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Steve Martin’s Strange Encounter With Elvis Presley Included 3 Guns and 18 Bullets
While opening for Ann-Margaret in the early ’70s, Martin had a brief backstage encounter with Presley, who immediately asked the comedian if he wanted to see the firearms he kept on him
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William Karel/Contributor/Getty Images David Lynch Once Wrote a Weird Body-Swap Comedy for Steve Martin and Martin Short
‘One Saliva Bubble’ was six weeks away from being made when the production company went out of business
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The Weird Reason Steve Martin Got Cut Out of ‘What Women Want’
Director Nancy Meyers asked Martin to appear in a crowd sequence that didn’t end up making it into the final film
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Christopher Polk/VF11/Contributor/Getty Images That Time Judd Apatow Extorted Steve Martin for an Autograph
The future director hit his idol with a hilarious ultimatum that Martin actually took the time to respond to
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Larry Hulst/Contributor/Getty Images The Controversial Stanley Kubrick Thriller That Was Almost a Steve Martin Sex Comedy
The pair spent eight hours together discussing the potential collaboration back in 1980
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Tom Hanks (Photo by Christopher Polk/Getty Images for People's Choice Awards) The Two Comedians Tom Hanks Has Regular Colonoscopy Parties With (And What They Do Between Poop Breaks)
The trio get together every couple of years to prepare for the procedure
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James Hetfield with Jim Breuer (Photo: L. Cohen/WireImage for The Recording Academy) 4 Stand-Up Comics Who Opened for Famous Musicians
On rare occasions, bands have enlisted comedians to warm up the crowd for them—with varying results
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Steve Martin at the 2010 Oscars (Photo: Brian Vander Brug/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images) 4 of the Most Controversial Jokes in Oscars History
Revisiting a few of the more politically incorrect lines that’ve been singled out by critics over the years
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Martin Short and Steve Martin at the 2026 Golden Globes Awards (Photo by Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic) Steve Martin and Martin Short Were Offered ‘Dumb and Dumber,’ as Were Two Other Unexpected Actors
The Farrelly brothers sent the script to at least 100 actors during the casting process
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Steve Martin (Photo by Aaron Rapoport/Corbis via Getty Images) Did Hooters Get Its Name From a Steve Martin Joke?
The comedian has been credited with giving the popular breast-themed franchise its moniker
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Steve Martin (Photo by Aaron Rapoport/Corbis via Getty Images) The Forgotten Steve Martin Comedy That’s Basically a ‘Goodfellas’ Sequel
1990’s ‘My Blue Heaven’ picks up where Martin Scorsese’s classic mob film left off
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Bill Murray (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images) Bill Murray Once Tried to Choke a Comedian for Talking During a Show
Chevy Chase wasn’t the only celebrity to feel Murray’s wrath back in the day
