Was Steve Martin ever funny?

[Matt Williams]

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these are all PG movies.

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Hmm... Really? Planes, Trains and Automobiles is PG? Never knew you could tell Mrs. Poole to wipe her f@cking smirk off those f@cking rosy cheeks and demand another rental car in a PG movie.

[samjjones]

I do not throw around this compliment lightly, but Steve Martin really is brilliant.

[UncleSalty]

I am only 30, but this thread makes me feel very old. [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

[bobbyi]

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there wasn't PG-13 back then right? cause thats the rating it would have got.

if i remember correctly it was just G,PG,R...

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PG-13 was created because there was some outcry about the films Gremlins and Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom because they contained moderate gore but were rated PG. They received a PG rating since they weren't bad enough for R, but some parents still thought they were inapporpriate for little kids, thus a new "in between" rating was added. Gremlins came out not long after ET and tried to capitalize on that by displaying Spielberg's name prominently and promoting the cuteness of Gizmo, which is why some thought it was a cute Christmas movie and did not expect it to turn into a pseudo-horror movie. Temple of Doom has a guy getting his heart ripped out of his chest which apparently is a good way to get rating systems invented or revised since Kano ripping out hearts in Mortal Kombat years later was one of the reasons we now have the ESRB.

[Blarg]

Nice bit of trivia, me likey.

[andyfox]

I saw him in concert when he was a "wild and crazy guy." Pretty funny. HE made a short movie called "The Absent Minded Waiter" with Terry Garr and Buck Henry that was very funny. Not on the "A" list of funny, but certainly a "B."

[Army Eye]

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Carlin is made out to be a stand-up comedy god, but he seems like total trash.

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Carlin has gotten old and angry. His current act is indeed bad, but it is a 100% departure from what it used to be. His 60s/70s/80s stuff is gold, and that's why he's a legend.

[Lazymeatball]

"Bowfinger" is really good.

[Skipbidder]

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So, is any of his standup work available today on DVD? I'm cruising Netflix and coming up blank, other than SNL/Muppet Show appearances.

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I don't have an answer to your question...sorry about that.
I just wanted to say that his muppet show episode is definitely worth watching.

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I saw him in concert when he was a "wild and crazy guy." Pretty funny. HE made a short movie called "The Absent Minded Waiter" with Terry Garr and Buck Henry that was very funny. Not on the "A" list of funny, but certainly a "B."

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I have seen the Absent Minded Waiter and thought it was very funny as well.

Also, regarding George Carlin, his comparison of football and baseball is genius.