Anthony C’s Reviews > Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life > Status Update

In these final 11 pages of Born Standing Up Steve Martin explains how now in days he always gives his performances a beginning a middle and an end even when he goes on a talk show and how some of the people he mentioned in the book deserved their own biographies too. I have enjoyed reading the book.

In these last 80 pages Steve Martin talks about how The Smothers Brothers got on Richard Nixon's enemies list because they had made jokes about him on their show and how Steve Martin and Bob Einstein got jobs writing for sketch comedy shows I am enjoying the book.

In these late 32 pages Steve Martin tells us about his life as a struggling comedian and how he got jobs writing and performing in sketches on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour and The Summer Brothers Smothers Show Starring Glen Campbell with fellow comedians Bob Einstein also known as Super Dave Osborne and Rob Reiner best known for his role as Mike Stivic on All In The Family. I am enjoying the book.

I am currently on page 84 of Born Standing Up by Steve Martin and in these last 25 pages Steve Martin explains how he had to permanently pull acts from his stand up routine and how he had to deal with a heckler during one of his shows in Aspen with fellow entertainment ordinare John McClure.

I thought that the book Born Standing Up is a very good book so far because it tells me about Steve Martin's early childhood and his beginnings as a stand-up comedian.