Steve Martin Acceptance Speech | 2005 Mark Twain Prize

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  • @raincntry2657
    @raincntry2657 Рік тому +114

    Steve Martin is one of those people whose funny comes from all angles. He's silly, he smart, he has gags, he has jokes, he is a immensely talented writer, performer and comedian.

  • @YouSoCouldHaveGotMe
    @YouSoCouldHaveGotMe 3 роки тому +477

    Who else is binge watching Steve Martin speeches?

  • @calomega
    @calomega 2 роки тому +109

    And 16 years later he creates, writes and acts in “Only Murders in the Building” True genius

  • @johncooper5006
    @johncooper5006 Рік тому +10

    I have listened to these 100's of times. Maybe 200

  • @royalleftist
    @royalleftist 4 роки тому +90

    I finished watching all the Mark Twain recipients' speech. This one was the funniest for me! 😂😂😂❤❤❤

    • @SusanGaglianoPisa
      @SusanGaglianoPisa 4 роки тому +1

      For me too! There are a lot of great comedians but he has something special!

    • @Goggin68
      @Goggin68 3 роки тому +7

      @@SusanGaglianoPisa It was good but will Ferrel was better from the minute he broke it till he told his wife to shut her mouth

    • @sharmaadwit
      @sharmaadwit 2 роки тому +3

      Will Farell was funniest for me.

    • @AlfredoMartinezA
      @AlfredoMartinezA 2 роки тому +1

      Julia Louis Dreyfus also was hilarious

    • @Kumagoro42
      @Kumagoro42 Рік тому +1

      It's right there with Will Ferrell's. I've always found Ferrell is Martin's true heir.

  • @iago4810
    @iago4810 4 роки тому +109

    I have the feeling that Mark Twain would have loved this.

    • @ANTIStraussian
      @ANTIStraussian 3 роки тому +1

      I have based my entire sense of humor on Steve Martin. No one likes me.

    • @johnhaynes8078
      @johnhaynes8078 3 роки тому

      @@ANTIStraussian w

    • @gabrielbrown6934
      @gabrielbrown6934 2 роки тому

      @@ANTIStraussian That’s your problem. You’re supposed to be you and not someone else. If you do, that’s called multiple personality disorder

    • @ANTIStraussian
      @ANTIStraussian 2 роки тому

      @@gabrielbrown6934 easy there tiger it was a joke

  • @savewldlife339
    @savewldlife339 2 роки тому +14

    The man is brilliant. His comedy genius and timing through all his work is impeccable. I can see why he has had a long term relationship with Paul Simon, they seem to be on the same page intellectually and musically. They love their folk music. Thank you Steve Martin, you wonderfully talented man. oxo

  • @chatty5xg
    @chatty5xg 4 роки тому +172

    His speech is a proof that he deserved that award! Hilariously genius!

  • @jacintocabus6385
    @jacintocabus6385 3 роки тому +34

    Genius and every aspect of his story is hilarious and very different from the others. Unique, brave and his delivery is perfect. Very deep ang posses wide latitude of ideas. Salute to this legend.

  • @vinnikodiak4779
    @vinnikodiak4779 2 роки тому +15

    These Mark Twain speeches are amazing

    • @smikeDe
      @smikeDe 2 роки тому +1

      Will Ferrell has also a funny

    • @vinnikodiak4779
      @vinnikodiak4779 2 роки тому

      @@smikeDe yea, something like that

  • @andymitchell9341
    @andymitchell9341 4 роки тому +57

    In 1976, I spent the night in line for tickets for a Steve Martin performance. It was worth it.

  • @MichaelTaphouse
    @MichaelTaphouse 4 роки тому +98

    I absolutely adore Steve Martin. One of the GOATs

    • @Sam-zj6mw
      @Sam-zj6mw 2 роки тому +2

      Carl Reiner is also the GOAT. And Larry David, who is funnier than Reiner. But Reiner is the funniest. And Steve Martin is funniest of all, except for Reiner, and David, who is also funny.

  • @danwaldis4553
    @danwaldis4553 4 місяці тому +5

    He is so brilliant! How on earth did he do all that with a straight face? Just when you think he can't be funnier, then he gets funnier!

  • @TNbear0126
    @TNbear0126 3 місяці тому +1

    I love this video. Any time I'm in a less than mood, I can watch this and brighten up, immediately. I love this kind of humor.

  • @rarethen9
    @rarethen9 4 роки тому +54

    i think this is his best speech ever. comedy at its finest. simply wonderful.

  • @wrAIth-AI
    @wrAIth-AI 5 років тому +318

    He was born a poor black child in Mississippi, and just look at him now.

  • @basantpant596
    @basantpant596 5 років тому +75

    A true comedic genius💯💯

  • @TimeIdle
    @TimeIdle 3 роки тому +19

    "I hope that humor in America sustains in all its forms, from the body of reverence of iconoclasts and satirists to family fare that teaches us about ourselves in a light hearted and tender way. And it has been a great honor to be here tonight at the Kennedy Martin Center... OOPS... I wasn't supposed to say anything." The way he can slide from the sublime to the ridiculous with such ease is what makes him a comic genius.

    • @89426
      @89426 2 роки тому +1

      🎯

  • @donnatate458
    @donnatate458 2 роки тому +2

    What a treasure he is! I don't know how many times I've seen King Tut (he lived in Arizona, as I recall), or remembered a line from one of his movies and used it. Love you, and thanks for the laughs.

  • @emal63-ec7gn
    @emal63-ec7gn Рік тому +9

    I saw him live in 1979. He was filling arenas then. I could only afford the cheapest seats then, but it didn’t matter - it was a transcendant performance.

  • @rawrstanley7060
    @rawrstanley7060 5 років тому +24

    True Legend

  • @normanbates2486
    @normanbates2486 5 років тому +31

    This man is incredible.

  • @christopheroneill77
    @christopheroneill77 5 років тому +9

    Thank you for the memories of laughing with my family in the '70s to old king tut, the great play I saw about Picasso and Einstein and at the grove in Lincoln Nebraska with Martin Short. I love you and your Art. again Thank you. so much.

    • @lainy8742
      @lainy8742 3 роки тому +3

      Picasso at the Lapin Agile

    • @JustLikeHeaven77
      @JustLikeHeaven77 Рік тому +1

      We are the three aaaaaaaaaamigos.
      -Randy Newman

  • @5cloudwalker
    @5cloudwalker 3 роки тому +13

    And who can forget Steve Martin singing king tut😂😂😂

  • @impitt28
    @impitt28 8 місяців тому +4

    This was the best MT prize speech.

  • @geraldfrank1630
    @geraldfrank1630 4 роки тому +10

    Anything he doesn’t excel at?! Art collector extraordinaire, etc, maybe science? 🙏 What a man!

    • @jkta97
      @jkta97 2 роки тому +1

      Don’t forget banjo virtuoso.

  • @martinhyizna3299
    @martinhyizna3299 Рік тому +3

    Still surprisingly funny every joke! I've loved him since 1975.

  • @g1churchboy
    @g1churchboy 5 років тому +32

    Brilliant.

  • @jaevegas
    @jaevegas 3 роки тому +5

    Greatest

  • @Carlos-xz3vi
    @Carlos-xz3vi 2 роки тому +2

    The Kennedy Martin Center….the way he says he wasn’t supposed to say anything is so funny. Love this man.

  • @HiThereImFootloose
    @HiThereImFootloose 4 роки тому +104

    He’s been, like, 55 years old for the last 40 years or so.

    • @fedebjalways
      @fedebjalways 3 роки тому +4

      "I guess that's the charm of looking 70 since your 30s" as Martin Short said.

    • @prashu4785
      @prashu4785 3 роки тому

      Adrenochrome

  • @pauldow1648
    @pauldow1648 4 роки тому +32

    Goes to show ya what a degree in philosophy can lead to.

  • @John-vw3lr
    @John-vw3lr 10 місяців тому +2

    Making people laugh what a gift.

  • @bgheadjack
    @bgheadjack 2 роки тому +3

    There may be no one who takes this profession more seriously than Steve Martin. A consummate pro.

  • @mlzema
    @mlzema Рік тому +4

    Steve Martin and Mark Twain would’ve been best friends.

  • @sash9249
    @sash9249 5 років тому +17

    Class act.

  • @JohnJohnson-xt4lq
    @JohnJohnson-xt4lq 4 роки тому +10

    My favorite bluegrass musician. Oh , and he’s funny as hell the rest of the time!

  • @laurencegr9978
    @laurencegr9978 5 років тому +8

    Thank you for uploading this vid!

  • @kylegreenberg59
    @kylegreenberg59 5 років тому +22

    vintage Steve Martin

  • @A-small-amount-of-peas
    @A-small-amount-of-peas 4 роки тому +9

    Might have the best comic timing of all time

  • @zk7by53msp
    @zk7by53msp 5 років тому +17

    He’s like a little puppy 🐶 he’s sweet charming funny human being ❤️

  • @arlenemulqueeney5464
    @arlenemulqueeney5464 2 роки тому +3

    Definitely comic genius and well deserved ❤

  • @neuvocastezero1838
    @neuvocastezero1838 19 днів тому

    "But when I look at those who haven't been given this award, it makes me even more satisfied."

  • @emanuelemarchisio3818
    @emanuelemarchisio3818 4 роки тому +20

    he's master in self-deprecation

    • @rukawa23gold
      @rukawa23gold 4 роки тому +4

      Or master of boombastic, self-aggrandizing, holier than thou narcissistic humor. Kennedy Martin Center, hahaha. Martin is the greatest at this type of humor. 🤣 Genius👍

  • @roxannestapleton-whyms6925
    @roxannestapleton-whyms6925 2 роки тому +2

    Much love Steve!!!

  • @omgwth7567
    @omgwth7567 3 роки тому +4

    Genius sofisticated comedian actor! 👍🙏

  • @sanekabc
    @sanekabc 4 роки тому +8

    If you did not see Steve Martin live, you did not see Steve Martin.
    If you did not see Steve Martin live, you have not laughed as hard as you can laugh.

    • @simplenough
      @simplenough 6 місяців тому

      I saw him with Short

  • @TheTriplelman
    @TheTriplelman 4 роки тому +3

    Planes, Trains and Automobiles - laugh every min.- thanks, Steve!

  • @NxDoyle
    @NxDoyle 5 років тому +43

    "He hates these cans!"

  • @mohammadrahman1862
    @mohammadrahman1862 3 роки тому +3

    A class act!

  • @dengthanchhunga8581
    @dengthanchhunga8581 4 роки тому +8

    Anyone else ever wonder how much he is going to be missed when he's gone??

    • @vienmaulia1663
      @vienmaulia1663 4 роки тому +1

      maybe I won't accept the fact that he's gone

    • @taydrabrookshire347
      @taydrabrookshire347 3 роки тому

      We’re gonna take to the streets. The entire Internet will stop what we’re doing to mourn him for a week. It’ll be a memorial for the ages.

  • @joe-vz6hx
    @joe-vz6hx 5 місяців тому +2

    Steve way to clear your throat 100 times, somewhere Newhart is beaming

  • @annatevesbanzon1359
    @annatevesbanzon1359 3 роки тому +5

    This man always makes me 😃 laugh

  • @bridgecross
    @bridgecross Рік тому +5

    For his acceptance speech he did nearly a full comedy routine. So appropriate. Some of the other recipients were funny, but didn't go whole hog.

  • @juniorberns
    @juniorberns 4 роки тому +1

    We still remember

  • @jplindsay8322
    @jplindsay8322 5 років тому +10

    😂🗣"Steve!! Steve-O!🙂Barron VonSteve! 👍

  • @michaelstone1047
    @michaelstone1047 5 років тому +6

    And a heck of a banjo player

  • @natalianoe09
    @natalianoe09 3 роки тому +3

    why did this video get so little views?

  • @jdaniels1313
    @jdaniels1313 5 місяців тому +1

    "...to be here at the Kennedy-Martin Center--oh... I wasn't supposed to say anything..."

  • @dizzydino1
    @dizzydino1 2 роки тому +2

    Sooo witty 🌹💞

  • @thejils1669
    @thejils1669 6 місяців тому

    "Whatever you do, for God's sake, do not name a prize after me." MT actually said that!

  • @belindared3389
    @belindared3389 7 місяців тому

    Me I love Steve Martin ❤❤❤❤❤

  • @isorokudono
    @isorokudono 3 роки тому +2

    Leave to a Canadian to actually HONOR TWAIN. My favorite quote from Sam Clements'? It's about dogs. "The dog is a GENTLEMAN, when I die, I hope to go to HIS heaven NOT man's."

  • @mjproebstle
    @mjproebstle 4 роки тому +6

    American treasure

  • @Writtenmirror
    @Writtenmirror 5 років тому +9

    Lol he's funny and always has been

  • @himalayanmeditations4674
    @himalayanmeditations4674 Рік тому

    This is one of the funniest Mark Twain acceptance speeches

  • @kuhnhan
    @kuhnhan Рік тому

    What I appreciate about Steve Martin is that he doesn't dumb it down. If you don't get it, oh well.

  • @ericheine2414
    @ericheine2414 4 роки тому +15

    Steve if we had caught your sense of humor at a young enough age we could have done something about it. Have you tried an overcoat?

  • @samdede972
    @samdede972 3 роки тому +2

    Steve Martin is the best comedian of all time.

  • @saiyansomething73
    @saiyansomething73 4 роки тому +17

    Too bad his career in cat juggling didn't work out.

  • @joycenkenes
    @joycenkenes 9 місяців тому

    he's so deserves this

  • @robertocarlosgomezsosa8549
    @robertocarlosgomezsosa8549 3 роки тому

    What better time that now to take a moment and recaunt all the ... Jajaja very funny

  • @Taooflu
    @Taooflu 3 роки тому

    Classic. I feel like Martin Short should have come out of a knapsack at the end.

  • @tonychu6441
    @tonychu6441 6 днів тому

    He's great. Too bad the orchestra almost missed their cue at the end though....

  • @Silmikaffa1
    @Silmikaffa1 3 роки тому +1

    I learned English by listening the Beatles and Steve jokes LoL

    • @gimlisbeardcomb
      @gimlisbeardcomb 3 роки тому

      Even crazier is Steve learned English by listening to the Beatles

  • @jeremycameron1079
    @jeremycameron1079 Рік тому

    pure genius

  • @werdna1969
    @werdna1969 2 роки тому +1

    So that’s why they renamed it Kennedy Martin Center!

    • @seanwebb605
      @seanwebb605 Рік тому +1

      In following years it became the Quicken Loans Center.

  • @lisalinde566
    @lisalinde566 2 роки тому

    If I can stay focused.

  • @FrenchwithBasu
    @FrenchwithBasu 2 роки тому

    😍😍😍❤❤❤👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

  • @eldiablo9841
    @eldiablo9841 2 роки тому +2

    Intelligent comedy.

  • @NameLess-wv6fe
    @NameLess-wv6fe 5 років тому +4

    The one and only Fyre festival

  • @donaldkeltner1073
    @donaldkeltner1073 7 місяців тому

    No one does stupidly arrogant better than Steve Martin.

  • @jennifernelson7235
    @jennifernelson7235 8 місяців тому

    I saw him in Phoenix about 40 years ago on a relatively small stage. John Sebastian was the opening act. Both were marvelous. Martin was in his King Tut and cat toys phase.

  • @davidtaylor111
    @davidtaylor111 2 роки тому

    Is dry smart ass humor is hilarious

  • @billyallmon5039
    @billyallmon5039 4 роки тому +2

    Dam good picker to

  • @4knewt505
    @4knewt505 5 років тому +4

    This sounded like a Trump speech when he kept talking in circles🤣 funnier and more beautiful

  • @robertmartinez9084
    @robertmartinez9084 2 роки тому

    Laughing since I was 6

  • @tomcat4841
    @tomcat4841 4 роки тому +5

    Steve Martin is to Mark Twain what Shania Twain is to Mark Twain.

  • @alessandrorossini8704
    @alessandrorossini8704 Рік тому

    Funniest guy 😁

  • @howardmccauley7878
    @howardmccauley7878 4 роки тому +1

    These cans are defective. The Jerk!

  • @JACKnJESUS
    @JACKnJESUS Рік тому

    10 minutes...bet he worked on it for 3 months. That's what it takes.

  • @barryrichman9424
    @barryrichman9424 2 роки тому

    Who is Mark Twain ?

  • @Aarona_TheVirgo
    @Aarona_TheVirgo 6 місяців тому

    😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @noahvr5675
    @noahvr5675 2 роки тому

    😂😂🤣🤣❤❤💘💘

  • @scoopjames1
    @scoopjames1 4 роки тому

    I don't know why, but, even though I've always loved Steve Martin as a comedian, I never enjoyed him as a banjo player. He just doesn't seem to emit the kind of "soul" I have heard from the true southern or blue ridge, etc. banjo players. I can only say I am honest when I express my opinion.

    • @josephbrosk4384
      @josephbrosk4384 3 роки тому

      Just a thought, but maybe you are watching Steve Martin play the banjo instead of listening to him. Those "true southern or blue ridge, etc banjo players" tend to be bluegrass only, Scruggs-style only. While that in itself is very good, real banjo music comes in many flavors, and Hall of Fame banjo players (like Earl Scruggs and Steve Martin) understand that. One of the best, if not THE best , banjo player in the world comes from Switzerland! His name is Jens Kruger.

    • @arvinbuenaagua5161
      @arvinbuenaagua5161 Рік тому

      I like his NPR performance

  • @juanlobato
    @juanlobato 2 роки тому +1

    Ukranian flag background 💙💛

  • @LIE11Bldg7
    @LIE11Bldg7 4 роки тому

    He should have played off with his banjo or at least banjo music played him off the stage either way he should have had his banjo with him

  • @paulsolon6229
    @paulsolon6229 3 місяці тому +1

    His other speeches are funnier

  • @TheMartianMancumpster
    @TheMartianMancumpster 6 місяців тому

    Even though hes a bit to woke for me he does say some funny stuff occasionally

  • @Jahzy143
    @Jahzy143 2 роки тому

    🤣🤣🤣🤣