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frustratedpilot) wrote2008-10-22 05:59 pm
frustratedpilot) wrote2008-10-22 05:59 pm
Another Guy Named Steve
Steve Martin Interview On NPR's Fresh Air.
It's peculiar that I liked him but wasn't all that big a fan when he was an A-List star. But hearing his story about how he suffered from panic attacks early on in his show biz career, and how he avoided using drugs because of that, that's something I can really relate to.
The punchline of the "blue spotlight sketch" had a life of its own...so much so that it's permanently stuck in the fabric of American culture. But I had never heard the actual sketch before, and it's included in this interview. If a punchline is made into a catch phrase, totally detached from its original context, it loses something. (Note that I am deliberately not quoting the words. Please, you need to actually hear the sketch.)
It's peculiar that I liked him but wasn't all that big a fan when he was an A-List star. But hearing his story about how he suffered from panic attacks early on in his show biz career, and how he avoided using drugs because of that, that's something I can really relate to.
The punchline of the "blue spotlight sketch" had a life of its own...so much so that it's permanently stuck in the fabric of American culture. But I had never heard the actual sketch before, and it's included in this interview. If a punchline is made into a catch phrase, totally detached from its original context, it loses something. (Note that I am deliberately not quoting the words. Please, you need to actually hear the sketch.)