Is/was Steve Martin funny?

Dyslexicheart · Post by **Dyslexicheart** » Sat Apr 19, 2025 2:11 am

Looking back on old SNL clips it's pretty cornball now from today's perspective. But I do love The Jerk and Roxanne, he was fantastic in both those movies.

Zander · Post by **Zander** » Sat Apr 19, 2025 2:47 am

Not one of my favourites, the Pink Panther remakes were so bad that you ended up rooting for the criminals.

dmbrocker · Post by **dmbrocker** » Sat Apr 19, 2025 2:51 am

Yeah, I'd say so. I'd say he's a comic legend, in fact.

BernieTaupson · Post by **BernieTaupson** » Sat Apr 19, 2025 3:01 am

Zander wrote: ↑Sat Apr 19, 2025 2:47 am Not one of my favourites, the Pink Panther remakes were so bad that you ended up rooting for the criminals.

Oh god, I forgot they even existed.

cowpins · Post by **cowpins** » Sat Apr 19, 2025 3:18 am

Yes

LSD69 · Post by **LSD69** » Sat Apr 19, 2025 4:06 am

The clear cut answer is ...No.

Hatchets Molly · Post by **Hatchets Molly** » Sat Apr 19, 2025 4:44 am

Funny is subjective, but as a kid I did. Used to have his albums and loved his movies. As an adult, I have never rewatched any of his movies or that newish series with Martin Short and Selena Gomez that gets all kinds of praise. Only thing I have to go on is his more recent SNL appearances, and I no longer find him funny.

Gibsonite · Post by **Gibsonite** » Sat Apr 19, 2025 4:48 am

I always got a laugh from those "Wild & Crazy Guys" bits he did with Akroyd on SNL...

Jason Jennifer Leigh · Sat Apr 19, 2025 5:04 am

He was funny in the 70’s.

Michael Hotts Ghost · Post by **Michael Hotts Ghost** » Sat Apr 19, 2025 5:28 am

He was funny when you were 10 years old. Definitely didn’t age well. Belushi was the king of SNL.

DonJuanDeMarco · Post by **DonJuanDeMarco** » Sat Apr 19, 2025 6:51 am

Dyslexicheart wrote: ↑Sat Apr 19, 2025 2:11 am Looking back on old SNL clips it's pretty cornball now from today's perspective. But I do love The Jerk and Roxanne, he was fantastic in both those movies.

The Jerk is a classic comedy.

I liked The Man with Two Brains, The Lonely Guy and My Blue Heaven which is my personal favorite actually.

Like a lot of actors, it's pretty amazing when you look at the list of all the movies (and television) he's done:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Martin_filmography

LSD69 · Post by **LSD69** » Sat Apr 19, 2025 7:03 am

Jason Jennifer Leigh wrote: ↑Sat Apr 19, 2025 5:04 am He was funny in the 70’s.

He was

I beg to differ.

Van Ailin' · Post by **Van Ailin'** » Sat Apr 19, 2025 7:09 am

Yes, but only really in the movies. His "Ruprecht" scene in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels had me rolling on the floor. But much younger, I got the comedy album that had King Tut and Wild & Crazy Guy, and I came away non-plussed. It just wasn't all that funny. He's funnier as an actor than as a comedian.

BernieTaupson · Post by **BernieTaupson** » Sat Apr 19, 2025 7:23 am

Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid was clever with the old footage of the Hollywood stars.

Blumpkin King · Post by **Blumpkin King** » Sat Apr 19, 2025 9:04 am

Only murderers in the building is one of the best comedies on television. He has perfect timing on that show. He is a comedic genius.

This is all you need to see:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxFq8dn ... nedyCenter

Van Ailin' · Post by **Van Ailin'** » Sat Apr 19, 2025 1:54 pm

Meeting Ruprecht

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKDUDF3cgRA

Ruprecht Protests

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkuKrymtuCg

Ruprecht Dinner

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkuKrymtuCg

parasite74 · Post by **parasite74** » Sat Apr 19, 2025 5:02 pm

I saw the cruel shoes tour and he was great,

skinni · Post by **skinni** » Sat Apr 19, 2025 5:20 pm

Post by **Metal Sludge** » Sat Apr 19, 2025 8:36 pm

I never thought so, but he grew on me as I got older.

Wiseacre · Post by **Wiseacre** » Sat Apr 19, 2025 8:45 pm

Comedy is weird and changes over time. Old SNL that seemed hilarious at the time is mostly fucking cringy and unfunny now. Even the ‘80s stuff and beyond is the same. Wayne’s World sketches were truly funny at first, believe it or not.

When I was a kid in the ‘70s my friends and I would listed to Steve’s Let’s Get Small and Wild and Crazy Guy live albums and totally crack up. I thought he was hilarious back then (and so did millions of others) but that stuff didn’t age well AT ALL. He was HUGE back then. however, he is great in the Jerk and The Man With Two Brains and many more films and is obviously a guy with a great comedic sense. I also think he is an even better serious actor. I loved him in Parenthood and he has a great straight-man quality with his facial expressions that can be very funny similar to Leslie Nielsen. I think he knows his old King Tut schtick doesn’t really hold up well now.

This thread could easily be about Robin Williams.

DangerZone · Post by **DangerZone** » Sat Apr 19, 2025 11:31 pm

He’s funny as the more straight man

Jason Jennifer Leigh · Sun Apr 20, 2025 11:00 am

Planes, Trains and Automobiles … come on … “You can start by wiping that f’n dumb-ass smile off your rosey, f’n, cheeks!” …

Bowfinger
Leap Of Faith
Jerk (of course, masterpiece)
Novocaine

Bono Nettencourt · Post by **Bono Nettencourt** » Sun Apr 20, 2025 1:39 pm

Wiseacre wrote: ↑Sat Apr 19, 2025 8:45 pm Comedy is weird and changes over time. Old SNL that seemed hilarious at the time is mostly fucking cringy and unfunny now. Even the ‘80s stuff and beyond is the same. Wayne’s World sketches were truly funny at first, believe it or not.

When I was a kid in the ‘70s my friends and I would listed to Steve’s Let’s Get Small and Wild and Crazy Guy live albums and totally crack up. I thought he was hilarious back then (and so did millions of others) but that stuff didn’t age well AT ALL. He was HUGE back then. however, he is great in the Jerk and The Man With Two Brains and many more films and is obviously a guy with a great comedic sense. I also think he is an even better serious actor. I loved him in Parenthood and he has a great straight-man quality with his facial expressions that can be very funny similar to Leslie Nielsen. I think he knows his old King Tut schtick doesn’t really hold up well now.

This thread could easily be about Robin Williams.

Except for him being dead and stuff.

Wiseacre · Post by **Wiseacre** » Sun Apr 20, 2025 4:25 pm

Bono Nettencourt wrote: ↑Sun Apr 20, 2025 1:39 pm
Wiseacre wrote: ↑Sat Apr 19, 2025 8:45 pm Comedy is weird and changes over time. Old SNL that seemed hilarious at the time is mostly fucking cringy and unfunny now. Even the ‘80s stuff and beyond is the same. Wayne’s World sketches were truly funny at first, believe it or not.

When I was a kid in the ‘70s my friends and I would listed to Steve’s Let’s Get Small and Wild and Crazy Guy live albums and totally crack up. I thought he was hilarious back then (and so did millions of others) but that stuff didn’t age well AT ALL. He was HUGE back then. however, he is great in the Jerk and The Man With Two Brains and many more films and is obviously a guy with a great comedic sense. I also think he is an even better serious actor. I loved him in Parenthood and he has a great straight-man quality with his facial expressions that can be very funny similar to Leslie Nielsen. I think he knows his old King Tut schtick doesn’t really hold up well now.

This thread could easily be about Robin Williams.
Except for him being dead and stuff.

pretty sure anyone with even a slightly below average IQ could have understood the comparison accordingly.

Sleek · Post by **Sleek** » Sun Apr 20, 2025 4:26 pm

This being sludge, the answers are pretty much what I'd expect. Martin's brand of meta-satire is gonna WHOOSH! right over the heads of people who take Kiss seriously.

DangerZone · Post by **DangerZone** » Sun Apr 20, 2025 7:01 pm

Sleek wrote: ↑Sun Apr 20, 2025 4:26 pm This being sludge, the answers are pretty much what I'd expect. Martin's brand of meta-satire is gonna WHOOSH! right over the heads of people who take Kiss seriously.

When I saw the name sleek I knew what the post would be

Turner Coates · Post by **Turner Coates** » Sun Apr 20, 2025 7:47 pm

In the late 70s, he was selling out arenas. Instead of trucks of gear and busses of band and crew members, it was just Steve and road manager Maple.
Their needs for a show were:
2 plane tickets, 1 rental car, 2 hotel rooms, local sound system with 1 vocal mic, 1 banjo mic w/ 2 spares, and a film projector and screen.
They grossed as much as bands that played the same venues, but there were only 2 guys.
This short film was used as the opener:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRMfXlJMmPU

purple70rt · Post by **purple70rt** » Sun Apr 20, 2025 8:18 pm

LSD69 wrote: ↑Sat Apr 19, 2025 4:06 am The clear cut answer is ...No.

correct answer