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Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life

Steve Martin

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"Steve Martin's Born Standing Up is about how, it's the history and how he came to be a standup comic and one of the most successful ones for a few years. The book chronicles him, his rise to the pinnacle where at Knott's Berry Farm they may have been playing his act. And I guess it was a review; it wasn't necessarily a standup act but from going from audiences of five to ten people to arenas of 20- or 30,000 people. Steve Martin really digs pretty deep into some of the motivations behind where and how he got into standup, as well as why particular things in his act would work or not work, just a really good behind the scenes thing for someone. I guess about the only thing I didn't like in it is it was too short. I would recommend Steve Martin's Born Standing Up to anyone that is looking to get into standup comedy. I would recommend it to any Steve Martin fan, and I would just recommend it as a good quick read for anyone that's looking. I would give Steve Martin's Born Standing Up four out of five stars. I think he did a good job of explaining a comic's life, and about the only complaint I could have is that I think certain parts of it probably could have been fleshed out a little bit better."