Born Standing Up: A Comic’s Life / Steve Martin Click here to check availability in AFPLS Anyone who remembers the silver-haired man in the white suit who delivered the catchphrases of the seventies, “Well, excuuuuuse me,” or “I’m just a wild and crazy guy,” will want to find out more about his rise to fame in this svelte self-penned memoir about his life leading up to his stand-up days. Reading this book, you realize how unlikely his comic success actually was, what with his intelligent “anti-comedy,” his hilarious non sequiturs, and his spastic dancing. This revolution in stand-up, however unlikely, propelled Steve Martin into enduring Hollywood fame, and even those who don’t remember his King Tut will know Steve Martin from his many movie roles and television appearances (and for your teenage daughter as Hillary Duff’s father on "Cheaper by the Dozen"). ©Ken Vesey, 15 Mar 2010