A book I liked

Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life
By Steve Martin

As a lifelong fan of Steve Martin, I really looked forward to reading this book. I loved Shopgirl and have laughed through The Pleasure of My Company a couple of times. I really enjoy his writing style.

In Born Standing Up, Steve Martin takes you through his early days in comedy. It starts with him as a young boy working at a magic shop in Disneyland and continues through his time in stand-up comedy all the way through the start of his movie career. As you follow along on his comedy path that lead him to his success today, you get to experience the ups and downs that allowed him to fine tune some of his funniest comedy bits.

It is amazing to me that he was able to combine three seemingly incompatible passions - magic, playing the banjo, and slapstick comedy - into a comedy show that sold out theaters that sat tens of thousands of people.

I highly recommend this book to anyone who loves comedy...or magic, or playing the banjo, or standing.

Here is one of my favorite Steve Martin moments from one of my favorite movies, The Jerk.