martin's weak stand up comedy was intentional. He comes from the Monty Python school of absurdist, silly humor. He was playing a noncomedic comedian, with all those nonsequiturs and tangents thrown around during his routine. He wrote an article once wondering what would happen if he told jokes, but never got to the punchline-the tension would rise in the audience, and he wondered how that tension would be released? The noncomedic nature of his routine is what made it so funny. For many who would try that style, it would fall flat-but he has a natural comedic ability that made it work. He purposely ended his standup routine, while he was still on top, because he realized that, eventually, that style of comedy would get old. Having said that, there are people who hate monty python humor, so I guess he is an acquired taste.
@danno990 it's weak
Your premise is flawed. Richard Pryor was filthy and went on to star in several movies. Eddie Murphy was raunchy and moved to the silver screen and has done several “children’s” movies. Bob Saget’s stand up was filthy and he went on to do Full House and America’s Funniest. Rodney Dangerfield wasn’t clean. He went on to have a ton of success outside of stand up. Chris Rock? Pretty controversial comedian. Dave Chappell? Not a safe choice. Redd Foxx? The list goes on. They aren’t “safe” or “PC”. A lot of comedians are given development deals that never turn into anything.
Steve Martin’s stand up, as he states in this video, was intentionally silly because much of the comedy of that time was heavy and political. So he wanted to do something totally different to make people laugh and take them away from the heaviness of the time. If you look at it 40+ years later without that context and without that appreciation, then it looks like just silliness.
@scottcastro9383 nah I'm 100 p correct Richard Pryor wasn't even funny, his standup is not funny
@scottcastro9383 I took dumps of turds that had more humor than Steve Martin, with peanuts and corn niblets embedded
Steve Martin 5 years of entertainment and 40 years of banjo