The real King Tut probably never imagined he would become a celebrity again 3,000 years later.
@richardenglish2195Ай бұрын
And especially through such an historically accurate song!
@muffassa67392 ай бұрын
😂😂 it's 2024 and it's still so funny we love you Steve ❤
@Tuning_Spork13 жыл бұрын
This was his encore. After he'd sworn never to sing that song again, he walked off the stage. The crowd wanted to, both, applaud him for his principled stand AND sing it. He then came out in that headdress and sang the song with gusto. He knew exactly what his audience wanted and gave it to them.
@yvonnecooper5004Ай бұрын
I sure remember his white suit... I love the headress.
@verdew81819 жыл бұрын
Pure unadulterated intense divine silliness as only Steve Martin could do it.
@ruthfitzgerald50214 жыл бұрын
That's true. Hard to beat Steve Martin when it comes to comedy 👍😃. Hilarious 😋
@garybarns24713 жыл бұрын
Awsome
@michaelwainscott26333 жыл бұрын
Some things don't age so well. Like this.
@crispycrunchy45523 жыл бұрын
#euphoric
@noahlmfao14103 жыл бұрын
will prob delete later. prob offensive
@g.a.anthonyauthorextraordi485116 күн бұрын
Biggest and Best SNL star and Comedian. I still watch all his movies!!
@barryrichman287410 ай бұрын
This was when he was selling out stadiums. He was the first Rock Star comedian.
@LeoWhalen19337 жыл бұрын
nailed the guitar solo.
@georgesotiriou70516 жыл бұрын
That was intense
@groofay4 жыл бұрын
The deceptive simplicity of it is really something.
@noahlmfao14103 жыл бұрын
#euphoric
@captainbackflash3 жыл бұрын
Yes, it was magnifficent!
@LudaChez2 жыл бұрын
@@groofay that's the kind of comedy that's missing in today's world. Simple set ups for simple payoffs. I wish I could give simple examples of modern things doing it but I draw a blank. Aunty Donna do stuff like that. American Dad! After like season 4 when Seth MacFarlane stopped writing them and only acting in them have some fantastic gags like this. Anyone now a days it's way too much setup for a maybe moment of a funny joke. I miss guys like Lenny Bruce and that style of comic.
@CarlyxxApple14 жыл бұрын
my mom loves this, so she made me search it because we were looking through national geographic
@jimbolyo8 жыл бұрын
How could you not smile or laugh, when this guy is at his best?
@WOranos6 жыл бұрын
A good question that should be directed at college students all over North America who find it offensive. Of course, they'll just scream "cultural appropriation!" and try to beat you to death with a hammer and sickle, so maybe it's better not to ask.
@cancdl3 жыл бұрын
@@WOranos wth we just tryna enjoy a song not have a fricking presidential debate
@yvonnecooper50042 ай бұрын
Its impossible !!❤😂🎉
@chiller70s11 жыл бұрын
With The Blues Brothers as the opener, this would have to be one of the greatest shows ever.
@justinhackstadt66772 жыл бұрын
This was my birth year. Holy shit Martin's been a legend forever and a day.
@brendalg47 күн бұрын
No he wasn't
@hubkapp74006 жыл бұрын
I Love it... Steve is the best.... it's like he's made of rubber when he's dancing to this song
@ernieduncan6023 жыл бұрын
i think thats called "Quaaludes "
@hornplayerchris10 жыл бұрын
The "guitar solo" is the best part.
@HeatherGemmen9 ай бұрын
This is one of the best performances in history.
@GarrettFemister9 ай бұрын
Maybe THE BEST!
@tuckdawn6708 жыл бұрын
He is so crazy. I love the king tut he does. I play this when I'm in a bad mood or had a bad day at work
@brucewilson1958 Жыл бұрын
One of the greatest hits guitar solos of all time. Purest Minimalism. Grossly unappreciated.
@MattTexas Жыл бұрын
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@ShadesBelow0310 жыл бұрын
This is also from a bygone era when comedians were as big as rock stars, and their albums sold as well as anyone else out there. In fact, the Blues Brothers opened up this show (and recorded the "Briefcase Full Of Blues" album that night!). Just look at the size of that crowd just to see one guy!
@williamfink80752 жыл бұрын
Blue's Brother's, ROCKED🌺🚶🍺
@dedehe75822 жыл бұрын
A friend of mine just gave me the “ condo made of ston a” line... when we were talking about king tut, gave us both a good laugh, I needed it!!! Thanks.
@aghalver5 жыл бұрын
38 years later this is still Gold
@lydvicious64953 жыл бұрын
This song is stuck in my head
@jeffl9777 жыл бұрын
I hadn't seen this since I was a kid and I'm laughing like he// all over again. You don't see as much physical comedy these days where the visuals crack you up just as much as the spoken words.
@pinz20228 жыл бұрын
Actually this is better than the full-costume version. He's enunciating more carefully here, and you can get every word.
@chesterbrown60067 жыл бұрын
Haven't seen this in years. Now I remember how insane Steve Martin is.
@radiorob75439 жыл бұрын
Great guitar solo.
@Kelski19989 жыл бұрын
Radio Rob Best one ever LOL!
@louiso.43258 жыл бұрын
I read tho comment before hearing it an it made it even awesomer lol
@thedimming91688 жыл бұрын
+Radio Rob Find a vid. of Steve playing the Banjo He plays some "smoking hot licks, honestly the man is so multi talented.
@tonycarmichael2878 жыл бұрын
+Radio Rob hahahaha
@johnboer3276 жыл бұрын
So not what I was expecting ii to be :) 😂
@ilovetruffles999 жыл бұрын
So growing up in the 90s early 2000s Steve Martin was a household name. My older brother would laugh and dance to this song, much to our family's amusement and delight. I remember asking if "King Tut was still alive", and hence began my true education on Egyptian history. All thanks to this song. Thank you Steve Martin, for caring about my education. I would have been an ignorant twerp otherwise.
@craigstern29024 жыл бұрын
Lol, growing up in the 70's & 80's he was a house hold name. This was huge in the 80's!
@starey110 жыл бұрын
I remember back when Steve Martin did this; I remember he first did the song on an episode of SNL. Shame he stopped doing stand-up, I miss seeing him do it. .
@Dirtbag35910 жыл бұрын
Can't blame him though. From what I understand stand up comedy is brutal. Coming up with material, working on the delivery, getting the audience to enjoy the performance, not to mention dealing with hecklers.
@JHParee6 жыл бұрын
It is a shame, but from what I've seen, his bluegrass concerts are amazing. My mother and sister went to see him live in Pennsylvania and they loved every minute.
@APB2253 жыл бұрын
Dirtbag359 and don’t forget the constant repetitive nature of it
@2degucitas7 жыл бұрын
Ok so everyone knows this was inspired by the King Tut Tour, right? The exhibit travelled around the world, people stood in line like they were going to a rock concert. It was a big deal. Ah the 70's.
@houndandhandbag7 жыл бұрын
I saw it when it came to Seattle. It never toured far west in Canada, so that was the closest we could get to. It was amazing!
@sabrinadubois26147 жыл бұрын
I saw it. It was terrific. At the Field Museum here in Chicago. My art history teach in college said Tut was a lesser king, and his tomb was filled with unbelievable riches. So we can just imagine what was in the tombs of the greatest pharoahs like Ramses II.
@blueicechii7 жыл бұрын
okay brian
@aquamagenta1917 жыл бұрын
Brian thank you for this information. How did you find this out? Who taught this to you?
@AnabethalightASMR7 жыл бұрын
2degucitas who did the King Tut tour? As in the real king?
@mra29573 жыл бұрын
Saw him at his peak and live in 1978 performing King Tut and then he showed his short movie “The Absent Minded Waiter” for our senior prom at the Latin Casino in Cherry Hill NJ.
@DeViLzzz20063 жыл бұрын
So lucky. : )
@brandontennyson57322 жыл бұрын
I can't believe the band was called Steve Martin and the Toot Uncommons! Lol 😆 It's incredible how they come up with this stuff!
@JBM425 Жыл бұрын
The Tutuncommons was comprised of members of The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band.
@GarrettFemister9 ай бұрын
Never knew that?!!
@yvonnecooper50042 ай бұрын
How much you wanna bet he can still do those moves? Wish I had seen him back in the day...a treasure
@Ally-tf3tb8 жыл бұрын
Doing research for my King Tutankhamen project, I found this, I'm now in love😂
@eliroesplayz82178 жыл бұрын
+ally sullivan me too i am doing that now
@ryang81468 жыл бұрын
+ally sullivan same
@angelspirit04398 жыл бұрын
+ally sullivan KING Tut I'm also doing King Tut project!! :0
@rogermwilcox8 жыл бұрын
+ally sullivan I should warn you: Tutankhamun was not, in fact, born in Arizona.
@angelspirit04398 жыл бұрын
+rogermwilcox XD Lol
@sauquoit134567 жыл бұрын
On this day in 1978 {April 22nd} Steve Martin performed "King Tut" on the NBC-TV program 'Saturday Night Live'... One month later on May 21st, 1978 "King Tut" entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart at position #89; eleven weeks later it would peak at #17 {for 2 weeks} and it spent 15 weeks on the Top 100... He had two other Top 100 records; ""Grandmother's Song" {#72 in 1977} and "Cruel Shoes" {#91 in 1979}... In 2009 Mr. Martin released an album titled 'The Crow: New Songs for the 5-String Banjo', the album won the Grammy Award for 'Best Bluegrass Album'...
@70sgirl196112 жыл бұрын
This guy is such a talent. I was 17 in 1979, and Steve Martin was HUGE. I am still a big fan. He is also a very accomplished banjo player! Happy Birthday Steve Martin! You are loved.
@valentina13ization Жыл бұрын
Me too 16 where did the time go??????
@tld4896 Жыл бұрын
I was also 17 then...saying, "Well, EXCUUUUUSE MEEEE!" was popular.
@PriscillaR20253 жыл бұрын
this my only source of serotonin these days
@ollieox9181Ай бұрын
For all who may be too young to know: Henry Winkler - the guy holding the illustration behind Steve - was the biggest TV star of the 70s. He's still going. He had a great role as the hopelessly inept lawyer, Barry Zuckerkorn, on Arrested Development.
@Kumachanchan8 жыл бұрын
i bought this as one of my first 45's with my allowance
@itsyoureternalsoul10 жыл бұрын
This is comedic musical genius at its best
@thomaswilliams957010 жыл бұрын
Steve Martin has always been awesome. Great genius! Thanks Steve for all the good performances.
@Finnegan-s-cake Жыл бұрын
Ok boomer
@thomaswilliams9570 Жыл бұрын
Ok Childish
@TedBronson19187 жыл бұрын
I'd forgotten how funny and talented Steve Martin is. He plays a hell of a banjo too ! This song was funny as hell .
@logicdiary31798 жыл бұрын
I'm so glad my mom wanted me to know the classics. king tut= timeless comedy. I'm 25 now but been a fan all my life... thanks mom lol
@tclane4713 жыл бұрын
Man, I was AT this concert in 79! Brings back memories! Martin was GREAT! Thanks for posting!
@CelticCat5372 жыл бұрын
Are you kidding!? I'm so jealous!
@patriciajrs46 Жыл бұрын
Lucky duck.
@marlinweekley51 Жыл бұрын
I was at one of his live shows in 79 too- the arrow through the head, the “can I have a blue spot - pleeeease!” Etc . What an entertainer. A national treasure.
@ryanstockbarger7336 Жыл бұрын
Where was this show?
@tclane47 Жыл бұрын
@@ryanstockbarger7336 Red Rocks, near Denver
@vickieden5022Ай бұрын
"hes my favorite honky" will always be ny favorite line 😂
@jesusmartinez13582 ай бұрын
always a hit never a mess,Steve Martin, I'm glad he shared the stage with Henry Winkler ,thumbs up!!!😊
@CatGrl-le9rv8 жыл бұрын
showing my age I remember when he first did it. hahaha great memories
@MsBarbaraLee11 жыл бұрын
I'd forgotten just how cool he was back in the day...loved this when I was a young teen, and it stands up well!!
@Finnegan-s-cake Жыл бұрын
Ok boomer
@lawrenceeder14 жыл бұрын
One of best examples of Steve Martin's genius, in the late seventies, the man was, well, insane.
@susanhamann53476 жыл бұрын
Never new he was so good on the guitar!! I never get tired of hearing (seeing) this. His comedy is timeless!! He's up there're with the greatest of the greats. And to think he owes it all to the poor black family he was born into, wonderful parents.
@melissacooper8724 Жыл бұрын
I knew he played the banjo but I never knew he played guitar!
@terryhaugen95337 жыл бұрын
I lived in Egypt and just had to go see him when he was in Atlantic City. Best show ever!
@cember0114 жыл бұрын
LAMO. The facial expressions and body movements are pure genius. In Dead Men don't wear plaid he dodges a bullet and does one of these moves. It's quick and subtle, but pure Steve Martin.
@MrJamberee6 жыл бұрын
cember01 The dance moves are pure silliness. This was so much fun, but what made it do great was that Martin was not ridiculing Tut-- just the craziness about the tour. He kept Tut at exactly the right level and was not disrespectful while having all of that fun. It was perfect.
@GarrettFemister9 ай бұрын
What he does with his hands, hilariously genius!!😂
@JustWasted3HoursHere11 ай бұрын
"Hey, Henry, how'd you like to come to my show and just do one thing: Hold an Egyptian landscape behind me for about 30 seconds?" People today don't understand what a HUGE hit this song was back in the day.
@Aznar24513 жыл бұрын
This was playing when I was born in the hospital.. So right "people stand in line to see the boy king"
@ohdreammaker11 жыл бұрын
what i wouldn't give to see this man sing this live
@barrychmura32299 жыл бұрын
On this day in 1922 {November 4th} archaeologist Howard Carter, in the Valley of Kings, discovered the lost tomb of 14th-century B.C. Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamen... And fifty-six years later on May 21st, 1978 "King Tut" by Steven Martin entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart at position #89; and eleven weeks later on August 6th, 1978 it peaked at #17 {for 2 weeks} and spent 15 weeks on the Top 100... He had two other Top 100 records; "Grandmother's Song" {peaked at #72 in 1977} and "Cruel Shoes" {reached #91 in 1979}... Stephen Glenn Martin celebrated his 69th birthday three months ago on August 14th {2014}...
@nistha45043 жыл бұрын
we're all here for the same reason...
@snitzel1955skrm3 жыл бұрын
Here cuz Steve Martin did it great the first time and does it great here and he has the Fonz carrying the scenery behind him! what is NOT to love?
@CelticCat5372 жыл бұрын
Exactly! And not a single F bomb!!
@hudsonsteele167410 жыл бұрын
Back in the late 70's / early 80's, I laughed at this man more than I had ever laughed at anyone before or since. He was a nut. I later found out that he was a writer on several shows that I had liked. My Aunt Bernice loved "The Jerk". I stumbled on that one while working out of town in Athens. Inhibited at the time to even be noticed by people, I was laughing out loud, sometimes even a little more than the other people, and I was sitting in the middle of the theatre, no one with me. That movie freed my spirit in a way that day. Thanks, Steve.
@GarrettFemister9 ай бұрын
Same here😂😂
@BannedCinema13 жыл бұрын
That dance is the best part of the act. I know Iggy is one of the best frontmen alive in terms of "not giving a shit what people think of what he does," but I'd seriously like to see him to a dance like that and keep his dignity. That's a Steve Martin signature.
@keiththompson22895 ай бұрын
A national treasure
@hussnfussel7810 жыл бұрын
if this man ever done anything funnier than this i have nit seen it. love ya steve
@mrmrsjoanie13 жыл бұрын
My grandaughter just did an imitation of this for her talent show. She was GREAT!!!!!!
@GarrettFemister9 ай бұрын
That is awesome!!😂
@Cmackie3119 жыл бұрын
Amazing how this was almost 40 years ago....wow
@MrJamberee6 жыл бұрын
I still remember the night he did it on SNL. Laughed so hard and so long. This may be my favorite comedy skit ever. Just so much fun.
@cravinbob5 жыл бұрын
I remember a lot of humor back then. Humor was popular and you could laugh at everything. Barriers fell and humor was better and if someone chose to be offended then too bad for them. Monty Python, Mel Brooks films, Firesign Theater, and Steve Martin (he is a top banjo player also), Frank Zappa's ribald rock,...Those were the days. Now we have mind control call "political correctness". I do not practice PC.
@donreed4 жыл бұрын
Bingo! 40 years ago, on this date.
@rachaelyamasaki65812 жыл бұрын
Steve Martin was such a CLASSIC! My 13 year old son LOVES this stuff!
@faithargueta77933 жыл бұрын
#euphoric will prob delete. prob offensive.
@yourmother48043 жыл бұрын
BYE
@dice20303 жыл бұрын
girl bye
@billjohnson38953 жыл бұрын
Bye
@LadyAce00006 жыл бұрын
I will always remember asking my dad to play this on his vinyl over and over and over as me and my brother danced around the room.
@tweetytr19 жыл бұрын
Never gets old!!!! Still laugh at it today the same as I did years ago!!! :P
@JustTanya.8 жыл бұрын
Love this, love Steve Martin and love Henry Winkler! Fonzie's carrying Egypt LMAO! I have the Steve Martin and The Steep Canyon Rangers version so every time I hear that I have to watch this video. Though I wish they had a good quality video of the SNL performance. That's the version I fell in love with. I wasn't quite born when it first aired but my dad would watch repeats and I saw the SNL version when I was little and loved it. We're a big Steve Martin fan here, The Jerk is quoted often in this house lol.
@kennethkrause63668 жыл бұрын
woohoo the new phone books are here!
@rogueplanet77767 жыл бұрын
SupermansLois I was wondering if that was Henry Winkler, the quality of the video made it difficult to see on my phone.
@skwok4212 жыл бұрын
I grew up to this and had it on a 45 rpm record! King Tut on one side, Dueling Banjo's on the other side, and he was playing banjo on the AMA Country Music Awards tonight!
@AnnaAnomaly8 жыл бұрын
I watch this when I'm not in a good mood.
@jaynehaught97155 жыл бұрын
Oh my God love love love Steve Martin...one of a kind...would love to see more of him...
@-RandomBiz- Жыл бұрын
I miss the 70's
@sarahsilverlight61615 жыл бұрын
345 people with no sense of humor whatsoever.. Hysterical song and performance by the wickedly funny Steve M. Whenever I need to smile, I just watch this
@tomnoller24278 жыл бұрын
One of the all-time greats! From the mind of a nutty guy.
@robert810698 жыл бұрын
this cracks me up everytime.....so funny....
@swagmaster9eleven8 жыл бұрын
K
@Aggedor195914 жыл бұрын
I was a year out of high school when Martin did this. Fun stuff!
@bordereau112 күн бұрын
Only Steve Martin could pull it off!!! Gold!!
@beltwaybandit53337 жыл бұрын
38 years later and it's still funny !
@nunya29545 жыл бұрын
Henry Winker with the back drop. this is great.
@DeViLzzz20064 жыл бұрын
I like how Steve also acknowledges him twice in this. A great guy Steve is for doing this as he didn't have to at all.
@heggy_694 жыл бұрын
HENREH WINKLUH
@jack002tuber4 жыл бұрын
Fonz meets Tut. Why is there not a movie?
@Bionic_Fonzie3 жыл бұрын
@@jack002tuber - this needs to be made! Excellent idea.
@nanarobin12 жыл бұрын
I miss the Saturday Night Live from my 20's, in the beginning. So many talented people!
@Regreviews18 күн бұрын
The man was a force and still is
@MrBuch16916912 жыл бұрын
That guitar solo was brilliant.
@GarrettFemister9 ай бұрын
So great!
@daminksta13 жыл бұрын
Steve Martin is an amazing musician, His Flying V strum is priceless!
@Lieutenant_Dude3 жыл бұрын
I had no idea this was a bit from his standup career. Jesus, that is some dedication to the craft, to do a production like this for a live comedy show.
@jewgirl9523 күн бұрын
Never get tired of watching this!
@plutoplatters7 жыл бұрын
one of the best skits ever performed.... dammmmmmmmmmmmmmmn
@rachelzhang37429 жыл бұрын
How is this not funny to people? I just watched this because of snl
@davestewart20675 жыл бұрын
This novelty song reached deep into the top forty in 1978, possibly as high as #15 on billboard hot 100. Hilarious!!
@DeViLzzz20064 жыл бұрын
I never knew that. LOL!
@CF-Warrior2 жыл бұрын
Classic!
@kairagoddin70428 жыл бұрын
I remember when my Middle school teacher danced to this song!
@CWBush7310 жыл бұрын
In a book of his he really does not say he is a funny guy. He just never gave up and put himself out there. I disagree, but he is humble
@c.h.2392 Жыл бұрын
The best part is the shots of the audience sitting dead still
@dustbunny92815 жыл бұрын
This Guy is brilliant! One wild and crazy Guy!.. Miss him madly
@deehosea6739 жыл бұрын
I love Steve Martin.
@SeeSarahGo14 жыл бұрын
He is one of THE funniest people to EVER live. I adore him.
@harnekkallah2656Ай бұрын
I love this, but loved the speech he gave before performing on SNL
@ecneb14 жыл бұрын
30 years ago...how did time go by so fast?!
@richardpickman75944 жыл бұрын
Imagine if this came out today, all the backlash omg. I hate this era
@Schnuffbab10 жыл бұрын
I just went on KZbin to search king tut for a science experiment.LOL I FOUND THIS! ahhh... get it away my father listens to this song and he dances like a freaking hippie.
@vanillajack59254 жыл бұрын
Lol did you use this video in your project?
@kirkNJ9 ай бұрын
I remember one of his bits ended with the punch line "but the most amazing thing to me is that I get paid for doing this!"
@Lisaslivelylife14 жыл бұрын
Yes! I love that he can do this and keep it clean :)
@JBM425 Жыл бұрын
He had his NSFW moments, but he could be extremely funny even without those, as he did on The Muppet Show.