Pure Drivel

by Martin, Steve

• ISBN13: 9780786864676
• ISBN10: 0786864672
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1998-09-16
• Publisher: Hachette Books

Summary

Steve Martin's talent has always defied definition: an actor who's kept us riveted for over 25 years, a razor-sharp screenwriter, an acclaimed playwright. In this ingeniously funny collection of humorous riffs, those who thought Martin's gifts were confined to the screen will discover what readers of The New Yorker magazine already know: that Martin is a master of the written word.Hilariously funny and intelligent in their skewering of the topic at hand, the audiobook's pieces, some of which first appeared in The New Yorker, feature Martin at his finest.With a playwright's ear for dialogue, a sense of irony only Steve Martin could muster, and a first-class comic ability to perfectly time the punch line, Pure Drivel will have listeners crying with laughter, and marveling at the fact that in addition to all of his many talents, Steve Martin is also a superb writer.

Author Biography

Steve Martin is the author of the widely acclaimed play Picasso at the Lapin Agile and won praise for his work in the 1998 David Mamet film The Spanish Prisoner. In 1999, he wrote and starred with Eddie Murphy in the film Bowfinger.

Table of Contents

A Public Apology	1	(4)
Writing Is Easy!	5	(8)
Yes, in My Own Backyard	13	(5)
Changes in the Memory after Fifty	18	(4)
Mars Probe Finds Kittens	22	(4)
Dear Amanda	26	(4)
Times Roman Font Announces Shortage of Periods	30	(4)
Schrodinger's Cat	34	(4)
Taping My Friends	38	(5)
The Nature of Matter and Its Antecedents	43	(4)
The Sledgehammer: How It Works	47	(4)
The Paparazzi of Plato	51	(4)
Side Effects	55	(4)
Artist Lost to Zoloft	59	(4)
How I Joined Mensa	63	(5)
Michael Jackson's Old Face	68	(3)
In Search of the Wily Filipino	71	(4)
Bad Dog	75	(5)
Hissy Fit	80	(7)
Drivel	87	(4)
I Love Loosely	91	(3)
Lolita at Fifty	94	(6)
A Word from the Words	100