Steve Martin: No time for standup
Pumping the upcoming Pink Panther sequel and his recent kid’s book (which he co-wrote), Steve Martin is quoted on ContactMusic.com:
It really requires a complete dedication; you can’t just go out for a month, you have to go out for 11 months. You have to do it every night to stay fresh and hot. Whenever I would do (American TV’s) The Tonight Show I would always work the night before because I found that if I didn’t, I would be that less sharp, even after one day off.
Did you see the article by Steve Martin in the current New Yorker where he talks about the early days of his career, performing at Knott’s Berry Farm?
Well, didn’t he officially give up on standup a long time ago?
He may well have “officially give(n) up on standup a long time ago,” however, such is the resurgence in standup and so large is the number of high-profile comics and others going into (or returning to) standup, that the question came up came up in the first place.The very fact that the question was posed means that it might have been plausible that a huge star (of movies, television, live performance and publishing) would consider taking the stage as a standup comic.Yet another sign of the robust health of live standup comedy.