So Many Steves, Steve Martin and Adam Gopnik

 

So Many Steves:  Afternoons with Steve Martin by Steve Martin and Adam Gopnik is an audio only book which is a collection of interviews.

Started: 6/25/2023
Completed: 6/26/2023
Recommendation: Highly Recommended
Recommended By: My wife, who knows I am a big Steve Martin fan

Review:

Walking in the door, this was going to have to be a marked departure from Steve Martin for me not to enjoy it.  I thought it was great.  Really enjoyed it.

Born Standing Up, Steve Martin

Born Standing Up:  A comic's life by Steve Martin is an autobiography by my favorite comic.

Started:  2/12/2018

Completed: 2/18/2018

Recommended By: Nobody

Recommendation: Hilarious and very informative

Review:

I learned a lot about Steve Martin and many of the things that I learned helped me understand how Mr. Martin's act was so carefully crafted and yet felt so spontaneous.  This autobiography is mostly about his stand up career with very little attention paid to his movies.  I understand that as his movie career feels "current" but his stand-up is over.  Still I wish he had included more about his more recent life.  I really liked that he covered his public life very completely while managing to leave a lot of his private life personal.