Steve Martin Summary

Martin, Steve (1945—) Steve Martin's crazy, off-the-wall brand of humor had major effects on stand-up, television, film, and print. From the 1970s, when his white-suited appearances on the ensem... Read more

"Steve Martin may have started out as the Jerk, but he has ended up as the Legend," noted Susan M. Kirschbaum writing for In Style. The legend in this case was Martin's commendation by the American Mu... Read more

Critical Essay by Susan Peterson The nature of Steve Martin's humor defies pat definition. He wanders from downright silly sight gags such as repeated bumbling with the microphones to ironic q... Read more

Critical Essay by Jack Kroll In a time burbling with misused and perverted intelligence, Steve Martin is a welcome apostle of pure idiocy. Not the corroded comforts of neuroticism (Woody Allen), not ... Read more

Critical Essay by Dave Marsh Steve Martin has become the comedic rage by the usual means: introducing a couple of readily imitable phrases into the vernacular (excuse me if I don't repeat them... Read more

Critical Essay by David Felton [Steve Martin's] jokes are funny—not just funny but, you know, different, weird, "out there." Like his description of all the world's... Read more

Critical Essay by Publishers Weekly Rising comic star Steve Martin apparently has wide appeal, but ["Cruel Shoes," a] collection of 50 of his short routines, finds us reacting with irri... Read more