 ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
>> Stephen: WE'RE BACK HERE
WITH MR. STEVE MARTIN.
STEVE DO YOU GET STOPPED ON THE
STREET?
>> OCCASIONALLY.
THINGS JUST TEND TO STICK IN
YOUR HEAD.
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
WANT TO HEAR HOW THE LAUGHS GO.
AND SHE CAME UP AND SAID, "I
LOVED THIS MOVIE.
AND MY HUSBAND LOVED IT.
AND HE HATES YOU."
 (  LAUGHTER  ).
>> Stephen: WOW UPON.
>> 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
ALL AT THE PARADE.
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
INCOHERENTLY.
AND HE'S HOLDING A PAPER BAG AND
GOING...
♪ ♪ ♪
AND I WALKED AND HE GOES
♪ ♪ ♪
-- "HEY, STEVE MARTIN."
 (  LAUGHTER  )
AND I REALIZED HE WASN'T DRUNK
AT ALL.
HE WAS JUST SINGING
INCOHERENTLY.
YEAH.
>> Stephen: DO YOU-- YOU
HAVE-- I HAVE SOMETHING HERE.
>> SURE.
>> Stephen: WHICH I THINK IS
JUST WONDERFUL.
>> OKAY.
>> Stephen: THIS IS A NOTE, I
THINK WHEN SO MANY PEOPLE WERE
STOPPING YOU, YOU CAME UP WITH
THIS WONDERFUL NOTE TO GIVE
PEOPLE.
CAN YOU SHOW THIS?
>> I'LL EXPLAIN.
PEOPLE WOULD COME UP AND ASK FOR
AN AUTOGRAPH.
AND I THOUGHT ABOUT IT, WHAT IS
AN AUTOGRAPH, ALL THIS
PSYCHOLOGICAL STUFF.
AND I THOUGHT REALLY WHAT
THEY'RE DOING IS MEETING YOU FOR
WHATEVER HAPPENS, FOUR, FIVE
SECONDS, AND THEN THEY GO BACK
AND SOMEBODY SAYS, "WHAT WAS HE
LIKE?"
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.
>> Stephen: WOULD YOU LIKE TO
READ THIS?
>> "THIS CERTIFIES THAT YOU HAVE
HAD A PERSONAL ENCOUNTER WITH ME
AND YOU FOUND ME WARM, POLITE,
AND FUNNY."
>> Stephen: THAT'S NICE.
 ( APPLAUSE )
>> WHAT'S-- WHAT'S INTERESTING--
AND I PUT MY SIGNATURE ON THAT.
>> Stephen: SURE.
>> IT WAS LIKE A PRINTED
SIGNATURE.
SO I'D GIVE IT AND THEY'D LAUGH
AND THEY'D GO, "CAN YOU SIGN
THAT?"
DEFEATS THE PURPOSE.
>> Stephen: YOU ALSO-- THIS IS
WHAT I LOVE.
I GET A LOT OF LETTERS AND I
DON'T ALWAYS HAVE TIME TO WRITE
PEOPLE BACK.
>> 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
DON'T HAVE TIME.
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
BE, HOPEFULLY.
FUNNY.
WANT ME TO READ IT?
>> Stephen: THAT WOULD BE
WONDERFUL.
>> 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.
 ( LAUGHTER )
TOO OFTEN, PERFORMERS LOSE
CONTACT WITH THEIR AUDIENCE AND
BEGIN TO TAKE THEM FOR GRANTED
BUT I DON'T THINK THAT WILL
HAPPEN TO ME, WILL IT...
JERRY?
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."
IT WAS FUN TO DO.
>> Stephen: THAT IS LOVELY.
THAT IS VERY THOUGHTFUL.
>> IT IS VERY THOUGHTFUL, ISN'T
IT?
>> Stephen: I ACTUALLY HAD ONE
OF THESE LETTERS TO PRINT IT
OUT.
>> AND KNOW YOU DON'T HAVE TIME
TO WRITE ME A PERSONAL THANK YOU
LETTER FOR BEING ON THE SHOW.
WOULD YOU MIND.
I'M SORRY.
>> HILARIOUS!
OH, MY GOD!
THAT HAPPENED!
 (  LAUGHTER  )
OKAY, "DEAR..."
>> Stephen: STEPHEN.
>> "STEPHEN."
WE SPELL OUR NAMES THE EXACT
SAME WAY, STEPHEN.
>> Stephen: BUT YOU'RE STEVE.
>> I KNOW, BUT YOU WOULDN'T GO
AROUND BEING CALLED STEPHEN.
THAT WOULD BE SO ARROGANT.
 ( LAUGHTER ).
>> Stephen: UH-HUH.
>> GIVE ME THAT NAME AGAIN.
"THAT WON'T HAPPEN TO ME"...
>> Stephen: STEPHEN.
>> I DON'T KNOW-- KEEP THAT
EXTRA BUNK MADE UP IN CASE I GET
TO THE-- WHAT'S THE SHOW?
>> Stephen: "THE LATE SHOW."
>> I'LL ALSO CHERISH THAT AFTER
WE SPENT TOGETHER IN RIO WALKING
ON THE BEACH, LOOKING AT... EACH
OTHER."
>> Stephen: CAN YOU SIGN IT?
>> OH, YEAH, I'LL SIGN IT.
I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW TO SIGN MY
NAME.
>> Stephen: IT'S GOING TO BE
SO SAD WHEN I SELL THIS ON
EBAY.
>> OH, YEAH.
>> Stephen: NOW, I LIKE TO
KEEP UP WITH YOUR MUSIC.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Stephen: WE LOVE HAVING YOU
ON HERE.
>> I LOVE TO PLAY MUSIC.
>> Stephen: BY YOURSELF OR
WITH THE STEEP CANYON RANGERS.
TELL ME WHAT YOU'RE PERFORMING
WITH THEM TONIGHT?
>> I'M DOING A SONG-- IT'S KIND
OF A STRAY.
LAST TIME WE WERE ON THE SHOW WE
HAD AN ALBUM CALLED "THE LONG
AWAIT THE ALBUM."
WE DID A SINGLE.
BUT WHEN I WAS ALL DONE, I HAD A
SONG LEFT OVER THAT I WROTE
AFTER WE HAD RECORDED IT, AND I
THOUGHT WELL, IT WILL JUST SIT
THERE.
AND THEN I REALIZED, YOU KNOW
WHAT PEOPLE DON'T WANT?
12 SONGS.
I'VE GOT ONE SONG.
LET'S JUST DO A SINGLE.
THAT'S MY BELIEF.
YOU'RE IN AN ALBUM.
YOU'RE TWO SONGS IN, YOU GO,
"I'M HAPPY."
OR I THINK ABOUT THIS WHEN I'M
DOING THE SHOW WITH MARTY.
I THINK, "WE'RE 20 MINUTES IN,
THE AUDIENCE THINKS 'I GOT IT.
I DON'T NEED TO SEE ANYMORE.
I GOT IT.
'."
YOU COULD DO THAT WITH "DEATH OF
A SALESMAN."
"IT'S SAD.
LET'S GO."
>> I KEEP UP WITH CONTEMPORARY
MUSIC.
THE SONG "OLD TOWN ROAD"--
>> Stephen: HUGE HIT.
>> IN OUR HOUSE, TOO.
BECAUSE IT WOULD COME ON AND MY
DAUGHTER WOULD RETURN OUT AND
GET SO EXCITED AND I WOULD GRAB
HER AND SWING HER AROUND AND
TOSS HER IN THE AIR.
>> Stephen: HOW OLD IS SHE?
>> SHE'S 55.
 ( LAUGHTER ).
>> Stephen: OKAY... WELL,
YOU'RE VERY STRONG.
YOU'RE VERY STRONG.
YOU STAY VERY FIT.
>> TOSSING HER IN THE AIR.
>> Stephen: STEVE, PLEASE
DON'T GO.
THEN YOU WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO
PLAY A SONG.
>> I'M NOT GOING, THAT'S YI CAME
HERE.
ALSO...
>> Stephen: BECAUSE YOU LOOK
GOOD.
>> THE MONEY.
>> Stephen: STEVE, GOOD TO SEE
YOU.
STEVE MARTIN, EVERYBODY.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH A
PERFORMANCE BY STEVE MARTIN AND
THE STEEP CANYON RANGERS!
