Steve Martin - A comic's life born standing up
I wanted to read a funny book, but I ended up reading the autobiography of a comedian. Steven Martin, who we remember from the movies such as Father of The Bride and Pink Panther2, etc. He's incredibly talented - comedian, writer, musician, producer and actor with multiple college degrees (in drama, literature, poetry, philosophy, ethics and even logic). In A comic's Life - Born Standing Up, Steve Martin describes how he became one of the most popular comedians in the 70s and then ended his career after giving into the pressures of being in show business. Its really inspiring how much he persevered through many jobs to produce unconventional comedy which he wrote and produced himself. According to him, there are 2 types of comedy: One is conventional where the audience applauds at the punch line. But the other is where laugh is being formed when there are no punch lines, and the audience chose when to laugh. That's the idea that he worked on diligently and to create that ki...