Comedy Is Not Pretty!

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Comedy is Not Pretty!
Comedy is Not Pretty! cover
Studio album by Steve Martin
Released 1979
Recorded 1979
Genre Comedy
Length 33:53
Label Warner Bros. Records
Producer William E. McEuen
Professional reviews
Steve Martin chronology
A Wild and Crazy Guy
(1978)		 Comedy is Not Pretty!
(1979)		 The Steve Martin Brothers
(1981)

Comedy Is Not Pretty! (1979) was Steve Martin's third album.

Recorded at The Boardinghouse in San Francisco.

When it was released, the album wasn't as well-received as his previous two albums (Let's Get Small, A Wild and Crazy Guy). However, at this point in his career, Martin was in the midst of writing the screenplay for his first starring role in the motion picture, The Jerk. As a result, he spent less of his time working on material for his stand-up career and the album was his first to not make the Top 10 on Billboard's Pop Albums Chart, peaking only at #25. The album was also his first to not go Platinum; it was, however, certified Gold.

One track was simply a humorous reading of a short story from his book Cruel Shoes accompanied by a banjo solo in the background. The track "Drop Thumb Medley" is an instrumental banjo performance.

This album was nominated in 1979 for a Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album.

Martin also starred in a television special of the same name for NBC in 1980.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Born to Be Wild" – 5:49
  2. "The All Being" – 1:24
  3. "McDonald's/Men's Underwear" – 3:11
  4. "Drop Thumb Medley" – 2:10
  5. "Googlephonics" – 3:06
  6. "Hostages" – 1:13
  7. "Cruel Shoes" – 2:17
  8. "Comedy Is Not Pretty" – 3:26
  9. "How to Meet a Girl" – 3:47
  10. "Rubberhead" – 0:56
  11. "Jackie O. and Farrah F." – 3:39
  12. "You Can Be a Millionaire" – 2:55
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Steve Martin
Discography
Bibliography
The Jerk • Cruel Shoes • Picasso at the Lapin Agile and Other Plays • Pure Drivel • Modern Library Humor and Wit Series • Shopgirl • Kindly Lent Their Owner • The Underpants: A Play • The Pleasure of My Company • The Alphabet from A to Y with Bonus Letter Z • Born Standing Up
Filmography
The Absent-Minded Waiter • Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band • The Muppet Movie • The Kids Are Alright • The Jerk • Pennies from Heaven • Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid • The Man with Two Brains • The Lonely Guy • All of Me • ¡Three Amigos! • Little Shop of Horrors • Roxanne • Planes, Trains & Automobiles • Dirty Rotten Scoundrels • *Parenthood • My Blue Heaven • L.A. Story • Father of the Bride • Grand Canyon • HouseSitter • Leap of Faith • A Simple Twist of Fate • Mixed Nuts • Father of the Bride Part II • Sgt. Bilko • The Spanish Prisoner • The Prince of Egypt • The Out-of-Towners • Bowfinger • Fantasia 2000 • Joe Gould's Secret • Novocaine • Bringing Down the House • Looney Tunes: Back in Action • Cheaper by the Dozen • Shopgirl • Cheaper by the Dozen 2 • The Pink Panther • Baby Mama • The Pink Panther Deux
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