Steve Martin

I saw a trailer for Pink Panther 2 in front of Yes Man. (Yes Man? An average comedy. Funny bits. Sappy bits. Zooey Desanchel is frickin adorable and awesome.)

I love Steve Martin. My sense of humour owes so much to him. My dad watched Martin, Monty Python, the Pink Panther movies and SNL with me when I was very young.

Thanks dad.

Seriously.

But manoman do his latest movies make me sad.

Especially since I just finished his book about his stand up days. Born Standing Up is a great read for Steve Martin fans. I can't say how it would play to non fans. But it is well written, funny and informative. It captures the spirit of a few different decades and how they affected Steve and his approach to his material.

And it details how it was a combination of luck, hard work and interesting connections that got him to the top of the heap.

It stops when his stand up career does, so it mentions not at all his sad, sad later days. I think that would be just as interesting.

But way more depressing.