Name: Steve Martin: "Old Town Road" Is A Huge Hit In My House
Uploaded: 2020-03-27T17:54:10.000Z
Duration: 6 min 52 s
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( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: WE'RE BACK HERE

I REMEMBER EARLY, IT WAS LIKE THE 80s, AND I HAD, YOU KNOW,

MADE A COMEDY MOVIE, AND YOU ALWAYS TEST THEM.

YOU GO IN FOR A TEST SCREENING, AND WE HAD PEOPLE IN THERE.

SO AFTER THE SCREENING, A SPOTTED ME-- BECAUSE YOU ALWAYS

AND SHE CAME UP AND SAID, "I LOVED THIS MOVIE.

>> AND, LET'S SEE, THIS HAPPENED IN THE SUMMER.

I WAS IN SAN ANTONIO, AND IT WAS MEMORIAL DAY.

AND I WAS PLAYING A MUSIC SHOW THERE, ACTUALLY WITH THE STEEP

CANYON RANGERS, WHO I'M GOING TO PLAY A SONG WITH LATER.

AND I ALWAYS LIKED TO GET TO KNOW A TOWN AND I WALKED AROUND

ON MY OWN AND THERE WAS NOBODY IN THE TOWN BECAUSE THEY WERE

I WAS WALKING AROUND AND CAME AROUND A CORNER AND THERE WERE

THREE GUYS DRINKING IT UP PRETTY WELL IN A STAIRWELL.

AND ONE OF THEM IS STANDING AND HE'S SINGING, HE'S SINGING

AND HE'S HOLDING A PAPER BAG AND GOING...

(  LAUGHTER  ) AND I REALIZED HE WASN'T DRUNK

>> Stephen: DO YOU-- YOU HAVE-- I HAVE SOMETHING HERE.

>> Stephen: WHICH I THINK IS JUST WONDERFUL.

>> Stephen: THIS IS A NOTE, I THINK WHEN SO MANY PEOPLE WERE

STOPPING YOU, YOU CAME UP WITH THIS WONDERFUL NOTE TO GIVE

PEOPLE WOULD COME UP AND ASK FOR AN AUTOGRAPH.

AND I THOUGHT ABOUT IT, WHAT IS AN AUTOGRAPH, ALL THIS

AND I THOUGHT REALLY WHAT THEY'RE DOING IS MEETING YOU FOR

WHATEVER HAPPENS, FOUR, FIVE SECONDS, AND THEN THEY GO BACK

YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO GET AN IMPRESSION OF SOMEONE IN FOUR,

FIVE SECONDS SO I MADE UP THIS CARD TO GIVE TO PEOPLE TO TELL

THEM EXACTLY THE KIND OF ENCOUNTER THEY HAD.

>> "THIS CERTIFIES THAT YOU HAVE HAD A PERSONAL ENCOUNTER WITH ME

AND YOU FOUND ME WARM, POLITE, AND FUNNY."

( APPLAUSE ) >> WHAT'S-- WHAT'S INTERESTING--

SO I'D GIVE IT AND THEY'D LAUGH AND THEY'D GO, "CAN YOU SIGN

>> Stephen: YOU ALSO-- THIS IS WHAT I LOVE.

I GET A LOT OF LETTERS AND I DON'T ALWAYS HAVE TIME TO WRITE

>> THIS WAS, YOU KNOW, DURING THE 70S AND 80s.

AND I WOULD GET LETTERS FROM PEOPLE, AND THE INSTINCT, OF

COURSE, IS TO WANT TO BE PERSONAL AND WRITE-- BUT YOU

SO I CAME UP WITH THIS KIND OF FORM LETTER THAT WOULD BE EYE

COULD FILL IN, SO THERE WILL BE A LITTLE CONTACT, AND WOULD ALSO

>> IT SAYS, "DEAR JERRY, WHAT A PLEASURE IT WAS TO RECEIVE A

LETTER FROM YOU, ALTHOUGH MY SCHEDULE IS VERY BUSY, I DECIDED

TO TAKE TIME OUT TO WRITE YOU A PERSONAL REPLY.

CONTACT WITH THEIR AUDIENCE AND BEGIN TO TAKE THEM FOR GRANTED

BUT I DON'T THINK THAT WILL HAPPEN TO ME, WILL IT...

I DON'T KNOW WHEN I'LL BE APPEARING CLOSE TO YOU BEP BUTT

KEEP THAT EXTRA BUNK MADE UP IN CASE I GET TO... FLINT.

P.S., I'LL ALWAYS CHERIB THAT TIME WE SPENT TOGETHER IN RIO,

WALKING ON THE BEACH AND LOOKING AT ROCKS."

>> Stephen: I ACTUALLY HAD ONE OF THESE LETTERS TO PRINT IT

>> AND KNOW YOU DON'T HAVE TIME TO WRITE ME A PERSONAL THANK YOU

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Steve Martin: "Old Town Road" Is A Huge Hit In My House

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