I have, on occasion, talked a little smack about Steve Martin, suggesting that El Stevo, on occasion, has expressed a little frustration about having to be, you know, funny in order to maintain the level of public attention and recognition to which he feels himself entitled. But now I have to take a good chunk…
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Who is more irritating, Steve Martin or 92Y? Also, Elaine is dead, Elaine’s is not
Last week I ran a piece highlighting Steve Martin’s so-bad-the-Y-gave-everyone-their-money-back appearance at the 92nd Street Y on Nov. 29. Even though Stevo generally came across as a pretentious old fart (he’s almost as old as I am, after all), I noted that Steve managed to end the conversation with a winner: “As for the Y’s…
El Stevo—even when he isn’t funny, he’s funny, sort of
I have, somewhere or other on the web, remarked that Steve Martin often is not funny these days. He takes himself too seriously, and resents having to appease the many-headed with, you know, humor. But Steve still can be funny, with David Letterman, for example. Hanging with Dave, who is, of course, as self-pitying and…