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!