Steve Martin's Comedy MasterClass Guide
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Efe Türkmen- About Steve Martin
- Introduction
- How to Use Steve’s MasterClass
- Notes
STEVE MARTIN
T E AC H E S CO M E DY
ABOUT
STEVE MARTIN
Steve Martin was born in 1945 and raised in Inglewood, California. An imaginative youth, Steve
nurtured a love for performing at an early age and became a talented musician and magician in
college before turning his focus to comedy. He began writing for The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
while in college, and in 1969 won an Emmy Award for his work on the show. Steve cultivated a small
but dedicated fanbase in the 1970s for his stand-up routines, but it wasn’t until his 1976 appearance
hosting Saturday Night Live that he became a renown comedian. Following his breakthrough, Steve
transitioned from stand-up to acting and cemented a reputation as a blockbuster movie-star with
films like The Jerk (1979) and All of Me (1984). To date, he has acted in over 45 films and written 11.
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INTRODUCTION
C L A S S WO R K B O O K
Steve’s Workbook
supplements each lesson with
Chapter Reviews, Take It
Further opportunities, and
Assignments. This printable
PDF is filled with places for you
to take notes as you go.
THE HUB
Share your works in progress,
and ask your peers for help and
support if you’ve hit a
roadblock, in The Hub.
O FFI C E H O U R S
Submit your questions on the
MasterClass site and keep your
eyes peeled for Steve’s
personal responses.
S T E V E ’ S S TA N D - U P S H OWS
A N D FI L M S
To fully enjoy some of the
lessons, we recommend
watching these films before
beginning: Roxanne, Bowfin-
ger, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, and
Father of the Bride. Also listen to
A Wild and Crazy Guy.
HOW TO USE STEVE’S MASTERCLASS
Welcome to Steve’s MasterClass! The exercises in this workbook are designed to teach you the craft
of comedy from the art of writing a joke to performing a stand-up routine. Use Steve’s workbook to
follow along with the video lessons, and share your assignments with the MasterClass online
community to put his teachings and experiences into practice.
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NOTES
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