Actor: Steve Martin
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Steve Martin has come a long way since his days entertaining crowds at Knotts Berry Farm in Buena Park, California. He became a stand-up star, a Wild and Crazy Guy, an actor in bad movies, an actor in good movies, an Academy Awards host, a successful playwright, and a best-selling author.
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Recently, though, he added another first that probably thrilled him as much as anything in his career. On May 30, 2009, Steve made his banjo debut at the Grand Old Opry. He performed songs from his new musical CD, The Crow: New Songs for the Five-String Banjo.
As for his movies, this is my blog so I get to say what I think of his choices. (You can disagree in the comments.)
The Good: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Little Shop of Horrors, Planes, Trains and Automobiles, Housesitter, The Spanish Prisoner.
The Bad: Parenthood, The Pink Panther.
The Ugly: Pennies from Heaven, Sgt. Bilko.
His play, Picasso at the Lapin Agile, challenged the idea that he was a lightweight comic. And his books have been funny and yet challenging.
Steve Martin could have remained the Wild and Crazy Guy, the stand-up comedy genius, and done quite well for himself. But he has so much more depth to his creativity. It’s time we recognized him for the multitalented genius he really is.
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My all time favorite Steve Martin film is “All of Me”, with Lily Tomlin. Great movie!
Oh my gosh! I haven’t seen that clip from Dirty Rotten Scoundrels in probably 15 or 16 years. I forgot how funny it was! “O….kla….homa, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, Oklahoma….” 🙂 Thanks for bring back the memories!