Steve Martin "I am a wild and crazy guy"

[SRCW624]

Chris became aware of speed...

[TheLeoOfCostaRica]

Not the Beatles, mind you. I was talking about Steve Martin.

[samhellsup]

The Jerk is a great film.

[lurch321]

Steve was SO much better as a stand-up comedian (as opposed to an actor). Who knew back then that he'd eventually do such dreck as Shopgirl?

[1958Rae]

What ever happened to that guy? The jerk was amazing and now he does such main stream boring things.Sigh

[MsThebeMoon]

Gotta love this era. Every party there was a Cheech and Chong and a couple of Wild and Crazy Guys ... while we rolled another one just like the other one and listened to the best frick'in music of all time. yeah. good times, good memories.

[cheeriosinabowl]

I remember this quite well. I still have to laugh at it, quality comedy.

[tixan]

@SuperMackDaddie Because you don't know what comedy is ;(

[ERoBB1]

People ate this stuff up. I'll never understand.

[cgountanis]

@ERoBB1 It was before my time as well but people just had fun. Gota loosen up a little, or try to without the drugs they used in the 60's :-)

[EricandDish]

Ashley and Crypto, what I meant to say was "what they did from 1975-79". Sure it's hard not to mention The Rolling Stones, Queen, and Led Zeppelin; but what I was referring to in terms of popularity.

[bagelboi66]

He's awesome! I have two of his records (yes records, it was the 70's after all), Let's Get Small and Wild and Crazy Guy. I have nothing to play them on now but still I treasure them. His film career pales to his genius at stand up.

[Wonka275]

A W-EYE-ULD an' CA-RAY-ZAY GUY!!!

[szqsk8]

That's the best!

[MrOliwow]

Заряд бодрого духа !

Да !

[hjb103055]

@SuperMackDaddie You had to be there.

[dominqez]

haha did you hear mo rocca's voice at the end?

[EricandDish]

What Steve Martin did to comedy in the last half of the 1970's is just like what ABBA and Barry Manilow did to music of that time: So good it was scary. Speaking of scary, it came just as George Carlin, Richard Pryor, Rodney Dangerfield, David Brenner, and Robert Klein were all in their prime and got runned over by Martin. I'm telling you, he and Don Rickles are the only two comedians that I can't stop laughing (Martin mentions Rickles as one of his idols in his book "Born Standing Up").

[AshleyMarkPomeroy]

@EricandDish ABBA and *Barry Manilow*? So you didn't think he was much cop?

[Cryptorchild92]

@EricandDish ABBA and Barry manilow = Good Music???.... Since when????... if you want good Music from the 1970's there's Black Sabbath, Deep purple, Led Zep, The rolling stones , Queen and Rush...Thats REAL 70's Awesome music...Not pathetic euro-pop nausea-inducements Abba.... No offence intended...

[MengoMango]

God that looks awful

[IronAndSteelTilDeath]

Steve Martin has to be one of the greatest overall entertainers of all time.

[LearnWithGern]

Gotta love the Fonz holding the prop at the end!

[7855waldo]

“Tut’s Harrow Arrow Hit Point Barrow” A boy’s errant rubber Egyptian arrow Slick and narrow Shot by Student Tut At School at Harrow Landed in his Winter Condo Stona Brrrrrr! Colda! Up in Alaska’s distant Old Point Barrow.

[szqsk8]

Thanks for posting! This really takes me back to the good days of my youth. I was just out if high school in 1976 and Steve was the hottest ticket in town back then. Always loved the King Tut song. :-)

[Dix994]

Everything about him is funny, his face, the way he moves, everything~

I hear he is really a very serious person, and has one of the most extensive art collections in the world. If there were 2 celebrities I could meet, it would be him and Tom Petty.

[7855waldo]

@Dix994 Keep your distance. He is hostile to strangers at the drop of a hat, and the comedy act is just that - an act.

Take all of Johnny Carson's neurosis and multiply by ten and that SM.

[tink5864]

LOL!!!

[rupbe]

This passed as funny?

[Paahau]

@rupbe Yeah I'm looking at this and thinking the same thing, this is stupid. But what's strange is that I no doubt laughed my ass off at it back in the 70's!

[kemosabi4]

@rupbe

If you don't think any of that is even slightly funny, I'm sorry to inform you that you are a dried-up shell of a human being, devoid of emotions, and any relationships you maintain with anyone interesting is most likely done so through pity.  I would suggest suicide.

[rupbe]

@kemosabi4 SLAPSTICK OMFG! GENIUS!11 No, I just think you're too easily amused. This is obvioudly devoid of any modicum of intelligence. But to each their own.

[kemosabi4]

@rupbe Using complicated words like modicum may make you seem intelligent on the internet, but I can see through to the fact that you only use such words to place yourself on a pedestal above the rest of us. Comedy of this sort is not only for the weak-minded. Funny how you talk about opinions while degrading me as easily amused. I challenge you to find a high level of intelligence in any comedy. We must all learn to lower our standards if we are to enjoy life. Like they say, ignorance is bliss.

[kemosabi4]

@rupbe Oh, and if you actually LISTENED to his stand-up, you would know just how masterful he is in the art of comedy, not just physical comedy.

[MrAlexBarclay]

always a classic. i have this album!!!!

[DrewLinehan]

HOW DID YOU GAT SO FUNKY KING TUT!?!?

[KnightsbridgeAce]

Good show.

[trex65ghia]

i never thought any of this was funny...

[bigjimsteelrod]

really?

[kryptonsucks]

god steve martin is a fucking cornball

[velvetsnape]

Oh, my goodness! Can't anyone just post the original full skit?! There's these knock off with these 2 idiots copying i but who ever watches just wants Steve!

[evernetherall]

@velvetsnape

me 2! Couldn't agree more!

Thank U-4 being brave enuf to say so! Yay!

Luv'th'Net! Thass'mee! //^_^\\

[HeyWhatsYourProb]

ummmm yea.....oka?

[EricandDish]

My mother once told me that she and my father saw him perform when he came to Chicago in the late-70's and Mom said that it was the only time she laughed so hard she didn't know if she was going to cry or crap in her pants.

[1019drummer]

lv em......................

[theslayer22]

wild and crazy doesn't even begin to cover it lol

[KiddyRideOnTheLoose]

haha, wild and crazy indeed

[tcampbellla]

Steve Martin...very funny.

"King Tut" not so much.....

[reichmarshall]

What I'd really like to know is when Ron Howard first became aware of Steve!

[ThouShaltNotFear01]

I recommend reading Martin's autobiography, Born Standing Up. It's very insightful to how he met certain people, and his inspirations and hopes and dreams. I've read it twice and each time I have more respect for him.

[IsThatASin]

@reichmarshall

Howard's another great.

Remember "Parenthood"?

Ron directing, with Steve, Dianne Wiest, Keanu Reeves, Rick Moranis....

One of my all time favorites

[DarthVaderMG]

I WILL be next!

[ToLokyo]

Ahhh~!! I wanna be you Steve!

[auntynomi]

LOL! OMG! this could totally be my husband!

[Jewels2022]

This is about as funny as it gets. 45 seconds of pure laughter! His imitation of Michael Jackson is classic too.

[recaulkulous]

I like the way he dances.

[MiladyToxic]

i love this flailing arms lol

[tmariewat]

love steve martin! grew up on his stand up...some of his lines are a part of my family's regular jokes and lines. Good stuff.

[Braniodos777]

hahaha, i love him. hes so funny.

"i am... A WILD AND CRAZY GUY!

[TriVo011993]

lol i love how he says it XD

[alyrae7]

i know i reply the " I AM A WILD AND CRAZY GUY" part over and over!

[metalocalypse1010]

Wow, I'm kind of glad he quit standup, he sounds and looks like he has major case of downs syndrome

[dragonxz61]

dude steve is too good 2 quit

[Composer1990]

I still can't believe Steve Martin quit standup because he thought he wasn't good enough.

[imbecile4]

Until The Pink Panther garbage!!!!

[MiladyToxic]

garbage?? don't you love "zee hambuuourguer" moments? XD

[flipper165]

Cool dance moves at 0:28.

[ckilgore1]

Most people have no idea how hard it is to stage a "slip of the foot" like 0:10 and make it look like it isn't staged. If you watch it several times it truly looks like he slipped. The reason I know he didn't really slip is I've seen him do many times in different performances. He's an incredible artist.

[bedimpled215]

gosh, i rewinded that part a couple of times to see if it was staged. hmm. note to self: learn how to do a realistic slip.

[Nate2764]

currently reading born standing up. i saw planes, trains, and automobiles when i was about 3 and ive loved steve martin ever since.

[HornyMooseProduction]

this guy is my fuking idol

[Uzonion]

God I wish they had his 1979 Live stuff on DVD, I'd buy it in a heartbeat. But who cares, the guy is amazing. I'm 17 and proudly admit to having a crush on him, but it helps that he's looked the same for over 20 years. lol

[gbushimprov]

He's looked the same from the mid 70's through to about the turn of the century. It's only recently that he's started to show his age.

[wolfborn10]

lol, I know right.

[TEMPmichaelhansen]

the standup VHS is out of print "Steve Martin Live" was done in 1979 and avaliable on VHS for years, you will have to go from video store to video store...

[TEMPmichaelhansen]

that was Henry Winkler at the end, holding that ...

[musicl0ver722]

Yes, Henry Winkler made a cameo in one of Steve's "King Tut"performances. Steve mentions it in the performance. It's on Youtube somewhere.

[huttut519]

omg i wish i could see some of that stuff...........im 14

[forwardpass]

I feel bad for people who weren't alive yet to see his stand up days.

[filmgeek22]

@forwardpass yeah i wish i was aline then and living in america to see it :(

[darkestdays11]

@forwardpass i wasnt but i have his WCG cd from my dad and I love the shit outa it...Bill cosby george carlin steve martin and a few more my favs

[LovingBundleOfHate]

@forwardpass do you know the name of this show?

[forwardpass]

@LovingBundleOfHate Not sure about the name of the show. That's Ron Howard's voice at the end so it must have been some kind of Comedy Central retrospective from the 90's on Steve Martin's career. The comedy bits from the video, though, are from the album Wild and Crazy Guy.

[LovingBundleOfHate]

@forwardpass thanks.. i remember knowing at one point because he's a well known skit.. i'll find it some how anyway thanks

[DonJacobim]

@forwardpass I wasn't alive for that. And I feel bad for me too.

[irocz0r]

@forwardpass Steve Martin sucked just as hard then as he does now. Steve Martin was never funny.

[msdrunkula]

@irocz0r imbécile

[irocz0r]

@msdrunkula As if this is intelligent humor? HAH.

[msdrunkula]

@irocz0r What?

[afertyus1000]

@irocz0r yea he was the epitome in cringeworthy films of america,everything that made you reach for the sick bucket

[irocz0r]

@afertyus1000 It's one thing that his films are so shitty, but it's amazing that even back in the day, his stand-up was equally stupid. Just an idiot flailing his arms around. Stupid humor for stupid people.

[redfordforpresident]

@irocz0r Listen to John Lennon sing Instant Karma, designed for youtubers like you.

[irocz0r]

@redfordforpresident The Beatles are the most overrated band of all time. It's just the mainstream pop music of its time.

[TheLeoOfCostaRica]

@irocz0r

Agreed. Overrated as all hell.

[lesr131]

hahhahah he truly is a wild and crazy guy