How did he become famous?

has to be nepotism. all his movies are unfunny.

>>213490443 (OP)
Uhh have you ever heard of a song called 'King Tut'? He's hilarious!

>>213491996
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels was great.

I have this theory that Steve Martin is only successful because he kind of looks like Leslie Nielson and people get them confused

>>213492056
I know I mixed them up as a kid. What a disappointment it was every time.

>>213490443 (OP)
>Early life

>>213491996
>>213492022
>>213492025
>>213492056
>>213492327
>>213492346
t. zoomlets

go watch you daily niggershow

>>213492022
TUT

>>213491996
The Jerk is a classic.

>>213492364
Did you just mass reply to completely random posts or what?

>>213490443 (OP)
>he plays banjo and passed an online iq Mensa test he’s literally a genius

>>213490443 (OP)
There is something about his energy that is captivating to me
that and this movie makes me wanna fuck Latifa

>>213490443 (OP)
He became "so good they can't ignore him".

>>213490443 (OP)
>How did he become famous?
He's just as good of a banjo player as the most famous banjo player of all time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gNuj8UkyC4

>>213490443 (OP)
The Pink Panter is kino though

>You know that well established well liked thing that everyone likes?? Well I hate it!! How do you like those apples huh?!

>>213490443 (OP)
Planes, trains and automobiles is great

>>213490443 (OP)
He stuck an arrow through his own head.

>>213493528
Fantastic movie. Max comfy.

>>213493528
>My wife is dead.

I dont get it.

>>213490443 (OP)

>>213493117
He's an innovator in alternate tunings and atypical chord progressions (not hard to do in bluegrass which mostly sounds the same)

t. grew up playing banjo

ARUGULA

>>213490443 (OP)
A lot of people enjoyed his stand up and his films
>but I didn’t
Okay

I reckon in the 70s he must've been real subversive. It's just we can't recognize it now.
I'm sure he has deserved his place. Gonna go watch some of his early stand up, see if my theory is correct.

Brb---

>>213490443 (OP)
LA Story is pretty good

>>213490443 (OP)
You're fucking retarded.

I loved him singing the diarrhea song in Parenthood.

>>213493885
Hilarious post

>thinks he discovered the Group of Seven
tedious fellow.

Classical concert bluegrass

>>213492327
same

>>213492056
100%

See, y'all don't appreciate intelligent sophisticated bluegrass is all

>>213490443 (OP)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tcwz8-EfFYE

roxanne was comfy, not funny though

>>213493535
Absolute mad lad

>>213490443 (OP)
Fucking zoomers, he was one of the best stand up acts back in 70s, also he was always dedicated to music, he had several comedy/musical albums and sold out stadium/arena gigs before start doing movies by mid-80s

I agree, his act don't translate well to films, but The Jerk, Planes Trains and Automobiles, L.A. Story, Roxanne, The Spanish Prisoner, Parenthood, The little shop of Horrors are pure Kino. Even shitty ones like Tres Amigos!, Leap of Faith, My Blue Heaven or Bowfinger are better than the regular /tv/ slop/capeshit.

>>213490443 (OP)
Because your parents liked him- why? No clue but they did

Nothing more cringe than millennials defending boomer shit

Dudes like him are interesting. They get famous for being retards then at some point forget people only liked them in the first place for being retards

>>213499026
>Nothing more cringe than millennials defending boomer shit
zoomers hating boomer stuff because their brains rotted thanks to tiktok and youtube "humor" is by far more cringe.

>>213499339
It's passé to cry about muh zoomers now, you're a sad demented bozo.

Planes, Trains is a great movie, but Steve was unreasonably negative in the movie, it's pure John Candy kinography but it's sort of dampened by Martin's character being too far to the left of the straight man act.

>>213490443 (OP)
He's good acting as the straight man.

Meh, funnier than Chevy Chase.

he could play jeffrey epstein

>>213499598
>cry about muh zoomers now
go and suck OPs dick zoomer.
>passé
You could said outmoded, out-of-date, etc.

Bill Monroe type niggas

He's 70's funny, he's more of an entertainer than a comedian.
https://youtube.com/shorts/vfXi8qp4mws?si=i5sS_PMcvjbvykXX

>>213490443 (OP)
He's good in Little Shop of Horrors and, though I don't find him very funny in it, he still is good as the lead in Planes, Trains & Automobiles.

He owns a house near me and I met him out walking my dog. It was during covid and he was one of the few not in a mask out walking the lakefront. He asked me if my dog bites, and I said not often and he stopped to pet him. I told him I loved the Jerk, and he said, "Aww... everyone likes that one." and went about his business. Cool guy.

>>213492022
I don't get it.

>>213497903
This guy gets it. To be fair to zoomers, you really need to have been born before 1980 to get Steve Martin.

>>213490443 (OP)
The only one bit where he honestly made me laugh was Little Shop of Horrors and it was mostly because of Bill Murray's 5 minute performance.

>>213500325
>To be fair to zoomers, you really need to have been born before 1980 to get Steve Martin.
Pretty much this. As >>213500014 said, it fits more in the entertainer type of act rather than full comedy. Same happens with people like Gene Wilder , zoomers even have issues to get Mel Brooks.

>>213500183
>How'd you get so funky? (Funky Tut)
>Did you do the monkey?
Filtered
Literally comedic geni

>>213490443 (OP)
The Jerk is awesome