My Review 3/5

Fun book that covers mainly growing up and a few decades 60-70s. Careful not to get whiplash from the frequent time leaps.

Came away feeling like I learned more about Martin’s sexual encounters than his comedy routines. What is the secret to success? Like Malcolm Gladwell asserts, practice. Decades and thousands of hours of practice. Martin spent full days for years practicing his work. Constantly refining and adding/removing bits.

I did like how he looked outward to find all those who helped him along the way and thank them.

Date Read

2017/06/15

Date Added

2017/06/16

Goodreads book information

Born Standing Up: A Comic’s Life by Steve Martin

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1820790

Bookshelves: biography

Author’s Note

Initial md Generated using https://github.com/jsr6720/goodreads-csv-to-md

Steve Martin, Born Standing Up: A Comic’s Life, Simon Schuster Audio 2007 (Audio CD)1

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  • Apr 22nd, 2024 Converted to jekyll markdown format and copied to personal site
  • Jun 15th, 2017 Originally published on goodreads

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  1. ISBN: =”0743569725” ↩