Steve Martin

Steve Martin

By Morris Wayne Walker
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“Finally, a book about me! I loved this book and fell deeply in love with the central character!”

Steve Martin

This is the story of the wild and crazy years that the author spent growing up with Steve Martin and their apprenticeship in comedy. No one could better chronicle Steve’s life than his best and oldest friend, Morris Walker.

Steve and Morris were class clowns together, charming the girls and the teachers with their wit and later setting out on the road together as comedians. This personal account will introduce you to the Steve Martin you’ve never seen before: the eleven-year-old already performing near-perfect sleight-of-hand magic tricks, the thirteen-year-old selling guidebooks at Disneyland, the twenty-year-old stretching his comedic wings as a vaudeville-style entertainer, and the twenty-one-year-old Emmy Award–winning Hollywood whiz kid.

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  1. Katie
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    Steve Martin - Up Close and Personal

    As a fan of Steve Martin, I thoroughly enjoyed the stories shared by author Morris Walker’s “The Magic Years” about growing up with Steve. Walker made you feel you were seeing Steve from an entirely different perspective – on a much more personal level. The writing was very honest and created a nostalgic take on his and Steve Martin’s life together. The audio version of it is narrated in such a way that draws you in and wish you could have been there with those two as they shared their adventures together. Highly recommend!

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  2. Melanie
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    Amazing!

    I was very impressed with both the written book and the CD. The reader was excellent. More than that the book took me to the fascinating untold life of Steve Martin and his best childhood friend, Morris Walker. I found the book humorous and packed with surprising things about what actually took Steve from cheer leading and funny stunts and catapulted him to fame and fortune. It was so interesting to read about Morris and his family and their adventures....overall A GREAT BOOK

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  3. audiobookLover
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    A romping coming-of-age tale of two comedians, one who happened to become famous

    This book could be read in reverse order, or one chapter at a time - each one a fabulous little story in itself. I love the stories of old Disneyland and imagining Steve Martin as a kid (why do I still picture him with gray hair, only shorter?) The imagery is wonderful and nostalgic. It's obvious the author had a childhood full of fun and shenanigans with his best childhood friend. Who wouldn't want to grow up in Orange county in that time?! It's great to see how some of the stories of his childhood played into Steve's career as a comedian and actor, and then with a banjo!! It's a beautiful and hilarious story about childhood friendship, laughter, and how wonderful and hard growing up can be. Well done!

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  4. ShortNFuzzy

    disappointingly disappointing

    Two of my favorite books from the last 10 years have been Born Standing Up (Steve Martin's beautiful autobiography) and The Lives of Carl Atman (Morris Walker's book...which is profound). So, imagine my surprise when I find out that Morris and Steve were childhood friends and he was writing a memoir about that friendship. Also, imagine my surprise that not only is it not that interesting, but actually...kinda badly written. Barrett is fine as a narrator. I am looking forward to the next book that Morris Walker (provided that it is fiction which he is amazing at) and I would implore you to seek out The Lives of Carl Atman, and Born Standing up, BOTH available here on Downpour.

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