Steve Martin - Steve In A Box: The Warner Years (1977-1981)

Release Date: 11/15/2024Steve Martin skyrocketed from stand-up comedian to national sensation in the late 70s, redefining comedy for a new generation. STEVE IN A BOX: THE WARNER YEARS (1977-1981) captures Martin’s meteoric rise across four albums, showcasing his absurdist humor, surreal routines, and banjo skills. The set includes four albums: Let’s Get Small (1977), A Wild And Crazy Guy (1978), Comedy Is Not Pretty! (1979), and The Steve Martin Brothers (1981). Comedy historian Kliph Nesteroff charts Martin’s journey from small clubs to packed arenas in the set’s liner notes. He also explains how Martin’s self-aware humor was a fresh departure from the political satire of the time. “Rather than deconstruct politics like his contemporaries had been doing, Martin deconstructed showbiz itself. It was comedy at the expense of comedy.” Martin’s breakthrough came in 1977 with LET’S GET SMALL, an album that remarkably captured his visual, physical comedy through audio. “The uninitiated he