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Born standing up a comic's life6/25/2023 , but with a visit to his parents and Knott's Berry Farm, where he first performed as a teenager. Tellingly, this intimate early career recap ends not with Martin's decision to give up live performance or his first starring role in The Jerk Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. rather, he's warm and generous toward everyone in his life, including girlfriends and colleagues. Note Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Though the book is vivid and entertaining throughout, Martin doesn't dish any behind-the-scenes dirt from Saturday Night Live Sharp insight accompanies stories of his first adult gig (at an empty San Francisco coffeehouse), his pioneering “no punch lines†style (“My goal was to make the audience laugh but leave them unable to describe what it was that had made them laughâ€), appearances on programs like The Steve Allen Comedy HourĪnd breakthrough moments with small, confused audiences. , and the evolution of his stand-up routine. The typically reticent performer shares rarely disclosed memories of childhood—his father, a failed actor, harbored increasing anger toward his son through the years—and the anxiety attacks that plagued him for some two decades, along with his early success as a television comedy writer, first for The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour ) chronicles his life as a gifted young comedian in this evocative, heartfelt memoir, which proves less wild and crazy than wise and considerate—though no less funny for it. Neatly combining his personal and professional worlds, beloved comedian, filmmaker, author, magician and banjoist Martin ( Pure Drivel
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