The Elegance of Steve Martin

[DumbledoresAmy]

@3:10 was impressive! Whole thing is great though! Thanks!

[zillsburyy1]

oh god , the fucking memories

[drickert]

If you watch this video to Elton John's "Dont go breaking my heart" its 10000000 times more hilarious.

[bPosiLive]

very nicely timed! flowed and punctuated very well. must've taken awhile. came off hilariously!

[cosg9531]

Never was much impressed with this guy as a comedian.  (Opinions vary). As a person, a class act.

[ohworldgirl]

This is actually a really nice "owed" to Steve Martin - you never realize how much someone has actually contributed so many laughs to your life... until watching something like this. I forgot about that King Tut skit he did or whatever and "All of Me" he was genius in that scene where Lily Thomlin was supposed to be controlling part of his body -- awesome. And of course Dirty Rotten Scoundrels is simply one of my favorite films/ and comedic films period! Thanks for posting!

[stefunky42]

@ohworldgirl Thank you glad you enjoy it

[MehrunesDaagon]

@ohworldgirl Dirty Rotten Scoundrels is epic! :)

[TheHabsfan1993]

Musicianship and comedy are Steve Martin's strongest traits! Great video!!

[knightflyte]

Excellent Stefunky42.

[tonimd4me]

Well done!!! Fantastic timing of the music. Love it! Thank you for the smiles!

[starnarcosis]

And people talk about John Cleese' Silly Walks. He hasn't anything on Steve.

[BenjaminTLaing]

What? No tennis racket fight scene?

[RedFreya13]

KUDOS!!!! Absolutely terrific editing by stefunky42 here! Blew me away, even if a bit fuzzy here & there...fuzz happens ;D

[helloimtess]

i love that man, always have.

*sigh*

[ChelseyCSD]

LOVE his dancing.... and he is so cute !

[terryg219]

Thank you for a wonderful compilation! And I think the music suits perfectly. Although I had a steady diet of Steve from my early teens onward, his superb and graceful physical comedy really struck me with "Roxanne." I never, ever tire of him (although I always thought "Father of the Bride" was unworthy of his talents).

[Takaouto]

I love the ones from The Jerk - "Be somebody!" [doesn't he look like a young Harrison Ford in that scene? :)] and getting his name in the phonebook.  lolz.

[blkchk]

One of the best and very underrated.

[lebarosky]

In Dirty Rotten Scoundrels Martin achieves facial expressions so demented that one wonders how someone could display them and retain one's humanity.

[Greenspots84]

Love the video AND the music (and Steve Martin, of course!) Thanks for sharing this. :)

[tickdog3]

man that guy makes me laugh!

[Lisajourney3467]

Very Nice Job...enjoyed it.....thanks

[saintsebastian]

Hey what movie did 1:22-1:26 com from?

[saintsebastian]

Hey what movie did 1:22-1:26 com from?

[Tourasin]

@saintsebastian not sure, maybe La Story? Either that or All of me.

[kinnika]

By far, one of the funniest and most talented men in our existence.

[treylorpark3]

This is great! haha!

[staigepatchy]

steve, you are my hero.

[DionysisMaenad]

I can't imagine the past four decades without Steve Martin. Brilliant!

[SethHesio]

The last decade has been a little missable though. But he is an magically funny man.

[omagine]

thanks for doing this. SOMEONE had to, and you did a great job. There's only one Steve!

[dondons1987]

haha nice use of the word "plethora" love Steve Martin <3

[Mana3andme]

Just lovely

[REDNECKDEW]

lol 0:12 - 0:17

[IsThatASin]

eine kleine nacht Musik

nice choice

[b1234joking]

sorry... im new to this, i'll try to comment on things i know about, i was ignoring the video and just adding comment's. i'll try to educate myself with more shaun martin movies from here on in. =)

[BrooksfilmProdCo]

"Thank Youuu." - Rupret the monkey boy.

[sonjasheadache]

What a very nice tribute to a guy who has made us a laugh

[SpaceAceTX]

plethora:

"painlesssuicide" was quoting a line from Three Amigos then "b1234joking" slams him, duh.

Stay in school kids, don't be the idiot that never gets the joke due to lack of knowledge. I remember at a party someone told a joke with reference to John Wilkes Booth, and a guy goes "who"?

He was a better laugh than the joke.

Ignorance is not bliss, ha.

[b1234joking]

a plethora is......... hang on who gives a toss just watch the clip numb nuts

[boydegg]

@b1234joking Educate yourself, Ruprect the monkey boy.

[painlessissuicide]

Do you know what a "plethora" is? I would hate for someone to tell me we have a plethora, when he does not know what a plethora is.

[xearther]

Others may obsess about a "Date with Drew". I'd take a "Lunch with Steve" any day. A thousand questions for the man. If I had a brother I'd want him to be Steve.

[Flatlegs]

RUPRECT!!!

[boydegg]

@Flatlegs Excuse me, may I go to the bathroom?

[fuzzycublb]

You know what moment I consider Steve Martin's classiest and sweetest and would like to see again?  His opening monologue on SNL right after Gilda Radner died.

[docxxx64]

@fuzzycublb Thats why I did the youtube search of Martin/ Radner but its not on here

[btovaas]

Would have been better with banjo music!

[stefunky42]

Hmm. That's a good idea. I'll look into it.

[rofflewafflespdq]

I'd say keep the video as is, with the violin. It really fits... since it IS called "The Elegance of S. Martin"

the video made my day, too. the man's a character

[gypsyrox]

My uncle was in My Blue Heaven and he said Steve Martin couldn't have been any nicer :)

[stefunky42]

Wow neeto!

[gypsyrox]

That was awesome!! Great job :)

[jksonny]

Great job!

[eyedentifeye]

Steve Martin is the most physically coordinated comic actor there is since the Silent Era!

[DumblyBrilliant]

I think the people coming on here saying things like, "This guy is a legend" are really Steve Martin and his agent using different names.

[stefunky42]

Alright! Glad you guys enjoy it.

[astaroth333777]

@stefunky42 steve martin in great

[thebizzel]

this guy is a legend .. .great video

[cheaterfive100]

Great video! Thanks for the fun.

[peterhent]

Absolutely superb compilation. Don't ever remove your YouTube account! I want to keep coming back to this vid :)

[lyngstad1994]

does anyone know where i can find the full version of gilda and steve dancing at 3:22 on youtube?

[heiditfm]

I have been looking for that too--SNL is very protective about its material. I have had no luck with that or King Tut.

[03hughjass08]

planes trains and automobiles & dirty rotten scoundrels = best movies ever!

[cmother1]

Great stuff! Nobody moves quite like Steve Martin. A Question: Does anyone know what the incidental music used in Roxanne is during CD's week of letter writing? It sounds too good to be anything less than Mozart, but I've never been able to find out what it is.

[stefunky42]

Have you checked the credits at the end of the film?

[cmother1]

Yes - all they seem to have are the contemporary pieces.

[iluvpepi]

@cmother1

It IS Mozart. The faster piece that plays while he goes all over town to mail each letter is the 3rd movement from his Divertimento , K136.  The other one before that is probably from one of his string quartets

[denaliano]

WELL DONE!!!!!!!!!!!1

[stefunky42]

:D  Thank you.

[gonzalocp]

In which movie is included the art gallery scene?

And the dance near the car?

[stefunky42]

Both scenes are from L.A. Story (;

[VennMoMo]

Steve Martin is GENIUS!!! His est stff is classic and there is so much of it. I've been trying to find the clip of him as the evil kitten juggler in The Jerk and of course, when he hurts his foot kicking 'Iron Balls' McKensie in the gonads.

[stefunky42]

Ha HA!!!! The new phone books here!! The new phone books here!!

[Eirelav111]

Nice!

[Andromedary]

OK I see it now lol!

I love the way Steve Martin moves because he's a superb comic actor and his body language is part of it. But it needs context not music to fully appreciate it. When I first saw All of Me I momentarily BELIEVED he was two people fighting for control of his body! And what's the victory dance in Parenthood without knowing the reason he's doing it? I'd love to see all this again with the sound back in!

But hey, thanks anyway - it's a great compilation!

[stefunky42]

Good point. Good point. This is no substitute for seeing these moments in the story! It's more so a way of celebrating them.

[Andromedary]

I want to see this but it won't load...

[stefunky42]

Thats funny---I don't know how to solve that really.  Try again?

[Deej59]

I'm glad I stumbled on this. I've always loved Martin, but actors who do their craft as effortlessly (seemingly, anyway) as he does kind of create an illusion that it's all no big deal. You like them, you pay to see them, but you don't think about why. This little montage shows you exactly what's great about him, or at least the visual side of what's great about him. It also proves conclusively that Steve Martin would've been a star in the silent film era. Not many modern starscan say that.

[C0m4t045t]

HAHAHAHAHA