Friday, 16 October 2015

Steve Martin - On Location with Steve Martin (1976)


"Steve Martin's HBO special was done as one of their "On Location" series of standup comedy specials. Taped on October 31, 1976 at the Troubador in Los Angeles, it provides an uncensored look at Martin's early act." - IMDb

"On Location establishes him as both a consummate entertainer and a glib, knowing parody of a consummate entertainer. He was at once a hammy populist with an uncanny, unprecedented feel for the tastes of a mass audience and a sly intellectual whose goofy shtick cunningly deconstructed stand-up comedy." - A.V. Club

"In this intimate, club-taped show, Martin juggles, plays his banjo, gets “happy feet,” and does much of the material from his Let’s Get Small album. But hearing Martin and seeing him work are two very different things — this is inspired silliness, delivered with the grin of a talent who was just about to become an industry." - Flavorwire

"On Location" isn't always completely focused, jumping from topic to topic, but it's a nice introduction to his style of comedy." - DVD Talk

Buy The Television Stuff (DVD) from Amazon
Buy On Location (Instant Video) from Amazon

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