Can I read Born Standing Up : a Comic's Life on EtoBox?

Born Standing Up : a Comic's Life by Martin, Steve is a humor available to read on EtoBox.

What is Born Standing Up : a Comic's Life about?

Amazon.com Review At age 10, Steve Martin got a job selling guidebooks at the newly opened Disneyland. In the decade that followed, he worked in Disney's magic shop, print shop, and theater, and developed his own magic/comedy act. By age 20, studying poetry and philosophy on the side, he was performing a dozen times a week, most often at the Disney rival, Knott's Berry Farm. Obsession is a substitute for talent, he has said, and Steve Martin's focus and daring--his sheer tenacity--are truly stunning. He writes about making the very tough decision to sacrifice everything not original in his act, and about lucking into a job writing for The Smothers Brothers Show . He writes about mentors, girlfriends, his complex relationship with his parents and sister, and about some of his great peers in comedy--Dan Ackroyd, Lorne Michaels, Carl Reiner, Johnny Carson. He writes about fear, anxiety and loneliness. And he writes about how he figured out what worked on stage. This book is a memoir, but it is also an illuminating guidebook to stand-up from one of our two or three greatest comedians. Though Martin is reticent about his personal life, he is also stunningly deft, and manages to give r

Who reads Born Standing Up : a Comic's Life?

Author

Martin, Steve

Publisher

Simon and Schuster

Published

2007

Language

EN

ISBN

9781847371034

Category

humor

Subjects

Sports, Literary Fiction, Memoir

Rating

3.87 / 5 (62,547 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14