The Genius that is Steve Martin

ByJohn P.

Steve MartinFolks, everyone knows Steve Martin, and most of us love him (screw you buddy, if you don’t!). But I bet you had no idea how wide ranging his talents are. Luckily, I’m going to show you right now!

Martin’s comedy career began when he started writing material for other people. Initially he landed a job writing for The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, and ended up winning an Emmy Award in 1969. After writing for John Denver, Glen Campbell and Sonny and Cher, he later earned another Emmy nomination for VanDyke and Company.

Martin has also written two novellas, Shopgirl and The Pleasure of My Company. When asked in an interview about his novella, Steve said:

I wrote a novel this year called ‘Shop Girl,’ and several producers came to me and wanted to turn it into a movie. And I said, “If you think you’re going to take this book and change it around, and Hollywoodize it and change the ending… that’s going to cost you.

Oh, and as we all know he was also a star on Saturday Night Live, and he’s been in about 2,000 movies. However, keep reading and we’ll go over a whole list of stuff you did NOT know about Steve Martin.

Here is Steve Martin playing banjo with Earl Scruggs on the Letterman Show. Damn this boy can work it!

Now, here he is performing a magic act:

Making balloon animals…

Oh, and he can dance! Here he is making Michael Jackson just plain look bad…

What, you didn’t like that? Well, here’s Steve Martin tap dancing and singing with Gregory Hines:

He created brilliant shorts like The Absent Minded Waiter:

And he routinely did interviews on Carson, Letterman, and even Jiminy Glick (actually Martin’s long time buddy Martin Short)! Oh, and he’s an avid art collector, which comes out in this interview…

Finally, here is Steve Carrell roasting Steve Martin at the 2007 Kennedy Center Honors where he received the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. An honor he richly deserves.

By the way, Steve if you’re reading this we’ve practically got the same birthday. I mean, if you were born at 12:01am on August 14th, and I was born on August 13th at 11:59pm, then we’d only be born 2 minutes and 25 years apart. And that practically makes us brothers. So give me a call and we’ll do lunch! Any time – any place.

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John P. is a former CEO, former TV Show Host, and the Founder and Wizard behind Texas Metal Works. You can find him on X, Facebook and LinkedIn. Feel free to send shoutouts, insults, and praise.

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11 Comments

  1. He is a all rounder, a genius that can practically do anything. But I’m not that keen with his comedy acting.. Maybe it’s just not my type of humor..
    Blesses

  2. Could we slip him in for John McCain? Same hair but smiles a lot more and might be able to get the world to laugh with us not . . . well you know. Probably would have some really inventive solutions to big problems. Besides this election could use some humor!

  3. Martin’s serious side including his talent in art, and performance music are largely overlooked. His pyhsical comedic style is reminiscent of chaplin, but he brings a modern relevance to it. One of my favorite entertainers.

  7. Awesome – he’s just totally awesome! I love him! It’s funny, because, as a kid – I thought he was kind of homely. And now, as a 37 year old woman, I think he’s sexy as hell! And his range of talents is amazing – how cute was he with that banjo!!

    There are few actors that I would really want to own all their stuff, but, I would love to have a collection of all of Steve Martin’s and Robin Williams’ movies, etc.

    Now I can’t just hang out here all day – I’ve got work to do! No more video posts! LOL!! Totally kidding – I love your compilations!

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