This book is the closest thing to an autobiography of Steve Martin that his millions of fans could find. It is the story of the wild and crazy years that the author spent growing up with Martin and their apprenticeship in comedy. No one could better chronicle Steve's life than his best and oldest friend, Morris Walker, the only person authorized to tell this tale.
Steve Martin and author Morris Walker were class clowns together, charming the girls and the teachers with their wit. Later, they set out on the road together as comedians. This personal account will introduce you to the Steve Martin you've never seen before: the eleven-year-old already performing near-perfect sleight-of-hand magic tricks, the thirteen-year-old selling guidebooks at Disneyland, the twenty-year-old stretching his comedic wings as a vaudeville-style entertainer, and the twenty-one-year-old Emmy Award-winning Hollywood whiz kid.
The antics that proliferate this first-person reminiscence by author and lifelong friend Morris Walker speak for themselves. The adept Barrett Whitener at first sounds a bit erudite for the book's inevitable craziness, but he soon settles in, even adopting the childhood "language" used by the chums and delivering the signature "ex-cuuuse me" with just enough emphasis. Irony and lilt in prudent doses are required for this book full of nostalgia and preposterous youthful frolicking. Whitener finds it, with a clear, distinct voice that produces an effortless listen. M.L.L. (c) AudioFile 2000, Portland, Maine
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