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Nov 20, 2007 · 100,933 ratings6,320 reviews. In the midseventies, Steve Martin exploded onto the comedy scene. By 1978 he was the biggest concert draw in the history of stand-up. In 1981 he quit forever. This book is, in his own words, the story of "why I did stand-up and why I walked away."
Sep 2, 2008 · by Steve Martin (Author) 4.4 6,514 ratings. See all formats and editions. The riveting, mega-bestselling, beloved and highly acclaimed memoir of a man, a vocation, and an era named one of the ten best nonfiction titles of the year by Time and Entertainment Weekly.
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Nov 20, 2007 · Born Standing Up does a sharp-witted job of breaking down the step-by-step process that brought Steve Martin from Disneyland, where he spent his version of a Dickensian childhood as a schoolboy employee, to both the pinnacle of stardom and the brink of disaster...tightly focused...
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Sep 2, 2008 · Overview. The riveting, mega-bestselling, beloved and highly acclaimed memoir of a man, a vocation, and an era named one of the ten best nonfiction titles of the year by Time and Entertainment Weekly. In the mid-seventies, Steve Martin exploded onto the comedy scene. By 1978 he was the biggest concert draw in the history of stand-up.
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Nov 20, 2007 · Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life - Steve Martin - Google Books. Books. Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life. Steve Martin. Simon and Schuster, Nov 20, 2007 - Biography & Autobiography - 224...
Overview. The book examines Martin's childhood, and his first jobs at the Southern California theme parks Disneyland and Knott's Berry Farm. It includes his later stand-up comedy career, which lasted until 1981.
Born Standing Up by Steve Martin - The riveting, mega-bestselling, beloved and highly acclaimed memoir of a man, a vocation, and an era named one of the ten ...