Steve Martin: His Funniest Moments on BookTV
"It is great to be here. Honestly. It's so great to be out of the tough backbiting world of Hollywood and into the benign and polite world of New York book publishing."
That was comedian Steve Martin, appearing on a book panel on BookTV on September 27, 1998... It was just two weeks after BookTV started on C-SPAN, 25 years ago -- and it was one of the earliest programs seen on BookTV.
Steve Martin made four more appearances on BookTV -- all hosting the National Book Awards..
Decades later, Steve Martin is now co-starring in the hit streaming series "Only Murders in the Building."
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