It's easy to take Steve for granted, after all these decades, but he really was a breath of fresh air to comedy, when he first arrived on the scene.
@rogerdavenport9618 Жыл бұрын
Have an old NITTY GRITTY DIRT BAND album and he played the banjo on that album with those guys and anybody who ever heard of that band knew the talent of those guys, and Steve was a top banjo player.
@jimfritz9503 Жыл бұрын
I'm pretty sure Steve's manager back then was the brother of the banjo/ steel guitarist/ fiddle player. John Mckuen ?
@kwasg36 жыл бұрын
Wasn't he born a poor black child??
@louismeloche38573 жыл бұрын
With no rhythm.
@alangray91172 жыл бұрын
Yes but he's considered one of the best banjo players in the world and has a Grammy award for Foggy Mountain Breakdown he recorded with Earl Scruggs and his own bluegrass band The Steep Canyon Rangers
@idxstudios Жыл бұрын
That's racist..ohh...well..not if your a jerk
@otisdriftwood1697 Жыл бұрын
Obviously 🤨
@chaplainmattsanders4884 Жыл бұрын
😂😂yes!
@nazmoking31714 жыл бұрын
I'd forgotten just how good he really was on that banjo - talented guy!
@pressureworks4 жыл бұрын
Nazmo King is.
@stevee.67253 жыл бұрын
He is currently an orchestra level banjo player.
@sixpakshaker883 жыл бұрын
Check out the Steep Canyon Rangers. He plays lead banjo with them from time to time.
@dskywalker3397 Жыл бұрын
Steve’s act was always about MAKING FUN OF COMEDIANS. People loved it.
@jeanniemainzer85512 жыл бұрын
Steve Martin can still play the heck out of a banjo. He's not even looking at his hands! Makes it look easy--but it's not.
One “Wild and crazy guy!” Love Steve Martin, one of the funniest ever.
@LIE11Bldg73 ай бұрын
You ARE somebody Steve You are!!!!
@CreachterZ Жыл бұрын
Wow. I don’t see how he could play that well all while having an arrow through his head.
@THE-HammerMan Жыл бұрын
Yep... But pull that arrow out of his head and he crumples to the floor like a rag doll!
@CreachterZ Жыл бұрын
@@THE-HammerMan Ah. I learn something every day.
@postalinVT Жыл бұрын
He's one hard-headed S.O.B.
@leegraves101 Жыл бұрын
He played to take his mind off of the pain from that arrow
@Christbepraised4 жыл бұрын
Man, Steve Martin could really play. That's pretty cool
@thomaskodunne75422 жыл бұрын
If they bought back the gong show we would all have been on it at least once! Do the math!
@Christbepraised2 жыл бұрын
@@thomaskodunne7542 What math? I was complimenting this wonderful performance
@thomaskodunne75422 жыл бұрын
@@Christbepraised the guys voice has never failed him go way back to 1963 and listen not this particular tune but other very underated
@Christbepraised2 жыл бұрын
@@thomaskodunne7542 What was he doing? Just singing ?
@stevemelancon62074 жыл бұрын
He's just a wild and crazy guy.
@lorij67963 жыл бұрын
Steve Martin...who knew he played the banjo..magic fingers.
@mp296432 жыл бұрын
Everybody.
@meangene98 Жыл бұрын
He really was very good. It’s too bad he didn’t stick with the Banjo, he could’ve been big!
@markgrove2030 Жыл бұрын
He has. Still does. Look him up now. The guy is a polymath. Banjo, acting, you name it. Quite a guy.
@PoliticallyCensored Жыл бұрын
He should try show biz, he has the talent.
@EarmonkeyMusic Жыл бұрын
Check out his band. Steep Canyon Rangers. They’re really good. There’s a bunch of their videos here on YT
@postalinVT Жыл бұрын
@@PoliticallyCensored Nah, he's a flash in the pan. You'll never hear his name in a couple of weeks.
@DavidFobare Жыл бұрын
Chuck should have let Biff play.
@MrBINGEBOY8 жыл бұрын
Steve rips that banjo.
@Lockemeister6 жыл бұрын
Get his new CD. He is really incredible.
@kensims40866 жыл бұрын
+Lockemeister such a big demand for banjo music cd's these days? who knew...
@rotunda576 жыл бұрын
That was Biff.
@shack81104 жыл бұрын
WHY is he a banjo virtuoso?
@KameraShy5 жыл бұрын
We miss ya Chuckie.
@richardbyrd68553 жыл бұрын
HEY, THIS GUY'S GOOD.
@eugeneponcelet93775 жыл бұрын
That was good. I love Steve Martin.
@thelivingbajesus Жыл бұрын
Its funny how many people dont know Steve still plays and has full albums of music out there.
@bluebear19858 ай бұрын
Not too long ago, when Steve recorded an album with a bluegrass band, he got Paul McCartney to sing lead on one of the tracks.
@thelivingbajesus8 ай бұрын
@@bluebear1985 No kidding? I'm gonna have to check that out. Thanks.
@dlmullins90544 ай бұрын
My uncle won the Eastern Seaboard fiddle Championship three years, but he could really play a banjo. He grew up in McDowell county, West Va and was born in 1929. Steve Martin is one of the most talented men of all time and i love when he plays the banjo. He does Bluegrass music proud. He could play with anyone. He was that good.
@wildwombat8 жыл бұрын
When I grow up, I wanna be just like Biff !
@charlenemack7040 Жыл бұрын
Steve Martin is 77 years old
@omegasupreme19704 жыл бұрын
he should have said he was dave dave the banjo Machine......
@michaelbright12184 жыл бұрын
Who Knew Steve Martin Could Play A Banjo THAT Well? 😎🎯💘
@seewulf2385 Жыл бұрын
touring the land with his great Bluegrass Band..
@1mespud7 жыл бұрын
Thank you Chuck Barris for producing The Gong Show, The Dating Game, The Wedding Game, all the laughs and doing your part to help tame mankind with your gift and talent. You were a big part of my young TV life. May GOD bless your legacy and surviving family.
@postalinVT Жыл бұрын
Well said spud.
@jefflarsen9743 Жыл бұрын
NEWLEWED Game!
@66kprdwd7 жыл бұрын
Don't like it? Well excuuuuuuuuuuuuse me!!!! ;)
@williampalchak7574 Жыл бұрын
Wish they'd let him play.
@seniorfrog73917 жыл бұрын
Damn that man can play !!
@wilrobles98242 жыл бұрын
Bring back the Gong Show.
@Lumpy637 жыл бұрын
I don't know what's funnier,.."My name's Biff", or The Wild Stringed Instrumentalist.....classic stuff!
@cailinmissyloujames19928 жыл бұрын
IM JUST TRYIN TO BE SOMEBODY!
@chokkan77 жыл бұрын
Too bad Biff never got to finish that fine rendition of the breakdown...hope he got his big break elsewhere...:)
@scrapplepig3 жыл бұрын
No son.......it never came to be.
@missJazzitup996 жыл бұрын
Some stars are multi talented.
@Moonfire1216 жыл бұрын
Gosh dang it, Chuck. He's just tryin' to he somebody!
@georgeadcock2347 Жыл бұрын
He was funny back then..
@taydrabrookshire3478 жыл бұрын
So awesome that they didn't even hit the gong.
@beatnix4887 жыл бұрын
The weird kid from the movie "deliverance" grows up.
@steveweingart9221 Жыл бұрын
I really like the gong show back then
@ericwelsh4853 Жыл бұрын
Right. Because The Gong Show had strict _rules_
@Vertigoneardeath Жыл бұрын
Did Barris clear a line at 20 seconds?
@ADAMSIXTIES Жыл бұрын
Foggy Mountain Breakdown
@markschildberg16675 ай бұрын
An author of a book about game shows wrote, “Holy moly! Who let Chuck Barris in?” TV hasn’t been the same since. So grateful for that madman.
@DarrellS54 Жыл бұрын
" I`m just trying to be somebody,Chuck." lol
@C.Chandler_May2 жыл бұрын
"I'm just trying to be someone Chuck".
@porflepopnecker4376 Жыл бұрын
I remember when this episode first aired. :)
@notgivennotgiven7776 Жыл бұрын
Him, what's him doing here
@oppenheimer827910 жыл бұрын
Talent!
@SuperSledgehammer19 жыл бұрын
+Tiberias Denmark 1st name Steve :)
@robertnegron9706 Жыл бұрын
Hey Chuckie Baby!
@navinjonson19027 жыл бұрын
Well I guess he had more than 1 special purpose lmfao
@amusement420 Жыл бұрын
A True Renaissance Man
@guynorth3277 Жыл бұрын
No way, had no idea this footage existed! Too awesome!
@nimrod4065 Жыл бұрын
A Wild Crazy Guy
@stringlarson1247 Жыл бұрын
Epic.
@ricardotablang44002 жыл бұрын
He was a jerk
@thebossman60 Жыл бұрын
Barris always looked Coked out.
@lobbyest Жыл бұрын
He wasn't. I was on the show (kzbin.info/www/bejne/rWWpc3ygi5hqg9E) and he was quite serious when he was prepping the acts before taping. He did joke around a little, but nothing like when the camera went on. When the red light went on, he became "Chuckie"
@thebossman60 Жыл бұрын
@@lobbyest interesting. Thanks!
@robertkaplan7001 Жыл бұрын
Fkg Genius!!!!
@markpesci16 жыл бұрын
Be somebody and find my special purpose
@terrencemcginn8568 Жыл бұрын
love Steve. Saw him as a young kid at the NYS fair
@otisdriftwood1697 Жыл бұрын
ANYONE know the name of that tune he's playing ?
@JohnSGruber Жыл бұрын
"Foggy Mountain Breakdown"
@otisdriftwood1697 Жыл бұрын
@@JohnSGruber thanks man
@mangodebango8 жыл бұрын
BE SOMEBODY!
@richardelliott83523 ай бұрын
Once in a while, when I was a grade school kid, I would see Martin playing at knots berry farm before they presented a send up of an old time" hiss the villain, girl gets rescued" melodrama. I get a kick out of seeing his career progression , because as a kid, it was always a let down when he filled in , the regular old guy banjo player was incomparably better , and had the fanciest banjo I had ever seen , then or now. to martins credit, once in a while they would be on stage together, which any guy with more ego than love of the craft would not do, because the old guy could play him right off the stage if he chose to, even though Martin was almost as good most of the time.
@slimjim239 жыл бұрын
LOL! Awesome
@TheMoni7002 жыл бұрын
The mad banjo player
@vccstudents7 жыл бұрын
You can't sing a depressing song when you're playing the banjo. You can't go, "Oh death, and grief, and sorrow, and murder!"
@WindyBoijen5 жыл бұрын
Well there is the song literally titled "Oh Death," for one thing. Then there's hundreds of murder ballads played on banjo. So I disagree entirely.
@frankpenderghast43944 жыл бұрын
But they're happy songs about murder
@jamesanthony84384 жыл бұрын
@@frankpenderghast4394 ... It's a Bluegrass thing =)
@gallery75964 жыл бұрын
@vccstudents Hah, yeah, I remember that from "Let's Get Small." Played the album till the needle was dull.
@jpxpert7 жыл бұрын
1:55 always gives me chills.
@germanbini2 жыл бұрын
You'd probably love this if you haven't seen it - Steve Martin with Earl Scruggs and a whole band of banjo players! kzbin.info/www/bejne/qKPPooRnlNuNjKc
@whatsup72535 ай бұрын
Steve Martin, one of the early funny black comedians.
@jamescromer5503 ай бұрын
It's that "mumbo dogface in the banana patch" guy ...
@perfectionbox3 ай бұрын
i sometimes wonder if Steve Martin and Harrison Ford were separated at birth 🤔
@mikelliteras3973 ай бұрын
I watched this live or on the gong show anyways.
@kaarlimakela34134 жыл бұрын
Foggy Mountain Breakdown ... (y)
@lesliesawyer85198 күн бұрын
Loved his paying
@romwil3 ай бұрын
I think he took a quick picture at the end? I hope that pic exists!
@Christbepraised4 жыл бұрын
Should have given Steve a 10
@wonderlandgirlable4 жыл бұрын
Steve ......Ahhhh love him x
@scottandvon3 ай бұрын
Dude can pick a banjo.
@cindithomas74403 ай бұрын
He is not dead, folks
@stank_o_lantern2 ай бұрын
thanks hal
@time2discern6314 ай бұрын
He was on in 1976.
@wannabehendrix3 жыл бұрын
My names Biff! LOL!
@davidfahey50683 жыл бұрын
Ok
@gbluetoo7 жыл бұрын
Can you even imagine how wild The Gong Show would be today on cable, say, Showtime?
@ReeseMac7 жыл бұрын
ABC brought it back
@KameraShy5 жыл бұрын
@@ReeseMac Wasn't the same.
@user-xr8co4oi8h4 жыл бұрын
Everything would be too "politically correct" or "offensive" and it would be mo fun w/o Gene and Chuck.
@user-xr8co4oi8h4 жыл бұрын
*no fun
@johnchandler16874 жыл бұрын
@@user-xr8co4oi8h And my favorite, the unknown comic.
@mfcobb17 жыл бұрын
The inFamous cat juggler.
@alanstrong55 Жыл бұрын
Chuck Barris was comical by nature. Steve could likely play Dueling Banjos.
@marimalina93896 жыл бұрын
Yes!
@carlodave9 Жыл бұрын
That’s basically Entwistle’s technique on the bass.
@fluorosco6 жыл бұрын
Awh! I love this act!
@cosmicsprings86906 жыл бұрын
I heard a rumour American hippies had a show called the bong show
@lovinlife69933 ай бұрын
When shows were fun. So glad I grew up with them.
@MurasakiBunny7 жыл бұрын
Funny the commercial that appeared for this video for me was starring Steve Martin.
@colinmcphan7 жыл бұрын
Biff went on to become a legend in country music
@colinmcphan7 жыл бұрын
Then he died in a horrible car crash.
@dwightb34056 жыл бұрын
Steve is awsome but the interruptions ruined it
@elifoust76647 жыл бұрын
Be somebody....
@josephrandall3177 жыл бұрын
Michelle
@chadandersen27749 жыл бұрын
Sez isn't a word. Says**
@capie443 жыл бұрын
Never found Steve funny. Never admired a banjo picker more than him.
@jimsonbrown97686 жыл бұрын
This is the only song he ever plays.
@boataxe46056 жыл бұрын
Jimson brown No, he has a band named The Steep canyon rangers and plays many songs with them.
@markvisconti45073 ай бұрын
I'm going to use that line, "I don't think I should be penalized because I look like him." Awesome!