Steve Martin performs stand-up comedy for dogs on the Tonight Show

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Rare early Steve Martin stand-up routine from 2/15/1973. He performs for an audience of dogs and later does some card tricks for Johnny Carson.

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@charlenemack7040 Жыл бұрын

I actually saw this original show 50 years ago. Time has been going by like the blink of an eye. Enjoy life while you can people.😮😊❤

@JDOTVegas 11 ай бұрын

💯💯💯💯💯💯

@sharonh2991 11 ай бұрын

When I was in my 20s and had my first apartment I had a neighbor in her 70s who would always stop by. She thought it was great that I was a single woman living on my own (in the 80s) and she used to tell me about how things were when she was a young woman. I remember always wondering how on earth she could remember things that happened some 50 years ago and I wondered what it felt like to look back that far in life and how much a person actually remembers. We’ll, now I know. You remember, and it seems like it was just yesterday.

@charlenemack7040 11 ай бұрын

@@sharonh2991 my very earliest memory in life is… We had a double sink in the kitchen area. One was shallow, and the other was quite deep. I remember my dad giving me a bath in that deep tub. Was a three years old, 3 1/2 years old or four! I remember telling him this when I was in my middle 20s. He told me the second he put me in the water, I would take a poop. I laughed at that. My parents and older brother have all been gone 29 years now. Trust me life goes by quickly… Enjoy as much as you can. While I have your attention, I remember seeing the Beatles three times on the Ed Sullivan show. It was in black-and-white then. I remember when Ed told the Rolling Stones that they had to change the lyrics in one of their songs… He did not want them to sing…”Let’s spend the night together”… Ed made them change it to…”Let’s spend some time together” 😂😂😂 my memory is pretty good. I’ll be 72 in a couple of months. My sister turned 76 this past March. I truly cannot believe I am 71 years old… It just goes by so quickly. I have only been to two concerts in my lifetime. When was Ray Charles, and the other was the Rolling Stones. I was around 14 years old when I saw the Rolling Stones tickets were $2.50 and $3.50. I got in free, everybody was already seated, and I was very shy, and the ticket guy said to me do you wanna go in… I said yes, And he let me in for free. I wonder what tickets cost now to see them. I talk way too much 😂😂😂❤

@galaxy98765 11 ай бұрын

@@charlenemack7040 I'm 71 also, since Feb. of this year. I, too, remember when Ed Sullivan made Mick Jagger change the lyrics in that song. Do you remember watching it, and/or a video of it since then? Because when Mick had to sing "let's spend some time together", did you see him roll his eyes, like he thought it was so rediculous that he had to sing it with those words? Ed Sullivan was such a good guy. He wanted to keep things "clean", and the first thing he did after each show was to grab a phone and call his wife before she went to bed. I miss him. Yes, I am appalled at how fast time has gone by. And I'm a little bothered by the fact that, just this year, I have learned a couple of very important things about relationships that I wish I had learned fifty years ago, and one big thing about myself that I wish I had known 50 years ago. I've been "codependent" my whole life, and just found out this year! But I am codependent no longer! Now I will watch this video. I love animals. Take great care!

@danbennett1005 10 ай бұрын

You just got tragedy in our comedy!

@Carson-xz3nu 4 жыл бұрын

In 1977 my boyfriend paid $5 for tickets to take me to go see him (I’d never heard of him) at the college gymnasium where we sat on metal folding chairs. When the show started I was sitting with my arms folded thinking “that guy’s an idiot”! By the end of the show I was laughing so hard I was crying!

@mattcorcoran7082 Жыл бұрын

Youngsters don’t appreciate what a breath of fresh air Steve was in his standup days. In his day he was a rock star like Richard Pryor and Eddie Murphy. And yes, the funniest ever IMHO

@The_Not_So_Great_Cornholio 7 ай бұрын

He wasn't vapid and narcissistic enough for their tastes.

@briseboy 5 ай бұрын

Like WHO?

@camillepotter9580 4 жыл бұрын

I saw him in college in approx 1976. He came out with bunny ears on his head, telling jokes and playing banjo. After 30 minutes, he touched his head and said "What some people will do for attention!" So he scrounges around in a cardboard box behind him, talking off the bunny ears, and turns back around to the crowd wearing an arrow through his head, saying, "There! That's better!" We all roared with laughter and the rest of the show was great too. I knew then he was going to be famous and when I saw him in The Jerk, I was sure.

@Kevin-nm8ih 10 ай бұрын

I knew someone who had the same experience around the time, but he did a routine and then he ran out in the street in front of the theater and was dancing in the street with everyone,🥰

@AZ_actual_voter 10 ай бұрын

I fell in love with Steve Martin in the late 70's, watching his performance at the Red Rocks Amphitheater in Colorado. It wasn't merely a stand-up comedy routine; yes, he was funny but he also played the banjo seriously and at length, he sang (and danced) an extended version of "King Tut" in full corny Egyptian regalia, and he connected with us, the audience, in a way that felt like it was personal to each of us. (The only other performer that affected me so intensely was Robin Williams. Like Steve Martin, he also listened and truly processed what he learned from his audience.) I considered that Steve Martin performance the best of any "concert" I ever attended.

@fewerbeansplease 4 жыл бұрын

This is one of the best examples of why it take real guts to be a comedian...he has this idea (comedy for dogs) and he has to introduce it and develop it without any certainty that the audience will find it amusing. But as a comedian you must do that if you want to succeed (survive)... as a connoisseur of comedy I stand in awe.

@berryscott3590 Жыл бұрын

Yes, but a couple of those dogs were just pretending to laugh...

@archengle2 11 ай бұрын

I agree. Call me mean but modern comedy just can't hold a candle.

@adamdavidsoddities8573 11 ай бұрын

@@archengle2 you may be 3 years late but it's never too late to be a troll's ass for no good reason. Good job buddy.

@davidjorgensen877 11 ай бұрын

@@archengle2 See, that was his point. Your hackneyed retorts didn't land. Back of the bus, HasBeen.

@mikamamma 11 ай бұрын

@@archengle2I’d really rather YOU didn’t procreate…the world already has too many mean spirited people.

@chrisbodor 5 жыл бұрын

"If you are a human being, you won't get the jokes." Classic.

@cheswajda9803 4 жыл бұрын

Steve Martin's bits from the 70's still hold up. Still unique, absurdist humor.

@DrDespicable 4 жыл бұрын

And Steve was only 27, here! Having written for the Smothers Brothers, and for the Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour (where he also performed), then finally breaking out on with his own material... Legend.

@jeshkam 2 жыл бұрын

Lol he's already lookin' 40-ish here 😂😁

@davidevans3227 Жыл бұрын

never seen him with anything but white hair until this

@daphne1079 Жыл бұрын

Nope, he's handsome doesn't look any where near 40.

@GrantKanigan 11 ай бұрын

The two of them are so quick and hilarious with each other lol. They’re always on the same page. Johnny was such a great interviewer and host.

@violinda. 2 жыл бұрын

Nearly 50 years later and my dog was just cracking up like crazy. But yeah, I didn't get it.

@Plethorality 10 ай бұрын

Best comment. And quite likely true : )

@thekcsugethe_kc_suge7930 2 жыл бұрын

Imagine the guts it takes to do this routine on the Tonight Show. Then the only late night national show on TV. Massive audience.

@weirdshibainu Жыл бұрын

No kidding. Carson drew huge numbers.

@kathym.248 11 ай бұрын

I agree. That was the biggest thing for a young comic and that was right on the edge of falling flat. But didn't. Incredible. Such confidence.

@doodooswaggy3825 Жыл бұрын

"so I don't have to add any canned barks later on" is a great line

@lesliesanderson1973 10 ай бұрын

I forgotten how much fun he was in those early days, so absurd and so full of energy.

@michaelprosperity3420 4 жыл бұрын

What makes his comedy unique is that it clean,sophomoric and creative. It just plain silly fun.

@glennzevallos2841 5 жыл бұрын

In his book Steve Martin revealed his most valuable lesson about performing live standup comedy- Every second counts!

@tinaprivitera6669 5 жыл бұрын

Laughing at that one dog that tolerated the jokes, stayed when the others left, moved closer for more, then pissed a little, sneezed, and walked away.

@luguy8347 4 жыл бұрын

Tina Privitera hilarious, Steve is incredible

@michaelhayes6887 4 жыл бұрын

Really innovative, original and smart. He was goofing on the whole comedian shtick. That was brilliant. He was a rock star comic too.

@schmivig 4 жыл бұрын

The previous guest sitting with Ed is Sandy Duncan, now in her mid 70's and as awesome as ever. If you want to get a good idea of her personality, there is a half-hour interview with her from the Dick Cavett (best interviewer ever) show that is just great. Incredible person and performer.

@HEAVYHONEY1 4 жыл бұрын

Most people don't realize why he was so amazing at the time he came onto the scene - the 70s was a comic revolution with comedians like Cheech & Chong and Richard Pryor all doing material never allowed before. It was all about drugs, sex, and the darker side of real-life and it was amazing and also really heavy stuff and when Steve Martin broke onto the scene he was the total opposite. His act and humor were stupid, goofy, and very light overall, coming out in a white suit and making balloon animals, wearing a fake arrow through his head, playing the banjo and then right in the middle of telling a joke yelling out, "HAPPY FEET!", and then dancing all over the stage like an idiot, and it was pure genius. He was such a breath of fresh air.

@blackdogdancer 5 жыл бұрын

Another reason to love Steven Martin. Delightful. One thing I noticed about his humour - it doesn't attack or demonize other people. Which is smart. Like the comedians who made a living out of putting down women or anyone who was "different". His humour is about the skewed way that he experiences life - so we are laughing at how messed up he is. At the same time he is endearing with a sweet kind of innocence. Robin Williams had that same kind of lovable quality. No hate speeches or showing how stupid some people are.

@danicegewiss862 2 жыл бұрын

Dogs are truly the best listeners. They look at you as you talk. So they "listened" to his jokes. The card tricks were ridiculously funny.😀

@informedcitizen8687 4 жыл бұрын

Martin was one of the most innovative comedians of his generation and truly on of the greats. He dosen't get the credit he deserves but I put him up there with the giants, his act didnt make you think but he always made you laugh and that's all that matters.

@luguy8347 4 жыл бұрын

Informed citizen Absolutely, the jerk was fantastic.

@jimhanold9026 4 жыл бұрын

Exactly!

@MatthewHarmon 3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely... but I'm not sure "underrated" is a good word. He was the first "rock star" comedian - filling huge arenas to rabid fans. When he dropped an album, it was a cultural event!

@A.I-GAMING 3 жыл бұрын

@5,ooo LightYears Away Not under rated, in any informed conversation about greatest comedians Steve's name is always mentioned.

@drumsport 3 жыл бұрын

Uninformed Citizen - You must have missed the AFI Lifetime Achievement Award he received in 2015. lol

@jerrybobteasdale 6 жыл бұрын

Steve Martin fully commits to the bit.

@burnts0x 5 жыл бұрын

Even during the interview after his bit. Mindblowing for 1973!

@thomasfoss9963 4 жыл бұрын

He sure did!!!! He was touring with his old buddy John McEuen!

@MrJamberee 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, but it doesn’t always work out.

@norakat 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah I don’t think he even knew how it was gonna go, he just did it.

@notsusan 3 жыл бұрын

this is why he was so good. it would be so easy to bomb with his material if he didn't go all in.

@johnverley388 Жыл бұрын

steve martin is one comedian who didn't use foul language or dirty jokes to be funny and successful he made his act stupid yet funny

@zerodok 9 ай бұрын

Not entirely true. His standup did, he just didn't do that material on TV.

@DIANNEELEE 7 жыл бұрын

My sister had a "Steve Martin" Party. We all laughed till we cried. I never missed the 11pm to 1am, Johnny Carson show, or a Steve Martin appearance. He is a master of the banjo also. If Steve juststood still and looked at the camera, I laughed. You had to be there. His "Walk Like An Egyptian" never failed to make those who loved Steve laugh like we had gone insane.

@quintbromley2112 6 жыл бұрын

Nice. Steve was the best guest no matter what show, but Carson and SNL were always standouts.

@markzappasodi 6 жыл бұрын

EmeraldCity : 2 corrections : The Tonight Show was originally on from 11:30, not 11:00 til 1:00 and eventually shortened until 12:30 and Steve Martin sang "King Tut". "Walk Like An Egyptian" was a song by The Bangles.

@marine4lyfe85 5 жыл бұрын

And half the audience.

@dalew.daemicke8656 5 жыл бұрын

Steve Martin was a total original. He was fearless in being on the cutting edge of humor.

@juliedykes4264 11 ай бұрын

He's alive and well....he is STILL an original.

@thomastaylor8910 4 жыл бұрын

Seemed like a ruff crowd

@mchris65 4 жыл бұрын

He practically had to sit up and beg for an applause!

@travisd8069 4 жыл бұрын

Because he’s not funny...at all!!

@travisd8069 4 жыл бұрын

At all!!!

@travisd8069 4 жыл бұрын

One would have to be just as fu$&@in corny as him to laugh at his jokes!

@wilsonblauheuer6544 4 жыл бұрын

@@travisd8069 that really was unfunny. the only slightly funny part was the fourteen of spades

@nickoven5903 5 жыл бұрын

the jazz dog whistle solo was genius

@acerothstein4755 5 жыл бұрын

Nic Koven It was??

@trugod72 5 жыл бұрын

I wouldn't be surprised if will ferrell stole that from him for anchorman.

@scotchancestry9103 4 жыл бұрын

@@trugod72 i think they collaborated on it

@barbarawhite3947 4 жыл бұрын

Steve Martin You are so very naturally funny by yourself! The dogs just add to your creativity and your awesome self! You are a beautiful individual with a tremendous God given talent!

@batya7 4 жыл бұрын

Hugely funny 45+ years later. Love the card tricks.

@ingloriousbasterd3067 5 жыл бұрын

Cats are generally more high brow when it comes to comedy but my cat likes Steve but more importantly to me is that my cat is always reading Nietzsche and keeping me up at nights quoting passages from his books.

@brockjohnson4116 11 ай бұрын

Steve had a bad experience from his cat embezzling from him though and no longer trusts them

@mikey92362 11 ай бұрын

@@brockjohnson4116 Fun fact: Adjusted for inflation, his cat toys are worth $10,724.39 today!

@wendynine-sc2sv Ай бұрын

Love my cats. They wake me up several times a night - quoting Steve Martin! Lol and blessed bee 🐝...to all you all...

@dancepiglover 4 жыл бұрын

“Dueling Banjos” is SO famous, I never thought about a time when it was brand new.

@sylviastreet6785 3 жыл бұрын

I laughed at everything he did! His jokes were so funny!

@tjwash5118 6 жыл бұрын

Brilliant. Only Steve Martin could pull this off.

@blondwiththewind 5 жыл бұрын

@Jimmy Greene

@attygarland6909 5 жыл бұрын

Just what I said .. ^5

@stellamoore2494 5 жыл бұрын

Steve Martin was very funny. Always loved him and laughed at all his jokes.

@Oscar3 2 жыл бұрын

Was???

@beachybear38 11 ай бұрын

Is, very much, is!

@AEM479 11 ай бұрын

❤🥰 Love it- “Hi Pooches!” 70’s witty, goofball, comedy by one of the Legends never gets old 🥰💕

@dr.zoidberg4313 5 жыл бұрын

"Well you're wrong!" That was actually pretty funny.

@martinez-shaffer 10 ай бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

@birdie9240 Жыл бұрын

When he said “what sign are you?” “Well, I’m a feces.” I just about died 😂

@rayfollis8992 4 жыл бұрын

A brave bit - especially for the Tonight Show. Steve totally committed.

@solodolotrevino 3 жыл бұрын

I was thinking “why is Johnny explaining what Steve Martin does?” and then I realized this was 1973 and I’ve never lived in a world where Steve Martin wasn’t a household name

@rb8460 5 жыл бұрын

I don't know that he ever wanted to do it, but I could envision that Steve Martin would have been a really worthy replacement for Johnny Carson.

@Serai3 5 жыл бұрын

Steve was a genius. He was set on breaking the notions of what comedy was, what stand-up was, and how a comedian should relate to the audience. I loved his bits because they were so utterly unlike what anyone else was doing. A master!

@blondwiththewind 5 жыл бұрын

Yep....you're totally correct!!! To this day....I always picture him with that bent arrow on his head!!! LOL

@Serai3 5 жыл бұрын

Martin WAS funny. He was just different from what you were used to. It was that difference that made him so funny. "Funny" isn't just about jokes, you know.

@Serai3 5 жыл бұрын

LOLOLOL OMG, you have no idea how you've contradicted yourself there, have you? What a maroon! LMAO

@cacatr4495 5 жыл бұрын

@@Serai3 "maroon"?? That's a dark red color.

@Serai3 5 жыл бұрын

I take it you never watched a Warner Bros. cartoon.

@jeffcolorado 5 жыл бұрын

I haven't seen or thought of Sandy Duncan for decades, but as soon as I saw her sitting on the couch, I remembered her.

@froggydoodle808 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for ID-ing her! Who is the guy beside her?

@Ed_Okin 4 жыл бұрын

The fine gentleman to the left is Ed McMahon, Johnny Carson’s sidekick. “Many television talk shows make use of a sidekick as a co-host who anchors a show with the main star. Ed McMahon played this role famously to Johnny Carson on the Tonight Show, as did Andy Richter to Conan O'Brien on the Late Night with Conan O'Brien and during O'Brien's short-lived tenure on the Tonight Show. The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson employs a mechanical robot sidekick named Geoff Petersen.” Wikipedia

@a-muse6567 4 жыл бұрын

me too!

@EarmonkeyMusic 4 жыл бұрын

Wheat Thins

@mouselink 4 жыл бұрын

Watch _The Cat from Outer Space_.

@amsterdammancom 4 жыл бұрын

Between the jazz dog whistle and the 14 of spades... Steve Martin - performance genius!

@Gwentheferret 5 жыл бұрын

Out in the kitchen, watching this on my laptop, my dog was in the bedroom... next thing I know, the dog's out by me. I think he wanted to hear Steve Martin better. :)

@jamesfarrell8339 5 жыл бұрын

He is a brilliant comedian. I have never seen that before. Thank you for posting. I really enjoyed watching it.

@lycanravage 5 жыл бұрын

Hey, you don't have to be so rude with your sarcastic comment

@gregv903 5 жыл бұрын

"so i don't have to add any canned barks later.."

@Archer335 4 жыл бұрын

The first time I saw Steve Martin on TV in the late seventies, I was pretty certain that he was going to be huge.

@CK-sn2lg 4 жыл бұрын

Seeing Steve Martin without white hair is a shock

@favrerules04 3 жыл бұрын

I thought he was born with it

@teedee8028 3 жыл бұрын

He dyed his hair brown for this show.

@FlyingSavannahs 3 жыл бұрын

A long time ago seeing Steve Martin _with_ white hair was a shock.

@JaneDoe-ci3gj 11 ай бұрын

I know, we were all young once!😊

@arkady714 7 жыл бұрын

Saw this on TV with my dad. As he was a comedian of my generation, I cracked up through the whole bit. My father didn't know what was more upsetting, this routine or that I found it so hilarious. (Disclosure: Our German Shepherds gave it mixed reviews.)

@JohnSmith-to5ow 7 жыл бұрын

Ha ha, love your comment. So telling. I am way too young to have seen it the first time around, but I too find it hilarious.

@arkady714 7 жыл бұрын

The best part for me was how deliberately humor like this separated two generations. My dad didn't have the slightest clue why this was so funny and I didn't feel like wasting my breath to explain it. It is hilarious.

@shirljohn5900 7 жыл бұрын

arkady714

@haskellbob 7 жыл бұрын

I suspect that marijuana had something to do with that separation of the two generations!

@arkady714 7 жыл бұрын

Marijuana was a symptom of the separation, not a cause.

@HeidiFerren 4 жыл бұрын

This was too funny. I was rolling on the floor.

@mizzury54 4 жыл бұрын

Can you roll on the floor with me ?

@Declan_Lyons 4 жыл бұрын

Underappreciated joke.

@UNDERGROUND2000 11 ай бұрын

Saw him early into his career in Oakland. Around 1977. Entire place in tears laughing. At the end of his show he walked down the main aisle of the theater and out into the sidewalk in downtown Oakland. I was there with my GF along with another couple who had no idea who Martin was. Me and my buddy followed him out as did about ten other people..he walked about a block as we followed. It was surreal as he nodded to people that were just going about there late evening strolls. Then he stopped and turned and looked us all in the eye and said ‘you’re probably expecting me to say something really funny..’ We were all kinda speechless ..then he just walked back in the direction of the theater. My pal had never heard of him and was in awe of what just happened. 😢

@lolomoss3561 5 жыл бұрын

so Planes Trains and Automobiles was on tv earlier today and i got to thinkin what ever happened to Steve Martin. He was one of my fav comics growing up. i loved him on SNL (back when they were actually funny). in my search to see if he's done anything new i run across this. he still cracks me up. i love slapstick comedy. he def was out of the box back then. that 14 of spades was hilarious. good clean comedy!!

@cechristine2376 3 жыл бұрын

Classic Carson. Always brought the talent.

@2war2bray 5 жыл бұрын

There have very few really great comedians over the years and Steve Martin was one of those few.

@RowantheHearingAssistDog 11 ай бұрын

My dog laughed! So did the cat.

@trumpjonguno6994 5 жыл бұрын

My grandma on my dads side watched johnny every night. When i would spend the night at her house as a kid we watched the game shows she and my grandpa watched and then johnny came next. Never will forget those days! My cat watches tv too. Steve's hilarious.

@canadianroot 5 жыл бұрын

crafty elvira On your dad’s side, huh?

@sherlockinaforever 5 жыл бұрын

@@canadianroot : the grandma was the mother of crafty elvira's father :)

@canadianroot 5 жыл бұрын

@@sherlockinaforever Hmm. I'm curious why there was no mention of cousins, or aunts and uncles, and which side of the family they were on.

@Skylarking00 5 жыл бұрын

Nothing fancy but there’s a bit of genius about Steve Martin. Just a smart, appealing, funny, self-deprecating guy.

@lisad2701 5 жыл бұрын

"self-deprecating"? I don't think so. My friend's father, Jack Carter, taught him how to play the banjo. Steve has always lied and said that he was "self taught". Jack was an incredible musician and turned to alcohol due to giving up his true vocation in order to raise his family. It would have meant the world to him if Steve could have humbled himself enough to give Jack credit. Steve Martin is a self-absorbed, dishonest human being.

@SMaamri78 5 жыл бұрын

Kind of like the rest of us ....

@blackdogdancer 5 жыл бұрын

Absolutely agree with you. It's on a higher level than most.

@mattperri3786 5 жыл бұрын

@@lisad2701 - Jack Carter didn't teach him anything. I have no idea where you're getting this information. If it's from your "friend", they're full of it. Martin jokes about being self-taught but says that he was taught by John McEuen.

@lisad2701 5 жыл бұрын

@@mattperri3786 Steve went to Garden Grove High School with Jack's daughter, Barbara, along with Elvis Presley's backup singer, Kathy Westmoreland. The three of them hung out together. Barbara's (she preferred the nickname "Bobbie") father was the most talented live musician that I ever had the pleasure to listen to. He was a master on the fiddle and the banjo and taught Steve how to play. I am mystified by Steve's amnesia. Perhaps he had a falling out with Jack who was a raging alcoholic. Maybe he was afraid of putting an unreliable person in the limelight...afraid of loose lips that sink ships. At any rate, Jack died many years ago and it's never to late to set the record straight.

@mamas3cubs 5 жыл бұрын

Love Steve Martin in most everything.... loved him since SNL onwards.... great all Around! 🤣🤣🤣

@hubbsllc 5 жыл бұрын

So in about four years, Steve Martin would absolutely explode on television, records, and film. He was red-hot for more than two years solid.

@bluetickfreddy101 2 жыл бұрын

My dogs is still laughing Hilarious

@bmelvin1234 5 жыл бұрын

That took balls. I liked it though. Very creative

@luguy8347 4 жыл бұрын

Brian Melvin me too, very brave of Steve Martin.

@MrFirstdance2000 5 жыл бұрын

Love the mention of "Dueling Banjos" which gives this particular show a nice sense of history!

@thomasfoss9963 4 жыл бұрын

He was on tour with his buddy McEuen and the Nitty Gritty!!!!!!@!!

@blondwiththewind 5 жыл бұрын

Carson with the preeminent talk show host. STILL IS IMO!!! BEST TALK SHOW HOSE EVER!!!! He was always promoting his guests graciously....very kind to everyone....and treating them with the utmost of warmth and support. Carson had a great taste for comedy and talent. He was spot-on when he took Steve Martin under his wing.....and fortunately: Steve's "material" just kept getting better and better. ;-) Steve certainly "paid his dues" and made HIMSELF a "STAR"....but Carson and SNL had a lot to do with helping him rise to fame as well. This particular "Tonight Show" appearance was "back in the day" when actual PEOPLE/CONSUMERS promoted who they thought were talented to the TOP.......NOT just because the "media machine" promoted some not-worthy-nothing as a celebrity. If you became a celebrity BEFORE THE NINETIES.....YOU DESERVED IT!!!! KUDOS TO THE DAYS WHEN GENUINE TALENT WAS WHAT AUDIENCES DEMANDED.....AND THE MEDIA MACHINE WAS JUST A CATALYST TO MAKE THAT TALENT RISE TO THE TOP.

@garypaquin9571 5 жыл бұрын

LETTERMAN- 1982 to 1992 was much more innovative and funny

@vinayms1332 4 жыл бұрын

5:42 "I almost got...something else". I expected a roar from the audience. Damn. Underrated.

@rileyhall7777 5 жыл бұрын

Nice to see something daringly different thats 'clean'

@swanofnutella4734 4 жыл бұрын

Well unlike, say a gemini, feces are like that.

@HiVizCamo 5 жыл бұрын

Those card gags were all LOL. The false shuffle, bottom dealing, the cow pasture shuffle.

@divineoracle7459 2 жыл бұрын

I love this wild and crazy guy🥰🤭❣

@doctorhamburger1346 3 жыл бұрын

Steve's comedy has a weird effect on me. Consciously, I'm thinking, is this funny? I can't tell if it's funny. But then I realize I've been cracking up the whole time.

@JohnDough-yr2zt Жыл бұрын

The body knows what’s funny when the mind doesn’t.

@TCgirl Жыл бұрын

Benjamin Marilyn, oddly I completely get it. 😂

@metaparcel 4 жыл бұрын

I didn't laugh at anything he said or did until he did the card shuffle joke. This guy has always been one that takes me a while to find something to laugh about but when he keeps going he eventually finds his groove and he gets everyone on board soon or later. His type of humor takes awhile for me to get and when I was younger I'd just tune him out of my mind because I didn't give him the time of day to be funny but now with a bit more patience I see why legendary comedians themselves look up to Martin.

@zoppie 5 жыл бұрын

An act that went to the dogs. Literally.

@ellywinterquist7665 4 жыл бұрын

I Love Steve Martin!!!!😂👍🏼

@lylestavast7652 5 жыл бұрын

I saw this guy front for the Carpenters roughly around this time period - he was amazing on stage - did a balloon tricks sequence that was super... I love the guy - but I really am most impressed by his banjo playing, he's really very very good.

@lylestavast7652 5 жыл бұрын

@gia valentini Not only saw them twice - but have pictures I took backstage when the HS newspaper interviewed them. Also met Meadowlark Lemon for an interview at the Holiday Inn there - he had 4 of us in his room and bought burgers for us - we hung for abotu 45 minutes talking... and Dub Taylor who played older scruffy guys in westerns - his son was the blacksmith on Gunsmoke.... :) I didn't know Martin was a birder... thx.

@ichdien 5 жыл бұрын

Agreed

@mjproebstle 4 жыл бұрын

Lyle Stavast he still kills on the banjo today!

@doodooswaggy3825 Жыл бұрын

That is a sick show to see, especially in 1973.

@stonetrooper2 4 жыл бұрын

Johnny knew he was in the presence of a comic genius.

@williamlozier5454 5 жыл бұрын

It's all in the delivery. Steve Martin was so good in this method.

@jewelz6028 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you Mom for introducing me too Mr. Steve Martins timeless comedic acts and films. My all time fave.

@rosrychaplet 5 жыл бұрын

every dog is a critic! roflmbo! the dog at the end of the routine!

@froggydoodle808 5 жыл бұрын

Looks like he was trained to lift his leg like he's peeing.

@rossanafioravanti8526 5 жыл бұрын

"Years of practice"....he s genius. Italy had some similar comedians back then too. They got laughters from the audience with subtle absurd tricks such as SM's "you are wrong!". But I was lucky enough to have my parents laughing together with me.Those years were a time for deep changes for sure...

@or4257 4 жыл бұрын

Who were those italian comedians??am genuinely interested.

@marciacapell1541 11 ай бұрын

Look how young he is in this old show! 😮omg where did time go? 😱🫣

@xflyer87 11 ай бұрын

I laughed so hard I was crying 😂. Again😂😂

@lindareiber3097 4 жыл бұрын

He is 1 "wild and crazy guy!"

@ResortDog 5 жыл бұрын

Half the fun of comedy albums (vinyl) was seeing your friends get the jokes for the first time.

@thomasfoss9963 4 жыл бұрын

Carlin LPs especially

@arcanondrum6543 11 ай бұрын

I love the Dogs! That was a great opening they had.

@droolbunnyxo9565 4 жыл бұрын

Martin humor for canines ~ what a Great Dane for dogs! (His "Cat Toys" routine is pretty funny. :)

@michaelbutler4050 4 жыл бұрын

"I'm a feces" "I'd hate to ask what your rising sign is!"

@greatdaneacdc 4 жыл бұрын

Michael Butler That’s the funniest... it almost got pass me ! I’m a feces too!

@greatdaneacdc 4 жыл бұрын

With that Sun sign ! I’d say Uranus!

@pablogrijalva1581 3 жыл бұрын

Carson was sooooo good. Too quick for people in the audinece though

@erikhaack4123 4 жыл бұрын

Loved him on planes,trains and automobiles.

@sallygm9027 3 жыл бұрын

I have never seen anyone who can simply says, ‘dogs’ and crack me up instantly.

@michaeldiaz2439 2 жыл бұрын

It's a doggy dog world!! Hahaha! Loved Steve Martin back in the day!

@attygarland6909 5 жыл бұрын

Only Steve could do routines like that and make them FUNNY .. ^5

@lindaleelaw5277 5 жыл бұрын

across the bottom, scrolling, is the translation for cats.

@MegaSven3000 5 жыл бұрын

Ha Ha!

@stephenbrooks949 5 жыл бұрын

Only if you subscribe to FelineNetwork

@trentpatrick9326 4 жыл бұрын

Lol! Very witty!

@kmetzz1 4 жыл бұрын

Now this is funny. I wish people were funny like this today!!

@sherricoffman 5 ай бұрын

ThankYou4Sharing!!! ❤ 🕊 MuchLove!!!LOL 😆 🤣 😂 😹

@melissamaylath2289 5 жыл бұрын

I ❤ Steve martin. He makes me lol. Its weird to see him with out the white hair. I've never seen this. He's so doggone funny. Steve martin is catasic.

@karezaalonso7110 4 жыл бұрын

Of course he is, but in this particular clip he's dogtastic.

@alitlweird 5 жыл бұрын

Steve Martin is like a vaudeville throwback.

@lindathefirst 5 жыл бұрын

Liked this, the dogs plus card tricks. Enjoyed Johnny Carson

@bethriley9757 11 ай бұрын

I remember this!! I saw this!!

@poopoolarson333 5 жыл бұрын

My favorite part was the “Cow Pasture Shuffle.”

@PatrickEPM 5 жыл бұрын

The dog whistle solo was amazing. Is it available on CD or iTunes?

@janetduncan87 Жыл бұрын

I was introduced to Steve Martin by my late ex during our early years of dating. In 1978, he took me to see, The Jerk. I honestly didn't know what to make of him. I realized shortly after he was an SNL comedian. One of my favorite movies is Parenthood. I'm not a huge fan, but I get the jokes now, and it is funny.

@LittleCabin Ай бұрын

He was not an SNL comedian, but appeared as a guest many times.

@janetduncan87 Ай бұрын

@@LittleCabin welllll exxxcccuuuusssseee mmmmeee