Steve Martin
Steve Martin’s greatest accomplishment? Making WASPs funny.
Martin, prematurely gray and Wonder-Bread-handsome, found unprecedented inroads with TV’s old Jewish guard. He brought them something new.
James Franco Joined By Seth Rogen, Jonah Hill And Steve Martin For ‘Saturday Night Live’ Monologue
The boys are back in (mid)town.
Amy Schumer Shines As ‘Shiksa Goddess’ In Steve Martin’s Dim-Watted Play
Despite some potentially interesting playwriting tricks, “Meteor Shower,” mostly just crashes and burns.
Steve Martin’s Carrie Fisher Tweet and the (Imagined) War on Male Heterosexuality
Steve Martin deleted the tweet. And then, predictably enough, came the cries that the PC Police were at it again.
Five Not-As-Terrible-As-You-Think Comedy Movies
Saul Austerlitz is the author of “Another Fine Mess: A History of American Film Comedy.” His blog posts are appearing this week on The Arty Semite courtesy of the Jewish Book Council and My Jewish Learning’s Author Blog series. For more information on the series please visit: