Lyt når som helst, hvor som helst

Nyd den ubegrænsede adgang til tusindvis af spændende e- og lydbøger - helt gratis

  • Lyt og læs så meget du har lyst til
  • Opdag et kæmpe bibliotek fyldt med fortællinger
  • Eksklusive titler + Mofibo Originals
  • Opsig når som helst
Start tilbuddet
DK - Details page - Device banner - 894x1036

Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life

169 Anmeldelser

3.9

Længde
4T 3M
Sprog
Engelsk
Format
Kategori

Biografier

Steve Martin's riveting, mega-bestselling, beloved, and highly acclaimed memoir of a life, a vocation, and an era—named one of the ten best nonfiction titles of the year by Time and Entertainment Weekly.

In the mid-seventies, Steve Martin exploded onto the comedy scene. By 1978 he was the biggest concert draw in the history of stand-up. In 1981 he quit forever. This book is, in his own words, the story of “why I did stand-up and why I walked away.” Emmy and Grammy Award–winner, author of the acclaimed New York Times bestsellers Shopgirl and The Pleasure of My Company, and a regular contributor to The New Yorker, Martin has always been a writer. His memoir of his years in stand-up is candid, spectacularly amusing, and beautifully written. At age ten Martin started his career at Disneyland, selling guidebooks in the newly opened theme park. In the decade that followed, he worked in the Disney magic shop and the Bird Cage Theatre at Knott’s Berry Farm, performing his first magic/comedy act a dozen times a week. The story of these years, during which he practiced and honed his craft, is moving and revelatory. The dedication to excellence and innovation is formed at an astonishingly early age and never wavers or wanes. Martin illuminates the sacrifice, discipline, and originality that made him an icon and informs his work to this day. To be this good, to perform so frequently, was isolating and lonely. It took Martin decades to reconnect with his parents and sister, and he tells that story with great tenderness. Martin also paints a portrait of his times—the era of free love and protests against the war in Vietnam, the heady irreverence of The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour in the late sixties, and the transformative new voice of Saturday Night Live in the seventies. Throughout the text, Martin has placed photographs, many never seen before. Born Standing Up is a superb testament to the sheer tenacity, focus, and daring of one of the greatest and most iconoclastic comedians of all time.

© 2007 Simon & Schuster Audio (Lydbog): 9780743569736

Release date

Lydbog: 20. november 2007

Andre kan også lide...

  1. Is this Anything? Jerry Seinfeld
  2. A Life in Parts Bryan Cranston
  3. Almost Interesting: The Memoir David Spade
  4. The Age of Bowie Paul Morley
  5. Lucky Man: A Memoir Michael J. Fox
  6. Pryor Convictions: And Other Life Sentences Richard Pryor
  7. Never Grow Up Jackie Chan
  8. The Bedwetter: Stories of Courage, Redemption, and Pee Sarah Silverman
  9. Robin Williams: When the Laughter Stops 1951 – 2014: When the Laughter Stops 1951 - 2014 Emily Herbert
  10. Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook Anthony Bourdain
  11. Gotta Get Theroux This: My Life and Strange Times in Television Louis Theroux
  12. Nevertheless: A Memoir Alec Baldwin
  13. Shockaholic Carrie Fisher
  14. Serving the Servant: Remembering Kurt Cobain Danny Goldberg
  15. I'm Your Huckleberry: A Memoir Val Kilmer
  16. Born to Run Bruce Springsteen
  17. American on Purpose Craig Ferguson
  18. Wishful Drinking Carrie Fisher
  19. Me: Elton John Official Autobiography Elton John
  20. Robin: The Definitive Biography of Robin Williams Dave Itzkoff
  21. Trejo: My Life of Crime, Redemption, and Hollywood Danny Trejo
  22. I Must Say: My Life As Humble Comedy Legend Martin Short
  23. Face It: A Memoir Debbie Harry
  24. And Away... Bob Mortimer
  25. Love Life Rob Lowe
  26. What Does This Button Do? Bruce Dickinson
  27. A Class Act: Life as a working-class man in a middle-class world Rob Beckett
  28. Theroux The Keyhole: When the world went weird (and so did I) Louis Theroux
  29. John Lennon: The Life Philip Norman
  30. Sh*t My Dad Says Justin Halpern
  31. Humble Pie Gordon Ramsay
  32. The Long Hard Road Out of Hell Neil Strauss
  33. In Pieces Sally Field
  34. What Does This Button Do?: An Autobiography Bruce Dickinson
  35. I Killed Pink Floyd’s Pig: Inside Stories of Sex, Drugs, and Rock & Roll Beau Phillips
  36. Thanks, Obama: My Hopey, Changey White House Years David Litt
  37. The Call of the Weird: Travels in American Subcultures Louis Theroux
  38. A Funny Life: The Autobiography Michael McIntyre
  39. Here We Go Again: My Life In Television Betty White
  40. The Beatles: The Biography Bob Spitz
  41. Paul Simon: The Life Robert Hilburn
  42. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood: A Novel Quentin Tarantino
  43. Stephen Colbert: Beyond Truthiness Bruce Watson
  44. Janis: Her Life and Music Holly George-Warren
  45. World Travel: An Irreverent Guide Anthony Bourdain
  46. The Best Awful: A Novel Carrie Fisher

Vælg dit abonnement

  • Over 600.000 titler

  • Download og nyd titler offline

  • Eksklusive titler + Mofibo Originals

  • Børnevenligt miljø (Kids Mode)

  • Det er nemt at opsige når som helst

Flex

For dig som vil prøve Mofibo.

89 kr. /måned
  • 1 konto

  • 20 timer/måned

  • Gem op til 100 ubrugte timer

  • Eksklusivt indhold hver uge

  • Fri lytning til podcasts

  • Ingen binding

Prøv gratis
Den mest populære

Premium

For dig som lytter og læser ofte.

129 kr. /måned
  • 1 konto

  • 100 timer/måned

  • Eksklusivt indhold hver uge

  • Fri lytning til podcasts

  • Ingen binding

Start tilbuddet

Unlimited

For dig som lytter og læser ubegrænset.

149 kr. /måned
  • 1 konto

  • Ubegrænset adgang

  • Eksklusivt indhold hver uge

  • Fri lytning til podcasts

  • Ingen binding

Start tilbuddet

Family

For dig som ønsker at dele historier med familien.

Fra 179 kr. /måned
  • 2-6 konti

  • 100 timer/måned pr. konto

  • Fri lytning til podcasts

  • Kun 39 kr. pr. ekstra konto

  • Ingen binding

2 konti

179 kr. /måned
Start tilbuddet