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  • The riveting, mega-bestselling, beloved and highly acclaimed memoir of a man, a vocation, and an era named one of the ten best nonfiction titles of the year by Time and Entertainment Weekly.
  • In the mid-seventies, Steve Martin exploded onto the comedy scene. By 1978 he was the biggest concert draw in the history of stand-up. In 1981 he quit forever. This book is, in his own words, the story of "why I did stand-up and why I walked away."
  • Emmy and Grammy Award–winner, author of the acclaimed New York Times bestsellers Shopgirl and The Pleasure of My Company, and a regular contributor to The New Yorker, Martin has always been a writer. His memoir of his years in stand-up is candid, spectacularly amusing, and beautifully written.
  • At age ten Martin started his career at Disneyland, selling guidebooks in the newly opened theme park. In the decade that followed, he worked in the Disney magic shop and the Bird Cage Theatre at Knott's Berry Farm, performing his first magic/comedy act a dozen times a week. The story of these years, during which he practiced and honed his craft, is moving and revelatory. The dedication to excellence and innovation is formed at an astonishingly early age and never wavers or wanes.
  • Martin illuminates the sacrifice, discipline, and originality that made him an icon and informs his work to this day. To be this good, to perform so frequently, was isolating and lonely. It took Martin decades to reconnect with his parents and sister, and he tells that story with great tenderness. Martin also paints a portrait of his times—the era of free love and protests against the war in Vietnam, the heady irreverence of The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour in the late sixties, and the transformative new voice of Saturday Night Live in the seventies.
  • Throughout the text, Martin has placed photographs, many never seen before. Born Standing Up is a superb testament to the sheer tenacity, focus, and daring of one of the greatest and most iconoclastic comedians of all time.
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Steve Martin's memoir Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life [amazon.com] is $1.99 on Kindle at Amazon. It's a great read.
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Excellent book, his writing skills are great and he's had an interesting life and many phases. The audiobook is read by him and it's superb.
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11-30-2022 at 10:48 AM.
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Quote from SmackmYackm :
Clicked only to find I already purchased this book 8 and a half years ago, and still haven't read it.

I'm an absolute failure.

Not a failure at all. Just a free reminder that you haven't yet read this book.
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11-30-2022 at 11:11 AM.
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All I need is this book. This book and this lamp. And my dog. Just this book, this lamp and my dog. That's all I need.
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11-30-2022 at 11:43 AM.
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I've had a lifelong crush on Steve Martin. I can't wait to read this.
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11-30-2022 at 11:47 AM.
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Not that this adds anything that hasn't already been said, but I read this a few years ago and absolutely loved it. Anyone with any interest in Martin or even just comedy in general shouldn't even blink at this price, just buy it. No brainer.
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11-30-2022 at 12:43 PM.
11-30-2022 at 12:43 PM.
Great cover for the book. Steve was here filming Parenthood years ago. When people asked him for his autograph he gave them a signed business card that said you found him to be charming witty etc. I have it someplace in my storage.
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11-30-2022 at 02:51 PM.
11-30-2022 at 02:51 PM.
Quote from televisionarchives :
Great cover for the book. Steve was here filming Parenthood years ago. When people asked him for his autograph he gave them a signed business card that said you found him to be charming witty etc. I have it someplace in my storage.
I love that! It's such a Steve Martin thing to do. I lost interest in collecting autographs many yeas ago (I tend to just stick the autographed whatever in a box and forget it, so stopped bothering). But if I had that Steve Martin card, it would be framed on my wall, right next to his A Wild and Crazy Guy album that's already there. (That album cover also happens to be the cover of this book, though sometimes I flip it to show the back photo of him doing King Tut on SNL.)
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11-30-2022 at 04:43 PM.
11-30-2022 at 04:43 PM.
One of the first audiobooks I ever purchased and probably my favorite. Not only is the content great, he does an excellent job in delivering the book. I paid a lot more than this and it was worth it.
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Itchiee
12-02-2022 at 10:13 AM.
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In for one, thanks op.

I always dug this wild and crazy guy....
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