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Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life - Martin, Steve

Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life

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Steve Martin has been an international star for over thirty years. Here, for the first time, he looks back to the beginning of his career and charmingly evokes the young man he once was. Born in Texas but raised in California, Steve was seduced early by the comedy shows that played on the radio when the family travelled back and forth to visit relatives. When Disneyland opened just a couple of miles away from home, an enchanted Steve was given his first chance to learn magic and entertain an audience. He describes how he ...

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Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life
2008, Scribner Book Company, New York, NY

ISBN-13: 9781416553656

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2008, Scribner Book Company, New York, NY

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2008, Simon & Schuster Ltd, London

ISBN-13: 9781847391483

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2007, Simon & Schuster Audio, New York, NY

ISBN-13: 9780743569729

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2007, Thorndike Press, Waterville, ME

ISBN-13: 9781410403124

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2007, Simon & Schuster Ltd, London

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Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life

2008, Trade paperback

ISBN-13:

9781416553656

Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life

2008, Hardcover

ISBN-13:

9781416553649

Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life

2008, Paperback

ISBN-13:

9781847391483

Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life

2007, Audiobook CD

ISBN-13:

9780743569729

Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life

2007, Hardcover

ISBN-13:

9781410403124

Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life

2007, Hardcover

ISBN-13:

9781847371034

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frankmor

Oct 14, 2010

The cost of polishing your Comedy Act on your Soul

How Steve Martin polished his legendary comedy act - and made it seem the funniest thing in the world -cost him dearly - and if this tale be true, one amazing story of a boy raised inside Anaheim, Disneyland, has so polished his ACT and made his ACT SO BAD, that it makes the Offense a skill. His story of spending his youth training in the magic store of Disneyland; adding precious seconds over time to his comedy act, is at once an anxiety attack and a tribute to how luck can be leveraged into a legendary (seemingly effortless at the time) comedy career. Now that Steve is no longer funny, his anxiety attacks can recede and this story can be told.

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