Showing posts with label Steve Martin. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Steve Martin. Show all posts

Saturday, April 19, 2014

Sunday, June 29, 2008

Rolling Stone Magazine: The 10th Anniversary with Steve Martin (1977)

"I like Steve Martin's mind. I like the attitude he brings to that arrow through his head. And I love the way he mocks the performer's situation and self-image - the way he does that phony asshole onstage." - George Carlin, 1982

Thursday, March 13, 2008

The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson with guest host Vikki Carr and guests Steve Martin and Doug Sanders (1974)

The first half of this episode was posted earlier this week here. Steve Martin mentioned in his recent memoir that after running out of 'A' material after his first Tonight Show appearances and, essentially, bombing with the sub-grade material he used in subsequent appearances, Carson relegated Martin to appearing on nights featuring guest hosts. Here is a sample of one of those nights.

Tuesday, March 11, 2008

That Girl with guest star Murray Roman (1967) - Footage Offline - 1/14/09

Counterculture comedian Murray Roman made only a handful of appearances on television outside of The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour. He appeared in an episode of The Monkees, an episode of Batman and an episode of That Girl. He took that TV money and bought a lot of reefer and LSD. Murray Roman was a fascinating character who released the most experimental comedy LPs of all time. I was quite pleased with the cast of characters I had a chance to interview for my article The Forgotten Murray Roman, which I vainly encourage you to read, if you haven't already. Of course, I don't mind if you bypass the article for the transcripts of the interviews themselves (I feel like I am making grammatical errors here, but I'm not sure):

Tom Smothers on Murray Roman
Steve Martin on Murray Roman
Bob Einstein on Murray Roman
Mason Williams on Murray Roman

Murray is the horn-rimmed sporting bowling alley employee. This episode also features a brief appearance from a young Rob Reiner who joined Murray shortly after this as a writer on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour.

Wednesday, February 6, 2008