Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life

Description: Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title:Born Standing Up: A Comic's LifeISBN13:9781416553656ISBN10:1416553657Author:Martin, Steve (Author)Description:The Riveting, Mega-Bestselling, Beloved And Highly Acclaimed Memoir Of A Man, A Vocation, And An Era Named One Of The Ten Best Nonfiction Titles Of The Year By Time And Entertainment Weekly In The Mid-Seventies, Steve Martin Exploded Onto The Comedy Scene By 1978 He Was The Biggest Concert Draw In The History Of Stand-Up In 1981 He Quit Forever This Book Is, In His Own Words, The Story Of Why I Did Stand-Up And Why I Walked Away Emmy And Grammy Award-Winner, Author Of The Acclaimed New York Times Bestsellers Shopgirl And The Pleasure Of My Company, And A Regular Contributor To The New Yorker, Martin Has Always Been A Writer His Memoir Of His Years In Stand-Up Is Candid, Spectacularly Amusing, And Beautifully Written At Age Ten Martin Started His Career At Disneyland, Selling Guidebooks In The Newly Opened Theme Park In The Decade That Followed, He Worked In The Disney Magic Shop And The Bird Cage Theatre At Knott's Berry Farm, Performing His First Magiccomedy Act A Dozen Times A Week The Story Of These Years, During Which He Practiced And Honed His Craft, Is Moving And Revelatory The Dedication To Excellence And Innovation Is Formed At An Astonishingly Early Age And Never Wavers Or Wanes Martin Illuminates The Sacrifice, Discipline, And Originality That Made Him An Icon And Informs His Work To This Day To Be This Good, To Perform So Frequently, Was Isolating And Lonely It Took Martin Decades To Reconnect With His Parents And Sister, And He Tells That Story With Great Tenderness Martin Also Paints A Portrait Of His Times--The Era Of Free Love And Protests Against The War In Vietnam, The Heady Irreverence Of The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour In The Late Sixties, And The Transformative New Voice Of Saturday Night Live In The Seventies Throughout The Text, Martin Has Placed Photographs, Many Never Seen Before Born Standing Up Is A Superb Testament To The Sheer Tenacity, Focus, And Daring Of One Of The Greatest And Most Iconoclastic Comedians Of All Time Emmy- And Grammy Award-Winning Comedian And Bestselling Author Martin Delivers One Of The Best Books About Comedy And Being A Comedian Ever Written Absolutely Magnificent (Jerry Seinfield) Binding:Paperback, PaperbackPublisher:SCRIBNER BOOKS COPublication Date:2008-09-02Weight:0.73 lbsDimensions:0.66'' H x 8'' L x 5.34'' WNumber of Pages:208Language:English

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