Steve Martin's fourth NBC special.Steve Martin's fourth NBC special.Steve Martin's fourth NBC special.
Don Pardo
- Self - Announcer
- (voice)
Alan Zweibel
- Man in art gallery
- (uncredited)
- Directors
- Dave Wilson
- Eric Idle(segment Rutland Weekend Television)
- Writers
- All cast & crew
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Did you know
- TriviaThis special was broadcast live.
- ConnectionsFeatures Rutland Weekend Television (1975)
- SoundtracksTheme from New York, New York
(uncredited)
Written by Fred Ebb and John Kander
Performed by Steve Martin
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Wow....times sure change!
I don't know if it's just because times have changed or, perhaps, this fourth special by Steve Martin was never funny in the first place. All I know is that it hardly elicited a laugh and was painfully unfunny. A few sketches worked...kind of...such as the Elephant Man skit near the end and the dance numbers. But the rest were a sorry lot...especially the Two Wild and Crazy Guys (was this EVER funny??), the Eric Idle film and the Alexander Haig skit.
The bottom line is that this live Lorne Michaels-produced show just wasn't written all that well and it was, at best, spotty. I have the other three previous specials on DVD and hope they are better than this mess of a show. And, in the end, I don't blame Steve Martin for most of this...it's just that the writing was painfully unfunny and dull.
The bottom line is that this live Lorne Michaels-produced show just wasn't written all that well and it was, at best, spotty. I have the other three previous specials on DVD and hope they are better than this mess of a show. And, in the end, I don't blame Steve Martin for most of this...it's just that the writing was painfully unfunny and dull.
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- planktonrules
- Aug 23, 2017
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- Kensington, London, England, UK(segment 'Rutland Weekend Television')
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