A Wild and Crazy Guy

A Wild and Crazy Guy (1978) was Steve Martin's second album and greatest success on record. It reached number two on a Billboard's Pop Albums Chart, which is traditionally dominated by music. No comedy album has reached that level since, and only three other albums — Dane Cook's Retaliation, Larry the Cable Guy's The Right to Bare Arms, and Weird Al Yankovic's Straight Outta Lynwood — have made the top ten since then, as well. The album was eventually certified double platinum.

It contains the hit novelty single "King Tut", which Martin also performed on Saturday Night Live. It also has Martin revealing his 'real' name (due to the myth that his real name wasn't "Steve Martin"), which he admits is the sound of him flipping his lips.

The album was released just as his celebrity status grew and the format reflects this. The first half of the album was performed in front of a small audience at The Boardinghouse in San Francisco, California, where his previous album had been recorded. The second half of the album was performed at the Red Rocks Amphitheatre. The switchover between venues is handled in a clever segue in the opening minute of the track "A Wild and Crazy Guy" which opened Side Two of the original vinyl long-player - Steve reads a bogus financial disclosure report to the audience at The Boardinghouse nightclub, and when he gets to calculating concert revenues he reveals his desire to make over $2 million on a single show; the audience reaction quickly segues from the enclosed intimacy of The Boardinghouse to the far more raucous open amphitheatre of Red Rocks near Denver.

Martin reprises his role as one of the Festrunk Brothers (a role he'd popularized on Saturday Night Live) on two tracks - the second half of "A Wild and Crazy Guy" and "You Naive Americans."

This album won the Grammy Award in 1979 for Best Comedy Album.

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"I'm Feelin' It" – 5:32
"Philosophy/Religion/College/Language" – 10:22
"Creativity in Action/I'm in the Mood for Love" – 2:25
"A Wild and Crazy Guy" – 7:01
"A Charitable Kind of Guy" – 1:38
"An Exposé" – 2:54
"Cat Handcuffs" – 1:41
"You Naive Americans" – 2:00
"My Real Name" – 2:22
"King Tut" – 3:39

v • d • e Steve Martin

Discography	Let's Get Small • King Tut • A Wild and Crazy Guy • Comedy Is Not Pretty! • The Steve Martin Brothers

Bibliography	The Jerk • Cruel Shoes • Picasso at the Lapin Agile and Other Plays • Pure Drivel • Modern Library Humor and Wit Series • Shopgirl • Kindly Lent Their Owner • The Underpants: A Play • The Pleasure of My Company • The Alphabet from A to Y with Bonus Letter Z • Born Standing Up

Filmography	The Absent-Minded Waiter • Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band • The Muppet Movie • The Kids Are Alright • The Jerk • Pennies from Heaven • Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid • The Man with Two Brains • The Lonely Guy • All of Me • ¡Three Amigos! • Little Shop of Horrors • Roxanne • Planes, Trains & Automobiles • Dirty Rotten Scoundrels • *Parenthood • My Blue Heaven • L.A. Story • Father of the Bride • Grand Canyon • HouseSitter • Leap of Faith • A Simple Twist of Fate • Mixed Nuts • Father of the Bride Part II • Sgt. Bilko • The Spanish Prisoner • The Prince of Egypt • The Out-of-Towners • Bowfinger • Fantasia 2000 • Joe Gould's Secret • Novocaine • Bringing Down the House • Looney Tunes: Back in Action • Cheaper by the Dozen • Shopgirl • Cheaper by the Dozen 2 • The Pink Panther • Baby Mama • The Pink Panther Deux

Television	The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour • Saturday Night Live • 73rd Academy Awards • 75th Academy Awards • Wayside

Other	Disneyland: The First 50 Magical Years

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