Steve Martin

I am currently doing homework and listening to one of Steve Martin's albums. Maybe not the most efficient use of time, but an enjoyable one none the less. Steve Martin's humor is enigmatic is many respects - he adopts an almost stream of consciousness approach in his monologues. Some border on rambling as he muses about a particular topic and then interjects with wild yelling or a banjo solo. Martin is an extremely accomplished musician as and a proficient banjoist and has worked on multiple collaborations with hit recording artists. In many respects Martin is a polymath. What interests me is how seemingly un-structured his humor can be - I once heard in an interview that he believed that people were tired during this time period from the threat of the cold war and mutually assured destruction and were more interested in his brand of humor that was non-sequitar and on the whole very silly. I certainly recommend Martin's routine for anyone who is in the mood for something light-hearted and fun. Many of his more recent movies have been subpar (and this is being charitable) but his stand up comedy from the late 70s is pure gold.