When I was in my 20s and had my first apartment I had a neighbor in her 70s who would always stop by. She thought it was great that I was a single woman living on my own (in the 80s) and she used to tell me about how things were when she was a young woman. I remember always wondering how on earth she could remember things that happened some 50 years ago and I wondered what it felt like to look back that far in life and how much a person actually remembers. We’ll, now I know. You remember, and it seems like it was just yesterday.
@@sharonh2991 my very earliest memory in life is… We had a double sink in the kitchen area. One was shallow, and the other was quite deep. I remember my dad giving me a bath in that deep tub. Was a three years old, 3 1/2 years old or four! I remember telling him this when I was in my middle 20s. He told me the second he put me in the water, I would take a poop. I laughed at that. My parents and older brother have all been gone 29 years now. Trust me life goes by quickly… Enjoy as much as you can. While I have your attention, I remember seeing the Beatles three times on the Ed Sullivan show. It was in black-and-white then. I remember when Ed told the Rolling Stones that they had to change the lyrics in one of their songs… He did not want them to sing…”Let’s spend the night together”… Ed made them change it to…”Let’s spend some time together” 😂😂😂 my memory is pretty good. I’ll be 72 in a couple of months. My sister turned 76 this past March. I truly cannot believe I am 71 years old… It just goes by so quickly. I have only been to two concerts in my lifetime. When was Ray Charles, and the other was the Rolling Stones. I was around 14 years old when I saw the Rolling Stones tickets were $2.50 and $3.50. I got in free, everybody was already seated, and I was very shy, and the ticket guy said to me do you wanna go in… I said yes, And he let me in for free. I wonder what tickets cost now to see them. I talk way too much 😂😂😂❤
@@charlenemack7040 I'm 71 also, since Feb. of this year. I, too, remember when Ed Sullivan made Mick Jagger change the lyrics in that song. Do you remember watching it, and/or a video of it since then? Because when Mick had to sing "let's spend some time together", did you see him roll his eyes, like he thought it was so rediculous that he had to sing it with those words? Ed Sullivan was such a good guy. He wanted to keep things "clean", and the first thing he did after each show was to grab a phone and call his wife before she went to bed. I miss him. Yes, I am appalled at how fast time has gone by. And I'm a little bothered by the fact that, just this year, I have learned a couple of very important things about relationships that I wish I had learned fifty years ago, and one big thing about myself that I wish I had known 50 years ago. I've been "codependent" my whole life, and just found out this year! But I am codependent no longer! Now I will watch this video. I love animals. Take great care!
In 1977 my boyfriend paid $5 for tickets to take me to go see him (I’d never heard of him) at the college gymnasium where we sat on metal folding chairs. When the show started I was sitting with my arms folded thinking “that guy’s an idiot”! By the end of the show I was laughing so hard I was crying!
Youngsters don’t appreciate what a breath of fresh air Steve was in his standup days. In his day he was a rock star like Richard Pryor and Eddie Murphy. And yes, the funniest ever IMHO
I saw him in college in approx 1976. He came out with bunny ears on his head, telling jokes and playing banjo. After 30 minutes, he touched his head and said "What some people will do for attention!" So he scrounges around in a cardboard box behind him, talking off the bunny ears, and turns back around to the crowd wearing an arrow through his head, saying, "There! That's better!" We all roared with laughter and the rest of the show was great too. I knew then he was going to be famous and when I saw him in The Jerk, I was sure.
I knew someone who had the same experience around the time, but he did a routine and then he ran out in the street in front of the theater and was dancing in the street with everyone,🥰
I fell in love with Steve Martin in the late 70's, watching his performance at the Red Rocks Amphitheater in Colorado. It wasn't merely a stand-up comedy routine; yes, he was funny but he also played the banjo seriously and at length, he sang (and danced) an extended version of "King Tut" in full corny Egyptian regalia, and he connected with us, the audience, in a way that felt like it was personal to each of us. (The only other performer that affected me so intensely was Robin Williams. Like Steve Martin, he also listened and truly processed what he learned from his audience.) I considered that Steve Martin performance the best of any "concert" I ever attended.
This is one of the best examples of why it take real guts to be a comedian...he has this idea (comedy for dogs) and he has to introduce it and develop it without any certainty that the audience will find it amusing. But as a comedian you must do that if you want to succeed (survive)... as a connoisseur of comedy I stand in awe.
And Steve was only 27, here! Having written for the Smothers Brothers, and for the Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour (where he also performed), then finally breaking out on with his own material... Legend.
The previous guest sitting with Ed is Sandy Duncan, now in her mid 70's and as awesome as ever. If you want to get a good idea of her personality, there is a half-hour interview with her from the Dick Cavett (best interviewer ever) show that is just great. Incredible person and performer.
Most people don't realize why he was so amazing at the time he came onto the scene - the 70s was a comic revolution with comedians like Cheech & Chong and Richard Pryor all doing material never allowed before. It was all about drugs, sex, and the darker side of real-life and it was amazing and also really heavy stuff and when Steve Martin broke onto the scene he was the total opposite. His act and humor were stupid, goofy, and very light overall, coming out in a white suit and making balloon animals, wearing a fake arrow through his head, playing the banjo and then right in the middle of telling a joke yelling out, "HAPPY FEET!", and then dancing all over the stage like an idiot, and it was pure genius. He was such a breath of fresh air.
Martin was one of the most innovative comedians of his generation and truly on of the greats. He dosen't get the credit he deserves but I put him up there with the giants, his act didnt make you think but he always made you laugh and that's all that matters.
Absolutely... but I'm not sure "underrated" is a good word. He was the first "rock star" comedian - filling huge arenas to rabid fans. When he dropped an album, it was a cultural event!
My sister had a "Steve Martin" Party. We all laughed till we cried. I never missed the 11pm to 1am, Johnny Carson show, or a Steve Martin appearance. He is a master of the banjo also. If Steve juststood still and looked at the camera, I laughed. You had to be there. His "Walk Like An Egyptian" never failed to make those who loved Steve laugh like we had gone insane.
EmeraldCity : 2 corrections : The Tonight Show was originally on from 11:30, not 11:00 til 1:00 and eventually shortened until 12:30 and Steve Martin sang "King Tut". "Walk Like An Egyptian" was a song by The Bangles.
Another reason to love Steven Martin. Delightful. One thing I noticed about his humour - it doesn't attack or demonize other people. Which is smart. Like the comedians who made a living out of putting down women or anyone who was "different". His humour is about the skewed way that he experiences life - so we are laughing at how messed up he is. At the same time he is endearing with a sweet kind of innocence. Robin Williams had that same kind of lovable quality. No hate speeches or showing how stupid some people are.
Steve Martin You are so very naturally funny by yourself! The dogs just add to your creativity and your awesome self! You are a beautiful individual with a tremendous God given talent!
Steve was a genius. He was set on breaking the notions of what comedy was, what stand-up was, and how a comedian should relate to the audience. I loved his bits because they were so utterly unlike what anyone else was doing. A master!
Martin WAS funny. He was just different from what you were used to. It was that difference that made him so funny. "Funny" isn't just about jokes, you know.
The fine gentleman to the left is Ed McMahon, Johnny Carson’s sidekick. “Many television talk shows make use of a sidekick as a co-host who anchors a show with the main star. Ed McMahon played this role famously to Johnny Carson on the Tonight Show, as did Andy Richter to Conan O'Brien on the Late Night with Conan O'Brien and during O'Brien's short-lived tenure on the Tonight Show. The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson employs a mechanical robot sidekick named Geoff Petersen.” Wikipedia
Cats are generally more high brow when it comes to comedy but my cat likes Steve but more importantly to me is that my cat is always reading Nietzsche and keeping me up at nights quoting passages from his books.
Saw this on TV with my dad. As he was a comedian of my generation, I cracked up through the whole bit. My father didn't know what was more upsetting, this routine or that I found it so hilarious. (Disclosure: Our German Shepherds gave it mixed reviews.)
The best part for me was how deliberately humor like this separated two generations. My dad didn't have the slightest clue why this was so funny and I didn't feel like wasting my breath to explain it. It is hilarious.
I was thinking “why is Johnny explaining what Steve Martin does?” and then I realized this was 1973 and I’ve never lived in a world where Steve Martin wasn’t a household name
Out in the kitchen, watching this on my laptop, my dog was in the bedroom... next thing I know, the dog's out by me. I think he wanted to hear Steve Martin better. :)
My grandma on my dads side watched johnny every night. When i would spend the night at her house as a kid we watched the game shows she and my grandpa watched and then johnny came next. Never will forget those days! My cat watches tv too. Steve's hilarious.
so Planes Trains and Automobiles was on tv earlier today and i got to thinkin what ever happened to Steve Martin. He was one of my fav comics growing up. i loved him on SNL (back when they were actually funny). in my search to see if he's done anything new i run across this. he still cracks me up. i love slapstick comedy. he def was out of the box back then. that 14 of spades was hilarious. good clean comedy!!
Saw him early into his career in Oakland. Around 1977. Entire place in tears laughing. At the end of his show he walked down the main aisle of the theater and out into the sidewalk in downtown Oakland. I was there with my GF along with another couple who had no idea who Martin was. Me and my buddy followed him out as did about ten other people..he walked about a block as we followed. It was surreal as he nodded to people that were just going about there late evening strolls. Then he stopped and turned and looked us all in the eye and said ‘you’re probably expecting me to say something really funny..’ We were all kinda speechless ..then he just walked back in the direction of the theater. My pal had never heard of him and was in awe of what just happened. 😢
"Years of practice"....he s genius. Italy had some similar comedians back then too. They got laughters from the audience with subtle absurd tricks such as SM's "you are wrong!". But I was lucky enough to have my parents laughing together with me.Those years were a time for deep changes for sure...
"self-deprecating"? I don't think so. My friend's father, Jack Carter, taught him how to play the banjo. Steve has always lied and said that he was "self taught". Jack was an incredible musician and turned to alcohol due to giving up his true vocation in order to raise his family. It would have meant the world to him if Steve could have humbled himself enough to give Jack credit. Steve Martin is a self-absorbed, dishonest human being.
@@lisad2701 - Jack Carter didn't teach him anything. I have no idea where you're getting this information. If it's from your "friend", they're full of it. Martin jokes about being self-taught but says that he was taught by John McEuen.
@@mattperri3786 Steve went to Garden Grove High School with Jack's daughter, Barbara, along with Elvis Presley's backup singer, Kathy Westmoreland. The three of them hung out together. Barbara's (she preferred the nickname "Bobbie") father was the most talented live musician that I ever had the pleasure to listen to. He was a master on the fiddle and the banjo and taught Steve how to play. I am mystified by Steve's amnesia. Perhaps he had a falling out with Jack who was a raging alcoholic. Maybe he was afraid of putting an unreliable person in the limelight...afraid of loose lips that sink ships. At any rate, Jack died many years ago and it's never to late to set the record straight.
Carson with the preeminent talk show host. STILL IS IMO!!! BEST TALK SHOW HOSE EVER!!!! He was always promoting his guests graciously....very kind to everyone....and treating them with the utmost of warmth and support. Carson had a great taste for comedy and talent. He was spot-on when he took Steve Martin under his wing.....and fortunately: Steve's "material" just kept getting better and better. ;-) Steve certainly "paid his dues" and made HIMSELF a "STAR"....but Carson and SNL had a lot to do with helping him rise to fame as well. This particular "Tonight Show" appearance was "back in the day" when actual PEOPLE/CONSUMERS promoted who they thought were talented to the TOP.......NOT just because the "media machine" promoted some not-worthy-nothing as a celebrity. If you became a celebrity BEFORE THE NINETIES.....YOU DESERVED IT!!!! KUDOS TO THE DAYS WHEN GENUINE TALENT WAS WHAT AUDIENCES DEMANDED.....AND THE MEDIA MACHINE WAS JUST A CATALYST TO MAKE THAT TALENT RISE TO THE TOP.
I saw this guy front for the Carpenters roughly around this time period - he was amazing on stage - did a balloon tricks sequence that was super... I love the guy - but I really am most impressed by his banjo playing, he's really very very good.
@gia valentini Not only saw them twice - but have pictures I took backstage when the HS newspaper interviewed them. Also met Meadowlark Lemon for an interview at the Holiday Inn there - he had 4 of us in his room and bought burgers for us - we hung for abotu 45 minutes talking... and Dub Taylor who played older scruffy guys in westerns - his son was the blacksmith on Gunsmoke.... :) I didn't know Martin was a birder... thx.
I didn't laugh at anything he said or did until he did the card shuffle joke. This guy has always been one that takes me a while to find something to laugh about but when he keeps going he eventually finds his groove and he gets everyone on board soon or later. His type of humor takes awhile for me to get and when I was younger I'd just tune him out of my mind because I didn't give him the time of day to be funny but now with a bit more patience I see why legendary comedians themselves look up to Martin.
Steve's comedy has a weird effect on me. Consciously, I'm thinking, is this funny? I can't tell if it's funny. But then I realize I've been cracking up the whole time.
I was introduced to Steve Martin by my late ex during our early years of dating. In 1978, he took me to see, The Jerk. I honestly didn't know what to make of him. I realized shortly after he was an SNL comedian. One of my favorite movies is Parenthood. I'm not a huge fan, but I get the jokes now, and it is funny.
I actually saw this original show 50 years ago. Time has been going by like the blink of an eye. Enjoy life while you can people.😮😊❤
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When I was in my 20s and had my first apartment I had a neighbor in her 70s who would always stop by. She thought it was great that I was a single woman living on my own (in the 80s) and she used to tell me about how things were when she was a young woman. I remember always wondering how on earth she could remember things that happened some 50 years ago and I wondered what it felt like to look back that far in life and how much a person actually remembers. We’ll, now I know. You remember, and it seems like it was just yesterday.
@@sharonh2991 my very earliest memory in life is… We had a double sink in the kitchen area. One was shallow, and the other was quite deep. I remember my dad giving me a bath in that deep tub. Was a three years old, 3 1/2 years old or four! I remember telling him this when I was in my middle 20s. He told me the second he put me in the water, I would take a poop. I laughed at that. My parents and older brother have all been gone 29 years now. Trust me life goes by quickly… Enjoy as much as you can.
While I have your attention, I remember seeing the Beatles three times on the Ed Sullivan show. It was in black-and-white then. I remember when Ed told the Rolling Stones that they had to change the lyrics in one of their songs… He did not want them to sing…”Let’s spend the night together”… Ed made them change it to…”Let’s spend some time together” 😂😂😂 my memory is pretty good. I’ll be 72 in a couple of months. My sister turned 76 this past March. I truly cannot believe I am 71 years old… It just goes by so quickly. I have only been to two concerts in my lifetime. When was Ray Charles, and the other was the Rolling Stones. I was around 14 years old when I saw the Rolling Stones tickets were $2.50 and $3.50. I got in free, everybody was already seated, and I was very shy, and the ticket guy said to me do you wanna go in… I said yes, And he let me in for free. I wonder what tickets cost now to see them. I talk way too much 😂😂😂❤
@@charlenemack7040 I'm 71 also, since Feb. of this year. I, too, remember when Ed Sullivan made Mick Jagger change the lyrics in that song. Do you remember watching it, and/or a video of it since then? Because when Mick had to sing "let's spend some time together", did you see him roll his eyes, like he thought it was so rediculous that he had to sing it with those words?
Ed Sullivan was such a good guy. He wanted to keep things "clean", and the first thing he did after each show was to grab a phone and call his wife before she went to bed. I miss him.
Yes, I am appalled at how fast time has gone by. And I'm a little bothered by the fact that, just this year, I have learned a couple of very important things about relationships that I wish I had learned fifty years ago, and one big thing about myself that I wish I had known 50 years ago. I've been "codependent" my whole life, and just found out this year! But I am codependent no longer!
Now I will watch this video. I love animals.
Take great care!
You just got tragedy in our comedy!
In 1977 my boyfriend paid $5 for tickets to take me to go see him (I’d never heard of him) at the college gymnasium where we sat on metal folding chairs. When the show started I was sitting with my arms folded thinking “that guy’s an idiot”! By the end of the show I was laughing so hard I was crying!
Youngsters don’t appreciate what a breath of fresh air Steve was in his standup days. In his day he was a rock star like Richard Pryor and Eddie Murphy. And yes, the funniest ever IMHO
He wasn't vapid and narcissistic enough for their tastes.
Like WHO?
I saw him in college in approx 1976. He came out with bunny ears on his head, telling jokes and playing banjo. After 30 minutes, he touched his head and said "What some people will do for attention!" So he scrounges around in a cardboard box behind him, talking off the bunny ears, and turns back around to the crowd wearing an arrow through his head, saying, "There! That's better!" We all roared with laughter and the rest of the show was great too. I knew then he was going to be famous and when I saw him in The Jerk, I was sure.
I knew someone who had the same experience around the time, but he did a routine and then he ran out in the street in front of the theater and was dancing in the street with everyone,🥰
I fell in love with Steve Martin in the late 70's, watching his performance at the Red Rocks Amphitheater in Colorado. It wasn't merely a stand-up comedy routine; yes, he was funny but he also played the banjo seriously and at length, he sang (and danced) an extended version of "King Tut" in full corny Egyptian regalia, and he connected with us, the audience, in a way that felt like it was personal to each of us. (The only other performer that affected me so intensely was Robin Williams. Like Steve Martin, he also listened and truly processed what he learned from his audience.) I considered that Steve Martin performance the best of any "concert" I ever attended.
Steve Martin's bits from the 70's still hold up. Still unique, absurdist humor.
"If you are a human being, you won't get the jokes." Classic.
This is one of the best examples of why it take real guts to be a comedian...he has this idea (comedy for dogs) and he has to introduce it and develop it without any certainty that the audience will find it amusing. But as a comedian you must do that if you want to succeed (survive)... as a connoisseur of comedy I stand in awe.
Yes, but a couple of those dogs were just pretending to laugh...
I agree. Call me mean but modern comedy just can't hold a candle.
@@archengle2 you may be 3 years late but it's never too late to be a troll's ass for no good reason. Good job buddy.
@@archengle2 See, that was his point. Your hackneyed retorts didn't land. Back of the bus, HasBeen.
@@archengle2I’d really rather YOU didn’t procreate…the world already has too many mean spirited people.
And Steve was only 27, here! Having written for the Smothers Brothers, and for the Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour (where he also performed), then finally breaking out on with his own material... Legend.
Lol he's already lookin' 40-ish here 😂😁
never seen him with anything but white hair until this
Nope, he's handsome doesn't look any where near 40.
Imagine the guts it takes to do this routine on the Tonight Show. Then the only late night national show on TV. Massive audience.
No kidding. Carson drew huge numbers.
I agree. That was the biggest thing for a young comic and that was right on the edge of falling flat. But didn't. Incredible. Such confidence.
The two of them are so quick and hilarious with each other lol. They’re always on the same page. Johnny was such a great interviewer and host.
In his book Steve Martin revealed his most valuable lesson about performing live standup comedy- Every second counts!
I forgotten how much fun he was in those early days, so absurd and so full of energy.
"so I don't have to add any canned barks later on" is a great line
What makes his comedy unique is that it clean,sophomoric and creative. It just plain silly fun.
Nearly 50 years later and my dog was just cracking up like crazy. But yeah, I didn't get it.
Best comment. And quite likely true : )
Laughing at that one dog that tolerated the jokes, stayed when the others left, moved closer for more, then pissed a little, sneezed, and walked away.
Tina Privitera hilarious, Steve is incredible
The previous guest sitting with Ed is Sandy Duncan, now in her mid 70's and as awesome as ever. If you want to get a good idea of her personality, there is a half-hour interview with her from the Dick Cavett (best interviewer ever) show that is just great. Incredible person and performer.
Really innovative, original and smart. He was goofing on the whole comedian shtick. That was brilliant. He was a rock star comic too.
Dogs are truly the best listeners. They look at you as you talk. So they "listened" to his jokes. The card tricks were ridiculously funny.😀
Steve Martin fully commits to the bit.
Even during the interview after his bit. Mindblowing for 1973!
He sure did!!!! He was touring with his old buddy John McEuen!
Yeah, but it doesn’t always work out.
Yeah I don’t think he even knew how it was gonna go, he just did it.
this is why he was so good. it would be so easy to bomb with his material if he didn't go all in.
Most people don't realize why he was so amazing at the time he came onto the scene - the 70s was a comic revolution with comedians like Cheech & Chong and Richard Pryor all doing material never allowed before. It was all about drugs, sex, and the darker side of real-life and it was amazing and also really heavy stuff and when Steve Martin broke onto the scene he was the total opposite. His act and humor were stupid, goofy, and very light overall, coming out in a white suit and making balloon animals, wearing a fake arrow through his head, playing the banjo and then right in the middle of telling a joke yelling out, "HAPPY FEET!", and then dancing all over the stage like an idiot, and it was pure genius. He was such a breath of fresh air.
Steve Martin was a total original. He was fearless in being on the cutting edge of humor.
He's alive and well....he is STILL an original.
Martin was one of the most innovative comedians of his generation and truly on of the greats. He dosen't get the credit he deserves but I put him up there with the giants, his act didnt make you think but he always made you laugh and that's all that matters.
Informed citizen Absolutely, the jerk was fantastic.
Exactly!
Absolutely... but I'm not sure "underrated" is a good word. He was the first "rock star" comedian - filling huge arenas to rabid fans. When he dropped an album, it was a cultural event!
@5,ooo LightYears Away Not under rated, in any informed conversation about greatest comedians Steve's name is always mentioned.
Uninformed Citizen - You must have missed the AFI Lifetime Achievement Award he received in 2015. lol
Hugely funny 45+ years later. Love the card tricks.
My sister had a "Steve Martin" Party. We all laughed till we cried. I never missed the 11pm to 1am, Johnny Carson show, or a Steve Martin appearance. He is a master of the banjo also. If Steve juststood still and looked at the camera, I laughed. You had to be there. His "Walk Like An Egyptian" never failed to make those who loved Steve laugh like we had gone insane.
Nice. Steve was the best guest no matter what show, but Carson and SNL were always standouts.
EmeraldCity : 2 corrections : The Tonight Show was originally on from 11:30, not 11:00 til 1:00 and eventually shortened until 12:30 and Steve Martin sang "King Tut". "Walk Like An Egyptian" was a song by The Bangles.
And half the audience.
the jazz dog whistle solo was genius
Nic Koven It was??
I wouldn't be surprised if will ferrell stole that from him for anchorman.
@@trugod72 i think they collaborated on it
“Dueling Banjos” is SO famous, I never thought about a time when it was brand new.
Seemed like a ruff crowd
He practically had to sit up and beg for an applause!
Because he’s not funny...at all!!
At all!!!
One would have to be just as fu$&@in corny as him to laugh at his jokes!
@@travisd8069 that really was unfunny. the only slightly funny part was the fourteen of spades
Between the jazz dog whistle and the 14 of spades... Steve Martin - performance genius!
Another reason to love Steven Martin. Delightful.
One thing I noticed about his humour - it doesn't attack or demonize other people. Which is smart. Like the comedians who made a living out of putting down women or anyone who was "different". His humour is about the skewed way that he experiences life - so we are laughing at how messed up he is.
At the same time he is endearing with a sweet kind of innocence. Robin Williams had that same kind of lovable quality. No hate speeches or showing how stupid some people are.
Steve Martin You are so very naturally funny by yourself! The dogs just add to your creativity and your awesome self! You are a beautiful individual with a tremendous God given talent!
Brilliant. Only Steve Martin could pull this off.
@Jimmy Greene
Just what I said .. ^5
steve martin is one comedian who didn't use foul language or dirty jokes to be funny and successful he made his act stupid yet funny
Not entirely true. His standup did, he just didn't do that material on TV.
Steve Martin was very funny. Always loved him and laughed at all his jokes.
Was???
Is, very much, is!
❤🥰 Love it- “Hi Pooches!” 70’s witty, goofball, comedy by one of the Legends never gets old 🥰💕
A brave bit - especially for the Tonight Show. Steve totally committed.
Steve was a genius. He was set on breaking the notions of what comedy was, what stand-up was, and how a comedian should relate to the audience. I loved his bits because they were so utterly unlike what anyone else was doing. A master!
Yep....you're totally correct!!! To this day....I always picture him with that bent arrow on his head!!! LOL
Martin WAS funny. He was just different from what you were used to. It was that difference that made him so funny. "Funny" isn't just about jokes, you know.
LOLOLOL OMG, you have no idea how you've contradicted yourself there, have you? What a maroon! LMAO
@@Serai3 "maroon"?? That's a dark red color.
I take it you never watched a Warner Bros. cartoon.
I laughed at everything he did! His jokes were so funny!
I haven't seen or thought of Sandy Duncan for decades, but as soon as I saw her sitting on the couch, I remembered her.
Thanks for ID-ing her! Who is the guy beside her?
The fine gentleman to the left is Ed McMahon, Johnny Carson’s sidekick.
“Many television talk shows make use of a sidekick as a co-host who anchors a show with the main star. Ed McMahon played this role famously to Johnny Carson on the Tonight Show, as did Andy Richter to Conan O'Brien on the Late Night with Conan O'Brien and during O'Brien's short-lived tenure on the Tonight Show. The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson employs a mechanical robot sidekick named Geoff Petersen.” Wikipedia
me too!
Wheat Thins
Watch _The Cat from Outer Space_.
When he said “what sign are you?” “Well, I’m a feces.” I just about died 😂
The first time I saw Steve Martin on TV in the late seventies,
I was pretty certain that he was going to be huge.
"Well you're wrong!"
That was actually pretty funny.
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Cats are generally more high brow when it comes to comedy but my cat likes Steve but more importantly to me is that my cat is always reading Nietzsche and keeping me up at nights quoting passages from his books.
Steve had a bad experience from his cat embezzling from him though and no longer trusts them
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Fun fact: Adjusted for inflation, his cat toys are worth $10,724.39 today!
Love my cats. They wake me up several times a night - quoting Steve Martin! Lol and blessed bee 🐝...to all you all...
He is a brilliant comedian.
I have never seen that before.
Thank you for posting.
I really enjoyed watching it.
Hey, you don't have to be so rude with your sarcastic comment
Love the mention of "Dueling Banjos" which gives this particular show a nice sense of history!
He was on tour with his buddy McEuen and the Nitty Gritty!!!!!!@!!
Saw this on TV with my dad. As he was a comedian of my generation, I cracked up through the whole bit. My father didn't know what was more upsetting, this routine or that I found it so hilarious. (Disclosure: Our German Shepherds gave it mixed reviews.)
Ha ha, love your comment. So telling. I am way too young to have seen it the first time around, but I too find it hilarious.
The best part for me was how deliberately humor like this separated two generations. My dad didn't have the slightest clue why this was so funny and I didn't feel like wasting my breath to explain it. It is hilarious.
arkady714
I suspect that marijuana had something to do with that separation of the two generations!
Marijuana was a symptom of the separation, not a cause.
There have very few really great comedians over the years and Steve Martin was one of those few.
Love Steve Martin in most everything.... loved him since SNL onwards.... great all Around! 🤣🤣🤣
"so i don't have to add any canned barks later.."
Classic Carson. Always brought the talent.
So in about four years, Steve Martin would absolutely explode on television, records, and film. He was red-hot for more than two years solid.
5:42 "I almost got...something else". I expected a roar from the audience. Damn. Underrated.
I was thinking “why is Johnny explaining what Steve Martin does?” and then I realized this was 1973 and I’ve never lived in a world where Steve Martin wasn’t a household name
I don't know that he ever wanted to do it, but I could envision that Steve Martin would have been a really worthy replacement for Johnny Carson.
Out in the kitchen, watching this on my laptop, my dog was in the bedroom... next thing I know, the dog's out by me. I think he wanted to hear Steve Martin better. :)
My grandma on my dads side watched johnny every night. When i would spend the night at her house as a kid we watched the game shows she and my grandpa watched and then johnny came next.
Never will forget those days! My cat watches tv too. Steve's hilarious.
crafty elvira On your dad’s side, huh?
@@canadianroot : the grandma was the mother of crafty elvira's father :)
@@sherlockinaforever Hmm. I'm curious why there was no mention of cousins, or aunts and uncles, and which side of the family they were on.
so Planes Trains and Automobiles was on tv earlier today and i got to thinkin what ever happened to Steve Martin. He was one of my fav comics growing up. i loved him on SNL (back when they were actually funny). in my search to see if he's done anything new i run across this. he still cracks me up. i love slapstick comedy. he def was out of the box back then. that 14 of spades was hilarious. good clean comedy!!
Saw him early into his career in Oakland. Around 1977. Entire place in tears laughing. At the end of his show he walked down the main aisle of the theater and out into the sidewalk in downtown Oakland. I was there with my GF along with another couple who had no idea who Martin was. Me and my buddy followed him out as did about ten other people..he walked about a block as we followed. It was surreal as he nodded to people that were just going about there late evening strolls. Then he stopped and turned and looked us all in the eye and said ‘you’re probably expecting me to say something really funny..’ We were all kinda speechless ..then he just walked back in the direction of the theater. My pal had never heard of him and was in awe of what just happened. 😢
It's all in the delivery. Steve Martin was so good in this method.
"Years of practice"....he s genius. Italy had some similar comedians back then too. They got laughters from the audience with subtle absurd tricks such as SM's "you are wrong!". But I was lucky enough to have my parents laughing together with me.Those years were a time for deep changes for sure...
Who were those italian comedians??am genuinely interested.
Nothing fancy but there’s a bit of genius about Steve Martin. Just a smart, appealing, funny, self-deprecating guy.
"self-deprecating"? I don't think so. My friend's father, Jack Carter, taught him how to play the banjo. Steve has always lied and said that he was "self taught". Jack was an incredible musician and turned to alcohol due to giving up his true vocation in order to raise his family. It would have meant the world to him if Steve could have humbled himself enough to give Jack credit. Steve Martin is a self-absorbed, dishonest human being.
Kind of like the rest of us ....
Absolutely agree with you. It's on a higher level than most.
@@lisad2701 - Jack Carter didn't teach him anything. I have no idea where you're getting this information. If it's from your "friend", they're full of it. Martin jokes about being self-taught but says that he was taught by John McEuen.
@@mattperri3786 Steve went to Garden Grove High School with Jack's daughter, Barbara, along with Elvis Presley's backup singer, Kathy Westmoreland. The three of them hung out together. Barbara's (she preferred the nickname "Bobbie") father was the most talented live musician that I ever had the pleasure to listen to. He was a master on the fiddle and the banjo and taught Steve how to play. I am mystified by Steve's amnesia. Perhaps he had a falling out with Jack who was a raging alcoholic. Maybe he was afraid of putting an unreliable person in the limelight...afraid of loose lips that sink ships. At any rate, Jack died many years ago and it's never to late to set the record straight.
Seeing Steve Martin without white hair is a shock
I thought he was born with it
He dyed his hair brown for this show.
A long time ago seeing Steve Martin _with_ white hair was a shock.
I know, we were all young once!😊
An act that went to the dogs. Literally.
This was too funny. I was rolling on the floor.
Can you roll on the floor with me ?
Underappreciated joke.
Look how young he is in this old show! 😮omg where did time go? 😱🫣
Johnny knew he was in the presence of a comic genius.
I love this wild and crazy guy🥰🤭❣
I Love Steve Martin!!!!😂👍🏼
Nice to see something daringly different thats 'clean'
Well unlike, say a gemini, feces are like that.
My dogs is still laughing
Hilarious
Those card gags were all LOL. The false shuffle, bottom dealing, the cow pasture shuffle.
Thank you Mom for introducing me too Mr. Steve Martins timeless comedic acts and films. My all time fave.
Carson with the preeminent talk show host. STILL IS IMO!!! BEST TALK SHOW HOSE EVER!!!!
He was always promoting his guests graciously....very kind to everyone....and treating them with the utmost of warmth and support.
Carson had a great taste for comedy and talent. He was spot-on when he took Steve Martin under his wing.....and fortunately: Steve's "material" just kept getting better and better. ;-)
Steve certainly "paid his dues" and made HIMSELF a "STAR"....but Carson and SNL had a lot to do with helping him rise to fame as well.
This particular "Tonight Show" appearance was "back in the day" when actual PEOPLE/CONSUMERS promoted who they thought were talented to the TOP.......NOT just because the "media machine" promoted some not-worthy-nothing as a celebrity.
If you became a celebrity BEFORE THE NINETIES.....YOU DESERVED IT!!!!
KUDOS TO THE DAYS WHEN GENUINE TALENT WAS WHAT AUDIENCES DEMANDED.....AND THE MEDIA MACHINE WAS JUST A CATALYST TO MAKE THAT TALENT RISE TO THE TOP.
LETTERMAN- 1982 to 1992 was much more innovative and funny
He is 1 "wild and crazy guy!"
I saw this guy front for the Carpenters roughly around this time period - he was amazing on stage - did a balloon tricks sequence that was super... I love the guy - but I really am most impressed by his banjo playing, he's really very very good.
@gia valentini Not only saw them twice - but have pictures I took backstage when the HS newspaper interviewed them. Also met Meadowlark Lemon for an interview at the Holiday Inn there - he had 4 of us in his room and bought burgers for us - we hung for abotu 45 minutes talking... and Dub Taylor who played older scruffy guys in westerns - his son was the blacksmith on Gunsmoke.... :) I didn't know Martin was a birder... thx.
Agreed
Lyle Stavast he still kills on the banjo today!
That is a sick show to see, especially in 1973.
I didn't laugh at anything he said or did until he did the card shuffle joke. This guy has always been one that takes me a while to find something to laugh about but when he keeps going he eventually finds his groove and he gets everyone on board soon or later. His type of humor takes awhile for me to get and when I was younger I'd just tune him out of my mind because I didn't give him the time of day to be funny but now with a bit more patience I see why legendary comedians themselves look up to Martin.
Loved him on planes,trains and automobiles.
Steve's comedy has a weird effect on me. Consciously, I'm thinking, is this funny? I can't tell if it's funny. But then I realize I've been cracking up the whole time.
The body knows what’s funny when the mind doesn’t.
Benjamin Marilyn, oddly I completely get it. 😂
My dog laughed! So did the cat.
That took balls. I liked it though. Very creative
Brian Melvin me too, very brave of Steve Martin.
Steve Martin is like a vaudeville throwback.
Half the fun of comedy albums (vinyl) was seeing your friends get the jokes for the first time.
Carlin LPs especially
Only Steve could do routines like that and make them FUNNY .. ^5
It's a doggy dog world!! Hahaha! Loved Steve Martin back in the day!
He is so adorable! ❤️❤️
"I'm a feces"
"I'd hate to ask what your rising sign is!"
Michael Butler That’s the funniest... it almost got pass me ! I’m a feces too!
With that Sun sign ! I’d say Uranus!
Carson was sooooo good. Too quick for people in the audinece though
I have never seen anyone who can simply says, ‘dogs’ and crack me up instantly.
I love the Dogs! That was a great opening they had.
every dog is a critic! roflmbo! the dog at the end of the routine!
Looks like he was trained to lift his leg like he's peeing.
Martin humor for canines ~ what a Great Dane for dogs!
(His "Cat Toys" routine is pretty funny. :)
Now this is funny. I wish people were funny like this today!!
I ❤ Steve martin. He makes me lol. Its weird to see him with out the white hair. I've never seen this. He's so doggone funny. Steve martin is catasic.
Of course he is, but in this particular clip he's dogtastic.
My favorite part was the “Cow Pasture Shuffle.”
The dog whistle solo was amazing. Is it available on CD or iTunes?
Liked this, the dogs plus card tricks. Enjoyed Johnny Carson
I remember this!! I saw this!!
across the bottom, scrolling, is the translation for cats.
Ha Ha!
Only if you subscribe to FelineNetwork
Lol! Very witty!
Watching 46 years later! LOL! I was 13 😆
11. #the70scalled
I was introduced to Steve Martin by my late ex during our early years of dating. In 1978, he took me to see, The Jerk.
I honestly didn't know what to make of him. I realized shortly after he was an SNL comedian. One of my favorite movies is Parenthood. I'm not a huge fan, but I get the jokes now, and it is funny.
He was not an SNL comedian, but appeared as a guest many times.
@@LittleCabin welllll exxxcccuuuusssseee mmmmeee
Wow. He BOMBED. Love you, Steve!