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Steve Martin Turns 80 Today

And shit, he was hot as fuck when he was young! I'd have gotten all over that piece of 70s beefcake.

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by Anonymousreply 54August 15, 2025 6:13 AM

Grand Canyon, LA Story, Planes Trains, Little Shop of Horrors, Roxanne, and more recently, Shopgirl.

by Anonymousreply 1August 14, 2025 7:04 PM

Roxanne

by Anonymousreply 2August 14, 2025 7:06 PM

My favorite is The Man With Two Brains.

by Anonymousreply 3August 14, 2025 7:06 PM

I still love The Jerk. It was so stupid, and he was so perfectly stupid in it. A comedy classic.

by Anonymousreply 4August 14, 2025 7:07 PM

R3 That's a good one, too.

Anne Uumellmahaye. Voiced by Sissy Spacek. And Merv Griffin as the window cleaner killer.

by Anonymousreply 5August 14, 2025 7:14 PM

I sent him an Old Spice gift set and a pair of argyle socks.

by Anonymousreply 6August 14, 2025 7:19 PM

It's a tradition for me and and my friends to watch Planes, Trains, and Automobiles every Thanksgiving. Martin wisely turned the spotlight over to John Candy for that one, but they're both equally wonderful in it. The "surprise" ending still gets me every time I watch it.

by Anonymousreply 7August 14, 2025 7:19 PM

Planes, Trains and Automobiles, Parenthood and his sketches on SNL are gold. Haven't seen The Jerk - is that the one where his nose keeps getting longer?

He played off John Candy's character perfectly. (I miss John Candy to this day like he was my own father.)

by Anonymousreply 8August 14, 2025 7:20 PM

I'd like to help him find his special purpose.

by Anonymousreply 9August 14, 2025 7:20 PM

Pennies...

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by Anonymousreply 10August 14, 2025 7:20 PM

He wrote for The Sonny and Cher Shore as well as The Cher Show and Cher keeps saying how lousy the show was. If it weren't for those variety shows, she never would have gotten a nose job and had her teeth fixed but would have still had a tranny child.

by Anonymousreply 11August 14, 2025 7:21 PM

R10 Great film. Criminally underrated.

It bombed at the box office, mainly because audiences weren't ready to see wacky Steve Martin in such a somber movie with such a depressing ending.

by Anonymousreply 12August 14, 2025 7:22 PM

He was such an odd choice for Pennies from Heaven but it's a great movie.

Did he ever get married? I had the impression he had hangups with women that really only another man could solve.

by Anonymousreply 13August 14, 2025 7:23 PM

R13, remember he lived with DL Goddess Bernadette for years.

by Anonymousreply 14August 14, 2025 7:25 PM

R13 He's been married twice. The first time to Victoria Tennant, his co-star in All of Me. He's been married to Anne Stringfield since 2007.

by Anonymousreply 15August 14, 2025 7:25 PM

He’s a ringer for Jim Morrison in that shot. I always do a double take.

by Anonymousreply 16August 14, 2025 7:28 PM

I can't believe he had brown hair at one time. He's been a silver fox my entire life.

by Anonymousreply 17August 14, 2025 7:30 PM

LA Story and Bowfinger are my two favorites Martin movies.

by Anonymousreply 18August 14, 2025 7:37 PM

I’m in the Steve Martin can do no wrong camp, but I especially enjoy watching him in Parenthood and A Simple Twist of Fate. I’m also a big fan of Only Murders.

I can’t believe he’s 80. He looks great.

by Anonymousreply 19August 14, 2025 7:41 PM

I saw him during his Wild and Crazy Guy tour and it’s crazy to remember what a huge phenomenon he was at the time. And he’s still hilarious.

by Anonymousreply 20August 14, 2025 7:49 PM

When he played banjo in a DL straw hat band—- uglee!

by Anonymousreply 21August 14, 2025 7:49 PM

Tut, tut R20

by Anonymousreply 22August 14, 2025 7:50 PM

He’s very sexy in an unconventional way.

But I heard he’s far from pleasant if you deal with him.

by Anonymousreply 23August 14, 2025 7:53 PM

I saw him at a comedy club in Denver circa 1977.

by Anonymousreply 24August 14, 2025 7:55 PM

R8 No, the Jerk is about a complete moron who leaves his family of poor black sharecroppers to find his way in the big city. He ends up accidentally inventing something that makes him a millionaire. The movie is ridiculous from start to finish, but so worth watching. Here's a glimpse at how completely off the wall it is:

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by Anonymousreply 25August 14, 2025 7:56 PM

[quote]But I heard he’s far from pleasant if you deal with him.

He hit me in the head with a fondue pot.

by Anonymousreply 26August 14, 2025 7:56 PM

He's a very sour man in real life.

by Anonymousreply 27August 14, 2025 7:59 PM

[quote]He's a very sour man in real life.

Sometimes you have to separate the art from the artist.

by Anonymousreply 28August 14, 2025 8:05 PM

Maybe not prime Martin but "Bringing Down the House" was quite fun. Cast included Queen Latifah and Joan Plowright.

by Anonymousreply 29August 14, 2025 8:09 PM

I liked The Jerk mainly because you got to see Martin's naked body, his nether regions concealed only by his dog Shithead.

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by Anonymousreply 30August 14, 2025 8:11 PM

The new phone books are here!

For you Z children: everyone used to get a free book full of telephone numbers-plus a bunch of pages in yellow!

by Anonymousreply 31August 14, 2025 8:12 PM

I enjoyed him and MS in Father of the Bride too.

by Anonymousreply 32August 14, 2025 8:14 PM

[quote] He hit me in the head with a fondue pot.

I thought that was Amy Klobuchar.

by Anonymousreply 33August 14, 2025 8:14 PM

My favorite scene from The Jerk:

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by Anonymousreply 34August 14, 2025 8:17 PM

Squash blossom? I would have guessed coin slot.

by Anonymousreply 35August 14, 2025 8:20 PM

Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid was genius.

by Anonymousreply 36August 14, 2025 8:21 PM

His physical comedy was brilliant in All of Me. I think he should've gotten an Oscar nomination.

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by Anonymousreply 37August 14, 2025 8:22 PM

Steve Martin came to my house and kicked my dog.

by Anonymousreply 38August 14, 2025 8:24 PM

R38 Was its name Shithead?

by Anonymousreply 39August 14, 2025 8:28 PM

R36 I liked the idea behind Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid, but the gimmick got old quickly.

by Anonymousreply 40August 14, 2025 8:29 PM

R37 You even get some VPL in that clip.

Nice.

by Anonymousreply 41August 14, 2025 8:31 PM

I find him really sexy even at this advanced age

by Anonymousreply 42August 14, 2025 8:37 PM

How could we have gotten this far and not have mentioned the absolutely brilliant Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. This is my favorite Martin film. If I catch it on, I have to watch the entire thing. And Three Amigos is a close second. Martin and Short together are undeniable. I credit that movie to this day for helping me learn the word “Plethora” as a kid.

by Anonymousreply 43August 14, 2025 8:38 PM

Because I have thing for full heads of prematurely gray hair, I've wanted him since the late 70s. And his art collection, too.

by Anonymousreply 44August 14, 2025 8:49 PM

I watched Parenthood recently and I had forgotten what I great movie it is. Very touching and funny. Dianne Wiest and Tom Hulce were criminally underrated actors.

I also watch My Blue Heaven. I had never seen it before. It was silly and fun and Steve was great as an Italian mobster. I also love the completely random Merengue dance scenes.

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by Anonymousreply 45August 14, 2025 8:49 PM

R43, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels is the best! He and Caine are brilliant! Love him as Ruprecht the weird "brother" 🤣

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by Anonymousreply 46August 14, 2025 9:14 PM

At his height, he was often a guest judge on The Gong Show, which showed how he really didn't take fame too seriously, or at least understood it.

by Anonymousreply 47August 14, 2025 9:14 PM

I liked him a lot as Oscar host. The 2001 opening monologue is specially my favorite:

"Hosting the Oscars is much like making love to a woman. It's something I only get to do when Billy Crystal is out of town."

"Right now, all over the world, there are 800 million people watching us right now. And everyone of them is thinking the exact same thought: THAT WE'RE ALL GAY!"

"Ellen Burstyn did something that not many actresses would do for a role in a movie. She made herself look 30lbs heavier and 20 years older... and Russell Crowe still hit on her."

"And there's Charlton Heston. Be careful what you say to him, because he thinks he was in Gladiator".

"Javier Bardem gave such a brilliant performance in a movie about a homosexual poet persecuted by hostile military forces. A movie the rapper Eminem called the feel good movie of the year".

"People are complaining that they feel the trailer gives away too much of the movie. I saw the trailer for 'Dude, Where's My Car?' and it ruined it for me. Maybe that's not fair cause I read the book."

"Maybe Hollywood movies are too violent. I took a 9yo kid to see 'Gladiator', and he cried during the entire film. Mabye because he didn't know who I was."

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by Anonymousreply 48August 14, 2025 9:50 PM

The two part documentary on him was amazing. The first half was his career, which was astounding. The second was just him today and his reflecting on his process. Two completely different vibes and both well done.

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by Anonymousreply 49August 14, 2025 10:09 PM

R46, I don’t know how the actors didn’t die laughing during those Ruprecht scenes.

by Anonymousreply 50August 15, 2025 5:27 AM

I love Housesitter with Goldie Hawn. The jerk, man with 2 brains, Roxanne and Bowfinger is hysterical and so underrated; Christine Baranski is hilarious in it...many laugh out loud moments. i liked his tv show Murders in the building. Season one.

by Anonymousreply 51August 15, 2025 5:52 AM

Another vote for Bowfinger

by Anonymousreply 52August 15, 2025 6:08 AM

Apparently, he has an incredible art collection.

by Anonymousreply 53August 15, 2025 6:13 AM

LA Story

by Anonymousreply 54August 15, 2025 6:13 AM
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