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- Publisher: Simon & Schuster
- ISBN: 0743569725
- WAPI (Tower ID): 108534971
- Release Date: November 20, 2007
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- Tower.com Sales Rank: #76199 in Books (See Top 100 Books Bestsellers)
- #2139 in Biography & Autobiography (See Top 100 Biography & Autobiography Bestsellers)
- #483 in General (See Top 100 General Bestsellers)
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Product DescriptionRun a Quick Search on "Born Standing Up" by Steve Martin to Browse Related Products:Browse more products related to "Born Standing Up"Browse more products related to "Steve Martin"Review"[Steve] Martin conducts his chaos from a cool remove; what you admire is the ordering intelligence behind the mess." "Steve Martin's BORN STANDING UP is a spare, unexpectedly resonant remembrance of things past...a smart, gentlemanly, modest book." Publisher's noteThe Emmy Award-winning comedian shares the stories of his years in stand-up comedy in a humorous memoir that recalls a first job selling guidebooks at Disneyland, his early magic and comedy act, his years of honing his craft, and the sacrifice, discipline, and originality it took to take him to the top, set against the backdrop of the tumultuous 1960s and 1970s. 350,000 first printing. AnnotationIn this fiercely intelligent and strangely detached memoir--a portrait of the comic as a young man--Steve Martin describes the formation of his unconventional comic style, and reveals that for all his apparent zaniness, he approached his craft with the thoughtful precision of a mathematician. Martin's sharp analysis of his own psychology is particularly interesting, especially in his revelations about his father, a cold, brutal, silent man who wrote a disparaging review of his son's first SNL appearance. As a boy, Martin found solace and relief from his icy family life by devoting himself to comedy, meticulously honing the art of laughter, though he remained emotionally withdrawn. Even in the midst of his madcap Dadaist performance, his brain, he tells us, viewed everything from a distance, taking notes in a nearly clinical fashion on his actions and the audience's reactions. His look back at his early days provides unusual insights about Steve Martin as a human being and a comic, and about the nature of comedy itself. If You Enjoy "Born Standing Up (Audio)", May We Also Recommend:Customer Reviews for "Born Standing Up (Audio)" by Steve Martin (Author)There are no customer reviews yet. Be the first to write a review! General Bestsellers
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